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Riptide (US) Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot (1)

First aired: Jan/03/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo
Director: Christian I. Nyby, II
Guest star: Karen Kopins (Kimba Hall), David Adams (Arnold Stein), Greg Lewis (Sherm Kline), Patrika Darbo (Mildred Stubowitz), Ingrid Anderson (Unknown), Robin Evans (Tammy), Ray Cirardin (Unknown), Frank McCarthy (Unknown), Lee Patterson (Unknown), Eugene Butler (Tyler), Marla Heasley (Chrystal White), Patrick Dollaghan (Dex Dexter), Robert Viharo (Mike Santana)

Mama Jo and the crew rescue Kimba Hall, a young woman stranded when an explosion damages the boat she was on, killing everyone else aboard.


2 :01x02 - Pilot (2)

First aired: Jan/03/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo
Director: Christian I. Nyby, II
Guest star: Ray Cirardin (Unknown), Robin Evans (Tammy), Ingrid Anderson (Unknown), Patrika Darbo (Mildred Stubowitz), David Adams (Arnold Stein), Frank McCarthy (Unknown), Lee Patterson (Unknown), Eugene Butler (Tyler), Marla Heasley (Chrystal White), Patrick Dollaghan (Dex Dexter), Robert Viharo (Mike Santana), Karen Kopins (Kimba Hall)

While searching for the real criminals, Cody, Nick and Boz work to prove that Kimba Hall had nothing to do with the Trade Wind's deadly explosion. But their task is made harder when someone tries to stop them from uncovering the truth.


3 :01x03 - Conflict Of Interest

First aired: Jan/10/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest star: Mary Ingersoll (Anchorwoman), Charles H. Hyman (Mitch), Eli Cummins (Kenny), Bill Overton (Sergeant Dave Myers), Robert Desiderio (Ricky Brazil), Kristen Meadows (Tina Brazil)

The wife of a well-known mobster, Tina Brazil, heads to Cody and Nick for help when she gets wind that her husband, Ricky Brazil, is plotting a murder.


4 :01x04 - Somebody's Killing The Great Geeks Of America

First aired: Jan/17/1984
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Rosalind Allen (Waitress), John Brandon (Security Guard), Terry Burns (Police Officer), Cynthia Harrison (Irene), John Gowans (Oliver), Paul Eiding (Phil), Patricia Dixon (Woman), Vahan Moosekian (Unknown), Jeffrey Lampert (Unknown), Rodney Kageyama (Unknown), Joe Michael Terry (Bennett), Cindy Pickett (Natalie Kramer)

When a worker at the The High Q Club is killed, the victim's co-worker heads to the Pier 56 Detective Agency for help in finding the culprit.


5 :01x05 - Hatchet Job

First aired: Jan/31/1984
Writer: Mark Jones
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest star: Katherine Kelly Lang (Unknown), Tom Pletts (Unknown), Mike Genovese (Unknown), Deborah Shelton (Carol Davis), Beau Starr (Vic), Randi Brooks (Heather Johnson), Maylo McCaslin (Alison London)

The detective's jobs are made harder when a thief on Pier 56 steals their equipment.


6 :01x06 - The Mean Green Love Machine

First aired: Feb/07/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Guy Magar
Guest star: Bruce Tuthill (Bob), Ismael 'East' Carlo (Bartender), James Luisi (Uptown Bill Brown), Robert Sampson (Lane Preston), Sam Scarber (Bus), Tamara Stafford (Brandy Preston), Mary-Margaret Humes (Dee-Dee Giddian)

One of Cody and Nick's old friends hire them for help in finding her father, Lane, who has been missing since he left for Mexico with his new wife.


7 :01x07 - Diamonds Are For Never

First aired: Feb/21/1984
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Gloryette Clark
Guest star: Jeanette Miller (Aunt Nellie), Jason Edwards (Unknown), Maurice Sneed (Encyclopaedia Salesman), K. C. Winkler (Bambi), Robin Evans (Tammy), John Anderson (Walter Truman), Pepper Martin (George Bobbitt), Peter Hobbs (Arthur ‘Artie' Truman), Kathryn Witt (Connie Moreci), Adele West (Reporter), Kim Terry-Costin (Stewardess)

When an air stewardess witnesses a murder, she is put in danger when the killer goes after her next.


