Episode 1
Pilot
1h 36m3.8 / 10
Nick and Cody's search for the sunken remains of a charter boat puts them in conflict with a mob kingpin.
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Riptide
1984NR3 seasons6.8 / 10
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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Synopsis
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.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Conflict of Interest
48m7.0 / 10
An old girlfriend seeks Nick and Cody's help after she overhears her husband plotting to murder a police lieutenant.
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Episode 3
Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America
48m7.5 / 10
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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Episode 4
Hatchet Job
48m7.0 / 10
An escaped mental patient asks Cody, Nick and Boz to find her boyfriend's murderer -- who just might be the unbalanced client herself.
Episode credits
Guest stars Katherine Kelly Lang, Randi Brooks
Episode 5
The Mean Green Love Machine
48m6.5 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Guest stars Bruce Tuthill
Episode 6
Diamonds Are for Never
48m8.0 / 10
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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Directed by Gloryette ClarkGuest stars Kathryn Witt
Episode 7
The Hardcase
48m6.0 / 10
While trying to rescue an old girlfriend, Nick and Cody become embroiled in a bizarre investigation involving murder and kidnapping.
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Guest stars Lew Saunders
Episode 8
Four-Eyes
48m7.0 / 10
Nick and Cody compete with a pair of private eyes to help a woman framed for the murder of her husband.
Episode credits
Guest stars Lewis Arquette, Xander Berkeley
Episode 9
#1 with a Bullet
48m8.0 / 10
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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Episode 10
Long Distance Daddy
48m7.0 / 10
Two Cambodian orphans stow away on a jet to visit their American sponsor, Nick, only to be marked for death after witnessing a murder.
Episode credits
Guest stars Kelbe Nugent, Murphy Cross
Episode 11
Double Your Pleasure
48m8.0 / 10
Cody agrees to help his most recent girlfriend find her missing sister, who is supposedly fleeing from organised crime.
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Guest stars Marta DuBois
Episode 12
Raiders of the Lost Sub
48m8.0 / 10
Murray's brilliant sister, Melba, convinces the detectives to help her find a sunken, gold-laden World War II submarine.
Episode credits
Guest stars Geena Davis
Episode 13
Something Fishy
48m7.0 / 10finale
Boz and Nick both fall for the same beautiful dolphin-trainer, whose charges become implicated as accomplices in a drug-smuggling scheme.
Episode credits
Guest stars Elyssa Davalos
Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026
More about Riptide
Cast
Perry KingCody Allen
Joe PennyNick Ryder
Thom BrayMurray Bozinsky
Jack GingTed Quinlan
Ken OlandtKirk Dooley
Anne FrancisMama Jo
Deborah VoorheesTippy
Barbara KeeganTinaCredits
- Created by
- Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
- Written by
- Bill Nuss
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 56
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States- Stephen J. Cannell ProductionsUnited States
Themes
detective agencyex soldierlos angeles, californiaprivate investigator
