List of Remington Steele episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the television show, Remington Steele; included are the many film references made throughout the series.

All five seasons have been released on DVD by 20th Century Fox, in four box sets; the fourth set includes seasons four and five.

Contents

Series overview

Season № of
episodes
Premiered: Ended: DVD set
released:
1 22 1982.10.01 1983.04.12 2005.07.26
2 22 1983.09.20 1984.05.22 2005.11.08
3 22 1984.09.25 1985.05.14 2006.04.18
4 22 1985.09.25 1986.05.10 2006.08.15
5 6 1987.01.05 1987.04.17

Episodes

Season 1: 1982–83

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original airdate PC
1 1 "License to Steele" Robert Butler Michael Gleason October 1, 1982 (1982-10-01) 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, North by Northwest (obliquely) 
2 2 "Tempered Steele" Robert Butler Michael Gleason October 8, 1982 (1982-10-08) 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
3 3 "Steele Waters Run Deep" Jeff Bleckner Lee David Zlotoff October 22, 1982 (1982-10-22) 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
4 4 "Signed, Steeled, & Delivered" Robert Butler Glenn Gordon Caron October 29, 1982 (1982-10-29) 2702
Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding. 
5 5 "Thou Shalt Not Steele" Leo Penn Lee David Zlotoff November 5, 1982 (1982-11-05) 2706

A woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect.

Film references: The Maltese Falcon (obliquely) 
6 6 "Steele Belted" Robert Butler Michael Gleason November 12, 1982 (1982-11-12) 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.
7 7 "Etched in Steele" Stan Lathan Glenn Gordon Caron November 19, 1982 (1982-11-19) 2707

A popular author's steamy books mirror her own life, including the murder of her husband.

Film reference: The Shining
8 8 "You're Steele the One for Me" Thomas Carter Lee David Zlotoff November 26, 1982 (1982-11-26) 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
9 9 "In the Steele of the Night" Burt Brinckerhoff Joel Steiger December 3, 1982 (1982-12-03) 2708

Laura's former boss is murdered during a reunion of her former colleagues.

Film reference: Witness for the Prosecution 
10 10 "Steele Trap" Sidney Hayers Michael Gleason December 10, 1982 (1982-12-10) 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
11 11 "Steeling the Show" Seymour Robbie Peter Lefcourt January 7, 1983 (1983-01-07) 2713

An aging B-movie actress believes that someone is trying to kill her, and only Steele believes her.

Film reference: Psycho
12 12 "Steele Flying High" Nick Havinga Richard Collins January 14, 1983 (1983-01-14) 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
13 13 "A Good Night's Steele" Seymour Robbie R.J. Stewart,
Lee David Zlotoff
January 21, 1983 (1983-01-21) 2712

Steele poses as an insomniac in order to find a murderer in a sleep disorder clinic.

Film references: The Big Sleep, Coma
14 14 "Hearts of Steele" Robert Butler Glenn Gordon Caron January 28, 1983 (1983-01-28) 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
15 15 "To Stop a Steele" Sidney Hayers Glenn Gordon Caron February 11, 1983 (1983-02-11) 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
16 16 "Steele Crazy After All These Years" Don Weis Andrew Laskos,
R.J. Stewart
February 18, 1983 (1983-02-18) 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 
17 17 "Steele Among the Living" Nick Havinga Andrew Laskos February 25, 1983 (1983-02-25) 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
18 18 "Steele in the News" Burt Brinckerhoff Michael Gleason,
Fred Lyle,
Duncan Smith
March 4, 1983 (1983-03-04) 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, Network
19 19 "Vintage Steele" Larry Elikann Susan Baskin March 15, 1983 (1983-03-15) 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.
The corpse is the Abbot of St.Costello's Monistary!

Film references: The Trouble with Harry, Rasputin and the Empress, and Bud Abbot and Lou Costello. 
20 20 "Steele's Gold" Burt Brinckerhoff R.J. Stewart March 22, 1983 (1983-03-22) 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
21 21 "Sting of Steele" Seymour Robbie Michael Gleason,
Gary Kott
April 5, 1983 (1983-04-05) 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
22 22 "Steele in Circulation" Don Weis Lee David Zlotoff April 12, 1983 (1983-04-12) 2724

After preventing a man from committing 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

Season 2: 1983–84

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original airdate PC
1 23 "Steele Away with Me: Part 1" Seymour Robbie Michael Gleason September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) 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
2 24 "Steele Away with Me: Part 2" Seymour Robbie Michael Gleason September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) 3709

See Part 1, above.

