The Worst Episodes of Nash Bridges
Every episode of Nash Bridges ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Nash Bridges" is "Rip Off", rated 6.8/10 from 58 user votes. It was directed by Jim Charleston and written by Jed Seidel. "Rip Off" aired on 12/17/1999 and is rated 0.2 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Hardball".
6.8/10 58 votes#1 - Rip Off
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1999
A small time getaway driver sets up two robbery gangs to rob each other, while he walks away with the loot and complete immunity. Evan is brought in for another chance in Joe's off-duty case concerning a kidnapped son who has had a gender change. The 'Cuda hood is graffitied, and Nash puts Boz Bishop on the case.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.0/10 50 votes#2 - Hardball
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1998
Nash and Joe have to babysit Mickey Tripp (Paul Gleason), a motormouth shockjock, after a body armor-wearing assassin tries to kill him. Their search for the assassin is compounded by the fact that Nick has hired them on an off-duty case to find his softball team's star pitcher - a Salvadoran defector named Chus (Jose Canseco), who's on the run from the INS (Karl Malone). Caitlin babysits her roommate's kids.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 64 votes#3 - Promised Land
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1996
A people-smuggling ring brings Nash and Joe to the aid of a young man searching for his parents.
Director: Scott Brazil
Writer: Morgan Gendel
7.1/10 57 votes#4 - Dirty Tricks
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1997
Nash and Joe risk causing an international incident after British consulate workers fake the death of a convicted killer in order to use him for their own nefarious purposes. Joe resorts to extreme measures in order to get Lucia accepted into an ultra-elite school.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Daniel Truly
7.2/10 73 votes#5 - The Counterfeiters
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1997
Nash and the SIU uncover a counterfeitering group where the money is top-of-the-line Supernote quality. Moving in to bust the group, they discover a fake SIU gang impersonating the police. Cooperation becomes tense as suspicions abound over who and what to trust. In the interim, as Nick gets in over his head financially with his horse costs, Nash reluctantly agrees to work with Joe on an off-duty case searching for a Super Bowl ring. However, Nash and Joe soon find themselves impersonating a gay couple as the case develops differently than Nash anticipated.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: Carlton Cuse, Jed Seidel
7.2/10 70 votes#6 - The Web
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1997
Nash busts computer hacker/robber, Andy, and discovers Andy's committed the crime because his wife has been kidnapped. The crew of crooks want Andy's hacker skills as their ransom. The SIU must work to save the woman and bring down the crew before their daring daytime robbery is successful. Meanwhile, Nash and Whitney finally consummate their relationship.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 60 votes#7 - Moving Target
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1997
Nash's old nemesis from the SIU, Rick Bettina, now a bounty hunter, is back and in competition with Nash as they both try to track down mobster Ray Goetz, who Bettina wants on assault and battery charges in Vegas, and Nash suspects of ""hitting"" a high-level mob boss. Meanwhile, Joe fears repercussions from Inger after losing his wedding ring.
Director: Scott Brazil
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 61 votes#8 - Most Wanted
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1997
A fugitive is released from prison by mistake and seeks revenge on Michelle. Nash teams with Michelle to capture him. Meanwhile, Nash refuses to partner with Joe on an off duty case to protect a sportscaster being blackmailed, so Joe chooses Evan.
Director: Perry Lang
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.3/10 57 votes#9 - Found Money
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1997
Rick Bettina returns as the head of the S.I.U. Joe is accused of stealing 3 million dollars from a suspect. Harvey has a torrid affair with a woman he once arrested.
Director: N/A
Writer: Shawn Ryan
7.3/10 54 votes#10 - Bear Trap
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2001
Nash and Joe help a Canadian Mountie track down a ring of poachers who are illegally selling bear gallbladders, which are supposedly valuable as medicine and as an aphrodisiac; Rachel fears she may be pregnant.
