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The Best Episodes of Riptide

Every episode of Riptide ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Riptide!

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their...
Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC
Episodes
56
Avg. Rating
7.2
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.4
7.0
7.1
7.1
7.6
6.8
7.0
7.8
7.6

Best Episodes Summary

"Be True to Your School" is the best rated episode of "Riptide". It scored 8/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/27/1984. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Baxter and Boz".

  • Be True to Your School
    8.0/10(55)
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    #1 - Be True to Your School

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/27/1984

    While accompanying Nick to a high-school reunion, Cody and Boz discover Nick's former football teammates are involved in drug-running.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Baxter and Boz
    7.9/10(47)
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    #2 - Baxter and Boz

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 1/22/1985

    An appreciative gesture from a multimillionaire genius makes Boz the recipient of a recently developed attack helicopter.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: Bill Nuss

  • Catch of the Day
    7.8/10(52)
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    #3 - Catch of the Day

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/23/1984

    A fisherman asks Nick, Cody and Boz to investigate a tale of murder after police dismiss him because he claims a mermaid was involved.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Beat the Box
    7.8/10(44)
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    #4 - Beat the Box

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 11/13/1984

    Cody and Nick use Murray's lie-detector to crack a tough case of an author who killed himself just prior to a scheduled TV appearance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boz Busters
    7.8/10(41)
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    #5 - Boz Busters

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 2/5/1985

    Cody and Nick suspect kidnapping when they discover that the job for which Boz left the agency is with a non-existent electronics firm.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bargain Department
    7.7/10(40)
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    #6 - The Bargain Department

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 11/5/1985

    Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hatchet Job
    7.6/10(77)
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    #7 - Hatchet Job

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 1/31/1984

    An escaped mental patient asks Cody, Nick and Boz to find her boyfriend's murderer -- who just might be the unbalanced client herself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Four-Eyes
    7.6/10(61)
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    #8 - Four-Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 3/6/1984

    Nick and Cody compete with a pair of private eyes to help a woman framed for the murder of her husband.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Orange Grove
    7.6/10(49)
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    #9 - The Orange Grove

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/16/1984

    Cody, Nick and Boz re-enlist in the Army to determine whether their former commander is guilty of drug smuggling.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Does Not Compute
    7.6/10(40)
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    #10 - Does Not Compute

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/29/1985

    Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Men Don't Floss
    7.6/10(41)
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    #11 - Dead Men Don't Floss

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 4/4/1986

    After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chapel of Glass
    7.6/10(37)
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    #12 - Chapel of Glass

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 4/11/1986

    The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Echoes
    7.6/10(37)
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    #13 - Echoes

    Season 3 Episode 21

    Aired 4/22/1986

    Nick's suspicions that a man convicted of murder may have been framed lead the detectives to a remote town with its own brand of justice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mirage
    7.5/10(49)
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    #14 - Mirage

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/30/1984

    Part-time teacher Murray hires Nick and Cody to protect him after he falls for a student who happens to be the wife of a volatile tycoon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Curse of the Mary Aberdeen
    7.5/10(44)
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    #15 - Curse of the Mary Aberdeen

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 1/29/1985

    Cody, Nick and Boz wind up back where they started after a mysterious man sends them on a search for a haunted old boat.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    7.4/10(106)
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    #16 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 1/3/1984

    Nick and Cody's search for the sunken remains of a charter boat puts them in conflict with a mob kingpin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Diamonds Are for Never
    7.4/10(71)
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    #17 - Diamonds Are for Never

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 2/21/1984

    Nick and Cody race to rescue Boz and their client, a diabetic stewardess, held hostage by a killer desperate to retrieve stolen diamonds.

    Director: Gloryette Clark

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Your Pleasure
    7.4/10(58)
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    #18 - Double Your Pleasure

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 4/3/1984

    Cody agrees to help his most recent girlfriend find her missing sister, who is supposedly fleeing from organised crime.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Something Fishy
    7.4/10(54)
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    #19 - Something Fishy

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 5/22/1984

    Boz and Nick both fall for the same beautiful dolphin-trainer, whose charges become implicated as accomplices in a drug-smuggling scheme.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Peter Pan Is Alive and Well
    7.4/10(48)
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    #20 - Peter Pan Is Alive and Well

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 12/11/1984

    While under cover at a Malibu club, Nick, Cody and Boz learn that an old friend working as a club lifeguard may be involved in extortion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fuzzy Vision
    7.4/10(38)
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    #21 - Fuzzy Vision

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 3/19/1985

    The detectives find big trouble in a small town when Cody suffers from mistaken identity and the whole trio winds up suspected of murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Who Really Watches the Sunset?
    7.4/10(39)
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    #22 - Who Really Watches the Sunset?

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 11/12/1985

    A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Home for Christmas
    7.4/10(52)
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    #23 - Home for Christmas

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 12/17/1985

    The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Raiders of the Lost Sub
    7.3/10(63)
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    #24 - Raiders of the Lost Sub

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 5/15/1984

    Murray's brilliant sister, Melba, convinces the detectives to help her find a sunken, gold-laden World War II submarine.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Catch a Fallen Star
    7.3/10(45)
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    #25 - Catch a Fallen Star

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 12/18/1984

    Cody, Nick and Boz aid a former Hollywood screen star after her escape from the asylum where she had been held for more than 50 years.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A