Riptide (Season 3)

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.

  • Poster for Wipe Out

    Wipe Out 7.0

    Air date: 1985-10-01

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.

  • Poster for Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn

    Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn 7.0

    Air date: 1985-10-22

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.

  • Poster for Does Not Compute

    Does Not Compute 9.0

    Air date: 1985-10-29

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.

  • Poster for The Bargain Department

    The Bargain Department 8.0

    Air date: 1985-11-05

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.

  • Poster for Who Really Watches the Sunset?

    Who Really Watches the Sunset? 8.0

    Air date: 1985-11-12

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.

  • Poster for Still Goin' Steady

    Still Goin' Steady 8.0

    Air date: 1985-11-19

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.

  • Poster for Robin and Marian

    Robin and Marian 0.0

    Air date: 1985-12-03

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: The Roboz is one of the items pilfered by a would-be Robin Hood, bringing Nick, Cody and Boz into a case of counterfeiting and abduction.

  • Poster for Requiem for Icarus

    Requiem for Icarus 5.0

    Air date: 1985-12-10

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.

  • Poster for Home for Christmas

    Home for Christmas 0.0

    Air date: 1985-12-17

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.

  • Poster for Lady Killer

    Lady Killer 0.0

    Air date: 1986-01-07

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.

  • Poster for A Matter of Policy

    A Matter of Policy 0.0

    Air date: 1986-01-14

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.

  • Poster for The Wedding Bell Blues

    The Wedding Bell Blues 0.0

    Air date: 1986-01-21

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.

  • Poster for The Frankie Kahana Show

    The Frankie Kahana Show 0.0

    Air date: 1986-02-11

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.

  • Poster for Smiles We Left Behind

    Smiles We Left Behind 0.0

    Air date: 1986-02-25

    Runtime: 96 min

    Overview: Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.

  • Poster for The Pirate and the Princess

    The Pirate and the Princess 0.0

    Air date: 1986-03-07

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.

  • Poster for Playing Hardball

    Playing Hardball 0.0

    Air date: 1986-03-14

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.

  • Poster for The Play's the Thing

    The Play's the Thing 0.0

    Air date: 1986-03-21

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.

  • Poster for Dead Men Don't Floss

    Dead Men Don't Floss 2.0

    Air date: 1986-04-04

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.

  • Poster for Chapel of Glass

    Chapel of Glass 0.0

    Air date: 1986-04-11

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.

  • Poster for If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

    If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em 0.0

    Air date: 1986-04-18

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Bickering TV co-stars seek to add realism to their TV-detective roles by asking Nick, Boz and Cody to bring them along on a real case.

  • Poster for Echoes

    Echoes 0.0

    Air date: 1986-04-22

    Runtime: 48 min

    Overview: Nick's suspicions that a man convicted of murder may have been framed lead the detectives to a remote town with its own brand of justice.

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