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The Best Episodes of Nash Bridges

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Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Nash Bridges Season 5 Episode 3 - Smash and Grab
    8.8/10(88 votes)

    #1 - Smash and Grab

    S5:E3

    Nash and company foil a jewelry heist ring posing as firemen. Nash hits a pedestrian and gets sued. But Caitlin has misplaced Nash's auto insurance bill, and he blames Caitlin.

    Director:Robert Mandel
    Writers:Glen Mazzara, Shawn Ryan

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  2. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 24 - Goodbye Kiss
    8.6/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Goodbye Kiss

    S4:E24

    Nash and Joe meet Lyle who tells them the secret location the SIU barge has been towed to. Joe returns Lyle's chihuahua Ginger who has been held hostage in return for the info. A truck deliberately rams into a van containing three prisoners. Nash and Joe arrive at the accident scene, with Nash figuring out that a phony paramedic van has taken the three prisoners in a successful escape attempt. Nash, Joe, Harvey and Evan arrive at the empty and disconnected SIU. The Mayor has granted a one week reprieve pending the Police Commission hearing. If Nash and company catch the three escaped prisoners, the SIU will be saved. Head of MCD Reuben Banks daughter Gina's immunity deal is also dependent upon the return of one of the escaped prisoners - Gina's former boyfriend, Jimmy ""Shank"" Brasher. The other two escapees are Darnell Galloway and Elliot Wong. Gina is kidnapped by Brasher. Jake Cage of Fugitive Recovery is already on the case, beating Nash to interview Mr. Footman, owner of the stolen

    Director:Paul Abascal
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 18 - Quack Fever
    8.6/10(82 votes)

    #3 - Quack Fever

    S6:E18

    Nash begins to believe that a 17-year-old boy involved in the Southeast Asian drug trade may be his missing brother's son; Cassidy starts dating a plastic surgeon and considers getting breast implants.

    Director:Scott Brazil
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Nash Bridges Season 5 Episode 10 - Kill Switch
    8.5/10(64 votes)

    #4 - Kill Switch

    S5:E10

    A juror becomes a vigilante avenging murder victims. Caitlin and Joe go in on a donut business venture. Evan is arrested and calls Cassidy; Cassidy finds a new boyfriend.

    Director:Lewis Teague
    Writer:Shawn Ryan

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  5. Nash Bridges Season 5 Episode 18 - Heist
    8.5/10(88 votes)

    #5 - Heist

    S5:E18

    Nash goes undercover to stop a high-end heist artist. Joe helps a restaurant critic who receives death threats; Evan is back in the SIU; Caitlin takes an administrative job within the department; and Harvey helps out a troubled 12 year old boy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jed Seidel

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  6. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 15 - Out of Miami
    8.5/10(62 votes)

    #6 - Out of Miami

    S6:E15

    Nash and a Federal marshal (Philip Michael Thomas) are taken hostage by a Miami drug lord who wants to exchange them for a witness who's scheduled to testify against him in court; Joe tries to get out of being audited by the IRS.

    Director:David Jackson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 17 - Patriots
    8.4/10(98 votes)

    #7 - Patriots

    S3:E17

    Nash gets involved with Irish terrorists, as well as his ex-wife Kelly (Serena Scott Thomas). Meanwhile, Joe looks after a party-minded Arabian prince awaiting a heart transplant.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writer:Shawn Ryan

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  8. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 23 - Sacraments
    8.4/10(89 votes)

    #8 - Sacraments

    S3:E23

    When the ruthless high school dropouts go on the crime spree, Nash's search for the couple leads him into an underworld of heavy metal rock and satanic worship. As the intensity of the crimes increases, Nash must race against time to stop the desperate duo before they murder all the enemies on their ""grudge list."" ; Stacy and Nash meet Nick's long-lost love from the war years; Joe finds Evan and Cassidy in a compromising situation.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writers:Carlton Cuse, John Wirth

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  9. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 11 - Mystery Dance
    8.4/10(89 votes)

    #9 - Mystery Dance

    S4:E11

    Nash finds himself defending Caitlin when she's the main suspect for a murdered CIA agent connected to her mysterious past. Joe begins working out with the trainer from hell. Cassidy and Nick enter a tango dance contest.

