Riptide
A private investigations agency tackles weekly cases with a mix of grit and brains. Two Vietnam War veterans bring toughness and a helicopter, while their longtime friend provides the technical know-how to track leads and solve problems fast.
Watch coverage
Also available on
3
Every episode is already streaming. About 2 months covers the whole binge.
Subscribe ~2 months · binge all 58 episodes, then cancel
Notes & ratings
0 ratings
0 notes
Season 3
-
1
E1
Wipe Out
An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.
Oct 1, 1985 · 47m -
2
E2
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.
Oct 22, 1985 · 47m -
3
E3
Does Not Compute
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
Oct 29, 1985 · 47m -
4
E4
The Bargain Department
Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.
Nov 5, 1985 · 47m -
5
E5
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.
Nov 12, 1985 · 47m -
6
E6
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.
Nov 19, 1985 · 47m -
7
E7
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.
Dec 3, 1985 · 45m -
8
E8
Requiem for Icarus
The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
Dec 10, 1985 · 47m -
9
E9
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.
Dec 17, 1985 · 47m -
10
E10
Lady Killer
The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
Jan 7, 1986 · 47m -
11
E11
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.
Jan 14, 1986 · 47m -
12
E12
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.
Jan 21, 1986 · 47m -
13
E13
The Frankie Kahana Show
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
Feb 11, 1986 · 47m -
14
E14
Smiles We Left Behind
Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
Feb 25, 1986 · 120m -
15
E15
The Pirate and the Princess
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
Mar 7, 1986 · 47m -
16
E16
Playing Hardball
Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
Mar 14, 1986 · 47m -
17
E17
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.
Mar 21, 1986 · 47m -
18
E18
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.
Apr 4, 1986 · 47m -
19
E19
Chapel of Glass
The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
Apr 11, 1986 · 47m -
20
E20
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.
Apr 18, 1986 · 47m -
21
E21
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.
Apr 22, 1986 · 47m -
22
E22
Echoes
The guys are hired by a man named Warwick to find his son Nathan. Unfortunately, their client is actually Judd Thompson, the father of a girl that Nathan Warwick has been accused of raping and murdering. A gunfight ensues when Thompson sees Warwick. As a result, Cody is shot and Murray is forced to shoot Warwick. Regrettably, Murray kills Warwick in the process. After Cody is taken to a hospital to recover, Nick and Murray are shocked when Elaine Warwick, Nathan's sister, hires them to prove that her brother never raped Thompson's daughter. Feeling guilty over leading Thompson to Nathan, Nick accepts the case and he and Murray are soon heading to Cyprus Bay, the Warwick's hometown. Pretending to be writing a book about the Warwick-Thompson shooting, Nick and Murray begin to investigate Nathan's past. They therefore are left alone in the sheriff's office where they find a list of the townspeople with codes next to the names. Nick and Murray soon uncover the fact that the sheriff and his
Apr 22, 1986