The following is a list of episodes for the television show, Remington Steele; included are the many film references made throughout the series.
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Episodes
Season 1 (1982-1983)
| No. | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Airdate | Prod. code |
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| 1 | "License to Steele" | Robert Butler | Michael Gleason | Oct. 1, 1982 | 2704 |
| Series premiere: A client who hired Remington Steele Investigations to protect a shipment of rare jewels insisted that Steele himself oversee the operation. Brosnan's shady character, who was hanging around looking for profitable opportunities, steps into the role of Remington Steele against Laura Holt's wishes. Film reference: Tea and Sympathy. |
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| 2 | "Tempered Steele" | Robert Butler | Michael Gleason | Oct. 8, 1982 | 0903 |
| 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. Film references: Casablanca, The Thin Man. |
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| 3 | "Steele Waters Run Deep" | Jeff Bleckner | Lee David Zlotoff | Oct. 22, 1982 | 2703 |
| A video game genius disappears just before a merger, with five million dollars and the plans for his company's latest video game. Film reference: North by Northwest. |
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| 4 | "Signed, Steeled, & Delivered" | Robert Butler | Glenn Gordon Caron | Oct. 29, 1982 | 2702 |
| Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding. | |||||
| 5 | "Thou Shalt Not Steele" | Leo Penn | Lee David Zlotoff | Nov. 5, 1982 | 2706 |
| A woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect. | |||||
| 6 | "Steele Belted" | Robert Butler | Michael Gleason | Nov. 12, 1982 | 2701 |
| 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. Film reference: D.O.A.. |
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| 7 | "Etched in Steele" | Stan Lathan | Glenn Gordon Caron | Nov. 19, 1982 | 2707 |
| A popular author's steamy books mirror her own life, including the murder of her husband. Film reference: The Shining. |
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| 8 | "You're Steele the One For Me" | Thomas Carter | Lee David Zlotoff | Nov. 26, 1982 | 2709 |
| While trying to solve a murder case, Laura and Steele clash with the Yakuza. Film references: Enter the Dragon, The Yakuza, The Third Man. |
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| 9 | "In the Steele of the Night" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Joel Steiger | Dec. 3, 1982 | 2708 |
| Laura's former boss is murdered during a reunion of her former colleagues. Film reference: Witness for the Prosecution |
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| 10 | "Steele Trap" | Sidney Hayers | Michael Gleason | Dec. 10, 1982 | 2710 |
| To find out why a client committed suicide, Laura and Steele go undercover to an island party, where people are being murdered one by one. Film references: Citizen Kane, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, And Then There Were None. |
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| 11 | "Steeling the Show" | Seymour Robbie | Peter Lefcourt | Jan. 7, 1983 | 2713 |
| An aging B-movie actress believes that someone is trying to kill her, and only Steele believes her. Film reference: Psycho. |
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| 12 | "Steele Flying High" | Nick Havinga | Richard Collins | Jan. 14, 1983 | 2711 |
| Steele gets involved with the murder of a naturalist when he serves on a committee to save the bald eagle. Film references: The Big Sleep, Chinatown, The Maltese Falcon, Murder Most Foul. |
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| 13 | "A Good Night's Steele" | Seymour Robbie | R.J. Stewart, Lee David Zlotoff |
Jan. 21, 1983 | 2712 |
| Steele poses as an insomniac in order to find a murderer in a sleep disorder clinic. Film references: The Big Sleep, Coma. |
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| 14 | "Hearts of Steele" | Robert Butler | Glenn Gordon Caron | Jan. 28, 1983 | 2705 |
| The detectives pose as a bickering couple while investigating attempts on a divorce attorney's life. Film references: Casablanca, Murder on the Orient Express, Notorious. |
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| 15 | "To Stop a Steele" | Sidney Hayers | Glenn Gordon Caron | Feb. 11, 1983 | 2721 |
