Riptide
Riptide

Riptide (1984)

6.83 seasonsCrime, Drama, Action & Adventure

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.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 113 episodes
Pilot

1. Pilot

96 min

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

Conflict of Interest

2. Conflict of Interest

48 min

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

Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America

3. Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America

48 min

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.

Hatchet Job

4. Hatchet Job

48 min

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

The Mean Green Love Machine

5. The Mean Green Love Machine

48 min

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.

Diamonds Are for Never

6. Diamonds Are for Never

48 min

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

The Hardcase

7. The Hardcase

48 min

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

Four-Eyes

8. Four-Eyes

48 min

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

#1 with a Bullet

9. #1 with a Bullet

48 min

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

Long Distance Daddy

10. Long Distance Daddy

48 min

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

Double Your Pleasure

11. Double Your Pleasure

48 min

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

Raiders of the Lost Sub

12. Raiders of the Lost Sub

48 min

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

Something Fishy

13. Something Fishy

48 min

Boz and Nick both fall for the same beautiful dolphin-trainer, whose charges become implicated as accomplices in a drug-smuggling scheme.

Season 222 episodes
Where the Girls Are

1. Where the Girls Are

48 min

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

The Orange Grove

2. The Orange Grove

48 min

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

Catch of the Day

3. Catch of the Day

48 min

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

Mirage

4. Mirage

48 min

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.

Beat the Box

5. Beat the Box

48 min

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.

Father's Day

6. Father's Day

48 min

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

Be True to Your School

7. Be True to Your School

48 min

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

It's a Vial Sort of Business

8. It's a Vial Sort of Business

48 min

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

Peter Pan Is Alive and Well

9. Peter Pan Is Alive and Well

48 min

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.

Catch a Fallen Star

10. Catch a Fallen Star

48 min

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.

Gams People Play

11. Gams People Play

48 min

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

Prisoner of War

12. Prisoner of War

48 min

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

Baxter and Boz

13. Baxter and Boz

48 min

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

Curse of the Mary Aberdeen

14. Curse of the Mary Aberdeen

48 min

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

Boz Busters

15. Boz Busters

48 min

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

Oil Bets Are Off

16. Oil Bets Are Off

48 min

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

Girls Night Out

17. Girls Night Out

48 min

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

Polly Want an Explanation

18. Polly Want an Explanation

48 min

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

The Twisted Cross

19. The Twisted Cross

48 min

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.

Fuzzy Vision

20. Fuzzy Vision

48 min

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

Arrivederci, Baby

21. Arrivederci, Baby

48 min

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

Harmony and Grits

22. Harmony and Grits

48 min

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

Season 321 episodes
Wipe Out

1. Wipe Out

48 min

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

Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn

2. Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn

48 min

The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.

Does Not Compute

3. Does Not Compute

48 min

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

The Bargain Department

4. The Bargain Department

48 min

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

Who Really Watches the Sunset?

5. Who Really Watches the Sunset?

48 min

A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.

Still Goin' Steady

6. Still Goin' Steady

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.

Robin and Marian

7. Robin and Marian

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.

Requiem for Icarus

8. Requiem for Icarus

48 min

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

Home for Christmas

9. Home for Christmas

48 min

The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.

Lady Killer

10. Lady Killer

48 min

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

A Matter of Policy

11. A Matter of Policy

48 min

Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.

The Wedding Bell Blues

12. The Wedding Bell Blues

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.

The Frankie Kahana Show

13. The Frankie Kahana Show

48 min

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

Smiles We Left Behind

14. Smiles We Left Behind

96 min

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

The Pirate and the Princess

15. The Pirate and the Princess

48 min

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

Playing Hardball

16. Playing Hardball

48 min

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

The Play's the Thing

17. The Play's the Thing

48 min

The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.

Dead Men Don't Floss

18. Dead Men Don't Floss

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.

Chapel of Glass

19. Chapel of Glass

48 min

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

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

20. If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

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.

Echoes

21. Echoes

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.

Cast

Perry King

Perry King

Cody Allen

Joe Penny

Joe Penny

Nick Ryder

Thom Bray

Thom Bray

Murray Bozinsky

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