8.6/10105 votesLoading...#1 - Hot Prowler
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1072 votesLoading...#2 - Smash and Grab
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1999
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
Writer: Shawn Ryan, Glen Mazzara
8.4/1076 votesLoading...#3 - Get Bananas
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1999
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: N/A
8.4/1098 votesLoading...#4 - Jackpot (2)
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2000
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
Writer: Carlton Cuse, John Wirth
8.4/1066 votesLoading...#5 - Quack Fever
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/2001
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: N/A
8.3/10109 votesLoading...#6 - Out of Chicago
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1997
Hot on the trail of a murderous criminal from Chicago, Nash teams up with a KAREN DECKER, a cop from the Windy City who's in every way his equal: smart, competent-and yes, sexy. Sparks fly between them as they track down the visiting villain together -until, that is, Nash learns his newfound partner is not as perfect as she's led him to believe. Joe, meanwhile, hires a pet psychologist to cure what ails Nick's racehorse, Mr. Woody.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
8.3/1073 votesLoading...#7 - Sacraments
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1998
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
Writer: Carlton Cuse, John Wirth
8.3/1074 votesLoading...#8 - Resurrection
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/1999
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
8.3/1083 votesLoading...#9 - Pump Action
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/1999
Nash and Joe are plunged into the underground world of steroid-crazed body builders when they investigate the murders of three body builders. Nash and Caitlin struggle to define their relationship as Cassidy struggles to get her feet back on the ground after her accident.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Jed Seidel
8.3/1073 votesLoading...#10 - Angel of Mercy
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/2/1999
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: N/A
8.3/1070 votesLoading...#11 - Frisco Blues
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1999
Handcuffed Skip Osaka jumps out the back of the moving 'Cuda. Nash and Joe give chase. Skip runs up a fire escape onto a power line. The line breaks, and Skip falls through a window. Nash and Joe place him in the trunk of the 'Cuda, and bring him to the SIU. A surprised Nash, Joe and Harvey discover the SIU barge is being towed away by a tugboat. The Head of the MCD, Reuben Banks, drives up and informs Nash the SIU has been temporarily shut down. The SIU is disbanded by MCD: Nash and Joe are assigned to Park Detail, Harvey to Homicide, Evan to Traffic, and Caitlin to Vice. At the Civic Center Park, Nash and Joe meet Colonel Culpepper, drug addict/transient, and Phil, the phony Vietnam veteran. The Colonel is shot dead in the park. Harvey and his new partner, Inspector Riley Webber, investigate the murder. Evan and Cassidy have set a wedding date. Harvey is best man, and he plans the bachelor party. Nash and Nick are informed, and Nash gives his blessing. Father Nick gives Cassidy her g
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Jed Seidel
8.3/1075 votesLoading...#12 - Goodbye Kiss
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1999
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: N/A
8.3/1072 votesLoading...#13 - Cop Out
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2000
Wearing his brother's uniform as a motorcycle cop and impersonating a police officer, a deranged man imagines and talks to his dead brother. Nash adjusts to his break-up with Caitlin; Nick fails his driving test; Cassidy asks Evan for help to move back into a Berkeley apartment.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: Jed Seidel
8.3/1075 votesLoading...#14 - Heist
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2000
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: N/A
Writer: Jed Seidel
8.3/1073 votesLoading...#15 - Something Borrowed
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2001
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
Writer: John Wirth, Michael Norell
8.3/1072 votesLoading...#16 - Fair Game
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2001
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: N/A
8.2/10108 votesLoading...#17 - Til Death Do Us Part
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1996
Nash has to deal with the fact that Joe may have 72 hours to live after being exposed to a deadly virus while Nash & Joe investigate a drug theft from a research lab.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Carlton Cuse
8.2/10100 votesLoading...#18 - Revelations
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1997
When a reporter is murdered while covering the new ""French Connection"", Nash comes face-to-face with a startling revelation - his brother, a Vietnam MIA, thought dead for the last 24 years, may be alive and in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Lisa's sister, Lynette, arrives to house-sit at Lisa's indefinitely.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: N/A
8.2/1082 votesLoading...#19 - Patriots
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/1998
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
8.2/1082 votesLoading...#20 - High Fall
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1998
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
Writer: Carlton Cuse, John Wirth
8.2/1077 votesLoading...#21 - Overdrive
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1998
An innocent man is scheduled for an execution. Nash, working the entire case from the 'Cuda, must bring the true killer to justice before the midnight deadline. Lucia's bullying of a schoolmate forces Joe and Inger to attend conflict resolution therapy, which only leads to more conflict.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: Shawn Ryan
8.2/1074 votesLoading...#22 - Mystery Dance
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1998
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: N/A
8.2/1063 votesLoading...#23 - Hide and Seek
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/1999
The Governor is missing, and Nash and Joe lead the ""off-the-record"" investigation into his disappearance. Caitlin, shut out, is determined to find out what he's up to. Joe and Inger attend a charity auction as a man's proxy to get on his good side, but overpay and get stuck with the art project.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: N/A
8.2/1050 votesLoading...#24 - Kill Switch
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1999
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
8.2/1066 votesLoading...#25 - Jackpot (1)
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/2000
Nash and Joe get a tip from Tony B that there is a hit out on Chief of Police Frank Girard. But it's already too late, as the Chief's car is shot up - the Chief and his driver are killed. Nash and Joe arrive to find the carnage. The Chief was a close friend of Nash's. There was one driver, one triggerman, using a bright red Impala. The Impala crashed into a taxi, leaving behind a paint sample. Thanks to Caitlin's suggestion, the SIU and the Embarcadero station are sharing office space in the barge. There is total chaos, as Joe is forced to share a desk with Jake Cage. Tony B is interrogated. Tony B has a new business - Bay Area Switches. The trucking business is really a front to ship money to Las Vegas to be laundered. Tony B's contact is Ellen Holiday. Holiday is in contact with the assassin of the Chief and with Jimmy Z, head of the money-laundering operation. Holiday is arrested and questioned, but she reveals nothing. The red Impala is found, tracked to a Melvin from a wrecking ya
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Jed Seidel, Reed Steiner
The Best Episodes of Nash Bridges
Every episode of Nash Bridges ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Nash Bridges!
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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Hot Prowler" is the best rated episode of "Nash Bridges". It scored 8.6/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/9/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Smash and Grab".