8 :01x08 - The Hardcase

First aired: Feb/28/1984
Writer: Mark Jones
Director: Victor Hsu
Guest star: Lewis Arquette (Sidney Gorman), James Edgcomb (Unknown), Ken Lerner (Unknown), Xander Berkeley (Unknown), Kelly Preston (Sherry Meyers), Lew Saunders (Unknown), Karl Johnson (Unknown), K. C. Winkler (Bambi), William Smith (Carter Chapman), Paul Gleason (Detective Hallins), Jeffrey Josephson (Davey Chapman), Joshua Bryant (Dr. Robert Atkins), Robin Evans (Tammy)

The crew is forced to step in when thugs on a boat begin to hassle girls on the Barefoot Contessa.


9 :01x09 - Four-Eyes

First aired: Mar/06/1984
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Carl Irwin (Man in Chopper), Troy Evans (Cop), Margo Kelly (Hostess), Craig Littler (Craig Walters), Mary Beth Evans (Ellie Thompkins), Joan Freeman (Joan Ramsdale), Michael Baseleon (Roger Ramsdale), Danny Wells (Myron Bell), D. D. Howard (Jane), Stepfanie Kramer (Tracy), Linda McClure (La Maze Instructor)

The crew take a job from the shady Myron Bell, a well-known, local attorney.


10 :01x10 - #1 With A Bullet

First aired: Mar/20/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Brian Libby (Bob), Jack Shea (Unknown), Gary Houston Phillips (Unknown), Richard Kuhlman (Unknown), Fred Lerner (Guard), Chuck Bowman (Announcer), Mary Betten (Unknown), Ted Sorel (Dr. Baronson), Edward Winter (Alan Singer), Brant van Hoffman (Dell Turner), Kelbe Nugent (Nurse Elizabeth Baker), Murphy Cross (Candy Lane), Reid Smith (Chip Ross), Peter Leeds (Unknown)

Two singers of a hit music group are involved in a devastating car crash that leaves one dead and one in serious condition at the hospital.


11 :01x11 - Long Distance Daddy

First aired: Mar/27/1984
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Terri Utley (Stewardess), James Emery (Unknown), Tony Ciccone (Flight Mechanic), Bobby Kelton (Unknown), Julia Kono (Mai), Joseph Sirola (Sam Valentine), David Graf (Marty Valentine), Doug France (Mean Mick Matthews), Frank Annese (Stuart Pittman), Marshall Teague (Mack), Dean Wein (Unknown), John Louie (Chin Lee)

A member a gun smuggling racket goes to drastic measures to get rid of the head of the racket.


12 :01x12 - Double Your Pleasure

First aired: Apr/03/1984
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest star: Douglas MacHugh (Officer), Julia Benjamin (Nurse Fiske), Ellen Crawford (Unknown), Sandra De Bruin (Unknown), Robert Rothwell (Unknown), Deborah Richter (Unknown), Eric Server (Mac), Dennis Franz (Earl Bertane), Ron Karabatsos (Barney), Marta DuBois (Sheila / Marcy Hayward)

Murray drags a reluctant Cody and Nick to a party where Cody meets an attractive young woman. But there may be more to Sheila than meets the eye.


13 :01x13 - Raiders Of The Lost Sub

First aired: May/15/1984
Writer: Mark Jones
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Guest star: Lance Henriksen (John McMasters), Stefan Gierasch (Heinrich Von Schlauser), Geena Davis (Melba "Bubba" Bozinsky Ph.D.), Steven Keats (Ted Cardwell)

As the agency are experiencing a slow business week, Murray's sister, Melba, arrives in town for help in proving that Hitler had a port on the west coast of the U.S. during World War II.


14 :01x14 - Something Fishy

First aired: May/22/1984
Writer: Frank Lupo
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest star: Thomas Craig Elliott (Guard), Debby Porter (Mitzi), Kerrie Cullen (Lacy), Judd Omen (Alejandro), Morgan Hart (Lisa), Victor Mohica (Roy Hansen), Christopher McDonald (Dennis), Anthony Charnota (Villanova)

Murray takes Cody and Nick to meet Jody, a dolphin trainer that Murray has a crush on.


