Riptide

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.

First Air Date: 1984-01-03

Last Air Date: 1986-04-22

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 56

Created By: Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell

Networks: NBC

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Top Cast

Perry King as Cody Allen
Joe Penny as Nick Ryder
Thom Bray as Murray Bozinsky
Jack Ging as Ted Quinlan
Ken Olandt as Kirk Dooley
Anne Francis as Mama Jo
Bruce Tuthill as Guard / Bob
Deborah Voorhees as Tippy
Barbara Keegan as Tina
John Astin as Baxter Bernard

Seasons

Season 1 (1984) - (13 Episodes)

Season 2 (1984) - (22 Episodes)

Season 3 (1985) - (21 Episodes)

Season 1 (1984)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Pilot (1984-01-03)

Nick and Cody's search for the sunken remains of a charter boat puts them in conflict with a mob kingpin.
Ep. 2: Conflict of Interest (1984-01-10)

An old girlfriend seeks Nick and Cody's help after she overhears her husband plotting to murder a police lieutenant.
Ep. 3: Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America (1984-01-17)

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.
Ep. 4: Hatchet Job (1984-01-31)

An escaped mental patient asks Cody, Nick and Boz to find her boyfriend's murderer -- who just might be the unbalanced client herself.
Ep. 5: The Mean Green Love Machine (1984-02-07)

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.
Ep. 6: Diamonds Are for Never (1984-02-21)

Nick and Cody race to rescue Boz and their client, a diabetic stewardess, held hostage by a killer desperate to retrieve stolen diamonds.
Ep. 7: The Hardcase (1984-02-28)

While trying to rescue an old girlfriend, Nick and Cody become embroiled in a bizarre investigation involving murder and kidnapping.
Ep. 8: Four-Eyes (1984-03-06)

Nick and Cody compete with a pair of private eyes to help a woman framed for the murder of her husband.
Ep. 9: #1 with a Bullet (1984-03-20)

A simple assignment to deliver flowers to a dead rock singer's hospitalised partner puts the detectives in the middle of a musical scam.
Ep. 10: Long Distance Daddy (1984-03-27)

Two Cambodian orphans stow away on a jet to visit their American sponsor, Nick, only to be marked for death after witnessing a murder.
Ep. 11: Double Your Pleasure (1984-04-03)

Cody agrees to help his most recent girlfriend find her missing sister, who is supposedly fleeing from organised crime.
Ep. 12: Raiders of the Lost Sub (1984-05-15)

Murray's brilliant sister, Melba, convinces the detectives to help her find a sunken, gold-laden World War II submarine.
Ep. 13: Something Fishy (1984-05-22)

Boz and Nick both fall for the same beautiful dolphin-trainer, whose charges become implicated as accomplices in a drug-smuggling scheme.