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The Worst Episodes of Riptide

Every episode of Riptide ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Twisted Cross" is the worst rated episode of "Riptide". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/12/1985. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Robin and Marian".

  • The Twisted Cross
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    #1 - The Twisted Cross

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 3/12/1985

    Dooley infiltrates a boys military camp to rescue a cadet from his father, a radical who plans to send his charges on a suicide mission.

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  • Robin and Marian
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    #2 - 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.

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  • Home for Christmas
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    #3 - 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

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  • Lady Killer
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    #4 - 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.

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    Writer: N/A

  • A Matter of Policy
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    #5 - 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

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  • The Wedding Bell Blues
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    #6 - 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

  • The Frankie Kahana Show
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    #7 - 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

  • Smiles We Left Behind
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    #8 - 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

  • The Pirate and the Princess
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    #9 - 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

  • Playing Hardball
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    #10 - 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

  • The Play's the Thing
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    #11 - 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

  • Chapel of Glass
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    #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

  • If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
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    #13 - 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.

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  • Echoes
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    #14 - 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

  • Dead Men Don't Floss
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    #15 - 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

  • Pilot
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    #16 - 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

  • Requiem for Icarus
    5.0/10(1)
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    #17 - 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.

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    Writer: N/A

  • The Orange Grove
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    #18 - 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

  • Father's Day
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    #19 - Father's Day

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 11/20/1984

    A priest brings a baby girl to Nick, Cody and Boz in hopes that the detectives can locate the infant's threatened mother.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Conflict of Interest
    7.0/10(1)
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    #20 - 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

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  • Hatchet Job
    7.0/10(1)
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    #21 - 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
    7.0/10(1)
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    #22 - 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

  • The Hardcase
    7.0/10(1)
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    #23 - 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.

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  • Something Fishy
    7.0/10(1)
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    #24 - 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.

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  • It's a Vial Sort of Business
    7.0/10(1)
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    #25 - It's a Vial Sort of Business

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 12/4/1984

    Dooley's prior involvement with a racetrack syndicate could jeopardize the life of the would-be actor the detectives were hired to find.

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