Riptide is an American TV detective series that ran on NBC from December 3, 1983 to August 22, 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions in the wake of Magnum PI's success. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter. A mid-season replacement, it debuted as a two-hour TV movie in early 1984.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Pilot | 1984-01-03 | 120 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Conflict of Interest | 1984-01-10 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Somebody's Killing the Great Geeks of America | 1984-01-17 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Hatchet Job | 1984-01-31 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Mean Green Love Machine | 1984-02-07 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Diamonds Are for Never | 1984-02-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Hardcase | 1984-02-28 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Four-Eyes | 1984-03-06 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | #1 with a Bullet | 1984-03-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Long Distance Daddy | 1984-03-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Double Your Pleasure | 1984-04-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Raiders of the Lost Sub | 1984-05-15 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Something Fishy | 1984-05-22 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Where the Girls Are | 1984-10-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Orange Grove | 1984-10-16 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Catch of the Day | 1984-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Mirage | 1984-10-30 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Beat the Box | 1984-11-13 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Father's Day | 1984-11-20 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Be True to Your School | 1984-11-27 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | It's a Vial Sort of Business | 1984-12-04 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Peter Pan is Alive and Well | 1984-12-11 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Catch a Fallen Star | 1984-12-18 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Gams People Play | 1985-01-08 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Prisoner of War | 1985-01-15 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Baxter and Boz | 1985-01-22 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Curse of the Mary Aberdeen | 1985-01-29 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Boz Busters | 1985-02-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Oil Bets Are Off | 1985-02-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Girls Night Out | 1985-02-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | Polly Want an Explanation | 1985-03-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | The Twisted Cross | 1985-03-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Fuzzy Vision | 1985-03-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Arrivederci, Baby | 1985-05-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Harmony and Grits | 1985-05-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Wipe Out | 1985-10-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn | 1985-10-22 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Does Not Compute | 1985-10-29 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Bargain Department | 1985-11-05 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Who Really Watches the Sunset | 1985-11-12 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Still Goin' Steady | 1985-11-19 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Robin and Marian | 1985-12-03 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Requiem for Icarus | 1985-12-10 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Home for Christmas | 1985-12-17 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Lady Killer | 1986-01-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | A Matter of Policy | 1986-01-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | The Wedding Bell Blues | 1986-01-21 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | The Frankie Kahana Show | 1986-02-11 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Smiles We Left Behind | 1986-02-25 | 120 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | The Pirate and the Princess | 1986-03-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Playing Hardball | 1986-03-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | The Play's the Thing | 1986-03-21 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Dead Men Don't Floss | 1986-04-04 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | Chapel of Glass | 1986-04-11 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | If You Can't Beat 'em, Join 'em | 1986-04-18 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | Echoes | 1986-08-22 | 60 min |
