6.1/1037 votesLoading...#1 - 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The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.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
6.2/1046 votesLoading...#2 - Girls Night Out
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1985
Two housewives use Boz's computer gadget to execute several burglaries in a prosperous neighbourhood.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/1038 votesLoading...#3 - 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
6.5/1036 votesLoading...#4 - 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
6.5/1035 votesLoading...#5 - 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
6.6/1042 votesLoading...#6 - Polly Want an Explanation
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1985
The detectives are tricked by a Vietnam War buddy who claims the CIA wants to prevent him from publishing an expose on the government.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1040 votesLoading...#7 - Gams People Play
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1985
The director of the annual Miss King Harbour Beauty Pageant hires the trio to uncover who has been threatening a competitor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1043 votesLoading...#8 - 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
6.9/1063 votesLoading...#9 - 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
6.9/1056 votesLoading...#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
6.9/1039 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.0/1075 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.0/1063 votesLoading...#13 - Where the Girls Are
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1984
Cody, Nick and Boz join forces with dockworker Kirk "The Dool" Dooley to prevent the kidnapping of three wealthy coeds.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1037 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.0/1039 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.0/1035 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.1/1084 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.1/1059 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.1/1040 votesLoading...#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
7.1/1044 votesLoading...#20 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1036 votesLoading...#21 - Oil Bets Are Off
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1985
Nick, Cody and Boz use electronics to infiltrate a heavily armed gambling yacht linked to the murder of Boz's friend, a noted geologist.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1037 votesLoading...#22 - Arrivederci, Baby
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/1985
Cody fends off culprits in a mini-submarine while investigating an oceanographer's report of a deep-sea toxic-waste dump.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1043 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.1/1040 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.1/1043 votesLoading...#25 - 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 Worst Episodes of Riptide
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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...
Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Play's the Thing" is the worst rated episode of "Riptide". It scored 6.1/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/21/1986. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Girls Night Out".