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 Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
The best episode of "Remington Steele" season 4 is "Steele Searching (1)", rated 8.2/10 from 102 user votes. It was directed by Seymour Robbie and written by Michael Gleason. "Steele Searching (1)" aired on 9/25/1985 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Steele Searching (2)".
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
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
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: N/A
Laura and Steele are hired to protect a professional wrestler who has been receiving death threats and having mysterious ""accidents.""
Director: Don Weis
Writer: N/A
Steele awakens from a 36-hour blackout to find that he has apparently gambled away the agency.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
Laura and Steele look into the disappearance of some prized breeding pigs from an experimental farm in Iowa.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Pamela Norris
Laura and Steele try to discover why phony obituaries are being printed about people like poor garlic farmer Lester Shane.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: N/A
Laura and Steele fly the unfriendly skies to learn why the body of a hired killer turned up on the baggage carrousel of a luxury airline.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
The agency Christmas party is interrupted by three gun-wielding Santas who take everyone hostage and threaten to blow up the building.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Michael Gleason
A traffic reporter dies while aloft in a helicopter and the two prime suspects are the disc jockeys, who were on the air at the time.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
Laura and Steele are hired by the spoiled son of a caviar importer to find a missing shipment before daddy returns home.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
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: N/A
One of the phony Santas from the ill-fated Christmas party returns to persuade witness not to testify against him.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Michael Gleason
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: N/A
The search for a singer from the fifties has unexpected, deadly consequences.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
Laura is assaulted while running in a triathlon after a desperate woman switches numbers with her.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: N/A
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
A man who framed himself so his wife could collect the reward learns he isn't terminally ill and wants Laura and Steele to clear him.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: N/A
Laura has her hands full trying to discover why an accountant at a huge corporation was killed while Steele handles several mysterious errands of his own.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A