Remington Steele
Remington Steele

Remington Steele (1982)

"Before He Was Bond He Was..."

7.1 (139 votes)
5 Seasons
October 1, 1982
English
Drama Family Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Network

NBC

Episodes

License to Steele
E1

License to Steele

Oct 1, 1982
60 min
7.3

"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.

Tempered Steele
E2

Tempered Steele

Oct 8, 1982
60 min
7.0

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.

Steele Waters Run Deep
E3

Steele Waters Run Deep

Oct 22, 1982
60 min
7.7

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

Signed, Steeled, & Delivered
E4

Signed, Steeled, & Delivered

Oct 29, 1982
60 min
7.0

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

Thou Shalt Not Steele
E5

Thou Shalt Not Steele

Nov 5, 1982
60 min
7.0

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

Steele Belted
E6

Steele Belted

Nov 12, 1982
60 min
7.0

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.

Etched in Steele
E7

Etched in Steele

Nov 19, 1982
60 min
8.0

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

Your Steele the One For Me
E8

Your Steele the One For Me

Nov 26, 1982
60 min

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

In the Steele of the Night
E9

In the Steele of the Night

Dec 3, 1982
60 min

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

Steele Trap
E10

Steele Trap

Dec 10, 1982
60 min
6.0

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.

Steeling the Show
E11

Steeling the Show

Jan 7, 1983
60 min

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.

Steele Flying High
E12

Steele Flying High

Jan 14, 1983
60 min

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

A Good Night's Steele
E13

A Good Night's Steele

Jan 21, 1983
60 min

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

Hearts of Steele
E14

Hearts of Steele

Jan 28, 1983
60 min

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

To Stop a Steele
E15

To Stop a Steele

Feb 11, 1983
60 min

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.

Steele Crazy After All These Years
E16

Steele Crazy After All These Years

Feb 18, 1983
60 min

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

Steele Among the Living
E17

Steele Among the Living

Feb 25, 1983
60 min
7.0

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

Steele in the News
E18

Steele in the News

Mar 4, 1983
60 min

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

Vintage Steele
E19

Vintage Steele

Mar 15, 1983
60 min
9.0

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.

Steele's Gold
E20

Steele's Gold

Mar 22, 1983
60 min
7.0

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

Sting of Steele
E21

Sting of Steele

Apr 5, 1983
60 min
8.0

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

Steele in Circulation
E22

Steele in Circulation

Apr 12, 1983
60 min
8.0

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.

Cast

Trailer

Details

Original Title

Remington Steele

Status

Ended

Seasons

5

Episodes

94

Production

MTM Enterprises