Before He Was Bond He Was...
Original title
Remington Steele
Released
10/1/1982
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Family
Production companies
MTM Enterprises
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
94
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.
"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.
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.
A video game genius disappears just before a merger, with $5 million and the plans for his company's latest video game.
Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding.
A woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect.
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.
Laura and Steele investigate the murder of an author whose steamy novels badly mirror her own married life.
A lesson in detective work for Steele escalates a jaywalking accident into an encounter with Japanese gangsters.
Steele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.
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.
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 gets involved with the murder of a naturalist when he serves on a committee to save the bald eagle.
Laura and Steele go undercover at a sleep-disorders clinic to investigate the disappearance of morphine and a doctor.
Steele and Laura pose as a battling couple while they investigate murder attempts against an aggressive divorce lawyer.
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.
Murphy's college homecoming is marred by a murder that awakens memories of a bombing on campus ten years before.
Laura searches for a vanished artist whose works have suddenly appreciated in value, for both her husband and the owner of an art gallery.
Laura and Steele investigate the increasingly dangerous pranks someone is pulling on the news team of a local television station.
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.
A prospector's journal stolen during a party leads Laura and Steele on a wild gold hunt through the desert.
Steele's mentor, Daniel Chalmers, comes to California to ask for Steele's help in dealing with a vindictive crook.
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.
Laura returns to Acapulco after a dying man leaves a tuna stuffed with diamonds and wrapped in an Acapulco newspaper on her doorstep. Steele joins her while trying to avoid a dogged IRS investigator, Mildred Krebs.
Laura returns to Acapulco after a dying man leaves a tuna stuffed with diamonds and wrapped in an Acapulco newspaper on her doorstep. Steele joins her while trying to avoid a dogged IRS investigator, Mildred Krebs.
Laura's investigation of corporate foul play in a widow's aircraft company becomes personal when the opposition blows up her home.
A terrified client doesn't know his name, why someone is trying to kill him nor those five women claiming to be his widows.
Remington is convinced someone is out to frame him while, when responding to a mysterious phone call, he accidentally hits and kills a man who has been blackmailing him.
Laura fears Reminton is enjoying himself a bit too much when a case calls for them to pull off a series of highly dangerous art thefts to thwart some crooks.
Laura and Remington find themselves involved in a murder and the mysterious disappearance of some million-dollar jewels.
A poisoned TV dinner is the latest move in a long-standing quarrel between the stars of a series of television commercials.
A dead bookie and an abandoned baby reunite Steele with a boxing manager from his past life as the "Kilkenny Kid- Pride of the Pampas."
Laura and Steele aid a dying man to protect the interests of his kidnapped adopted daughter using her secret twin sister.
Laura and Steele investigate industrial espionage fueled by a vicious sibling rivalry.
Steele is named to the five most eligible bachelors in Los Angeles list but it proves a dubious honor. Someone is trying to kill them all off.
A break-in at the agency offices prompts Laura and Remington to go undercover at the circus to unravel a murder that happened some years before.
Laura and Steele must protect the rather obnoxious children of a Federal witness.
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.
Major Descoine reappears and promises that Laura and Steele will die within an hour.
When the investigators travel to the small California village of De Nada on a missing persons case, they get the feeling the whole town is hiding something from them.
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.
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.
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.
Laura and Remington come to the rescue after Mildred inadvertently uncovers a bizarre plot involving a priceless diamond and a famous retired jewel thief.
Someone is using mystery buffs signed up to solve a make-believe case to find a murderous embezzler. (60 min)
Laura is ready for romance as they vacation on the French Riviera, but old friends needing his help in stealing a dagger distract Steele.
Laura faces angry neighbors and threats against her life as someone tries to run her out of her loft apartment.
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.
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.
Daniel Chalmers enters Steele's life again when it appears that he is about to inherit an English title, its fortune and some enemies.
Laura flies off to help an amnesiac Steele recall why he came to Ireland and why someone is trying to kill him.
Steele tries to help a street-wise kid who picks his pocket and grabs evidence that a loan shark will do anything to retrieve.
Laura and Steele accept the invitation of an eccentric millionaire to compete in finding a missing journalist but the game soon turns deadly.
Three aging film stars hire Steele and Laura to find out who is behind their curious fan mail and the attempts on their lives.
Laura and Steele try to protect two singing-telegram girls who witnessed a murder while they also hunt for the killers.
Laura and Steele get lots of advice and help when they investigate the embezzlement of a mystery-writers guild's treasury.
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.
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.
Mulch returns with a new business venture that his partner is using to swindle an investor.
The unexpected success of singer Rocky Sullivan threatens a little scheme cooked up by her managers and might get her killed.
Mildred's nephew comes to her for some help in hiding the body a hit man needs to confirm his contract with his employers.
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.
Laura feels used when she discovers an importer has killed himself after she delivers a message to him.
A young cartoonist finds his life threatened as the events of his strip start happening to him.
Laura and Steele get involved in the search for the inventor of a no-cal cookie and his only batch of prototypes.
Mr. Steele's plans for a romantic weekend in San Francisco are upset when his imaginary case turns into a real one.
Laura investigates the background of a senatorial candidate while Steele dodges an investigator from the state licensing board.
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.
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.
Laura protects a photographer and his files from angry clients and the FBI even after her doctored photo appears in a porno magazine.
Laura and Steele are hired to protect a professional wrestler who has been receiving death threats and having mysterious ""accidents.""
Steele awakens from a 36-hour blackout to find that he has apparently gambled away the agency.
Laura and Steele look into the disappearance of some prized breeding pigs from an experimental farm in Iowa.
Laura and Steele try to discover why phony obituaries are being printed about people like poor garlic farmer Lester Shane.
Laura and Steele fly the unfriendly skies to learn why the body of a hired killer turned up on the baggage carrousel of a luxury airline.
The agency Christmas party is interrupted by three gun-wielding Santas who take everyone hostage and threaten to blow up the building.
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.
Mulch's latest brainstorm to franchise the agency gets an unfortunate investigator killed by an angry client.
Laura and Steele are hired by the spoiled son of a caviar importer to find a missing shipment before daddy returns home.
Laura's sister finds a dead body on her kitchen floor and asks for help from a reluctant Laura and Steele.
One of the phony Santas from the ill-fated Christmas party returns to persuade witness not to testify against him.
A woman is afraid her father may need help but Laura and Steele learn he knows exactly what he's doing.
Laura and Steele go undercover at a self-improvement spa to find out why there have been a series of mysterious accidents.
The search for a singer from the fifties has unexpected, deadly consequences.
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.
Laura is assaulted while running in a triathlon after a desperate woman switches numbers with her.
Laura and Steele return from the East to find reports of their murder on the news and Mildred arrested for the crime.
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.
Laura has her hands full trying to discover why an accountant at a huge corporation was killed while Steele handles several mysterious errands of his own.
Steele is arrested for the murder of Norman Keyes while he and Laura try to honeymoon in Mexico.
Steele is arrested for the murder of Norman Keyes while he and Laura try to honeymoon in Mexico.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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