Episodes List
Ep.1 Wipe Out
Air Date: 1985-10-01
An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.
Ep.2 Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
Air Date: 1985-10-22
The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.
Ep.3 Does Not Compute
Air Date: 1985-10-29
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
Ep.4 The Bargain Department
Air Date: 1985-11-05
Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.
Ep.5 Who Really Watches the Sunset?
Air Date: 1985-11-12
A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.
Ep.6 Still Goin' Steady
Air Date: 1985-11-19
Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.
Ep.7 Robin and Marian
Air Date: 1985-12-03
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.
Ep.8 Requiem for Icarus
Air Date: 1985-12-10
The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
Ep.9 Home for Christmas
Air Date: 1985-12-17
The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.
Ep.10 Lady Killer
Air Date: 1986-01-07
The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
Ep.11 A Matter of Policy
Air Date: 1986-01-14
Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.
Ep.12 The Wedding Bell Blues
Air Date: 1986-01-21
Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.
Ep.13 The Frankie Kahana Show
Air Date: 1986-02-11
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
Ep.14 Smiles We Left Behind
Air Date: 1986-02-25
Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
Ep.15 The Pirate and the Princess
Air Date: 1986-03-07
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
Ep.16 Playing Hardball
Air Date: 1986-03-14
Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
Ep.17 The Play's the Thing
Air Date: 1986-03-21
The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.
Ep.18 Dead Men Don't Floss
Air Date: 1986-04-04
After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.
Ep.19 Chapel of Glass
Air Date: 1986-04-11
The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
Ep.20 If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
Air Date: 1986-04-18
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.
Ep.21 Echoes
Air Date: 1986-04-22
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.
