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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 Worst Episode
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    Nash Bridges Season 5 Episode 11 - Rip Off
    7.0/10(70 votes)

    #1 - Rip Off

    S5:E11

    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

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  2. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 10 - Hardball
    7.1/10(63 votes)

    #2 - Hardball

    S4:E10

    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:Unknown

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  3. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 5 - The Javelin Catcher
    7.2/10(127 votes)

    #3 - The Javelin Catcher

    S1:E5

    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

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  4. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 4 - High Impact
    7.3/10(120 votes)

    #4 - High Impact

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown

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  5. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 16 - The Web
    7.3/10(83 votes)

    #5 - The Web

    S2:E16

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 21 - Moving Target
    7.3/10(74 votes)

    #6 - Moving Target

    S2:E21

    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:Unknown

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  7. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 12 - Dirty Tricks
    7.3/10(68 votes)

    #7 - Dirty Tricks

    S3:E12

    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

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  8. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 3 - Skirt Chasers
    7.4/10(137 votes)

    #8 - Skirt Chasers

    S1:E3

    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

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  9. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 11 - Promised Land
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    #9 - Promised Land

    S2:E11

    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

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  10. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 15 - The Counterfeiters
    7.4/10(84 votes)

    #10 - The Counterfeiters

    S2:E15

    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
    Writers:Jed Seidel, Carlton Cuse

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  11. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 7 - Aloha, Nash
    7.5/10(126 votes)

    #11 - Aloha, Nash

    S1:E7

    On the day that Nash plans to take a belated honeymoon to Hawaii with Kelly, a high priority police case unravels, putting him on the trail of the betting book of San Francisco's most notorious bookie and a renegade FBI officer who's #9 on the Most Wanted List.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jed Seidel

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  12. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 17 - Knockout
    7.5/10(98 votes)

    #12 - Knockout

    S2:E17

    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:Unknown

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  13. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 9 - Most Wanted
    7.5/10(74 votes)

    #13 - Most Wanted

    S3:E9

    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

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  14. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 11 - Found Money
    7.5/10(67 votes)

    #14 - Found Money

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Shawn Ryan

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  15. Nash Bridges Season 3 Episode 14 - Live Shot
    7.5/10(98 votes)

    #15 - Live Shot

    S3:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 1 - Genesis
    7.6/10(213 votes)

    #16 - Genesis

    S1:E1

    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

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  17. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 6 - Vanishing Act
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    #17 - Vanishing Act

    S1:E6

    On the way to an undercover purchase of some heavy industrial equipment from some Russian gangsters, carrying $300,000 of the city's money, Inspector Harvey Leek vanishes. Has there been foul play? Or has Harvey pocketed the money? Nash Bridges has to find him before it's too late.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Nash Bridges Season 6 Episode 11 - Bear Trap
    7.6/10(64 votes)

    #18 - Bear Trap

    S6:E11

    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

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  19. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 8 - Key Witness
    7.7/10(100 votes)

    #19 - Key Witness

    S1:E8

    Lisa witnesses a murder, but when Nash shows up to investigate there's no evidence of a crime, not even a body. Nash and Lisa team up ala ""Manhattan Murder Mystery"" to investigate.

    Director:Robert Ginty
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 6 - The Brothers McMillan
    7.7/10(93 votes)

    #20 - The Brothers McMillan

    S2:E6

    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

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  21. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 18 - Gun Play
    7.7/10(93 votes)

    #21 - Gun Play

    S2:E18

    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:Unknown

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  22. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 19 - Rampage
    7.7/10(83 votes)

    #22 - Rampage

    S2:E19

    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

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  23. Nash Bridges Season 4 Episode 8 - Warplay
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #23 - Warplay

    S4:E8

    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

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  24. Nash Bridges Season 1 Episode 2 - Home Invasion
    7.8/10(147 votes)

    #24 - Home Invasion

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown

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  25. Nash Bridges Season 2 Episode 4 - Wrecking Crew
    7.8/10(91 votes)

    #25 - Wrecking Crew

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Rip Off" is the worst rated episode of "Nash Bridges". It scored 7/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Jim Charleston and written by Jed Seidel, it aired on 12/17/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hardball".