| 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. Film references: The Thomas Crown Affair, To Catch a Thief. |
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| 16 | "Steele Crazy After All These Years" | Don Weis | Andrew Laskos, R.J. Stewart |
Feb. 18, 1983 | 2715 |
| Murphy's college homecoming is marred by a murder that awakens memories of a bombing on campus ten years before. Film references: The Third Man, The Uninvited |
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| 17 | "Steele Among the Living" | Nick Havinga | Andrew Laskos | Feb. 25, 1983 | 2718 |
| Laura searches for a vanished artist whose works have suddenly appreciated in value, for both her husband and the owner of an art gallery. Film references: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Laura. |
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| 18 | "Steele in the News" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Duncan Smith, Fred Lyle, Michael Gleason |
March 4, 1983 | 2717 |
| The detectives try to solve a case of sabotage and murder on the set of a television news program. Film references: Foreign Correspondent, Peyton Place. |
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| 19 | "Vintage Steele" | Larry Elikann | Susan Baskin | March 15, 1983 | 2716 |
| 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. Film references: The Trouble with Harry, Rasputin and the Empress. |
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| 20 | "Steele's Gold" | Burt Brinckerhoff | R.J. Stewart | March 22, 1983 | 2723 |
| A prospector's journal stolen during a party leads Laura and Steele on a wild gold hunt through the desert. Film references: Metropolis, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. |
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| 21 | "Sting of Steele" | Seymour Robbie | Michael Gleason, Gary Kott |
April 5, 1983 | 2722 |
| Daniel Chalmers, Steele's mentor back in the days when Steele was a rogue, comes to California to ask for Steele's help in dealing with a vindictive crook. Film references: The Sting, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. |
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| 22 | "Steele in Circulation" | Don Weis | Lee David Zlotoff | April 12, 1983 | 2724 |
| After preventing a man from commiting suicide, Steele tries to find out who had tricked the man into stealing over two million dollars. Film references: Anna Karenina, Gaslight, The Music Lovers, Pennies From Heaven, A Star Is Born. |
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Season 2 (1983-1984)
| No. | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Airdate | Prod. code |
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| 23 | "Steele Away With Me (Part 1)" | Seymour Robbie | Michael Gleason | Sep. 20, 1983 | 3709 |
| In this two-part episode, Steele and Laura go after diamond smugglers in Acapulco. Associate detective Murphy Michaels and secretary Bernice Fox have left the agency, whilst Mildred Krebs (Doris Roberts), previously an IRS agent hot on Steele's tail, ends up teaming with Laura and Steele. Film references: Bride of Frankenstein, The Maltese Falcon. |
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| 24 | "Steele Away With Me (Part 2)" | Seymour Robbie | Michael Gleason | Sep. 20, 1983 | 3709 |
| See Part 1, above. Film references: Casablanca, Key Largo, Notorious. |
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| 25 | "Red Holt Steele" | Kevin Conner | Lee David Zlotoff | Sep. 27, 1983 | 3710 |
| Holt and Steele are hired by a woman who thinks someone is trying to destroy her late husband's aircraft company. Film reference: It Happened One Night. |
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| 26 | "Altared Steele" | Alexander Singer | Jeff Melvoin | Oct. 11, 1983 | 3702 |
| The detectives try to find out which one of an amnesiac's five wives is trying to kill him. Film reference: Mirage, Robin Hood, Sands of Iwo Jima, Spellbound. |
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| 27 | "Steele Framed" | Sheldon Larry | Brian Alan Lane | Oct. 18, 1983 | 3708 |
| Someone is trying to frame Steele for murder. | |||||
| 28 | "A Steele at Any Price" | Don Weis | Richard DeRoy, Mitch Paradise |
Nov. 1, 1983 | 3706 |
| Steele introduces Laura to the thrill of thievery during a case involving stolen paintings. Film references: Charade, The Sting. |