Director: Jan Eliasberg
Writer: Damon Lindelof
7.4/10 82 votes#11 - Knockout
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1997
Nash's sister, Stacy, is robbed, forcing her to come out of the closet as a lesbian. Nash deals with his own secret romance with Nick's nurse Whitney. The fallout from these family revelations takes place while Nash tracks down a kinky couple responsible for the robberies.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 175 votes#12 - Genesis
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/1996
Nash Bridges, an Inspector in the San Francisco Police Department Special Investigations Unit (SIU), poses as an undercover computer chip buyer to bust a ring that stole $2 million worth of chips. Along with Evan Cortez, his young new partner, they exchange phoney city money with Ferguson, who has the chips; but Ferguson gets away.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Carlton Cuse
7.5/10 95 votes#13 - High Impact
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/1996
Nash Bridges and the SIU team respond to a bomb threat against Mayor Bobbie Werksman. In a tenement, they find the bomb, but accidently trigger the timer. Everyone rushes out in time as the bomb destroys the building. Nash is the last one to leave.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 77 votes#14 - Wrecking Crew
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1996
A first-rate professional robber and his crew hit San Fran in a string of strong-arm jobs. Joe convinces Nash to moonlight as a private eye, searching for the SF Giant's short stop's missing car.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 80 votes#15 - The Brothers McMillan
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1996
Nash and Joe trail two brothers who are heirs to a Mafia family. Nash becomes suspicious when he discovers Kelly once had a relationship with the younger brother.
Director: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.5/10 69 votes#16 - 25 Hours of Christmas
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1996
It's Christmas Eve, and Nash and his fellow cops are trapped at the SIU as they wrap up a murder investigation and a prostitution case. Joe borrows Nash's 'Cuda to get it detailed and freaks out when the car is stolen; Nash's personal gifts to Lisa and Whitney get mixed-up; personal crises abound as the cops deal with the Christmas holiday.
Director: Whitney Ransick
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.5/10 68 votes#17 - Rampage
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1997
Nash follows the trail of James and Lorraine, a thrill-seeking couple on a wild crime spree in San Francisco. Nash feels personally responsible for the fate of Lorraine when he discovers she is the daughter of a volatile SFPD Inspector. Nash's interaction with the young fugitive color his relations with Cassidy, who's semi-nude photo is splashed all over town in a racy safer sex poster.
Director: Scott Brazil
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.5/10 85 votes#18 - Live Shot
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1998
Geraldo Rivera comes to the SIU to interview Nash and Joe. Nash arrives at the SIU after having his drink spiked with acid by a biker couple; and there's a ""mole"" in the SIU feeding sensitive information about Nash to Geraldo, which he uses in the interview. Meanwhile, our SIU cops must solve a mystery which begins as a routine shooting at a convenience store.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 122 votes#19 - Home Invasion
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/30/1996
A ruthless home invasion gang brutally attacks a Chinese family, killing the father. This is the seventh in a string of attacks. Nash and the SIU are confused since home invasions are a Vietnamese phenomenon and they rarely cross cultural or ethnic lines.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 111 votes#20 - Skirt Chasers
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/5/1996
As a result of a pension dispute, Joe Dominguez is forced to rejoin the force, and he and Nash track down a heroin dealer.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Carlton Cuse
7.6/10 108 votes#21 - The Javelin Catcher
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/19/1996
Nash, while investigating an apparent gang killing, discovers that the weapon used for the job is the Army's newly missing man-portable, antitank system: The Javelin. Nash is assisted in the investigation by Sandra McCormick whoose career is on the line if the Javelin is not recovered.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.6/10 78 votes#22 - Gun Play
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1997
After Cassidy is hit in the behind by a stray bullet at school, Nash and Joe go on the hunt for the shooter and the dealer who's putting guns into kid's hands. Due to earthquake repairs on his apartment, Nash and Nick have to take up residence with Lisa for a few days. It's here that Nash meets Freddie, the apple of Cassidy's eye, the pain in Nash's behind, and learns that Cassidy's decided not to go to college.
Director: Whitney Ransick
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 68 votes#23 - Lost and Found
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1997
Nash and Joe help FBI Special Agent Katz recover a Suburban full of stolen FBI weapons. Joes sets Nash up on a blind date with his nanny.
Director: Adam Nimoy
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 63 votes#24 - Payback
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1997
Willie Nelson plays Earl Dobbs, a convict who gets a furlough from San Quentin to help Nash and Joe catch his former crime partner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 47 votes#25 - Warplay
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1998
Nash becomes the objective of mercenaries controlled by a Singapore billionaire and his American counterpart, locked in battle to capture each other's most prized possessions. Bettina wants Joe and Evan to investigate his fiancee's alleged affair.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: Glen Mazzara