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The Worst Episodes of Riptide

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Network:NBC

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...
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  • The Play's the Thing
    5.9/10(38)
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    #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    The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.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

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  • The Pirate and the Princess
    6.3/10(38)
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    #2 - 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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    0
  • Girls Night Out
    6.4/10(48)
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    #3 - 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

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

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

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    0
  • Gams People Play
    6.8/10(41)
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    #6 - 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

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  • Polly Want an Explanation
    6.8/10(44)
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    #7 - 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

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    0
  • Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
    6.8/10(43)
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    #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

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    0
  • The Mean Green Love Machine
    6.9/10(65)
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    #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

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    0
  • Long Distance Daddy
    6.9/10(58)
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    #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

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  • Requiem for Icarus
    6.9/10(39)
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    #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

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  • Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America
    7.0/10(76)
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    #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

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    0
  • Where the Girls Are
    7.0/10(64)
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    #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

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

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  • Robin and Marian
    7.0/10(39)
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    #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

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    0
  • Playing Hardball
    7.0/10(36)
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    #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

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  • Conflict of Interest
    7.1/10(84)
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    #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

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  • The Hardcase
    7.1/10(62)
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    #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

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  • It's a Vial Sort of Business
    7.1/10(44)
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    #19 - 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

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  • Oil Bets Are Off
    7.1/10(37)
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    #20 - 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

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  • Wipe Out
    7.1/10(44)
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    #21 - 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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    0
  • The Wedding Bell Blues
    7.1/10(44)
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    #22 - 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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    0
  • #1 with a Bullet
    7.2/10(60)
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    #23 - #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

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  • Father's Day
    7.2/10(42)
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    #24 - 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

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    0
  • The Twisted Cross
    7.2/10(37)
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    #25 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Play's the Thing" is the worst rated episode of "Riptide". It scored 5.9/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/21/1986. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Pirate and the Princess".