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Remington Steele

7.1/10 150 votes
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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.

Created by:
Robert Butler, Michael Gleason
Cast:
Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist, Doris Roberts
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
NBC

Episode guide

Seasons

6 available

Season 1

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 7.8

License to Steele

1982-10-01 · 46m

"License to Steele" is the premiere episode of the television series Remington Steele. This episode introduces and sets all the central elements of the series; the truth about Laura's fictional boss, the mysterious character posing as Steele, the romantic tension, Steele's love of old movies, et cetera.

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Episode 2

★ 7.0

Tempered Steele

1982-10-08 · 45m

Laura tackles a case of industrial espionage in a family-owned business while Steele enlists an old pal to help him install a burglar alarm.

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Episode 3

★ 7.8

Steele Waters Run Deep

1982-10-22 · 46m

A video game genius disappears just before a merger, with $5 million and the plans for his company's latest video game.

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Episode 4

★ 7.7

Signed, Steeled, & Delivered

1982-10-29 · 46m

Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding.

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Episode 5

★ 7.5

Thou Shalt Not Steele

1982-11-05 · 46m

A woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect.

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Episode 6

★ 7.5

Steele Belted

1982-11-12 · 46m

A loser asks the agency to help him, but his alibi witness is found dead in Steele's apartment and his lawyer seems more interested in Laura than in the case.

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Episode 7

★ 7.5

Etched in Steele

1982-11-19 · 46m

Laura and Steele investigate the murder of an author whose steamy novels badly mirror her own married life.

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Episode 8

Your Steele the One For Me

1982-11-26 · 46m

A lesson in detective work for Steele escalates a jaywalking accident into an encounter with Japanese gangsters.

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Episode 9

In the Steele of the Night

1982-12-03 · 46m

Steele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.

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Episode 10

★ 7.5

Steele Trap

1982-12-10 · 46m

A client commits suicide in the office so Steele and Laura attend a house party on an island owned by a wealthy publisher in his place in an attempt to find out why.

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Episode 11

★ 6.0

Steeling the Show

1983-01-07 · 46m

Steele comes to the aid of an aging B-movie queen whose daughter is trying to commit her and who someone is apparently trying to kill.

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Episode 12

★ 6.0

Steele Flying High

1983-01-14 · 46m

Steele gets involved with the murder of a naturalist when he serves on a committee to save the bald eagle.

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Episode 13

★ 10.0

A Good Night's Steele

1983-01-21 · 46m

Laura and Steele go undercover at a sleep-disorders clinic to investigate the disappearance of morphine and a doctor.

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Episode 14

★ 9.0

Hearts of Steele

1983-01-28 · 46m

Steele and Laura pose as a battling couple while they investigate murder attempts against an aggressive divorce lawyer.

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Episode 15

★ 9.0

To Stop a Steele

1983-02-11 · 46m

Laura and Steele wind up working for opposite sides of a jewelry theft when the frightened thief looks for help when someone else beats him to the jewel.

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Episode 16

★ 9.0

Steele Crazy After All These Years

1983-02-18 · 46m

Murphy's college homecoming is marred by a murder that awakens memories of a bombing on campus ten years before.

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Episode 17

★ 8.0

Steele Among the Living

1983-02-25 · 46m

Laura searches for a vanished artist whose works have suddenly appreciated in value, for both her husband and the owner of an art gallery.

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Episode 18

★ 8.0

Steele in the News

1983-03-04 · 46m

Laura and Steele investigate the increasingly dangerous pranks someone is pulling on the news team of a local television station.

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Episode 19

★ 8.0

Vintage Steele

1983-03-15 · 46m

Laura's former flame asks her help when he discovers a corpse in the trunk of his car, a corpse that keeps returning as they check out a winery he's involved with.

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Episode 20

★ 7.0

Steele's Gold

1983-03-22 · 46m

A prospector's journal stolen during a party leads Laura and Steele on a wild gold hunt through the desert.

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Episode 21

★ 8.5

Sting of Steele

1983-04-05 · 45m

Steele's mentor, Daniel Chalmers, comes to California to ask for Steele's help in dealing with a vindictive crook.

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Episode 22

★ 8.0

Steele in Circulation

1983-04-12 · 46m

Steele stops a distraught young man from killing himself then must find a missing girl and a ""borrowed"" $50,000 to keep him from trying again.

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Cast

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan

Remington Steele

Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist

Laura Holt

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts

Mildred Krebs

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