Season 3

episodes

1. 1. Wipe Out 1985-10-01 48 min 7.0 An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.
2. 2. Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn 1985-10-22 48 min 7.0 The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.
3. 3. Does Not Compute 1985-10-29 48 min 9.0 Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
4. 4. The Bargain Department 1985-11-05 48 min 8.0 Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.
5. 5. Who Really Watches the Sunset? 1985-11-12 48 min 8.0 A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.
6. 6. Still Goin' Steady 1985-11-19 48 min 8.0 Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.
7. 7. Robin and Marian 1985-12-03 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.
8. 8. Requiem for Icarus 1985-12-10 48 min 5.0 The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
9. 9. Home for Christmas 1985-12-17 48 min The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.
10. 10. Lady Killer 1986-01-07 48 min The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
11. 11. A Matter of Policy 1986-01-14 48 min Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.
12. 12. The Wedding Bell Blues 1986-01-21 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.
13. 13. The Frankie Kahana Show 1986-02-11 48 min Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
14. 14. Smiles We Left Behind 1986-02-25 96 min Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
15. 15. The Pirate and the Princess 1986-03-07 48 min A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
16. 16. Playing Hardball 1986-03-14 48 min Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
17. 17. The Play's the Thing 1986-03-21 48 min The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.
18. 18. Dead Men Don't Floss 1986-04-04 48 min 2.0 After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.
19. 19. Chapel of Glass 1986-04-11 48 min The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
20. 20. If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em 1986-04-18 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.
21. 21. Echoes 1986-04-22 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.