Riptide: Season 3 (1985)

Episodes: 21
Premiered October 1, 1985

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Episodes

Episode 1 · October 1, 1985 · 48m

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

7.0
Episode 2 · October 22, 1985 · 48m

Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.

7.0
Episode 3 · October 29, 1985 · 48m

Does Not Compute
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.

9.0
Episode 4 · November 5, 1985 · 48m

The Bargain Department
Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.

8.0
Episode 5 · November 12, 1985 · 48m

Who Really Watches the Sunset?
A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.

8.0
Episode 6 · November 19, 1985 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 7 · December 3, 1985 · 48m

Robin and Marian
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.
Episode 8 · December 10, 1985 · 48m

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

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Episode 9 · December 17, 1985 · 48m

Home for Christmas
The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.
Episode 10 · January 7, 1986 · 48m

Lady Killer
The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
Episode 11 · January 14, 1986 · 48m

A Matter of Policy
Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.
Episode 12 · January 21, 1986 · 48m

The Wedding Bell Blues
Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.
Episode 13 · February 11, 1986 · 48m

The Frankie Kahana Show
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
Episode 14 · February 25, 1986 · 1h 36m

Smiles We Left Behind
Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
Episode 15 · March 7, 1986 · 48m

The Pirate and the Princess
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
Episode 16 · March 14, 1986 · 48m

Playing Hardball
Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
Episode 17 · March 21, 1986 · 48m

The Play's the Thing
The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.
Episode 18 · April 4, 1986 · 48m

Dead Men Don't Floss
After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.

2.0
Episode 19 · April 11, 1986 · 48m

Chapel of Glass
The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
Episode 20 · April 18, 1986 · 48m

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
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.
Episode 21 · April 22, 1986 · 48m

Echoes
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.