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About Riptide

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.

  • Action & Adventure
  • Drama
  • Crime

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Episodes

56 episodes · 3 seasons

Season 1

1984 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 42 years ago

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    13. Something Fishy

    Finale

    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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    12. Raiders of the Lost Sub

    Murray's brilliant sister, Melba, convinces the detectives to help her find a sunken, gold-laden World War II submarine.

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    11. Double Your Pleasure

    Cody agrees to help his most recent girlfriend find her missing sister, who is supposedly fleeing from organised crime.

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    10. Long Distance Daddy

    Two Cambodian orphans stow away on a jet to visit their American sponsor, Nick, only to be marked for death after witnessing a murder.

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    9. #1 with a Bullet

    A simple assignment to deliver flowers to a dead rock singer's hospitalised partner puts the detectives in the middle of a musical scam.

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    8. Four-Eyes

    Nick and Cody compete with a pair of private eyes to help a woman framed for the murder of her husband.

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    7. The Hardcase

    While trying to rescue an old girlfriend, Nick and Cody become embroiled in a bizarre investigation involving murder and kidnapping.

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    6. Diamonds Are for Never

    Nick and Cody race to rescue Boz and their client, a diabetic stewardess, held hostage by a killer desperate to retrieve stolen diamonds.

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    5. The Mean Green Love Machine

    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.

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    4. Hatchet Job

    An escaped mental patient asks Cody, Nick and Boz to find her boyfriend's murderer -- who just might be the unbalanced client herself.

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    3. Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America

    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.

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    2. Conflict of Interest

    An old girlfriend seeks Nick and Cody's help after she overhears her husband plotting to murder a police lieutenant.

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    1. Pilot

    Nick and Cody's search for the sunken remains of a charter boat puts them in conflict with a mob kingpin.

Season 2

1984 · 22 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago

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    22. Harmony and Grits

    Finale

    A harmony-seminar visit finds the detectives brawling with a participant and agreeing to investigate a newlywed engineer.

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    21. Arrivederci, Baby

    Cody fends off culprits in a mini-submarine while investigating an oceanographer's report of a deep-sea toxic-waste dump.

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    20. Fuzzy Vision

    The detectives find big trouble in a small town when Cody suffers from mistaken identity and the whole trio winds up suspected of murder.

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    19. The Twisted Cross

    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.

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    18. Polly Want an Explanation

    The detectives are tricked by a Vietnam War buddy who claims the CIA wants to prevent him from publishing an expose on the government.

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    17. Girls Night Out

    Two housewives use Boz's computer gadget to execute several burglaries in a prosperous neighbourhood.

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    16. Oil Bets Are Off

    Nick, Cody and Boz use electronics to infiltrate a heavily armed gambling yacht linked to the murder of Boz's friend, a noted geologist.

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    15. Boz Busters

    Cody and Nick suspect kidnapping when they discover that the job for which Boz left the agency is with a non-existent electronics firm.

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    14. Curse of the Mary Aberdeen

    Cody, Nick and Boz wind up back where they started after a mysterious man sends them on a search for a haunted old boat.

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    13. Baxter and Boz

    An appreciative gesture from a multimillionaire genius makes Boz the recipient of a recently developed attack helicopter.

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    12. Prisoner of War

    Nick searches King Harbour's back streets for his troubled girlfriend, who has ignited a fierce battle between two pimps.

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    11. Gams People Play

    The director of the annual Miss King Harbour Beauty Pageant hires the trio to uncover who has been threatening a competitor.

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    10. Catch a Fallen Star

    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.

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    9. Peter Pan Is Alive and Well

    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.

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    8. It's a Vial Sort of Business

    Dooley's prior involvement with a racetrack syndicate could jeopardize the life of the would-be actor the detectives were hired to find.

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    7. Be True to Your School

    While accompanying Nick to a high-school reunion, Cody and Boz discover Nick's former football teammates are involved in drug-running.

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    6. Father's Day

    A priest brings a baby girl to Nick, Cody and Boz in hopes that the detectives can locate the infant's threatened mother.

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    5. Beat the Box

    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.

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    4. Mirage

    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.

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    3. Catch of the Day

    A fisherman asks Nick, Cody and Boz to investigate a tale of murder after police dismiss him because he claims a mermaid was involved.

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    2. The Orange Grove

    Cody, Nick and Boz re-enlist in the Army to determine whether their former commander is guilty of drug smuggling.

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    1. Where the Girls Are

    Cody, Nick and Boz join forces with dockworker Kirk "The Dool" Dooley to prevent the kidnapping of three wealthy coeds.

Season 3

1985 · 21 episodes · Last episode: 40 years ago

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    21. Echoes

    Finale

    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.

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    20. 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.

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    19. Chapel of Glass

    The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.

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    18. 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.

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    17. 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.

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    16. Playing Hardball

    Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.

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    15. The Pirate and the Princess

    A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.

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    14. Smiles We Left Behind

    Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.

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    13. The Frankie Kahana Show

    Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.

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    12. 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.

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    11. 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.

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    10. Lady Killer

    The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.

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    9. 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.

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    8. Requiem for Icarus

    The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.

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    7. 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.

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    6. 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.

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    5. 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.

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    4. The Bargain Department

    Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.

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    3. Does Not Compute

    Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.

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    2. 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.

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    1. Wipe Out

    An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.

Cast & crew

Created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell

  • Deborah Voorhees

    Deborah Voorhees

    Tippy

  • Barbara Keegan

    Barbara Keegan

    Tina

  • Bruce Tuthill

    Bruce Tuthill

    Guard / Bob

  • John Astin

    John Astin

    Baxter Bernard

  • Kenneth Gray

    David Brady

  • Joan Sweeny

    Joan Sweeny

    Jessie Wells

  • Lew Saunders

    Lew Saunders

    Dennis

  • Gene Rayburn

    Gene Rayburn

    Self

  • Lynn Hamilton

    Lynn Hamilton

    Sarah Tolley

  • Rosalind Chao

    Rosalind Chao

    Lucy

  • Geena Davis

    Geena Davis

    Dr. Melba Bozinsky

  • Elyssa Davalos

    Elyssa Davalos

    Jody Kremer

  • Marta DuBois

    Marta DuBois

    Marcy Hayward

  • Kelbe Nugent

    Elizabeth Baker

  • Murphy Cross

    Murphy Cross

    Candy Lane

  • Lewis Arquette

    Lewis Arquette

    Sidney Gorman

Riptide FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Riptide?

Riptide has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on April 22, 1986.

When did the latest episode of Riptide come out?

The most recent episode of Riptide, Season 3 Episode 21 "Echoes", aired on April 22, 1986.

How many seasons of Riptide are there?

Riptide has 3 seasons with 56 episodes in total.

When did Riptide first air?

Riptide first aired on NBC on January 3, 1984.

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