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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!

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

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Riptide" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.4/10 from 104 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Pilot" aired on 1/3/1984 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Conflict of Interest".

  • Pilot
    7.4/10 104 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Conflict of Interest
    7.1/10 81 votes

    #2 - Conflict of Interest

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/1984

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America
    7.0/10 75 votes

    #3 - Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/1984

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hatchet Job
    7.6/10 76 votes

    #4 - 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

  • The Mean Green Love Machine
    6.9/10 62 votes

    #5 - The Mean Green Love Machine

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/1984

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Diamonds Are for Never
    7.5/10 69 votes

    #6 - 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

  • The Hardcase
    7.1/10 59 votes

    #7 - The Hardcase

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/1984

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Four-Eyes
    7.6/10 60 votes

    #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

  • #1 with a Bullet
    7.2/10 59 votes

    #9 - #1 with a Bullet

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/1984

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Long Distance Daddy
    6.9/10 56 votes

    #10 - Long Distance Daddy

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/27/1984

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Your Pleasure
    7.4/10 56 votes

    #11 - 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

  • Raiders of the Lost Sub
    7.3/10 62 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Something Fishy
    7.4/10 52 votes

    #13 - 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