15 :02x01 - Where The Girls Are

First aired: Oct/02/1984
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest star: Alex McArthur (Tony DeVito), Bob Hilgenberg (Blake Taylor), Robert Craighead (Dirk Westgate), Yves Andre Martin (Karch Conners), Charlie Dell (Telephone Exchange Computer Operator), Don Stark (Unknown), George Clooney (Lenny Colwell), Juliana Donald (Heather Price), Claudia Christian (Marion Gordon), Daphne Ashbrook (Portland Reed)

Cody looks after three college students visiting Los Angeles.


16 :02x02 - The Orange Grove

First aired: Oct/16/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Arnold F. Turner (Unknown), Michael Swan (Ridderhouse), Al White (Agent Eugine Smith), Stanley Kamel (Mike Sharp), Kurtwood Smith (Agent Merl Wilson), Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Brigadier General Doug "Pittbull" Johnson), David Graf (Marty Valentine)

When Dooley is pressured by mysterious men to leave a strange package aboard the Riptide, Dooley contacts Cody and Nick.


17 :02x03 - Catch Of The Day

First aired: Oct/23/1984
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Kathy Ryan (Carla Dollinger), Desiree Ayres (Debbie), Randy Hamilton (Unknown), Gene Ross (Unknown), David Clover (Unknown), Ken Foree (Maritime Officer), Lana Clarkson (Kelly), Tricia O'Neil (Tawny Clark), Christopher Stone (Captain Chuck Reavis), Burr deBenning (Lieutenant Wilcher), Patrick Collins (Arnie)

A woman appears out of the water next to the Riptide to alert the crew about a ship that is in danger. But when Cody and Nick tries to talk to the woman, she disappears underwater.


18 :02x04 - Mirage

First aired: Oct/30/1984
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Brendan Blincoe (Tough Kid), Tony De Stefano (Jock), Eric Goldner (Reshid), Adam Ageli (Unknown), Kabir Bedi (Ahmed Kamal), Jacqueline Scott (Wanda Wise), Randolph Powell (Pierre Milan), Wendy Kilbourne (Stephanie Anne Davidson/Harper/Delgado/Kamal)

While teaching a science class at the local college, Murray falls head-over-heals for a student.


19 :02x05 - Beat The Box

First aired: Nov/13/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Bruce Tuthill (Guard), Sandy Berumen (Gina), Carl Held (Brock Billings), Robert O'Reilly (Unknown), Larry Gilman (Unknown), Geof Prysirr (Unknown), Jack Hogan (Karl Novak), Sal Viscuso (Unknown), William Traylor (General Thomas Walker), Joan Sweeny (Jessie Wells), Ray Wise (Les Carter)

Murray comes up with a new lie-detecting game and convinces Nick and Cody to play.


20 :02x06 - Father's Day

First aired: Nov/20/1984
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Tony Mordente
Guest star: Donald Craig (VIP), Garret Davis (Reporter #2), Cheryl Sweeny (Reporter #1), David Johnston (Guard), Henry Kingi (Thug), Dennis Haysbert (Unknown), Steve-Allie Collura (Unknown), Liz Sheridan (Everitt's Secretary), Paul Gleason (Commander Phillip Everitt), Robert Logan (Father Bob), Sherry Hursey (Cheryl Watson), Charles Cooper (Jimmy Holland), Elaine Wilkes (Patricia)

A troubled woman abandons her baby at a church and the priest asks the crew to look into what trouble the woman has gotten herself into. But things are more difficult than usual when the priest also leaves the baby with the boys.


21 :02x07 - Be True To Your School

First aired: Nov/27/1984
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Mark Harrison (Deke Martin), David Kagen (Unknown), Charles Guardino (Unknown), Barbara Whinnery (Janice Simpkins), Howard George (Frank Moran), Bart Braverman (Flight Bag), Gerald Pendergast (Clark Cranston), Sam J. Jones (Rick Beeber), Arthur Rosenberg (Sid Clover)

Nick, Cody, and Murray go to Nick's 15-year high school reunion.


