Remington Steele

The agency is hired by a TV news studio to investigate the accidents on the set. The cover is an interview with the famous Remington Steele, but the researcher begins to dig a little deep into his non-existent past. Then some of the presenters are murdered and all the evidence points to everyone else. As usual, Steele solves the crime without knowing why. Good, consistent episode.

The agency is hired to provide security at a the opening of an exhibition on early Californian history. It’s a costume party, but Steele picks the wrong ones for Laura and Murphy: a bunny and a clown respectively, and Sherlock Holmes for himself. Only it is a theme party, same as the exhibit. An attempt is made to steal an insignificant journal and a wildcatter is killed by Zorro. Apparently the journal points the way to a cache of doubloons hidden in the desert. The search is on, joined by unsavioury characters each with a claim to the money.

An old friend enlists the help of Remington Steele to turn the tables on a crooked casino boss out for revenge. Obviously based on The Sting, as they devise a similar scam to resolve the situation. Tension between Laura and Steele builds when the old friend romances Abigail (Laura’s mom). Great, non-standard episode.

Steele stops a man from jumping off a bridge and discovers that he had “borrowed” 2.3 million (the smallest they had) from the Federal Reserve Bank, only to have it stolen. Now that he can’t put it back after the weekend, everything is over. They decide to investigate and uncover an ingenious theft. Wonderful episode, with Murphy’s girlfriend hilarious as she tags along and pulls rabbit after rabbit out of her hat.