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.
SERIES GUIDE
S01 E011982-10-01 / 60 MIN
"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.
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S01 E021982-10-08 / 60 MIN
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.
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S01 E031982-10-22 / 60 MIN
A video game genius disappears just before a merger, with $5 million and the plans for his company's latest video game.
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S01 E041982-10-29 / 60 MIN
Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding.
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S01 E051982-11-05 / 60 MIN
A woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect.
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S01 E061982-11-12 / 60 MIN
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.
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S01 E071982-11-19 / 60 MIN
Laura and Steele investigate the murder of an author whose steamy novels badly mirror her own married life.
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S01 E081982-11-26 / 60 MIN
A lesson in detective work for Steele escalates a jaywalking accident into an encounter with Japanese gangsters.
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S01 E091982-12-03 / 60 MIN
Steele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.
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S01 E101982-12-10 / 60 MIN
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.
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S01 E111983-01-07 / 60 MIN
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.
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S01 E121983-01-14 / 60 MIN
Steele gets involved with the murder of a naturalist when he serves on a committee to save the bald eagle.
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