22 :02x08 - It's A Vial Sort Of Business

First aired: Dec/04/1984
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Guest star: Richard Wright (Man), Adele West (Woman), James Andronica (Unknown), Ken Wright (Unknown), Fil Formicola (Unknown), Vince McKewin (Unknown), Kim Hamilton (Mrs. Collins), Jason Bernard (Mr. Collins), Clarence Gilyard, Jr. (William Collins), Joe Dorsey (Dr. E. Clemson, D.V.M.), Alan Fudge (McMurty)

Dooley takes a job as a singer to pay off some debts and Murray, experimenting with new electronics, messes with the Riptide's electricity, causing Nick and Cody to near their breaking point.


23 :02x09 - Peter Pan Is Alive And Well

First aired: Dec/11/1984
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Tony Mordente
Guest star: Lynn Herring (Lizzie Jackson), Steve Tannen (Unknown), Robyn Peterson (Unknown), Beth Miller (Unknown), Fionnula Flanagan (Melissa Belancourt), Tom McGreevey (Edward Steiger), Peter Brown (Fred Cushing), Jonathan Perpich (Byron Monk)

A manager of a beach club hires the trio to investigate the robbery of valuables on the beach.


24 :02x10 - Catch A Fallen Star

First aired: Dec/18/1984
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Mike Vejar
Guest star: Jason Corbett (Reporter), Rachel Bard (Sutherland's Maid), Byron Morrow (Garrett), Paul Stewart (Danny Sutherland), David Ackroyd (James Sutherland), Edith Fellows (Helen Howell)

The trio save an elderly woman from a pair of thugs and soon find out that she was once a famous movie star who disappeared over fifty years earlier.


25 :02x11 - Gams People Play

First aired: Jan/08/1985
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest star: Michael Holm (Young Cop), Edy Roberts (Older Contestant), Gina Landu (Singing Contestant), Lisa Lee (Paula Anderson), Lisa Donaldson Bowman (Choreographer), Mindi Iden (Whitney (as Mini Iden)), Dennis A. Pratt (Rutledge), Bob Eubanks (Himself), Bill Macy (Chuck Davis), Rod McCary (Eddie Caruthers), Kelly Ann Conn (Charlene West), Bridget Hanley (Lois Ames), Gene Rayburn (Himself)

Nick returns from her National Guard duty and is shocked to learn that the trio was hired to watch over a local beauty contest.


26 :02x12 - Prisoner Of War

First aired: Jan/15/1985
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest star: Michele Winding (Hooker), Jeff Austin (Cop #1), Adam Mills (Lifeguard), Yung Sun (Mr. Shing), Bill Quinn (Charles Wright (as William Quinn)), Eve Roberts (Nurse Irene Wilcox), Anthony James (The Reverend), Ji Tu Cumbuka (Blademan), Nancy Stafford (Peggy Burke), Glynn Turman (Tyrone Diamond)

While on a date, Nick is a witness to a fatal car accident.


27 :02x13 - Baxter And Boz

First aired: Jan/22/1985
Writer: Bill Nuss
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Phil Hoover (Unknown), Nick Mariano (Army Jockey), Raymond Fitzpatrick (Guard), Frank Wagner (Chuck), Benjamin Jurand (Heavy #1), Teri Ann Linn (Unknown), Lou Felder (Unknown), Ann Turkel (Denise McKean), Clara Corff (Pat Wolfson), Kenneth Gray (Brady), James Sloyan (Stanley Weston), John Astin (Baxter Bernard)

Murray meets an inventor who's down on his luck and as Murray helps the man work out his newest invention, he discovers the man is billionaire Baxter Bernard.


28 :02x14 - Curse Of The Mary Aberdeen

First aired: Jan/29/1985
Writer: Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest star: Wolfe Perry (Stock Boy), Jeff Osterhage (Jerry Taylor), John Sanderford (Unknown), Jack Riley (Tiny Tommy), Bert Freed (Jessup Taylor), Richard Lynch (Martin Stonewall / Albert Trumonde)

While alone on the Riptide, Murray is given $1000 by a mysterious man who suddenly appears to find the Mary Aberdeen, a cursed boat the man wants to find before it kills again.


