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The Best Episodes of Riptide

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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 own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Riptide Season 2 Episode 3 - Catch of the Day
    8.1/10(61 votes)

    #1 - Catch of the Day

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Riptide Season 2 Episode 7 - Be True to Your School
    8.1/10(64 votes)

    #2 - Be True to Your School

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Riptide Season 2 Episode 5 - Beat the Box
    7.9/10(55 votes)

    #3 - Beat the Box

    S2:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Riptide Season 2 Episode 15 - Boz Busters
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #4 - Boz Busters

    S2:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Riptide Season 3 Episode 4 - The Bargain Department
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #5 - The Bargain Department

    S3:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Riptide Season 3 Episode 21 - Echoes
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #6 - Echoes

    S3:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Riptide Season 1 Episode 8 - Four-Eyes
    7.7/10(76 votes)

    #7 - Four-Eyes

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Riptide Season 2 Episode 13 - Baxter and Boz
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    #8 - Baxter and Boz

    S2:E13

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

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  9. Riptide Season 3 Episode 18 - Dead Men Don't Floss
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #9 - Dead Men Don't Floss

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Riptide Season 1 Episode 4 - Hatchet Job
    7.6/10(90 votes)

    #10 - Hatchet Job

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Riptide Season 2 Episode 2 - The Orange Grove
    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #11 - The Orange Grove

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Riptide Season 3 Episode 3 - Does Not Compute
    7.6/10(46 votes)

    #12 - Does Not Compute

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Riptide Season 3 Episode 9 - Home for Christmas
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #13 - Home for Christmas

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Riptide Season 1 Episode 6 - Diamonds Are for Never
    7.5/10(83 votes)

    #14 - Diamonds Are for Never

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown

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  15. Riptide Season 2 Episode 9 - Peter Pan Is Alive and Well
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #15 - Peter Pan Is Alive and Well

    S2:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Riptide Season 2 Episode 14 - Curse of the Mary Aberdeen
    7.5/10(53 votes)

    #16 - Curse of the Mary Aberdeen

    S2:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Riptide Season 2 Episode 19 - The Twisted Cross
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #17 - The Twisted Cross

    S2:E19

    Dooley infiltrates a boys military camp to rescue a cadet from his father, a radical who plans to send his charges on a suicide mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Riptide Season 2 Episode 20 - Fuzzy Vision
    7.5/10(45 votes)

    #18 - Fuzzy Vision

    S2:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Riptide Season 3 Episode 19 - Chapel of Glass
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #19 - Chapel of Glass

    S3:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Riptide Season 1 Episode 11 - Double Your Pleasure
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    #20 - Double Your Pleasure

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Riptide Season 1 Episode 12 - Raiders of the Lost Sub
    7.4/10(76 votes)

    #21 - Raiders of the Lost Sub

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Riptide Season 1 Episode 13 - Something Fishy
    7.4/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Something Fishy

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Riptide Season 2 Episode 4 - Mirage
    7.4/10(58 votes)

    #23 - Mirage

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Riptide Season 2 Episode 10 - Catch a Fallen Star
    7.4/10(56 votes)

    #24 - Catch a Fallen Star

    S2:E10

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Riptide Season 2 Episode 12 - Prisoner of War
    7.4/10(49 votes)

    #25 - Prisoner of War

    S2:E12

    Nick searches King Harbour's back streets for his troubled girlfriend, who has ignited a fierce battle between two pimps.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Catch of the Day" is the best rated episode of "Riptide". It scored 8.1/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/23/1984. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Be True to Your School".