Film references: Casablanca, Key Largo, Notorious
3 25 "Red Holt Steele" Kevin Conner Lee David Zlotoff September 27, 1983 (1983-09-27) 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
4 26 "Altared Steele" Alexander Singer Jeff Melvoin October 11, 1983 (1983-10-11) 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
5 27 "Steele Framed" Sheldon Larry Brian Alan Lane October 18, 1983 (1983-10-18) 3708
Someone is trying to frame Steele for murder. 
6 28 "A Steele at Any Price" Don Weis Richard DeRoy,
Mitch Paradise
November 1, 1983 (1983-11-01) 3706

Steele introduces Laura to the thrill of thievery during a case involving stolen paintings.

Film references: Charade, The Sting
7 29 "Love Among the Steele" Seymour Robbie Lee David Zlotoff November 8, 1983 (1983-11-08) 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
8 30 "Scene Steelers" Peter Medak Judy Neer,
Joyce Armor,
Richard DeRoy
November 15, 1983 (1983-11-15) 3703
Steele and Laura investigate attempted murder on the set of a frozen-food commercial. 
9 31 "Steele Knuckles and Glass Jaws" Don Weis Jeff Melvoin November 29, 1983 (1983-11-29) 3717

A mysterious baby plays a central part in a case involving gangsters and professional boxing.

Film reference: Little Caesar
10 32 "My Fair Steele" Seymour Robbie Brian Alan Lane December 6, 1983 (1983-12-06) 3714

The detectives try to find a kidnapped heiress with the help of her twin sister.

Film references: Pygmalion, My Fair Lady
11 33 "Steele Threads" Karen Arthur George Lee Marshall December 13, 1983 (1983-12-13) 3711
A simple case of industrial espionage during a fashion show leads to foreign espionage and murder. 
12 34 "Steele Eligible" Sheldon Larry Larry Konner,
Michael Gleason
January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) 3719

Someone is killing a magazine campaign's "five most eligible bachelors"... and one of them is Steele.

Film reference: Rear Window
13 35 "High Flying Steele" Karen Arthur George Lee Marshall January 17, 1984 (1984-01-17) 3718
Mildred's guilty pleasure in a sleazy circus séance draws Laura and Steele into an investigation of an old circus "accident." 
14 36 "Blood Is Thicker Than Steele" Barbara Peters Richard DeRoy January 31, 1984 (1984-01-31) 3712

Laura and Steele must protect the rather obnoxious children of a Federal witness.

Film references: The Bad Seed, The Gauntlet, Stagecoach
15 37 "Steele Sweet on You" Don Weis Susan Baskin February 7, 1984 (1984-02-07) 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
16 38 "Elegy in Steele" Kevin Connor Brian Alan Lane February 21, 1984 (1984-02-21) 3720

The villain from the episode "Steele Framed" (№ 27) reappears and promises that Laura and Steele will die within an hour.

Film references: The Major and the Minor, Neptune's Daughter
17 39 "Small Town Steele" Seymour Robbie Jeff Melvoin February 28, 1984 (1984-02-28) 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
18 40 "Molten Steele" Christopher Hibler Richard Collins March 6, 1984 (1984-03-06) 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
19 41 "Dreams of Steele" Don Weis Brian Alan Lane March 20, 1984 (1984-03-20) 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
20 42 "Woman of Steele" Christopher Hibler Michael Gleason,
Richard DeRoy,
Susan Baskin
March 27, 1984 (1984-03-27) 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
21 43 "Hounded Steele" Don Weis Jeff Melvoin May 15, 1984 (1984-05-15) 3727

A former Interpol agent (Tom Baker) kills a current Interpol agent, and takes Mildred as his hostage.

