Seasons & episodes
S3 · E1Wipe Out 1985-10-01 · 48 min
An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.
S3 · E2Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn 1985-10-22 · 48 min
The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.
S3 · E3Does Not Compute 1985-10-29 · 48 min
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
S3 · E4The Bargain Department 1985-11-05 · 48 min
Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.
S3 · E5Who Really Watches the Sunset? 1985-11-12 · 48 min
A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.
S3 · E6Still Goin' Steady 1985-11-19 · 48 min
Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.
S3 · E7Robin and Marian 1985-12-03 · 48 min
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.
S3 · E8Requiem for Icarus 1985-12-10 · 48 min
The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
S3 · E9Home for Christmas 1985-12-17 · 48 min
The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.
S3 · E10Lady Killer 1986-01-07 · 48 min
The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
S3 · E11A Matter of Policy 1986-01-14 · 48 min
Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.
S3 · E12The Wedding Bell Blues 1986-01-21 · 48 min
Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.
S3 · E13The Frankie Kahana Show 1986-02-11 · 48 min
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
S3 · E14Smiles We Left Behind 1986-02-25 · 96 min
Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
S3 · E15The Pirate and the Princess 1986-03-07 · 48 min
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
S3 · E16Playing Hardball 1986-03-14 · 48 min
Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
S3 · E17The Play's the Thing 1986-03-21 · 48 min
The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.
S3 · E18Dead Men Don't Floss 1986-04-04 · 48 min
After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.
S3 · E19Chapel of Glass 1986-04-11 · 48 min
The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
S3 · E20If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em 1986-04-18 · 48 min
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.
S3 · E21Echoes 1986-04-22 · 48 min
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.