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The Best Episodes of Riptide Season 3

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Riptide Season 3 Episode 4 - The Bargain Department
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    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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  2. Riptide Season 3 Episode 18 - Dead Men Don't Floss
    7.7/10(50 votes)

    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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  3. Riptide Season 3 Episode 21 - Echoes
    7.7/10(44 votes)

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

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

    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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  6. Riptide Season 3 Episode 19 - Chapel of Glass
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    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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  7. Riptide Season 3 Episode 5 - Who Really Watches the Sunset?
    7.3/10(44 votes)

    S3:E5

    A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Riptide Season 3 Episode 14 - Smiles We Left Behind
    7.3/10(49 votes)

    S3:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Riptide Season 3 Episode 1 - Wipe Out
    7.2/10(52 votes)

    S3:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Riptide Season 3 Episode 10 - Lady Killer
    7.2/10(45 votes)

    S3:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Riptide Season 3 Episode 11 - A Matter of Policy
    7.2/10(47 votes)

    S3:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Riptide Season 3 Episode 12 - The Wedding Bell Blues
    7.1/10(48 votes)

    S3:E12

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Riptide Season 3 Episode 6 - Still Goin' Steady
    7.0/10(43 votes)

    S3:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Riptide Season 3 Episode 16 - Playing Hardball
    6.9/10(41 votes)

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Riptide Season 3 Episode 7 - Robin and Marian
    6.8/10(44 votes)

    S3:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Riptide Season 3 Episode 2 - Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
    6.7/10(48 votes)

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Riptide Season 3 Episode 8 - Requiem for Icarus
    6.7/10(43 votes)

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Riptide Season 3 Episode 20 - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
    6.4/10(42 votes)

    S3:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Riptide Season 3 Episode 13 - The Frankie Kahana Show
    6.3/10(40 votes)

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Riptide Season 3 Episode 15 - The Pirate and the Princess
    6.3/10(43 votes)

    S3:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Riptide Season 3 Episode 17 - The Play's the Thing
    5.9/10(44 votes)

    S3:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Bargain Department" is the best rated episode of Riptide season 3. It scored 7.8/10 from 49 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 5, 1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Dead Men Don't Floss".