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13. Something Fishy
Boz and Nick both fall for the same beautiful dolphin-trainer, whose charges become implicated as accomplices in a drug-smuggling scheme.
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S3 E21 · Echoes
Riptide is a action & adventure and drama TV series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 1984. It has 3 seasons and 56 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 21 "Echoes", aired on April 22, 1986.
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.
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56 episodes · 3 seasons
1984 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 42 years ago
E13
Boz and Nick both fall for the same beautiful dolphin-trainer, whose charges become implicated as accomplices in a drug-smuggling scheme.
E12
Murray's brilliant sister, Melba, convinces the detectives to help her find a sunken, gold-laden World War II submarine.
E11
Cody agrees to help his most recent girlfriend find her missing sister, who is supposedly fleeing from organised crime.
E10
Two Cambodian orphans stow away on a jet to visit their American sponsor, Nick, only to be marked for death after witnessing a murder.
E9
A simple assignment to deliver flowers to a dead rock singer's hospitalised partner puts the detectives in the middle of a musical scam.
E8
Nick and Cody compete with a pair of private eyes to help a woman framed for the murder of her husband.
E7
While trying to rescue an old girlfriend, Nick and Cody become embroiled in a bizarre investigation involving murder and kidnapping.
E6
Nick and Cody race to rescue Boz and their client, a diabetic stewardess, held hostage by a killer desperate to retrieve stolen diamonds.
E5
A friend of Nick and Cody's hires the detectives to help find her father, who vanished in Mexico while looking for his kidnapped wife.
E4
An escaped mental patient asks Cody, Nick and Boz to find her boyfriend's murderer -- who just might be the unbalanced client herself.
E3
Nick and Cody work to rescue a lovely executive analyst held captive by an assassin responsible for the deaths of two of her co-workers.
E2
An old girlfriend seeks Nick and Cody's help after she overhears her husband plotting to murder a police lieutenant.
E1
Nick and Cody's search for the sunken remains of a charter boat puts them in conflict with a mob kingpin.
1984 · 22 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago
E22
A harmony-seminar visit finds the detectives brawling with a participant and agreeing to investigate a newlywed engineer.
E21
Cody fends off culprits in a mini-submarine while investigating an oceanographer's report of a deep-sea toxic-waste dump.
E20
The detectives find big trouble in a small town when Cody suffers from mistaken identity and the whole trio winds up suspected of murder.
E19
Dooley infiltrates a boys military camp to rescue a cadet from his father, a radical who plans to send his charges on a suicide mission.
E18
The detectives are tricked by a Vietnam War buddy who claims the CIA wants to prevent him from publishing an expose on the government.
E17
Two housewives use Boz's computer gadget to execute several burglaries in a prosperous neighbourhood.
E16
Nick, Cody and Boz use electronics to infiltrate a heavily armed gambling yacht linked to the murder of Boz's friend, a noted geologist.
E15
Cody and Nick suspect kidnapping when they discover that the job for which Boz left the agency is with a non-existent electronics firm.
E14
Cody, Nick and Boz wind up back where they started after a mysterious man sends them on a search for a haunted old boat.
E13
An appreciative gesture from a multimillionaire genius makes Boz the recipient of a recently developed attack helicopter.
E12
Nick searches King Harbour's back streets for his troubled girlfriend, who has ignited a fierce battle between two pimps.
E11
The director of the annual Miss King Harbour Beauty Pageant hires the trio to uncover who has been threatening a competitor.
E10
Cody, Nick and Boz aid a former Hollywood screen star after her escape from the asylum where she had been held for more than 50 years.
E9
While under cover at a Malibu club, Nick, Cody and Boz learn that an old friend working as a club lifeguard may be involved in extortion.
E8
Dooley's prior involvement with a racetrack syndicate could jeopardize the life of the would-be actor the detectives were hired to find.
E7
While accompanying Nick to a high-school reunion, Cody and Boz discover Nick's former football teammates are involved in drug-running.
E6
A priest brings a baby girl to Nick, Cody and Boz in hopes that the detectives can locate the infant's threatened mother.
E5
Cody and Nick use Murray's lie-detector to crack a tough case of an author who killed himself just prior to a scheduled TV appearance.
E4
Part-time teacher Murray hires Nick and Cody to protect him after he falls for a student who happens to be the wife of a volatile tycoon.
E3
A fisherman asks Nick, Cody and Boz to investigate a tale of murder after police dismiss him because he claims a mermaid was involved.
E2
Cody, Nick and Boz re-enlist in the Army to determine whether their former commander is guilty of drug smuggling.
E1
Cody, Nick and Boz join forces with dockworker Kirk "The Dool" Dooley to prevent the kidnapping of three wealthy coeds.
1985 · 21 episodes · Last episode: 40 years ago
E21
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.
E20
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.
E19
The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
E18
After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.
E17
The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.
E16
Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
E15
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
E14
Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
E13
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
E12
Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.
E11
Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.
E10
The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
E9
The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.
E8
The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
E7
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.
E6
Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.
E5
A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.
E4
Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.
E3
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
E2
The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.
E1
An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.
Created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell
Riptide has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on April 22, 1986.
The most recent episode of Riptide, Season 3 Episode 21 "Echoes", aired on April 22, 1986.
Riptide has 3 seasons with 56 episodes in total.
Riptide first aired on NBC on January 3, 1984.
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