    Director:Perry Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 15 - Resurrection
    8.4/10(87 votes)

    #10 - Resurrection

    S4:E15

    Nash must stop a sniper terrorizing the city by shooting victims at random. A rat infestation forces Joe to confront his ""landlord,"" Nash, about the problem. Evan proposes to Cassidy, but in the wake of a serious traffic accident, Cassidy is left fighting for her life.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Jed Seidel

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  11. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 19 - Angel of Mercy
    8.4/10(87 votes)

    #11 - Angel of Mercy

    S4:E19

    Nash and the SIU must re-open a serial killer's case file when a body is discovered and it appears to be Angel's. Bonnie, Harvey's ex-wife, returns with an interesting proposition. Joe and Caitlin square off as rival soccer coaches when their teams enter the playoffs.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Nash Bridges Season 5 Episode 7 - Split Decision
    8.4/10(78 votes)

    #12 - Split Decision

    S5:E7

    A psychologist establishes an insanity defense for her patient while they plan bank robberies. Nick wants to become financially independent by marrying a rich widow. Evan shows up for work drunk, forcing Harvey to confront Evan's substance abuse problem.

    Director:Patrick A. Duffy
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Nash Bridges Season 5 Episode 8 - Get Bananas
    8.4/10(92 votes)

    #13 - Get Bananas

    S5:E8

    Evan puts himself under suspicion after he takes $40,000 of drug money during a bust; Nash and the SIU take down a drug dealer. Nash and Joe guard a chimpanzee, while Jake Cage goes undercover as an animal extremist.

    Director:Scott Brazil
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Nash Bridges Season 5 Episode 22 - Jackpot (2)
    8.4/10(112 votes)

    #14 - Jackpot (2)

    S5:E22

    Nash and Joe arrive in Las Vegas, and locate assassin Roy McNeer's hotel room. His food is still warm, as Nash and Joe spot McNeer in a casino. Nash and Joe give chase, but are held up by the hotel security guards, as McNeer escapes. Nash and Joe check into the hotel - Pepe is the concierge. They locate McNeer's girl, Vivienne Reed, and she agrees to tell Joe if McNeer calls her. The truck full of half a billion in laundered cash is hijacked. The two thugs contact Tony B to ransom the truck for $50,000. Tony B and the SIU meet them and get the truck back. Harvey, Evan, Officer Ronnie and Tony B go to Las Vegas with the truck full of money. Jake Cage shows up in Las Vegas too, with orders from Caitlin and the Mayor's Office to bring back Nash. But Jake agrees to help Nash instead after an altercation. Nash meets with Ellen Holiday. She fills Nash in on the rest of the DEA investigation. Jimmy Z works for a drug king pin coming in from Shanghai - they have ordered the hit on Police Chief

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writers:Carlton Cuse, John Wirth

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  15. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 4 - Land Pirates
    8.4/10(81 votes)

    #15 - Land Pirates

    S6:E4

    Nash and Joe are on the trail of a high profile robbery ring that targets San Francisco socialites. Nash runs into Angel when Belinda Cruz hires B&D to prove her sister's pregnancy (she's a nun) is not a virgin birth. Joe enlists Nick to build a speed bump in front of is house.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 14 - Something Borrowed
    8.4/10(90 votes)

    #16 - Something Borrowed

    S6:E14

    Nash's former lover Tamara Van Zant forges his name on a marriage license and claims to be married to him in order to protect herself from a thug out to kill her; Nick pretends to be romantically involved with a lesbian friend to deflect suspicion from the woman's son, a high-profile gangster from Philadelphia.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writers:John Wirth, Michael Norell

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  17. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 19 - Kill Joy
    8.4/10(73 votes)

    #17 - Kill Joy

    S6:E19

    Harvey becomes attracted to a fellow ""Deadhead,"" a mysterious woman who is the target of a murderous stalker; Joe is promoted to Lieutenant, but discovers that his new duties mostly involve paperwork; Nick injures his leg and makes life difficult for Nash and Cassidy, who are just trying to take care of him.

