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The Best Episodes of Remington Steele

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Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 19 - Vintage Steele
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Vintage Steele

    S1:E19

    Laura's former flame asks her help when he discovers a corpse in the trunk of his car, a corpse that keeps returning as they check out a winery he's involved with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Remington Steele Season 2 Episode 22 - Elementary Steele
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Elementary Steele

    S2:E22

    Someone is using mystery buffs signed up to solve a make-believe case to find a murderous embezzler. (60 min)

    Directors:Seymour Robbie, Don Weis, Christopher Hibler
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  3. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 5 - Blue Blooded Steele
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Blue Blooded Steele

    S3:E5

    Daniel Chalmers enters Steele's life again when it appears that he is about to inherit an English title, its fortune and some enemies.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 22 - Steele of Approval
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Steele of Approval

    S3:E22

    Laura investigates the background of a senatorial candidate while Steele dodges an investigator from the state licensing board.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Brad Kern

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  5. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 3 - Steele Blushing
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Steele Blushing

    S4:E3

    Laura protects a photographer and his files from angry clients and the FBI even after her doctored photo appears in a porno magazine.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 7 - Etched in Steele
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Etched in Steele

    S1:E7

    Laura and Steele investigate the murder of an author whose steamy novels badly mirror her own married life.

    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  7. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 21 - Sting of Steele
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Sting of Steele

    S1:E21

    Steele's mentor, Daniel Chalmers, comes to California to ask for Steele's help in dealing with a vindictive crook.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  8. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 22 - Steele in Circulation
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Steele in Circulation

    S1:E22

    Steele stops a distraught young man from killing himself then must find a missing girl and a ""borrowed"" $50,000 to keep him from trying again.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Remington Steele Season 2 Episode 7 - Love Among the Steele
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Love Among the Steele

    S2:E7

    Laura and Remington find themselves involved in a murder and the mysterious disappearance of some million-dollar jewels.

    Directors:Don Weis, Sheldon Larry
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 7 - A Pocketful of Steele
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - A Pocketful of Steele

    S3:E7

    Steele tries to help a street-wise kid who picks his pocket and grabs evidence that a loan shark will do anything to retrieve.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Brad Kern

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  11. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 9 - Cast in Steele
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Cast in Steele

    S3:E9

    Three aging film stars hire Steele and Laura to find out who is behind their curious fan mail and the attempts on their lives.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 12 - Gourmet Steele
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Gourmet Steele

    S3:E12

    Steele inadvertently goes undercover as the restaurant critic they've been hired to find, and who has incensed several restaurant owners with his blistering reviews.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Bob Shayne

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  13. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 16 - Sensitive Steele
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Sensitive Steele

    S4:E16

    Laura and Steele go undercover at a self-improvement spa to find out why there have been a series of mysterious accidents.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 3 - Steele Waters Run Deep
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Steele Waters Run Deep

    S1:E3

    A video game genius disappears just before a merger, with $5 million and the plans for his company's latest video game.

    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 1 - License to Steele
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - License to Steele

    S1:E1

    "License to Steele" is the premiere episode of the television series Remington Steele. This episode introduces and sets all the central elements of the series; the truth about Laura's fictional boss, the mysterious character posing as Steele, the romantic tension, Steele's love of old movies, et cetera.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  16. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 2 - Tempered Steele
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Tempered Steele

    S1:E2

    Laura tackles a case of industrial espionage in a family-owned business while Steele enlists an old pal to help him install a burglar alarm.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  17. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 4 - Signed, Steeled, & Delivered
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Signed, Steeled, & Delivered

    S1:E4

    Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  18. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 5 - Thou Shalt Not Steele
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Thou Shalt Not Steele

    S1:E5

    A woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 6 - Steele Belted
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Steele Belted

    S1:E6

    A loser asks the agency to help him, but his alibi witness is found dead in Steele's apartment and his lawyer seems more interested in Laura than in the case.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  20. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 17 - Steele Among the Living
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Steele Among the Living

    S1:E17

    Laura searches for a vanished artist whose works have suddenly appreciated in value, for both her husband and the owner of an art gallery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 20 - Steele's Gold
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Steele's Gold

    S1:E20

    A prospector's journal stolen during a party leads Laura and Steele on a wild gold hunt through the desert.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Remington Steele Season 2 Episode 3 - Red Holt Steele
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Red Holt Steele

    S2:E3

    Laura's investigation of corporate foul play in a widow's aircraft company becomes personal when the opposition blows up her home.

    Director:Kevin Connor
    Writer:Lee David Zlotoff

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  23. Remington Steele Season 2 Episode 4 - Altared Steele
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Altared Steele

    S2:E4

    A terrified client doesn't know his name, why someone is trying to kill him nor those five women claiming to be his widows.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Remington Steele Season 2 Episode 5 - Steele Framed
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Steele Framed

    S2:E5

    Remington is convinced someone is out to frame him while, when responding to a mysterious phone call, he accidentally hits and kills a man who has been blackmailing him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Remington Steele Season 2 Episode 8 - Scene Steelers
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Scene Steelers

    S2:E8

    A poisoned TV dinner is the latest move in a long-standing quarrel between the stars of a series of television commercials.

    Directors:Seymour Robbie, Peter Medak
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Vintage Steele" is the best rated episode of "Remington Steele". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/15/1983. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Elementary Steele".