Season 3 (1985)
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1. Wipe Out
An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.
48min
October 1, 1985
2. Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn
The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.
48min
October 22, 1985
3. Does Not Compute
Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.
48min
October 29, 1985
4. The Bargain Department
Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.
48min
November 5, 1985
5. Who Really Watches the Sunset?
A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.
48min
November 12, 1985
6. Still Goin' Steady
Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.
48min
November 19, 1985
7. Robin and Marian
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.
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48min
December 3, 1985
8. Requiem for Icarus
The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.
48min
December 10, 1985
9. Home for Christmas
The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.
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48min
December 17, 1985
10. Lady Killer
The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.
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48min
January 7, 1986
11. A Matter of Policy
Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.
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48min
January 14, 1986
12. The Wedding Bell Blues
Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.
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48min
January 21, 1986
13. The Frankie Kahana Show
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
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48min
February 11, 1986
14. Smiles We Left Behind
Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.
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1h 36min
February 25, 1986
15. The Pirate and the Princess
A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.
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48min
March 7, 1986
16. Playing Hardball
Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.
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48min
March 14, 1986
17. The Play's the Thing
The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.
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48min
March 21, 1986
18. Dead Men Don't Floss
After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.
48min
April 4, 1986
19. Chapel of Glass
The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.
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48min
April 11, 1986
20. If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
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.
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48min
April 18, 1986
21. Echoes
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.
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48min
April 22, 1986