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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 own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.

Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Riptide" is "The Play's the Thing", rated 6.1/10 from 37 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Play's the Thing" aired on 3/21/1986 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Girls Night Out".

  • The Play's the Thing
    6.1/10 37 votes

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    The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.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

  • Girls Night Out
    6.2/10 45 votes

    #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

  • The Pirate and the Princess
    6.3/10 37 votes

    #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

  • If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
    6.4/10 33 votes

    #4 - 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

  • The Frankie Kahana Show
    6.5/10 35 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Polly Want an Explanation
    6.6/10 41 votes

    #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

  • Gams People Play
    6.7/10 40 votes

    #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

  • Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
    6.8/10 42 votes

    #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

  • The Mean Green Love Machine
    6.9/10 62 votes

    #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

  • Long Distance Daddy
    6.9/10 56 votes

    #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

  • Requiem for Icarus
    6.9/10 39 votes

    #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

  • Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America
    7.0/10 75 votes

    #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

  • Where the Girls Are
    7.0/10 62 votes

    #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

  • Still Goin' Steady
    7.0/10 36 votes

    #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

  • Robin and Marian
    7.0/10 39 votes

    #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

  • Playing Hardball
    7.0/10 35 votes

    #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

  • Conflict of Interest
    7.1/10 81 votes

    #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

  • The Hardcase
    7.1/10 59 votes

    #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

  • Father's Day
    7.1/10 40 votes

    #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

  • It's a Vial Sort of Business
    7.1/10 44 votes

    #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

  • Oil Bets Are Off
    7.1/10 36 votes

    #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

  • Arrivederci, Baby
    7.1/10 36 votes

    #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

  • Wipe Out
    7.1/10 41 votes

    #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

  • A Matter of Policy
    7.1/10 39 votes

    #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

  • The Wedding Bell Blues
    7.1/10 42 votes

    #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