Tropical Heat
Nick Slaughter, an ex-RCMP and DEA agent who dropped out of society after being fired from his job, relocates to the Florida town of Key Mariah to start a detective service. In the process he meets local travel agent Sylvie Gerard and they form a strong partnership, and quite the detective team. However, the local police squad never makes it easy so they often require help from their friends: Ian, Spider (owners of the Tropical Heat Bar at different times), and local police mortician Rollie. The town of Key Mariah will never be the same thanks to Nick Slaughter and Company.
- 1991-1993
- 3 seasons
- CBS
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
Nick Slaughter, an ex-RCMP and DEA agent who dropped out of society after being fired from his job, relocates to the Florida town of Key Mariah to start a detective service. In the process he meets local travel agent Sylvie Gerard and they form a strong partnership, and quite the detective team. However, the local police squad never makes it easy so they often require help from their friends: Ian, Spider (owners of the Tropical Heat Bar at different times), and local police mortician Rollie. The town of Key Mariah will never be the same thanks to Nick Slaughter and Company.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1991
Episode 1
Hard Case
50 mins
Ex member of Royal Canadian Mounted Police who joined the DEA but got fired, moves to a beach resort town in Florida and opens a detective agency with a spunky ginger local tourist agent. They help a cop from Philly to find a killer.
Episode 2
Fowl Play
50 mins
Nick and Sylvie help animal activist stop a group of dangerous animal smugglers.
Episode 3
Death's a Beach
50 mins
Nick and Sylvie talk about how they met. Sylvie hired him to help her find a yacht she rented to a man who went missing along with the boat.
Episode 4
Family Affair
50 mins
A man hires Nick to locate his brother because their mother is dying. When Nick finds him, the man claims that he has no brother and his mother is already dead. That's when the man who hired him and pulls a gun and takes him with him. Nick later learns that the man he was looking for was in witness protection and the man who hired him is a hit man sent to take care of him.
Episode 5
Roll of the Dice
50 mins
A businessman is opening a casino with his shady partners. Sylvie falls in love with him and leaves her detective job to work for him. What she doesn't realize is that she's just a chip in a deadly game.
Episode 6
Double Time
50 mins
A meek owner of a company that deals with diamonds, hires Nick and Sylvie to find out if his hot unhappy flirty wife is having an affair. When her angry lover murders her in front of Nick and Sylvie's eyes, it's all clear. Or is it?
Episode 7
Forget Me Not
50 mins
Ian, the owner of the small popular local beach bar Tropical Heat and Nick's friend, convinces Nick to help a pretty woman with amnesia who he just met. The more they find out about her past, the less she wants to remember it.
Episode 8
For a Song
49 mins
Ian's old girlfriend and former band mate shows up out of nowhere. She needs money, so she wants him to sell the rights to their band's hit songs. Is she really in dire need or is there something else going on?
Episode 9
Marissa
50 mins
A strange woman hires Nick to stop her husband who wants to murder her. However, after some investigating, Nick finds evidence that she might be insane. But what if she isn't?