Riptide (1984)

Season 1

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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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13 Episodes

Pilot
E1
PilotNick Ryder and Cody Allen leave their former employment, taking tourists on trips by helicopter or by boat, and start their own private detective agency. Things aren't going too well at first, but their luck changes when they bring in old Vietnam buddy and computer geek, Murray "Boz" Bozinski. Together they try to clear the only survivor of a ship that got blown up, of smuggling charges and involvement in the crime.
Conflict of Interest
E2
Conflict of InterestA girl whom Cody dated. runs away from her husband and goes to the boat looking for him. But they're not there but Murray is and he offers to help her. Nick and Cody are taken to her husband by his men who tells them to find her. Later when they meet, she tells them that her husband is planning to kill Quinlan. And when they tell him, he refuses to believe them.
Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America
E3
Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of AmericaAn attempt is made on Natalie Kramer's life and her associates in the so-called brain trust group have already been assasinated. The Riptide agency helps out, but Nick shares a complicated relationship with her as the two totally different personalities were in high school together.
Hatchet Job
E4
Hatchet JobAlthough happy at first that a client found their way to their detective agency, the boys quickly discover she's an escapee from a mental institution who doesn't remember if she actually committed the crime, stabbing her abusive husband, for which she was put in the asylum for.
The Mean Green Love Machine
E5
The Mean Green Love MachineA 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
E6
Diamonds Are for NeverNick and Cody race to rescue Boz and their client, a diabetic stewardess, held hostage by a killer desperate to retrieve stolen diamonds.
The Hardcase
E7
The HardcaseA young woman spurned is a suspect in a murder. The guys get on the wrong side of three thugs on a neighboring boat, one of which is a real hard hearted murderer, who is guilty of the crime the young woman is suspected of. It's up to the boys to straighten things out.
Four-Eyes
E8
Four-EyesThe boys are hired by a guy to keep tabs on his wife. It seems he wants to divorce her and he wants ammo to avoid giving her alimony. When the man turns up dead, his wife is the prime suspect. The guys meet a couple of female private eyes who were hired by the wife to see if her husband is hiding any assets. While they're all in agreement that she didn't do it they try to find who did.
#1 with a Bullet
E9
#1 with a BulletWhen a music star is killed in a car accident and the equally famous passenger gets injured, the Riptide agency gets hired by his fanclub to deliver flowers to his hospital bed. Soon however, they learn that somebody is still intending to put his lights out.
Long Distance Daddy
E10
Long Distance DaddyTwo 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
E11
Double Your PleasureCody agrees to help his most recent girlfriend find her missing sister, who is supposedly fleeing from organised crime.
Raiders of the Lost Sub
E12
Raiders of the Lost SubMurray's brilliant sister, Melba, convinces the detectives to help her find a sunken, gold-laden World War II submarine.
Something Fishy
E13
Something FishyBoz and Nick both fall for the same beautiful dolphin-trainer, whose charges become implicated as accomplices in a drug-smuggling scheme.