    Director:John Rubinstein
    Writers:Paul Jackson, Tony Blake

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  18. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 21 - Cat Fight
    8.4/10(70 votes)

    #18 - Cat Fight

    S6:E21

    A famous mystery writer offers Joe $350,000 for ""Mr. Woody"", while he waits it out (hoping to get more money) meanwhile Harvey stumbles onto a robbery durring a Phil Lesh concert at the Fillmore pulled off by 2 women (Jill Ritchie & Vanessa Dorman)and all Nash and The SIU Team have to go on is that the getaway Harley has a unique design on the side. Finally getting the papers to send Betty Ann on her way, Joe presents them to Nash for his signiture, but before he can sign it and get her outta there, she uncovers that she's found some.....curious irregularites in the SIU files, and it seems that the SIU has a mole. and also Boz (Christian J. Meoli) and Antwon do some P.I. leg work for Nash and Joe to find who stole a demo tape from Dickie Lerner (Rickey Medlocke), a record producer, and it is Rachel's birthday. The last episode i remember seeing out in the west coast.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Damon Lindelof

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  19. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 22 - Fair Game
    8.4/10(85 votes)

    #19 - Fair Game

    S6:E22

    A serial killer who picks up passengers in a cab and then murders them stalks the city; Cassidy struggles with whether she wants to continue to be a cop.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 13 - Road Work
    8.3/10(111 votes)

    #20 - Road Work

    S2:E13

    Nash and Joe have a task of escorting a secret key witness from the Witness Protection Program to San Francisco to testify in an important SIU-related case. They fall under gunfire. Nash realizes there's a leak somewhere on the prosecution's team. He enlists the help of Stacy to protect them until he can solve who it is and get the witness safely to San Francisco. Cassidy is stood up for a date and decides to go out with J.J. instead.

    Director:Greg Beeman
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 10 - Bombshell
    8.3/10(102 votes)

    #21 - Bombshell

    S3:E10

    Sultry criminal and Nash's ex-girlfriend Tamara VanZant resurfaces, this time as a player in a plot to sell stolen plutonium. Joe plans to make a mint by marketing a secret-recipe salsa that's been in his family for generations. Robert Rodriguez stars as Joe's commercial director.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writers:Daniel Truly, Andrew Dettmann

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  22. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 15 - Downtime
    8.3/10(94 votes)

    #22 - Downtime

    S3:E15

    Nash is forced to take time off by Bettina.

    Director:Melanie Mayron
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 20 - Danger Zone
    8.3/10(92 votes)

    #23 - Danger Zone

    S3:E20

    Nash and Joe are on the trail of a ruthless gang of thieves threatening to release the lethal nerve gas over downtown San Francisco unless the area is evacuated. Once the area is cleared of people, the criminals plan to move in and rob the banks in the area. Racing against time to capture the criminal mastermind behind this scheme, Nash is surprised to discover that the gang leader is Pamela Smith, a beautiful, brilliant chemist who created the deadly gas. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman appears who claims to be Joe's daughter from a college fertility experiment in which he participated years earlier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 1 - High Fall
    8.3/10(103 votes)

    #24 - High Fall

    S4:E1

    Nash discovers his life savings is gone when his accountant invests in a deal cooked up by "Bombshell" Tamara Van Zant. While trying to remodel the bathroom himself, Joe burns down his house and takes Nash up on his offer to move into Lisa's. Nick decides to take scuba lessons.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writers:Carlton Cuse, John Wirth

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  25. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 3 - Hot Prowler
    8.3/10(130 votes)

    #25 - Hot Prowler

    S4:E3

    Nash and Joe are on the trail of a Prowler who is terrorizing San Francisco and kills a member of Nash's S.I.U. team. When Nick springs for dinner at a Hawaiian restaurant, Joe's son J.J. chips his tooth on a piece of poi; Joe and Nick conspire to get a settlement from the restaurant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Smash and Grab" is the best rated episode of "Nash Bridges". It scored 8.8/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Robert Mandel and written by Glen Mazzara, Shawn Ryan, it aired on 10/8/1999. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Goodbye Kiss".