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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 4 Episode 20 - Beg, Borrow, or Steele
    8.6/10(113 votes)

    #3 - Beg, Borrow, or Steele

    S4:E20

    Laura and Steele return from the East to find reports of their murder on the news and Mildred arrested for the crime.

    Director:Kevin Inch
    Writer:Brad Kern

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  4. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 6 - Steele Your Heart Away
    8.5/10(138 votes)

    #4 - Steele Your Heart Away

    S3:E6

    Laura flies off to help an amnesiac Steele recall why he came to Ireland and why someone is trying to kill him.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  5. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 1 - Steele at It
    8.3/10(126 votes)

    #5 - Steele at It

    S3:E1

    Laura is ready for romance as they vacation on the French Riviera, but old friends needing his help in stealing a dagger distract Steele.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 21 - Steele Trying
    8.3/10(107 votes)

    #6 - Steele Trying

    S3:E21

    Mr. Steele's plans for a romantic weekend in San Francisco are upset when his imaginary case turns into a real one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  7. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 2 - Steele Searching (2)
    8.3/10(98 votes)

    #7 - Steele Searching (2)

    S4:E2

    Laura races with Scotland Yard to locate Steele, who has become involved in murder while searching for a man with a clue to his past. Steele masquerades as an assassin hired by Daniel Chalmers to kill the Earl of Claridge.

    Director:Christopher Hibler
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  8. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 5 - Forged Steele
    8.3/10(102 votes)

    #8 - Forged Steele

    S4:E5

    Steele awakens from a 36-hour blackout to find that he has apparently gambled away the agency.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 19 - Illustrated Steele
    8.2/10(113 votes)

    #9 - Illustrated Steele

    S3:E19

    A young cartoonist finds his life threatened as the events of his strip start happening to him.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 1 - Steele Searching (1)
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #10 - Steele Searching (1)

    S4:E1

    Laura races with Scotland Yard to locate Steele, who has become involved in murder while searching for a man with a clue to his past. Steele masquerades as an assassin hired by Daniel Chalmers to kill the Earl of Claridge.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  11. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 7 - Premium Steele
    8.2/10(107 votes)

    #11 - Premium Steele

    S4:E7

    Laura and Steele try to discover why phony obituaries are being printed about people like poor garlic farmer Lester Shane.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 16 - Sensitive Steele
    8.2/10(98 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 18 - Steele at Your Service
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    #13 - Steele at Your Service

    S4:E18

    The servants of the wealthy Wellingtons hire Laura and Steele to find out who killed the former butler, who had planned on publishing his memoirs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 3 - Maltese Steele
    8.1/10(117 votes)

    #14 - Maltese Steele

    S3:E3

    Laura and Steele search for a missing body on the island of Malta, but find an insignificant piece of brass that could get them killed.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 18 - Now You Steele It, Now You Don't
    8.1/10(107 votes)

    #15 - Now You Steele It, Now You Don't

    S3:E18

    Laura feels used when she discovers an importer has killed himself after she delivers a message to him.

    Director:John Tracy
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 11 - Steele, Inc.
    8.1/10(106 votes)

    #16 - Steele, Inc.

    S4:E11

    Mulch's latest brainstorm to franchise the agency gets an unfortunate investigator killed by an angry client.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Brad Kern

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

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

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

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

    #20 - 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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  21. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 5 - Blue Blooded Steele
    8.0/10(130 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 8 - Puzzled Steele
    8.0/10(115 votes)

    #22 - Puzzled Steele

    S3:E8

    Laura and Steele accept the invitation of an eccentric millionaire to compete in finding a missing journalist but the game soon turns deadly.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 3 - Steele Blushing
    8.0/10(98 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Remington Steele Season 3 Episode 17 - Diced Steele
    7.9/10(94 votes)

    #24 - Diced Steele

    S3:E17

    An investigator from an insurance company digs into Steele's past after the agency loses their money in an effort to buy back stolen jewels.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Remington Steele Season 4 Episode 13 - Suburban Steele
    7.9/10(110 votes)

    #25 - Suburban Steele

    S4:E13

    Laura's sister finds a dead body on her kitchen floor and asks for help from a reluctant Laura and Steele.

    Director:Stan Lathan
    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".