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| 29 | "Love Among the Steele" | Seymour Robbie | Lee David Zlotoff | Nov. 8, 1983 | 3716 |
| The detectives find themselves in the middle of a mystery involving all the previous owners of a vintage car. Film references: Splendor in the Grass, Tom Jones, The Yellow Rolls-Royce. |
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| 30 | "Scene Steelers" | Peter Medak | Judy Neer, Joyce Armor, Richard DeRoy |
Nov. 15, 1983 | 3703 |
| Steele and Laura investigate attempted murder on the set of a frozen-food commercial. | |||||
| 31 | "Steele Knuckles and Glass Jaws" | Don Weis | Jeff Melvoin | Nov. 29, 1983 | 3717 |
| A mysterious baby plays a central part in a case involving gangsters and professional boxing. Film reference: Little Caesar. |
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| 32 | "My Fair Steele" | Seymour Robbie | Brian Alan Lane | Dec. 6, 1983 | 3714 |
| The detectives try to find a kidnapped heiress with the help of her twin sister. Film references: Pygmalion, My Fair Lady. |
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| 33 | "Steele Threads" | Karen Arthur | George Lee Marshall | Dec. 13, 1983 | 3711 |
| A simple case of industrial espionage during a fashion show leads to foreign espionage and murder. | |||||
| 34 | "Steele Eligible" | Sheldon Larry | Larry Konner, Michael Gleason |
Jan. 10, 1984 | 3719 |
| Someone is killing a magazine campaign's "five most eligible bachelors"... and one of them is Steele. Film reference: Rear Window. |
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| 35 | "High Flying Steele" | Karen Arthur | George Lee Marshall | Jan. 17, 1984 | 3718 |
| Mildred's guilty pleasure in a sleazy circus séance draws Laura and Steele into an investigation of an old circus "accident." | |||||
| 36 | "Blood is Thicker Than Steele" | Barbara Peters | Richard DeRoy | Jan. 31, 1984 | 3712 |
| Laura and Steele must protect the rather obnoxious children of a Federal witness. Film references: The Bad Seed, The Gauntlet, Stagecoach. |
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| 37 | "Steele Sweet on You" | Don Weis | Susan Baskin | Feb. 7, 1984 | 3707 |
| Laura gets involved with her sister's marital problems at a dental convention where a murderer seeks to eliminate the only evidence left against him. Film references: Boom Town, The Lost Weekend, The Man Who Knew Too Much. |
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| 38 | "Elegy in Steele" | Kevin Connor | Brian Alan Lane | Feb. 21, 1984 | 3720 |
| The villain from the episode "Steele Framed" reappears and promises that Laura and Steele will die within an hour. Film references: The Major and the Minor, Neptune's Daughter. |
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| 39 | "Small Town Steele" | Seymour Robbie | Jeff Melvoin | Feb. 28, 1984 | 3721 |
| Laura and Steele go to a small town to investigate the disappearance of an author who was doing research on the area and apparently found something he shouldn't have. Film references: Bad Day at Black Rock, In the Heat of the Night. |
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| 40 | "Molten Steele" | Christopher Hibler | Richard Collins | March 6, 1984 | 3715 |
| Laura and Steele try to learn how and why a woman's name and phone number came to be printed in a steamy sex-magazine. Film reference: Peyton Place. |
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| 41 | "Dreams of Steele" | Don Weis | Brian Alan Lane | March 20, 1984 | 3726 |
| The reputation of the agency is at stake again when the gems that first brought them together are switched with fakes as Laura and Steele are transporting them. Film reference: Ocean's Eleven. |
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| 42 | "Woman of Steele" | Christopher Hibler | Michael Gleason, Richard DeRoy, Susan Baskin |
March 27, 1984 | 3724 |
| A woman from Steele's past arranges for the agency to handle the security on an exhibition at an art museum, and contacts Steele with a desperate plea for help. Film references: Obsession, Vertigo. |
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| 43 | "Hounded Steele" | Don Weis | Jeff Melvoin | May 15, 1984 | 3727 |
| A former Interpol agent (Tom Baker) kills a current Interpol agent, and takes Mildred as his hostage. Film reference: Old Yeller. |
