About this season
The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.
Episodes (21)
1. Wipe Out
7.0Aired 1 October 1985 • 48 min
An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.
2. Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
7.0Aired 22 October 1985 • 48 min
The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.
3. Does Not Compute
9.0Aired 29 October 1985 • 48 min
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
4. The Bargain Department
8.0Aired 5 November 1985 • 48 min
Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.
5. Who Really Watches the Sunset?
8.0Aired 12 November 1985 • 48 min
A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.
6. Still Goin' Steady
8.0Aired 19 November 1985 • 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.
7. Robin and Marian
Aired 3 December 1985 • 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.
8. Requiem for Icarus
5.0Aired 10 December 1985 • 48 min
The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
9. Home for Christmas
Aired 17 December 1985 • 48 min
The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.
10. Lady Killer
Aired 7 January 1986 • 48 min
The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
11. A Matter of Policy
Aired 14 January 1986 • 48 min
Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.
12. The Wedding Bell Blues
Aired 21 January 1986 • 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.
13. The Frankie Kahana Show
Aired 11 February 1986 • 48 min
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
14. Smiles We Left Behind
Aired 25 February 1986 • 96 min
Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
15. The Pirate and the Princess
Aired 7 March 1986 • 48 min
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
16. Playing Hardball
Aired 14 March 1986 • 48 min
Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
17. The Play's the Thing
Aired 21 March 1986 • 48 min
The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.
18. Dead Men Don't Floss
2.0Aired 4 April 1986 • 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.
19. Chapel of Glass
Aired 11 April 1986 • 48 min
The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
20. If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
Aired 18 April 1986 • 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.
21. Echoes
Aired 22 April 1986 • 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.