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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 own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.

Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Riptide" is "Be True to Your School", rated 8/10 from 55 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Be True to Your School" aired on 11/27/1984 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Catch of the Day".

  • Be True to Your School
    8.0/10 55 votes

    #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

  • Catch of the Day
    7.9/10 51 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Baxter and Boz
    7.9/10 47 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Boz Busters
    7.8/10 41 votes

    #4 - 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 Orange Grove
    7.7/10 48 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Beat the Box
    7.7/10 43 votes

    #6 - 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

  • The Bargain Department
    7.7/10 39 votes

    #7 - 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 76 votes

    #8 - 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 60 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Does Not Compute
    7.6/10 39 votes

    #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 votes

    #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 votes

    #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

  • Diamonds Are for Never
    7.5/10 69 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Mirage
    7.5/10 48 votes

    #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 votes

    #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

  • Echoes
    7.5/10 35 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Pilot
    7.4/10 103 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Double Your Pleasure
    7.4/10 56 votes

    #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 52 votes

    #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 votes

    #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 37 votes

    #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 38 votes

    #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 51 votes

    #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

  • Smiles We Left Behind
    7.4/10 41 votes

    #24 - Smiles We Left Behind

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1986

    Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Raiders of the Lost Sub
    7.3/10 62 votes

    #25 - 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