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| 44 | "Elementary Steele" | Seymour Robbie | Michael Gleason | May 22, 1984 | 3705 |
| Someone is using mystery buffs signed up to solve a make-believe case to find a murderous embezzler. Film references: The Big Sleep, Death Race 2000. |
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Season 3 (1984-1985)
| No. | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Airdate | Prod. code |
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| 45 | "Steele at It" | Don Weis | Jeff Melvoin | Sep. 25, 1984 | 4707 |
| Laura is ready for romance as she goes on a vacation on the French Riviera accompanied by Remington Steele, but old friends needing his help in stealing a dagger distract Steele. Film references: Beau Geste, Goldfinger, The Maltese Falcon, To Catch a Thief. |
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| 46 | "Lofty Steele" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Brad Kern | Oct. 2, 1984 | 4703 |
| A paroled convict chloroforms Laura and dumps her in a detox center. Laura comes to screaming "somebody drugged me!" She explains that "A man broke in and clamped an awful smelling cloth over my nose and mouth. That stuff knocked me out". But the doctors don't believe Laura and confine her to a straightjacket. Filmreferences: The Great Escape, Moby Dick (multiple versions). |
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| 47 | "Maltese Steele" | Seymour Robbie | John Wirth | Oct. 16, 1984 | 4713 |
| Laura and Steele search for a missing body on the island of Malta, but find an insignificant piece of brass that could get them killed. Film references: The Maltese Falcon, The Third Man. |
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| 48 | "Second Base Steele" | Don Weis | Rick Mittleman | Oct. 23, 1984 | 4705 |
| A reunion of high-school athletes at an adult baseball camp is marred by a series of "accidents" that Laura and Steele are hired to investigate; Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford guest-star. Film references: The Alphabet Murders, And Then There Were None, Fear Strikes Out, The Pride of the Yankees. |
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| 49 | "Blue Blooded Steele" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Brady Westwater, John Pashdag, John Wirth |
Oct. 30, 1984 | 4701 |
| Daniel Chalmers enters Steele's life again when it appears that he is about to inherit an English title, its fortune and some enemies. Film reference: The Fuller Brush Man. |
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| 50 | "Steele Your Heart Away" | Seymour Robbie | Brian Clemens | Nov. 13, 1984 | 4711 |
| Laura flies off to help an amnesiac Steele recall why he came to Ireland and why someone is trying to kill him. Film references: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, A Day at the Races, From Russia With Love, Gone With the Wind, Laura, The 39 Steps, Wait Until Dark. |
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| 51 | "A Pocketful of Steele" | Harry Harris | Brad Kern | Nov. 20, 1984 | 4721 |
| Steele tries to help a street-wise kid who picks his pocket and grabs evidence that a loan shark will do anything to retrieve. Film reference: Boys Town. |
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| 52 | "Puzzled Steele" | Don Weis | Jeff Melvoin, Dennis Spooner, Brian Clemens |
Nov. 27, 1984 | 4712 |
| Laura and Steele accept the invitation of an eccentric millionaire to compete in finding a missing journalist but the game soon turns deadly. Film reference: The Wizard of Oz. |
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| 53 | "Cast in Steele" | Harry Harris | Jeff Melvoin | Dec. 4, 1984 | 4720 |
| Three aging film stars — Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Lamour, and Lloyd Nolan as themselves — hire Steele and Laura to find out who is behind their curious fan mail and the attempts on their lives. Film references: Dirty Harry, The Fan, The Godfather, Johnny Apollo, The Maltese Falcon, Moon Over Burma, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Road to Singapore, St. Louis Blues, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Somewhere in the Night, Three Days of the Condor, Typhoon, White Heat. |
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| 54 | "Breath of Steele" | Don Weis | John Wirth | Dec. 11, 1984 | 4702 |
