The Best Episodes of Remington Steele Season 1

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8.1/10(361 votes)
#1 - License to Steele
S1:E110/1/1982
"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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Director:Robert Butler
Writer:Michael Gleason
7.3/10(242 votes)
#2 - Tempered Steele
S1:E210/8/1982
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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Director:Robert Butler
Writer:Michael Gleason
7.7/10(233 votes)
#3 - Steele Waters Run Deep
S1:E310/22/1982
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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Director:Jeff Bleckner
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(218 votes)
#4 - Signed, Steeled, & Delivered
S1:E410/29/1982
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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Director:Robert Butler
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
7.8/10(221 votes)
#5 - Thou Shalt Not Steele
S1:E511/5/1982
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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Director:Leo Penn
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(184 votes)
#6 - Steele Belted
S1:E611/12/1982
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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Director:Robert Butler
Writer:Michael Gleason

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7.4/10(192 votes)
#7 - Etched in Steele
S1:E711/19/1982
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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Director:Stan Lathan
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
7.2/10(176 votes)
#8 - Your Steele the One For Me
S1:E811/26/1982
A lesson in detective work for Steele escalates a jaywalking accident into an encounter with Japanese gangsters.
Director:Thomas Carter
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Thomas Carter
Writer:Unknown
8.2/10(197 votes)
#9 - In the Steele of the Night
S1:E912/3/1982
Steele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.
Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer:Joel Steiger
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Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer:Joel Steiger
7.8/10(192 votes)
#10 - Steele Trap
S1:E1012/10/1982
A client commits suicide in the office so Steele and Laura attend a house party on an island owned by a wealthy publisher in his place in an attempt to find out why.
Director:Sidney Hayers
Writer:Michael Gleason
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Director:Sidney Hayers
Writer:Michael Gleason
7.4/10(169 votes)
#11 - Steeling the Show
S1:E111/7/1983
Steele comes to the aid of an aging B-movie queen whose daughter is trying to commit her and who someone is apparently trying to kill.
Director:Seymour Robbie
Writer:Peter Lefcourt
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Director:Seymour Robbie
Writer:Peter Lefcourt
7.3/10(163 votes)
#12 - Steele Flying High
S1:E121/14/1983
Steele gets involved with the murder of a naturalist when he serves on a committee to save the bald eagle.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(183 votes)
#13 - A Good Night's Steele
S1:E131/21/1983
Laura and Steele go undercover at a sleep-disorders clinic to investigate the disappearance of morphine and a doctor.
Director:Seymour Robbie
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Seymour Robbie
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(180 votes)
#14 - Hearts of Steele
S1:E141/28/1983
Steele and Laura pose as a battling couple while they investigate murder attempts against an aggressive divorce lawyer.
Director:Robert Butler
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
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Director:Robert Butler
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
7.9/10(172 votes)
#15 - To Stop a Steele
S1:E152/11/1983
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.
Director:Sidney Hayers
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
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Director:Sidney Hayers
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
7.5/10(206 votes)
#16 - Steele Crazy After All These Years
S1:E162/18/1983
Murphy's college homecoming is marred by a murder that awakens memories of a bombing on campus ten years before.
Director:Don Weis
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Don Weis
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(163 votes)
#17 - Steele Among the Living
S1:E172/25/1983
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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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(163 votes)
#18 - Steele in the News
S1:E183/4/1983
Laura and Steele investigate the increasingly dangerous pranks someone is pulling on the news team of a local television station.
Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer:Michael Gleason
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Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer:Michael Gleason
8.2/10(197 votes)
#19 - Vintage Steele
S1:E193/15/1983
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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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.0/10(174 votes)
#20 - Steele's Gold
S1:E203/22/1983
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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Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(182 votes)
#21 - Sting of Steele
S1:E214/5/1983
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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Director:Seymour Robbie
Writer:Michael Gleason
7.8/10(164 votes)
#22 - Steele in Circulation
S1:E224/12/1983
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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Director:Don Weis
Writer:Unknown