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The Best Episodes of Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1

Every episode of Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1!

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Acapulco H.E.A.T. is a 1993 syndicated television series that followed the Hemisphere Emergency Action Team [H.E.A.T.], a group of top-secret agents based in Acapulco, Mexico and recruited by C-5, a secret government coalition, to fight

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 1 - Code Name: Checkmate (1)
    5.9/10(41 votes)

    #1 - Code Name: Checkmate (1)

    S1:E1

    In the series opener, the crime-fighting Hemisphere Emergency Action Team, H.E.A.T., receives an assignment to provide security at a counterterrorism summit, but its efforts are jeopardized by the wife of a prince.

    Director:Kevin James Dobson
    Writers:Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  2. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 2 - Code Name: Checkmate (2)
    6.1/10(34 votes)

    #2 - Code Name: Checkmate (2)

    S1:E2

    The team discovers that Strake, who was thought to be dead, is behind the kidnapping.

    Director:Kevin James Dobson
    Writers:Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  3. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 3 - Code Name: Honeymoon Lost
    5.1/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Code Name: Honeymoon Lost

    S1:E3

    The team is given the mother of all assignments: protect honeymooning Gulf War hero Alex Lassiter without the commander's knowledge.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  4. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 4 - Code Name: Strange Bedfellow
    4.9/10(25 votes)

    #4 - Code Name: Strange Bedfellow

    S1:E4

    Ashley and Mike and Brett and Cat, pose as newlyweds at an island resort owned by a man suspected of contaminating the waters.

    Director:Henri Safran
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  5. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 5 - Code Name: Million Dollar Ladies (a.k.a. Vanished)
    5.7/10(27 votes)

    #5 - Code Name: Million Dollar Ladies (a.k.a. Vanished)

    S1:E5

    Mike's suspicions of Ashley's friend Sergio Lanti are well founded: Lanti abducts her and makes her a captive in a white-slavery ring.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  6. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 6 - Code Name: Feminine Intuition
    5.6/10(29 votes)

    #6 - Code Name: Feminine Intuition

    S1:E6

    H.E.A.T. travels to Colombia to stop Ashley's rival from assassinating the judge who's prosecuting a drug kingpin.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  7. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 7 - Code Name: Desert Dragon
    5.3/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Code Name: Desert Dragon

    S1:E7

    At a karate competition, Tommy goes undercover as a coach to protect the son of an influential member of the C-5.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  8. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 8 - Code Name: Archangel
    5.2/10(26 votes)

    #8 - Code Name: Archangel

    S1:E8

    Mike's former colleague heads security at an exhibition of a Leonardo da Vinci that H.E.A.T. suspects is targeted for theft by a neo-Nazi.

    Director:Henri Safran
    Writers:Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica

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  9. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 9 - Code Name: Arabesque
    6.0/10(28 votes)

    #9 - Code Name: Arabesque

    S1:E9

    Cat infiltrates a drug cartel run by former KGB agents to investigate the disappearance of a UN employee who may have joined the ring.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica

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  10. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 10 - Code Name: Body Double
    6.2/10(30 votes)

    #10 - Code Name: Body Double

    S1:E10

    Brett poses as the son of an industrialist to stop a kidnapping ring.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  11. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 11 - Code Name: Perfect Specimen
    5.2/10(25 votes)

    #11 - Code Name: Perfect Specimen

    S1:E11

    Trailing a scientist suspected of developing biological weapons, the team stumbles onto part of his research, a man whose body's being genetically altered.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  12. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 12 - Code Name: Easy Riders
    6.0/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Code Name: Easy Riders

    S1:E12

    Vacationers assist the H.E.A.T. in an effort to find the doctor who's running a black-market baby ring.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Sidney Hayers, Daniel Fica

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  13. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 13 - Code Name: Rip Van Winkle
    5.2/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Code Name: Rip Van Winkle

    S1:E13

    The H.E.A.T. goes undercover at a rest home for former agents to find the one who's leaking information about a spy working in Russia.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica

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  14. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 14 - Code Name: The Stalking Horse
    5.2/10(24 votes)

    #14 - Code Name: The Stalking Horse

    S1:E14

    The H.E.A.T. must identify the person sent to assassinate a Chinese dissident from a group of 146 guests at a resort hotel.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  15. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 15 - Code Name: Frameup
    5.3/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Code Name: Frameup

    S1:E15

    Mike is framed for murder, kidnapped and held for ransom by a terrorist whose brother he captured and sent to prison.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  16. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 16 - Code Name: Ghosts
    5.4/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Code Name: Ghosts

    S1:E16

    A detective and a letter addressed to Ashley from a boyfriend thought to be dead complicate an investigation into an illegal arms ring.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  17. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 17 - Code Name: Stranded
    5.9/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Code Name: Stranded

    S1:E17

    Stranded on a desert island, Cat, Krissie, Marcos and Tommy encounter a reclusive Vietnam veteran who believes that they are enemy soldiers.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  18. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 18 - Code Name: Shamrock
    5.9/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Code Name: Shamrock

    S1:E18

    Mike suspects that a high-school buddy, now linked with a terrorist group, may be planning an attack on politicians attending a free-trade conference in Mexico.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  19. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 19 - Code Name: Stalemate (1)
    5.7/10(22 votes)

    #19 - Code Name: Stalemate (1)

    S1:E19

    The H.E.A.T. guards a former KGB agent attending a chess match, but the game may be up when the team's nemesis returns to assassinate the Russian.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Harry Ambrose, Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica

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  20. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 20 - Code Name: Stalemate (2)
    5.6/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Code Name: Stalemate (2)

    S1:E20

    Mike and Ashley match wits with Strake, who demands Sokol in return for Krissie.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica

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  21. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 21 - Code Name: Deep Six
    5.7/10(23 votes)

    #21 - Code Name: Deep Six

    S1:E21

    Cat bristles when the deep-sea diver she and Brett are assigned to protect refuses to allow her on an expedition.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writers:Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes

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  22. Acapulco H.E.A.T. Season 1 Episode 22 - Code Name: Assassin
    6.3/10(20 votes)

    #22 - Code Name: Assassin

    S1:E22

    When Mike is shot, Ashley immediately suspects Neil Strake. But there's one problem -- Strake's being held in a high-security facility in Mexico.

    Director:Harry Ambrose
    Writers:Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Code Name: Checkmate (1)" is the best rated episode of "Acapulco H.E.A.T." season 1. It scored 5.9/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Kevin James Dobson and written by Molly Glenmore, Daniel Fica, Steve Hayes, it aired on 9/28/1993. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Code Name: Checkmate (2)".