Riptide - Season 3
1 - Wipe Out
Air Date: October 1, 1985
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
Air Date: October 22, 1985
The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.
3 - Does Not Compute
Air Date: October 29, 1985
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
4 - The Bargain Department
Air Date: November 5, 1985
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?
Air Date: November 12, 1985
A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.
6 - Still Goin' Steady
Air Date: November 19, 1985
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
Air Date: December 3, 1985
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
Air Date: December 10, 1985
The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
9 - Home for Christmas
Air Date: December 17, 1985
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
Air Date: January 7, 1986
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
Air Date: January 14, 1986
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
Air Date: January 21, 1986
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
Air Date: February 11, 1986
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
Air Date: February 25, 1986
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
Air Date: March 7, 1986
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
16 - Playing Hardball
Air Date: March 14, 1986
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
Air Date: March 21, 1986
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
Air Date: April 4, 1986
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
Air Date: April 11, 1986
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
Air Date: April 18, 1986
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
Air Date: April 22, 1986
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.