| Laura and Steele try to protect two singing-telegram girls who witnessed a murder while they also hunt for the killers. Film reference: Little Murders. |
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| 55 | "Let's Steele a Plot" | Christopher Hibler | Joe Gores, Richard DeRoy |
Dec. 18, 1984 | 4704 |
| Laura and Steele get lots of advice and help when they investigate the embezzlement of a mystery-writers guild's treasury. Film references: Arsenic and Old Lace, Jaws. |
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| 56 | "Gourmet Steele" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Bob Shayne | Jan. 8, 1985 | 4716 |
| Steele inadvertently goes undercover as the restaurant critic they've been hired to find, and who has incensed several restaurant owners with his blistering reviews. Film reference: The Thin Man. |
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| 57 | "Stronger Than Steele" | Stan Lathan | John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart |
Jan. 15, 1985 | 4718 |
| Laura has a personal stake in the investigation of the death of a movie producer who was planning on making a movie of an old TV series without the original star. Film references: Gone with the Wind, Heaven's Gate. |
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| 58 | "Have I Got a Steele For You" | Christopher Hibler | Jeff Melvoin | Jan. 22, 1985 | 4725 |
| Mulch returns with a new business venture that his partner is using to swindle an investor. Film references: Blood Alley, The Day of the Jackal. |
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| 59 | "Springtime For Steele" | Christopher Hibler | John Wirth | Jan. 29, 1985 | 4722 |
| The unexpected success of singer Rocky Sullivan (from the episode "Elementary Steele") threatens a little scheme cooked up by her managers and might get her killed. Film reference: The Producers. |
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| 60 | "Steele in the Family" | Larry Elikann | Brad Kern | Feb. 5, 1985 | 4723 |
| Mildred's nephew comes to her for some help in hiding the body a hit man needs to confirm his contract with his employers. Film reference: The Corpse Came C.O.D. |
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| 61 | "Diced Steele" | Don Weis | Jeff Melvoin | Feb. 5, 1985 | 4727 |
| An investigator from an insurance company digs into Steele's past after the agency loses their money in an effort to buy back stolen jewels. | |||||
| 62 | "Now You Steele it, Now You Don't" | John Tracy | John Wirth | March 5, 1985 | 4724 |
| Laura feels used by a client when she finds out an importer commits suicide after she unknowingly delivers a blackmail message to him. Film references: The Barefoot Contessa, T-Men. |
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| 63 | "Illustrated Steele" | Gabrielle Beaumont | Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar |
March 12, 1985 | 4726 |
| A young cartoonist finds his life threatened as the events of his strip start happening to him. Film references: Gaslight, How to Murder Your Wife, Psycho. |
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| 64 | "Steele in the Chips" | Sheldon Larry | Howard Baldwin, Stephanie Zimbalist, Robin Bernheim |
March 19, 1985 | 4710 |
| Laura and Steele get involved in the search for the inventor of a no-cal cookie and his only batch of prototypes. Film references: Bambi, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. |
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| 65 | "Steele Trying" | Rocky Lang | Michael Gleason | May 7, 1985 | 4717 |
| Mr. Steele's plans for a romantic weekend in San Francisco are upset when his imaginary case turns into a real one. Film reference: The Lost Weekend. |
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| 66 | "Steele of Approval" | Seymour Robbie | Brad Kern | May 14, 1985 | 4728 |
| Laura investigates the background of a senatorial candidate while Steele dodges an investigator from the state licensing board. | |||||
Season 4 (1985-1986)
| No. | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Airdate | Prod. code |
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| 67 | "Steele Searching (Part 1)" | Seymour Robbie | Michael Gleason | Sep. 25, 1985 | 5701 |
