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The Best Episodes of Riptide Season 3

Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC

Every episode of Riptide Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Riptide Season 3!

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...
Episodes
21
Avg. Rating
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  • The Bargain Department
    7.7/10(41)
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    #1 - 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

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  • Does Not Compute
    7.6/10(40)
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    #2 - 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

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  • Chapel of Glass
    7.6/10(37)
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    #3 - 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

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  • Echoes
    7.6/10(37)
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    #4 - 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

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  • Who Really Watches the Sunset?
    7.5/10(40)
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    #5 - 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

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  • Home for Christmas
    7.4/10(52)
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    #6 - 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

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  • Dead Men Don't Floss
    7.4/10(42)
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    #7 - 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

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  • Lady Killer
    7.3/10(40)
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    #8 - Lady Killer

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 1/7/1986

    The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Matter of Policy
    7.3/10(41)
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    #9 - A Matter of Policy

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 1/14/1986

    Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Smiles We Left Behind
    7.3/10(42)
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    #10 - 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

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  • Wipe Out
    7.1/10(44)
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    #11 - Wipe Out

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 10/1/1985

    An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Wedding Bell Blues
    7.1/10(44)
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    #12 - The Wedding Bell Blues

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 1/21/1986

    Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Still Goin' Steady
    7.0/10(37)
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    #13 - Still Goin' Steady

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 11/19/1985

    Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Robin and Marian
    7.0/10(39)
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    #14 - Robin and Marian

    Season 3 Episode 7

    Aired 12/3/1985

    The Roboz is one of the items pilfered by a would-be Robin Hood, bringing Nick, Cody and Boz into a case of counterfeiting and abduction.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Playing Hardball
    7.0/10(36)
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    #15 - Playing Hardball

    Season 3 Episode 16

    Aired 3/14/1986

    Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Requiem for Icarus
    6.9/10(39)
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    #16 - Requiem for Icarus

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 12/10/1985

    The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
    6.8/10(43)
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    #17 - Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 10/22/1985

    The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Frankie Kahana Show
    6.5/10(36)
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    #18 - The Frankie Kahana Show

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 2/11/1986

    Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
    6.5/10(35)
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    #19 - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

    Season 3 Episode 20

    Aired 4/18/1986

    Bickering TV co-stars seek to add realism to their TV-detective roles by asking Nick, Boz and Cody to bring them along on a real case.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Pirate and the Princess
    6.3/10(38)
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    #20 - The Pirate and the Princess

    Season 3 Episode 15

    Aired 3/7/1986

    A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Play's the Thing
    5.9/10(38)
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    #21 - The Play's the Thing

    Season 3 Episode 17

    Aired 3/21/1986

    The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Bargain Department" is the best rated episode of "Riptide" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/5/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Does Not Compute".