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The Best Episodes of Remington Steele Season 1

Every episode of Remington Steele Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Remington Steele Season 1!

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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
    Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 9 - In the Steele of the Night
    8.2/10(220 votes)

    S1:E9

    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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  2. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 19 - Vintage Steele
    8.2/10(214 votes)

    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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  3. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 1 - License to Steele
    8.1/10(387 votes)

    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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  4. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 21 - Sting of Steele
    8.1/10(200 votes)

    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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  5. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 15 - To Stop a Steele
    8.0/10(192 votes)

    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.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  6. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 5 - Thou Shalt Not Steele
    7.9/10(242 votes)

    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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  7. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 13 - A Good Night's Steele
    7.9/10(203 votes)

    S1:E13

    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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  8. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 22 - Steele in Circulation
    7.9/10(183 votes)

    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 1 Episode 3 - Steele Waters Run Deep
    7.8/10(260 votes)

    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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  10. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 10 - Steele Trap
    7.8/10(216 votes)

    S1:E10

    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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  11. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 14 - Hearts of Steele
    7.7/10(201 votes)

    S1:E14

    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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  12. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 6 - Steele Belted
    7.6/10(205 votes)

    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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  13. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 16 - Steele Crazy After All These Years
    7.6/10(212 votes)

    S1:E16

    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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  14. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 4 - Signed, Steeled, & Delivered
    7.5/10(238 votes)

    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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  15. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 17 - Steele Among the Living
    7.5/10(181 votes)

    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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  16. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 18 - Steele in the News
    7.5/10(183 votes)

    S1:E18

    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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  17. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 7 - Etched in Steele
    7.4/10(210 votes)

    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 11 - Steeling the Show
    7.4/10(189 votes)

    S1:E11

    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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  19. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 12 - Steele Flying High
    7.4/10(182 votes)

    S1:E12

    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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  20. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 2 - Tempered Steele
    7.3/10(266 votes)

    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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  21. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 8 - Your Steele the One For Me
    7.2/10(194 votes)

    S1:E8

    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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  22. Remington Steele Season 1 Episode 20 - Steele's Gold
    7.0/10(189 votes)

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"In the Steele of the Night" is the best rated episode of "Remington Steele" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 220 votes. Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff and written by Joel Steiger, it aired on 12/3/1982. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Vintage Steele".