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The Best Episodes of Riptide Season 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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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  7. Riptide Season 1 Episode 9 - #1 with a Bullet
    7.3/10(74 votes)

    S1:E9

    A simple assignment to deliver flowers to a dead rock singer's hospitalised partner puts the detectives in the middle of a musical scam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Riptide Season 1 Episode 2 - Conflict of Interest
    7.2/10(98 votes)

    S1:E2

    An old girlfriend seeks Nick and Cody's help after she overhears her husband plotting to murder a police lieutenant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Riptide Season 1 Episode 3 - Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America
    7.2/10(88 votes)

    S1:E3

    Nick and Cody work to rescue a lovely executive analyst held captive by an assassin responsible for the deaths of two of her co-workers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Riptide Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.1/10(133 votes)

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Riptide Season 1 Episode 7 - The Hardcase
    7.1/10(75 votes)

    S1:E7

    While trying to rescue an old girlfriend, Nick and Cody become embroiled in a bizarre investigation involving murder and kidnapping.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Riptide Season 1 Episode 5 - The Mean Green Love Machine
    7.0/10(78 votes)

    S1:E5

    A friend of Nick and Cody's hires the detectives to help find her father, who vanished in Mexico while looking for his kidnapped wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Riptide Season 1 Episode 10 - Long Distance Daddy
    6.8/10(69 votes)

    S1:E10

    Two Cambodian orphans stow away on a jet to visit their American sponsor, Nick, only to be marked for death after witnessing a murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Four-Eyes" is the best rated episode of "Riptide" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 76 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/6/1984. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Hatchet Job".