29 :02x15 - Boz Busters

First aired: Feb/05/1985
Writer: Tom Blomquist, Babs Greyhosky
Director: Bob Bralver
Guest star: Biff Yeager (Workman), Sue Giosa (Unknown), Clare Nono (Unknown), Gela Jacobson (Unknown), Will MacMillan (Hobbs), Robert Symonds (General Collins), Joseph Chapman (Bradley Stivers), Cathie Shirriff (Tanya Petrov), Rosalind Cash (Police Captain), Mitchell Ryan (Colonel John Litvak)

Cody and Nick try to find out what's bothering a noticeably upset Murray. They soon learn that Murray was offered another job at a robotics company.


30 :02x16 - Oil Bets Are Off

First aired: Feb/12/1985
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Teri Hafford (Waitress), J. Bill Jones (Unknown), Guy Christopher (Michael Harris), Shawn Southwick (Rhonda), Castulo Guerra (Segura), Seth Jaffee (Rick Osborne), Joanna Johnson (Juliet Hafner)

An oil tycoon, who is also a friend of Murray's, is killed and the man's daughter hires the trio to look into his death.


31 :02x17 - Girls Night Out

First aired: Feb/19/1985
Writer: Steve Beers, Alan Cassidy
Director: Bob Bralver
Guest star: Richard J. Forrest (Garth Broadmore), Gary Wells (Guard), Kelly Grogan (Child), Eve La Ban (Matron), Anthony S. Johnson (Cop), Milt Oberman (Unknown), Mark Schneider (Unknown), Jeanetta Arnette (Francine), James Cromwell (Joey Dietz), Lenore Kasdorf (Annie), Belinda Montgomery (Rainey)

Cody can't get rid of his latest girlfriend, an overbearing woman with a dog that isn't too fond of him.


32 :02x18 - Polly Want An Explanation

First aired: Mar/05/1985
Writer: Terrence McDonnell, Jim Carlson
Director: Michael Switzer
Guest star: Bob Larkin (Unknown), Phil Rubenstein (Unknown), Gary Wood (Bollings), Richard McGonagle (Ziegler), John McLiam (E.G. Shaw), William Russ (Mack McPherson), Robin Riker (Gloria Burghoff)

Nick and Cody are hired by Mack McPherson, a man they knew while in the Army who landed the duo in hot water.


33 :02x19 - The Twisted Cross

First aired: Mar/12/1985
Director: Robert Sallin
Guest star: Eugene Williams (Darrell), Corkey Ford (Unknown), Christopher Michael Moore (Unknown), Cameron Thor (Unknown), Millie Slavin (Unknown), Randy Norton (Chad Jennings), Jere Burns (Kefler), Katherine Cannon (Sally Jennings), Robert Gray (Kyle Jennings)

In Chinatown, the trio witness a group of men trying to kidnap a teenage boy in front of his father.


34 :02x20 - Fuzzy Vision

First aired: Mar/19/1985
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Scott Lincoln (Unknown), William Boyett (Unknown), Med Flory (Unknown), Kay Freeman (Unknown), Natalie Masters (Florence), William Bronder (Unknown), Jon Van Ness (Unknown), Arnold Johnson (Unknown), Jan Sterling (Ruth Davis), Kevyn Major Howard (Tony Davenport), Bill McKinney (Sheriff), Lynn Hamilton (Unknown), Woody Eney (David Miller)

The trio head out to sea for a vacation of relaxing and fishing, but their plans are stopped when the armature blows on the boat.


35 :02x21 - Arrivederci, Baby

First aired: May/07/1985
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Ce Ce Bullard (Secretary), James Andronica (Unknown), Bradford English (Unknown), Glenn Morrissey (Unknown), Russell Todd (Tony Guirilini), Ava Lazar (Giovanna Guirilini), Dana Elcar (Harry Silverman), Cesar Romero (Angelo Guirilini)

An oceanographer's son is murdered while diving and the noted oceanographer hires the trio to investigate his death.


36 :02x22 - Harmony And Grits

First aired: May/14/1985
Writer: Babs Greyhosky, Tom Blomquist
Director: Bob Bralver
Guest star: Robert Kim (Su Yim), Kathryn Skatula (Carla), Christopher Thomas (Chris Rafferty), Francine York (Ann Fiske), Peter Jason (Unknown), Dean Wein (McClellan), Lyle Alzado (Ed Kramden), Lee Bryant (Sara Rafferty)

Murray drags a reluctant Nick and Cody to a "harmonising" seminar. But the topic of the seminar takes a back seat to a large brawl.


