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The Best Episodes of Remington Steele

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The Best Episodes of Remington Steele

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...

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  1. 8.5/10(110 votes)

    #1 - Beg, Borrow, or Steele

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    S4:E20

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

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    Director:Kevin Inch
    Writer:Brad Kern
  2. 8.4/10(132 votes)

    #2 - Steele Your Heart Away

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    S3:E6

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

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  3. 8.3/10(100 votes)

    #3 - Forged Steele

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    S4:E5

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

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.2/10(190 votes)

    #4 - Vintage Steele

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.2/10(171 votes)

    #5 - Red Holt Steele

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    S2:E3

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

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  6. 8.2/10(95 votes)

    #6 - Steele Searching (2)

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    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.

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  8. 8.2/10(88 votes)

    #7 - Steele at Your Service

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.1/10(192 votes)

    #8 - In the Steele of the Night

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    S1:E9

    Steele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.

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  10. 8.1/10(175 votes)

    #9 - Sting of Steele

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    S1:E21

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

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  11. 8.1/10(119 votes)

    #10 - Steele at It

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    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.

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.1/10(106 votes)

    #11 - Illustrated Steele

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    S3:E19

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

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    Writer:N/A
  13. 8.1/10(101 votes)

    #12 - Steele Trying

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    S3:E21

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

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    Director:N/A
  14. 8.1/10(103 votes)

    #13 - Steele Searching (1)

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    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.

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  15. 8.1/10(104 votes)

    #14 - Premium Steele

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    S4:E7

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

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    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.1/10(95 votes)

    #15 - Sensitive Steele

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    S4:E16

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

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.0/10(352 votes)

    #16 - License to Steele

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    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.

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  18. 8.0/10(109 votes)

    #17 - Maltese Steele

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  19. 8.0/10(103 votes)

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

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    S3:E18

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

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    Director:John Tracy
    Writer:N/A
  20. 8.0/10(105 votes)

    #19 - Steele, Inc.

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    S4:E11

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

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Brad Kern
  21. 7.9/10(180 votes)

    #20 - A Good Night's Steele

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    S1:E13

    Laura and Steele go undercover at a sleep-disorders clinic to investigate the disappearance of morphine and a doctor.

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    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.9/10(167 votes)

    #21 - To Stop a Steele

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    S1:E15

    Laura and Steele wind up working for opposite sides of a jewelry theft when the frightened thief looks for help when someone else beats him to the jewel.

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  23. 7.9/10(160 votes)

    #22 - Steele Framed

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.9/10(143 votes)

    #23 - Love Among the Steele

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    S2:E7

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

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    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.9/10(124 votes)

    #24 - Blue Blooded Steele

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.9/10(108 votes)

    #25 - Puzzled Steele

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    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.

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Beg, Borrow, or Steele" is the best rated episode of "Remington Steele". It scored 8.5/10 based on 110 votes. Directed by Kevin Inch and written by Brad Kern, it aired on 3/29/1986. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Steele Your Heart Away".