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Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Episode 1
Laura races with Scotland Yard to locate Steele, who has become involved in murder while searching for a man with a clue to his past. Steele masquerades as an assassin hired by Daniel Chalmers to kill the Earl of Claridge.
Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by Michael GleasonGuest stars Stephen Dillane, Claire Davenport, Jeff Rawle, Julian Glover, Angharad Rees, Simon Oates, George Sweeney, Cassandra Harris
Episode 2
Laura races with Scotland Yard to locate Steele, who has become involved in murder while searching for a man with a clue to his past. Steele masquerades as an assassin hired by Daniel Chalmers to kill the Earl of Claridge.
Directed by Christopher HiblerWritten by Michael GleasonGuest stars Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Julian Glover, Angharad Rees, Simon Oates, Linal Haft, Cassandra Harris
Episode 3
Laura protects a photographer and his files from angry clients and the FBI even after her doctored photo appears in a porno magazine.
Directed by Alexander SingerGuest stars Kenneth Kimmins, Scott Jaeck, Kenneth Mars, Nana Visitor, Chris Mulkey, Richard McGonagle
Episode 4
Laura and Steele are hired to protect a professional wrestler who has been receiving death threats and having mysterious ""accidents.""
Directed by Don WeisGuest stars Tim Rossovich, Kim Johnston Ulrich, Lawrence Tierney, Boyd Gaines, Gary Kasper
Episode 5
Steele awakens from a 36-hour blackout to find that he has apparently gambled away the agency.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Monica Lewis, James Tolkan, Ron Masak, Earl Boen
Episode 6
Laura and Steele look into the disappearance of some prized breeding pigs from an experimental farm in Iowa.
Directed by Don WeisWritten by Pamela NorrisGuest stars Joe Dorsey, William Frankfather, Harry Groener, Joan McMurtrey, Rudy Ramos
Episode 7
Laura and Steele try to discover why phony obituaries are being printed about people like poor garlic farmer Lester Shane.
Directed by Gabrielle BeaumontGuest stars Vaughn Armstrong, Richard Lawson, James Staley, Mark Withers
Episode 8
Laura and Steele fly the unfriendly skies to learn why the body of a hired killer turned up on the baggage carrousel of a luxury airline.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Julia Montgomery, John DeMita, Richard Erdman, Terry O'Quinn, Patricia Alice Albrecht
Episode 9
The agency Christmas party is interrupted by three gun-wielding Santas who take everyone hostage and threaten to blow up the building.
Directed by Christopher HiblerWritten by Michael GleasonGuest stars Tom Everett, Larry Gelman, Paul Mantee, Jennifer Tilly, Peter Jurasik, Don Gordon
Episode 10
A traffic reporter dies while aloft in a helicopter and the two prime suspects are the disc jockeys, who were on the air at the time.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Vincent Schiavelli, John McCook, John Furlong, Jere Burns, John Hancock
Episode 11
Mulch's latest brainstorm to franchise the agency gets an unfortunate investigator killed by an angry client.
Directed by Don WeisWritten by Brad KernGuest stars Ernie Lively, Anne Seymour, Fran Bennett, Michael Constantine, Clyde Kusatsu, Kenneth Gray, John Considine, Timothy Brown
Episode 12
Laura and Steele are hired by the spoiled son of a caviar importer to find a missing shipment before daddy returns home.
Directed by Will MackenzieGuest stars Louie Anderson, Allan Kolman, Richard Green, Peter Jason, John Shearin, Alan Haufrect
Episode 13
Laura's sister finds a dead body on her kitchen floor and asks for help from a reluctant Laura and Steele.
Directed by Stan LathanGuest stars Judith Barsi, Michael Durrell, Maryedith Burrell
Episode 14
One of the phony Santas from the ill-fated Christmas party returns to persuade witness not to testify against him.
Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by Michael GleasonGuest stars Don Gordon, Ray Girardin
Episode 15
A woman is afraid her father may need help but Laura and Steele learn he knows exactly what he's doing.
Directed by Don WeisWritten by Brad KernGuest stars Susan Strasberg, Michael Preston, Dennis Patrick, Andrew Duggan, Chuck Wassil
Episode 16
Laura and Steele go undercover at a self-improvement spa to find out why there have been a series of mysterious accidents.
Directed by Don WeisGuest stars Stewart Moss, Susan Scannell, Dorothy Fielding, Bruce Tuthill
Episode 17
The search for a singer from the fifties has unexpected, deadly consequences.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Rebecca Holden, Rose Marie, George D. Wallace
Episode 18
The servants of the wealthy Wellingtons hire Laura and Steele to find out who killed the former butler, who had planned on publishing his memoirs.
Guest stars Liz Sheridan, Arye Gross, Dan O'Herlihy, Cindy Fisher, Sandy Helberg, Sab Shimono
Episode 19
Laura is assaulted while running in a triathlon after a desperate woman switches numbers with her.
Directed by Gabrielle BeaumontGuest stars Alison La Placa, Ned Bellamy, John Driver, Rif Hutton, Frederick Coffin, Lise Cutter
Episode 20
Laura and Steele return from the East to find reports of their murder on the news and Mildred arrested for the crime.
Directed by Kevin InchWritten by Brad KernGuest stars Alan David, Gary Frank, Lee Ryan, Michael Masters
Episode 21
A man who framed himself so his wife could collect the reward learns he isn't terminally ill and wants Laura and Steele to clear him.
Directed by Stan LathanGuest stars Robert Pastorelli, LaGena Hart, John Walter Davis
Episode 22
Laura has her hands full trying to discover why an accountant at a huge corporation was killed while Steele handles several mysterious errands of his own.
Directed by Seymour RobbieGuest stars Mary Ellen Trainor, James Tolkan, John Welsh, John Hostetter, Terry Wills, Nancy Everhard, Bobbie Ferguson
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Pierce BrosnanRemington Steele
Stephanie ZimbalistLaura Holt
Doris RobertsMildred Krebs
James ReadMurphy Michaels
Robert PastorelliWeasel
Jack ScaliaTony Roselli
Mary Ellen TrainorEstelle Becker
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