37 :03x01 - Wipe Out

First aired: Oct/01/1985
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Bob Bralver
Guest star: David A. Penhale (Dean), A. J. Freeman (Eric), Michael Galardi (George Minelli), Mitchell Anderson (Chris "Spud" Miller), Ted Neeley (Larry Bloom), Suzanne Snyder (Beverly Lancaster), Simone Griffeth (Sherry Lancaster), Richard Hatch (Billy Hagan)

The trio stresses over a new P.I. company who seems to be taking all of their business. With the lack of business, the trio reluctantly accept a case sent in anonymously concerning the death of a surfer in 1964.


38 :03x02 - Thirty-Six Hours 'Til Dawn

First aired: Oct/22/1985
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Bob Bralver
Guest star: Rickey Yribe (Mexican Boy), Luis Contreras (Mexican Farmer), Paula Jones (Reporter), Buddy Adler (Attorney), Castulo Guerra (Carlos Nunes), Stewart Moss (Sonny Sinclair), Michael MacRae (Malcolm Sawyer), Cristina Raines (Renee Sinclair)

The trio are hired by the US Government to head to Mexico in order to find and bring back an estranged wife of a well-known crimelord.


39 :03x03 - Does Not Compute

First aired: Oct/29/1985
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Jack Wells (Unknown), Toni Attell (Unknown), Jerry Potter (Unknown), R. J. Adams (Cop), Mark Pilon (Technician), Johnny Lee (Unknown), Howard Caine (Unknown), Sharon Barr (Bobbi), Tracy Reed (Pamela Owen), Chuck Bowman (Anchorman), Steve Gorman (CHP Officer), Paula Jones (Reporter), Cheryl Henry (Anchorwoman), Larry Linville (Edgar Harrison), Nicholas Pryor (Howard McBride)

A city councilman becomes surrounded in controversy when he is unable to pay several financial obligations and blames it on the right wing police department who he claims tampered with his computer.


40 :03x04 - The Bargain Department

First aired: Nov/05/1985
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Kim Manners
Guest star: Wendy Sherwood (Receptionist), David J. Partington (Guard), Leland Murray (Charlie), Barbara Keegan (Tina), Jerry Prell (Clarence), Patti Jones (Zelda), George Solomon (Unknown), Bill Cort (Donald W. Brookman), Jan Merlin (Hub Wheeler), Sol Trager (Dale Riskin), Robert Walker, Jr. (Oscar Davenport), Kate Charleson (Maybeth Wheeler), Tom McFadden (Butch Biker), Gary Parker (Mel Starrett)

The agency falls on some hard financial times, forcing Cody to think about selling the company.


41 :03x05 - Who Really Watches The Sunset

First aired: Nov/12/1985
Writer: Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Nancy Linari (Zeller), Jim Bentley (Rockwell), Paul Willson (Don Orley), Harvey Vernon (Robert Stockwood), Darleen Carr (Marlene Lewis)

A reporter is diagnosed with an incurable disease and she hires the trio to find out who infected her.


42 :03x06 - Still Goin' Steady

First aired: Nov/19/1985
Writer: Terry D. Nelson
Director: Michael Switzer
Guest star: Louisa Abernathy (Mary Lou Henson), Lee Arnone (Hotel Clerk), Harry Woolf (Horst Dunkman), Darrell Carey (Mr. David), Johnny Mountain (Bart Beaman), James Carroll Jordan (Eddie Gerrard), Michael Lombard (Vince Drayger), Kay Lenz (Brenda Malloy)

Murray participates in "Brain Basher", a TV game show.


43 :03x07 - Robin And Marian

First aired: Dec/03/1985
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Director: Robert Sallin
Guest star: Olivia Burnette (Lulu Flynn), Suzanne Dunn (Cheryl), Bob Bell (Al), Ray Rayner (Winston), Noreen Reardon (Hostess), Robert Apisa (Reed), Gabriel Damon (Simon Flynn), Scott Nemes (Peter Flynn), Rex Ryon (Unknown), Geno Silva (Juan Cordon), Michael Champion (Arnold Skullen), Frank Ramírez (Fernandez), Miriam Flynn (Guest Star), Walter Olkewicz (Robin Loxley)

While at a party on Pier 56, the trio learn that all of the boats have been robbed.


