Series · 1982 · 5 Seasons

Remington Steele

Before He Was Bond He Was...

DramaFamilyComedy

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.

Rating: 7.1 / 10
Status: Ended

Episodes

Episode 1 · 60 min

License to Steele

"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.

Episode 2 · 60 min

Tempered Steele

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.

Episode 3 · 60 min

Steele Waters Run Deep

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

Episode 4 · 60 min

Signed, Steeled, & Delivered

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

Episode 5 · 60 min

Thou Shalt Not Steele

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

Episode 6 · 60 min

Steele Belted

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.

Episode 7 · 60 min

Etched in Steele

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

Episode 8 · 60 min

Your Steele the One For Me

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

Episode 9 · 60 min

In the Steele of the Night

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

Episode 10 · 60 min

Steele Trap

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.

Episode 11 · 60 min

Steeling the Show

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.

Episode 12 · 60 min

Steele Flying High

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

Episode 13 · 60 min

A Good Night's Steele

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

Episode 14 · 60 min

Hearts of Steele

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

Episode 15 · 60 min

To Stop a Steele

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.

Episode 16 · 60 min

Steele Crazy After All These Years

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

Episode 17 · 60 min

Steele Among the Living

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

Episode 18 · 60 min

Steele in the News

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

Episode 19 · 60 min

Vintage Steele

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.