| Laura races with Scotland Yard to locate Steele, who has become involved in murder while searching for a man with a clue to his past. Steele masquerades as an assassin hired by Daniel Chalmers to kill the Earl of Claridge. However evidence indicates that the Earl is Steele's own father. Film references: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Smokey and the Bandit. |
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| 68 | "Steele Searching (Part 2)" | Christopher Hibler | Michael Gleason | Oct. 1, 1985 | 5702 |
| See Part 1, above. Film reference: The Day of the Jackal. |
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| 69 | "Steele Blushing" | Alexander Singer | John Wirth | Oct. 22, 1985 | 5704 |
| Laura protects a photographer and his files from angry clients and the FBI even after her doctored photo appears in a porno magazine. Film reference: Hide in Plain Sight. |
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| 70 | "Grappling Steele" | Don Weis | Rick Mittleman | Oct. 29, 1985 | 5709 |
| Laura and Steele are hired to protect a professional wrestler who has been receiving death threats and having mysterious "accidents." Film reference: A Bill of Divorcement (1932). |
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| 71 | "Forged Steele" | Harry Harris | Rick Mittleman | Nov. 12, 1985 | 5710 |
| Steele awakens from a 36-hour blackout to find that he has apparently gambled away the agency. Film references: The Great Impostor, North by Northwest, 36 Hours. |
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| 72 | "Corn Fed Steele" | Don Weis | Pamela Norris | Nov. 19, 1985 | 5712 |
| Laura and Steele look into the disappearance of some prized breeding pigs from an experimental farm in Iowa. Film references: Easy Rider, North by Northwest, Witness. |
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| 73 | "Premium Steele" | Gabrielle Beaumont | Gerald Sanoff | Dec. 3, 1985 | 5711 |
| Laura and Steele try to discover why phony obituaries are being printed about people like poor garlic farmer Lester Shane. Film references: D.O.A., Gaslight, Gone with the Wind, The List of Adrian Messenger. |
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| 74 | "Coffee, Tea, or Steele" | Christopher Hibler | Robin Bernheim | Dec. 10, 1985 | 5714 |
| Laura and Steele fly the unfriendly skies to learn why the body of a hired killer turned up on the baggage carousel of a luxury airline. | |||||
| 75 | "Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele" | Christopher Hibler | Michael Gleason, Elliott Lewis |
Dec. 17, 1985 | 5708 |
| The agency Christmas party is interrupted by three gun-wielding Santas who take everyone hostage and threaten to blow up the building. Film references: The Shanghai Cobra, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. |
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| 76 | "Steele on the Air" | Christopher Hibler | John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart |
Jan. 7, 1986 | 5717 |
| A traffic reporter dies while aloft in a helicopter and the two prime suspects are the disc jockeys, who were on the air at the time. Film references: Body Heat, The Third Man. |
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| 77 | "Steele, Inc." | Don Weis | Brad Kern | Jan. 14, 1986 | 5703 |
| Mulch's latest brainstorm to franchise the agency gets an unfortunate investigator killed by an angry client. Film reference: The Maltese Falcon. |
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| 78 | "Steele Spawning" | Will Mackenzie | John Wirth | Jan. 28, 1986 | 5715 |
| Laura and Steele are hired by the spoiled son of a caviar importer to find a missing shipment before daddy returns home. Film reference: The Macomber Affair. |
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| 79 | "Suburban Steele" | Stan Lathan | Robin Bernheim | Feb. 11, 1986 | 5716 |
| Laura's sister finds a dead body on her kitchen floor and asks for help from a reluctant Laura and Steele. Film reference: Beverly Hills Cop. |
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| 80 | "Santa Claus is Coming to Steele" | Seymour Robbie | Michael Gleason | Feb. 18, 1986 | 5721 |
| One of the phony Santas from the ill-fated Christmas party (in the episode "Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele") returns to persuade a witness not to testify against him. Film references: Dirty Harry, Rear Window. |
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| 81 | "Steele Blue Yonder" | Don Weis | Brad Kern | Feb. 22, 1986 | 5718 |