44 :03x08 - Requiem For Icarus

First aired: Dec/10/1985
Writer: Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest star: Gus Corrado (Tim Gates), Carl Strano (Balmer), Carl Franklin (Ray), Lisa Denton (Cathy Skinner), Clu Gulager (Doug Skinner)

The trio run into an old friend while at a party.


45 :03x09 - Home For Christmas

First aired: Dec/17/1985
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: James Whitmore, Jr.
Guest star: Stephen Liska (Girl #2), Anne Bellamy (Girl #1), Hugh Cillin (Phil Resnick), Fred Holliday (Ricky Wilkenson), James David Hinton (Lieutenant Walker), Ken Swofford (Colonel Ryan), James Whitmore (Ben Wilkenson)

Nick, in order to escape having to celebrate the holiday, accepts a mission from Colonel Ryan, his Army Reserve commander.


46 :03x10 - Lady Killer

First aired: Jan/07/1986
Writer: Tom Blomquist, Babs Greyhosky
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: R. J. Adams (Policeman), Jim Boeke (Vic Burrows), Deborah Scardilli (Sandy), Lena Pousette (Stephanie), Brian Matthews (Dave), Eli Marder (Carol), Robin Strand (Rob Edwards)

Nick and Cody attempt to be suave with a woman they meet at a grocery store, but instead end up making fools of themselves.


47 :03x11 - A Matter Of Policy

First aired: Jan/14/1986
Writer: Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl
Director: Michael Preece
Guest star: Richard Mehana (Brian Dent), Arnold Roberts (Robert Gordon), Isabel Cooley (Maid), Patricia Sherick (Helen Gordon Dent), Deborah Voorhees (Tippy), Anita Jesse (Secretary), James F. Kelly (Bolvis), John S. Ragin (Lewis Gordon), Richard Sanders (Pierce Fenner), Kim Darby (Beverly)

When Cody comes back from a trip visiting his mother, he finds that his boat has disappeared. While he was away, Nick damaged the boat in an accident.


48 :03x12 - The Wedding Bell Blues

First aired: Jan/21/1986
Writer: Tom Blomquist, Babs Greyhosky
Director: Michael Switzer
Guest star: Leeza Gibbons (Herself), George King (Mr. T), Dolly Parton (Shirley Hader), Michael Barnes (Michael Jackson), Mark Habit (Jamie), James Purcell (Bertolucci), Molly Fontaine (Danielle), Al Ruscio (Monty Paradise), Paul Lambert (Tony Farnell), Richard Lewis (Andy Fitzsimmons Carlton III), Christian LeBlanc (James Purcell)

The trio take on their weirdest case yet -- a wealthy, eccentric man wants them to track down a model he wants to marry, but has never met.


49 :03x13 - The Frankie Kahana Show

First aired: Feb/11/1986
Writer: Frank Lupo
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Nathan Jung (Kona), Jineane Ford-Passolt (Lisa), Jeri Gaile (Carla), Carl Bellini (Tommy Lemana), Andy Bumatai (Frankie Kahana)

Murray's girlfriend tries to set up either Nick or Cody with a music teacher she knows.


50 :03x14 - Smiles We Left Behind (1)

First aired: Feb/25/1986
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Tony Mordente
Guest star: Scott De Venney (Roger Dorkette), Christopher Pennock (Mark Edwards), George Cheung (Danny Lee/Mal Fay), Rosalind Chao (Lucy), Joel Brooks (Jerome Sedgewick), Jane Badler (Janet Ingram)

Lucy, a bride-to-be, hires the agency for help when only her cousin's luggage arrives for the ceremony.


51 :03x15 - Smiles We Left Behind (2)

First aired: Feb/25/1986
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Tony Mordente
Guest star: Scott De Venney (Roger Dorkette), Christopher Pennock (Mark Edwards), George Cheung (Danny Lee/Mal Fay), Rosalind Chao (Lucy), Joel Brooks (Jerome Sedgewick), Jane Badler (Janet Ingram)

The trio meet with Parker, a man who had responded to one of the Danny Lee posters.


