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Riptide Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Wipe Out
Tue, Oct 1, 198547 mins
A so-called accident that took the life of a young surfer in 1964, causes repercussions today.
Episode 2
Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn
Tue, Oct 22, 198547 mins
Luitenant Quinlan and his superiors hire the Riptide Agency to pick up a female witness, ready to testify against her crooked husband. All goes well until Nick and the woman are ambushed, while Buzz and Cody are running a decoy. With the Mimi full of bullet holes, the two are forced to land in the middle of a deserted mountain spot, waiting for their either their rescue or their demise.
Episode 3
Does Not Compute
Tue, Oct 29, 198547 mins
When somebody is using computers to destroy the reputation of a congressman with controversial ideas, our private investigators decide to help out by putting Boz in a computer war with this unknown adversary.
Episode 4
The Bargain Department
Tue, Nov 5, 198547 mins
Following the notice from their insurance agent that the agency's bond has been canceled, a high-profile security company offers to buy the Riptide Detective Agency.
Episode 5
Who Really Watches the Sunset?
Tue, Nov 12, 198547 mins
A reporter who only has six months to live, hires the Riptide Agency to find out who killed her.
Episode 6
Still Goin' Steady
Tue, Nov 19, 198547 mins
Murray has been appearing on a game show, 'Brain Basher'. His former chemistry lab partner from senior year at Pittman high school comes to him, asking for help with plans for a solar car but the need for help goes much deeper.
Episode 7
Robin and Marian
Tue, Dec 3, 198545 mins
When a guy who pretends to be Robin Hood robs almost everyone in king harbor, he accidently takes engraving plates for a counterfeiting scheme which the counterfeiters want to get back at all costs.
Episode 8
Requiem for Icarus
Tue, Dec 10, 198547 mins
Nick reaquaints with an old buddy who he hasn't seen or heard from in five years. It becomes all more importent for the team once they find out he is both suicidal and deeply involved in a smuggling operation.
Episode 9
Home for Christmas
Tue, Dec 17, 198547 mins
Nick spends his Christmas arranging a dead soldier's funeral. But when the wrong body is shipped, he and the team quickly uncover the dark circumstances behind his death.
Episode 10
Lady Killer
Tue, Jan 7, 198647 mins
Someone in King Harbor is killing young blonde women, and the Riptide Agency's latest client has an idea who it may be.
Episode 11
A Matter of Policy
Tue, Jan 14, 198647 mins
Nick is named as one of the beneficiaries of the father of a man he knew. What he stands to inherit is 6 figures from the man's insurance along with some other people. One of them, the man's niece says she doesn't believe he died the way they say he did. Supposedly he went into a tool shed and it caught fire. But she says he was so afraid of fire that he knew there were accelerants in the tool shed and wouldn't have gone in there. They try to look into it but the insurance man refuses to tell them anything. They also learn that if he didn't die as a result of a fire, the insurance pay out will be reduced to around 5 figures. So could one of the beneficiaries have killed him.
Episode 12
The Wedding Bell Blues
Tue, Jan 21, 198647 mins
When a millionaire hires the team to find his future wife, they find more than they bargained for, and land in the midst of a mob war.
Episode 13
The Frankie Kahana Show
Tue, Feb 11, 198647 mins
While at a lounge listening to a singer from Hawaii, a couple things break up the show, trying to kill the host. Soon, the team is embroiled in a case.
Episode 14
Smiles We Left Behind
Tue, Feb 25, 1986120 mins
When they go to pick up their dry cleaning, the guys can tell something is upsetting Lucy. Her cousin, expected to fly in for her wedding, has not arrived; only his luggage seems to have made the connecting flight. The trio offer to go to San Francisco to find him.
Episode 15
The Pirate and the Princess
Fri, Mar 7, 198647 mins
The Riptide crew reunites with Angelo en Giovanna Guirilini as they try to find the lost treasure of captain William Tyson.
Episode 16
Playing Hardball
Fri, Mar 14, 198647 mins
A professional baseball team has a drug problem, so Nick and Cody go undercover as players while Murray pretends to be a commentator.
Episode 17
The Play's the Thing
Fri, Mar 21, 198647 mins
A string of murders is connected to the search for an undiscovered Shakespeare manuscript and the Riptide agency unhappily teams up with wannabe FBI agent Gloria to find it.
Episode 18
Dead Men Don't Floss
Fri, Apr 4, 198647 mins
When an article in a magazine praises Nick for "his" agency, the guys each take a case to see which one is the best detective. Meanwhile, the author's jealous boyfriend is on the hunt for Nick.
Episode 19
Chapel of Glass
Fri, Apr 11, 198647 mins
As the lieutenant's wedding nears, a case the guys are working on strikes close to home, and may call into question everything she knows.
Episode 20
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
Fri, Apr 18, 198647 mins
The penultimate episode of Riptide is a great send up of the ABC series Moonlighting. The Riptide guys get hired by a TV producer to "train" the two stars of his new series. The two stars follow the guys around on a case to get a little on-the-job training. H. Richard Greene turns in a great performance as Cary Russell doing his best David Addison (Bruce Willis) the whole way.
Episode 21
Echoes
Fri, Aug 22, 198647 mins
While in a firefight, one of the guys is shot, and the others deal with the repercussions of what had to be done.