| A woman is afraid her father may need help but Laura and Steele learn he knows exactly what he's doing. Film reference: Going in Style. |
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| 82 | "Sensitive Steele" | Don Weis | Rick Mittleman | March 1, 1986 | 5719 |
| Laura and Steele go undercover at a self-improvement spa to find out why there have been a series of mysterious accidents. Film references: Save the Tiger, Hamlet. |
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| 83 | "Steele in the Spotlight" | Burt Brinckerhoff | John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart |
March 8, 1986 | 5705 |
| The search for a singer from the 1950s has unexpected, deadly consequences. Film references: Out of the Past, Sunset Boulevard. |
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| 84 | "Steele at Your Service" | Rocky Lang | Lee H. Grant | March 15, 1986 | 5723 |
| The servants of the wealthy Wellingtons hire Laura and Steele to find out who killed the former butler, who had planned on publishing his memoirs. Film reference: Blowup. |
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| 85 | "Steele in the Running" | Gabrielle Beaumont | Susan Woollen | March 22, 1986 | 5713 |
| Laura is assaulted while running in a triathlon after a desperate woman switches numbers with her. | |||||
| 86 | "Beg, Borrow, or Steele" | Kevin Inch | Brad Kern | March 29, 1986 | 5722 |
| Laura and Steele return from the East to find reports of their murder on the news and Mildred arrested for the crime. Film reference: Death Takes a Holiday. |
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| 87 | "Steele Alive and Kicking" | Stan Lathan | John Wirth | May 3, 1986 | 5720 |
| A man who framed himself so his wife could collect the reward learns he isn't terminally ill and wants Laura and Steele to clear him. Film reference: Convicted. |
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| 88 | "Bonds of Steele" | Seymour Robbie | Jeff Melvoin | May 10, 1986 | 5706 |
| Laura has her hands full trying to discover why an accountant at a huge corporation was killed. However, Steele's desire to quickly wed a call girl (Nancy Everhard) so as to avoid being deported distracts Laura from her murder investigation. Steele eventually ended up marrying Laura herself. This episode was supposed to be the series's finale. Film references: Bride of Frankenstein, Casablanca, Death Takes a Holiday, The Happy Hooker, They Won't Believe Me. |
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Season 5 (1987)
| No. | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Airdate | Prod. code |
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| 89 | "The Steele That Wouldn't Die (Part 1)" | Kevin Inch | Brad Kern | Jan. 5, 1987 | 6702 |
| Steele is arrested for the murder of Norman Keyes while he and Laura try to honeymoon in Mexico. Film reference: Romancing the Stone. |
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| 90 | "The Steele That Wouldn't Die (Part 2)" | Kevin Inch | Brad Kern | Jan. 5, 1987 | 6708 |
| See Part 1, above. Film references: And Then There Were None, Beverly Hills Cop. |
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| 91 | "Steele Hanging in There (Part 1)" | Christopher Hibler | Robin Bernheim | April 3, 1987 | 6706 |
| Their phony marriage faces a real test when a woman from Steele's past shows up, pretending to be married to him and the archaeologist from Mexico returns, this time as an immigration officer. In London, Tony blackmails Steele into delivering a dangerous package, while Laura delves into Shannon's past. Film reference: Arsenic and Old Lace. |
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| 92 | "Steele Hanging in There (Part 2)" | Christopher Hibler | Robin Bernheim | April 10, 1987 | 6707 |
| See Part 1, above. | |||||
| 93 | "Steeled With a Kiss (Part 1)" | Seymour Robbie | Robin Bernheim, Brad Kern |
April 17, 1987 | 6709 |
| Laura and Steele visit the Irish castle he's inherited and decide to hide Tony there until he can prove he isn't a double agent. Daniel Chalmers must turn him over to the KGB as part of a scam he is running to help the daughter of an old friend. | |||||
| 94 | "Steeled With a Kiss (Part 2)" | Seymour Robbie | Robin Bernheim, Brad Kern |
April 17, 1987 | 6710 |
| See Part 1, above. Laura and Steele finally get to consummate their marriage. | |||||
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