52 :03x16 - The Pirate And The Princess

First aired: Mar/07/1986
Writer: Terry D. Nelson
Director: Kim Manners
Guest star: Christopher Cary (Captain Jack Scofield), Ava Lazar (Giovanna Guirilini), Paul Land (Guido), Warren Berlinger (Hawkins), Russell Todd (Tony Guirilini), Christopher Neame (Klaus Gunter), Cesar Romero (Angelo Guirilini)

Cody, Nick and Murray go to Martigua for a vacation to visit Angelo, an oceanographer, who is searching for Tyson's sunken treasure.


53 :03x17 - Playing Hardball

First aired: Mar/14/1986
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Director: Bob Bralver
Guest star: Jose Santana (Pedro), E. J. Gordon (Boy), Jeff Hartman (Fan), Pete Conneau (Father), Henry Ford Robinson (Manager), Robert Hanley (Jordan Young), Rod Stryker (Landon), Barbi Benton (Gina Potter), Linda Thompson (Arlene Young), Ray Abruzzo (Eric Peters), Nicholas Guest (Warren Newman / Jason Young), Steve Allen (Hal Potter)

The trio are hired by Hal Potter, a sportscaster and the owner of a minor league baseball team, to investigate the use of drugs by his players.


54 :03x18 - The Play's The Thing

First aired: Mar/21/1986
Writer: Tom Blomquist
Director: Richard J. Forrest
Guest star: Joseph Ruskin (Don Sprague), David Ruprecht (Randall Pierson), Terry Kiser (Mark Rothman), Bernard Fox (Professor Holcomb), Gino Conforti (Lieutenant Stupin), Robin Riker (Gloria Burghoff)

Gloria Burghoff, an aspiring FBI agent, returns to the agency for help in her latest case.


55 :03x19 - Dead Men Don't Floss

First aired: Apr/04/1986
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest star: Laurie Ambert (Cindy Houser), Kit Fredericks (Unknown), Carmen Filpi (Unknown), Jeff Silverman (Unknown), Tony Montes (Mike), Bruce Tuthill (Guard), Peggy Walton-Walker (Amy Bernbaum), Lisa L'Heureux Nelson (Lisa Dowd (as Lisa Nelson)), Dennis Burkley (Kickstart), Danny Cooksey (Jordan Bernbaum), Stephen James (Y. Pocon), Lu Leonard (Bella), Christopher McDonald (Johnny), Lee Wilkof (Harvey Putnam)

A reporter with a crush on Nick writes an article about the Riptide Detective Agency and names Nick as the head of the agency. The article spurs an argument between the Riptide trio.


56 :03x20 - Chapel Of Glass

First aired: Apr/11/1986
Writer: Burt Pearl, Steven L. Sears
Director: Bob Bralver
Guest star: Gil Birmingham (Cop), R. J. Adams (Steve), Lewis Dauber (Unknown), R. J. Bonds (Burton Gentry), Cliff Emmich (Langston), Michael David Lally (Mark Gurnow (as Michael Lally)), Vincent Baggetta (Michael Todd)

Nick, Cody and Murray investigate how an unqualified chemical company won a disposal contract that led to the contamination of a local beach.


57 :03x21 - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

First aired: Apr/18/1986
Writer: Babs Greyhosky, Tom Blomquist
Director: Tony Mordente
Guest star: Tony Mordente (Director), Thom Sharp (Jim Schneider), Danny Wells (Myron Bell), Richard Greene (Cary Russell), Annette McCarthy (Rosalind Grant), Al Pugliese (Kyle Ludwig)

Parisi has the trio work as consultants for a TV detective series.


58 :03x22 - Echoes

First aired: Aug/22/1986
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Perry King
Guest star: Lonny Chapman (Sheriff Caine), Elinor Donahue (Elaine Warwick), Erik Stern (Pitts), Linda Roy (Ellie Matthews), Chris Doyle (Nathan Warwick)

In the series finale, the trio are hired by a man, Warwick, to find his missing son.