Film reference: Old Yeller
22 44 "Elementary Steele" Seymour Robbie Michael Gleason May 22, 1984 (1984-05-22) 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

Season 3: 1984–85

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original airdate PC
1 45 "Steele at It" Don Weis Jeff Melvoin September 25, 1984 (1984-09-25) 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
2 46 "Lofty Steele" Burt Brinckerhoff Brad Kern October 2, 1984 (1984-10-02) 4703

A shady building manager tries to convince Laura to move out of her apartment just as she's on the berge of uncovering a corporate embezzlement plot.

Film references: The Great Escape, Moby Dick (multiple versions). 
3 47 "Maltese Steele" Seymour Robbie John Wirth October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) 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
4 48 "Second Base Steele" Don Weis Rick Mittleman October 23, 1984 (1984-10-23) 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
5 49 "Blue Blooded Steele" Burt Brinckerhoff Brady Westwater,
John Pashdag,
John Wirth
October 30, 1984 (1984-10-30) 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
6 50 "Steele Your Heart Away" Seymour Robbie Brian Clemens November 13, 1984 (1984-11-13) 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
7 51 "A Pocketful of Steele" Harry Harris Brad Kern November 20, 1984 (1984-11-20) 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
8 52 "Puzzled Steele" Don Weis Brian Clemens,
Jeff Melvoin,
Dennis Spooner
November 27, 1984 (1984-11-27) 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
9 53 "Cast in Steele" Harry Harris Jeff Melvoin December 4, 1984 (1984-12-04) 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
10 54 "Breath of Steele" Don Weis John Wirth December 11, 1984 (1984-12-11) 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
11 55 "Let's Steele a Plot" Christopher Hibler Joe Gores,
Richard DeRoy
December 18, 1984 (1984-12-18) 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
12 56 "Gourmet Steele" Burt Brinckerhoff Bob Shayne January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08) 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
13 57 "Stronger Than Steele" Stan Lathan John J. Sakmar,
Kerry Lenhart
January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15) 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
14 58 "Have I Got a Steele For You" Christopher Hibler Jeff Melvoin January 22, 1985 (1985-01-22) 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
15 59 "Springtime for Steele" Christopher Hibler John Wirth January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) 4722

The unexpected success of singer Rocky Sullivan (from episode № 44, "Elementary Steele") threatens a little scheme cooked up by her managers and might get her killed.

Film reference: The Producers
16 60 "Steele in the Family" Larry Elikann Brad Kern February 5, 1985 (1985-02-05) 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. 
17 61 "Diced Steele" Don Weis Jeff Melvoin February 12, 1985 (1985-02-12) 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. 
18 62 "Now You Steele It, Now You Don't" John Tracy John Wirth March 5, 1985 (1985-03-05) 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
19 63 "Illustrated Steele" Gabrielle Beaumont Kerry Lenhart,
John J. Sakmar
March 12, 1985 (1985-03-12) 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
20 64 "Steele in the Chips" Sheldon Larry Howard Baldwin,
Stephanie Zimbalist,
Robin Bernheim
March 19, 1985 (1985-03-19) 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
21 65 "Steele Trying" Rocky Lang Michael Gleason May 7, 1985 (1985-05-07) 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
22 66 "Steele of Approval" Seymour Robbie Brad Kern May 14, 1985 (1985-05-14) 4728
Laura investigates the background of a senatorial candidate while Steele dodges an investigator from the state licensing board. 

Season 4: 1985–86

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original airdate PC
1 67 "Steele Searching: Part 1" Seymour Robbie Michael Gleason September 25, 1985 (1985-09-25) 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
2 68 "Steele Searching: Part 2" Christopher Hibler Michael Gleason October 1, 1985 (1985-10-01) 5702

See Part 1, above.

Film reference: The Day of the Jackal
3 69 "Steele Blushing" Alexander Singer John Wirth October 22, 1985 (1985-10-22) 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
4 70 "Grappling Steele" Don Weis Rick Mittleman October 29, 1985 (1985-10-29) 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). 
5 71 "Forged Steele" Harry Harris Rick Mittleman November 12, 1985 (1985-11-12) 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
6 72 "Corn Fed Steele" Don Weis Pamela Norris November 19, 1985 (1985-11-19) 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
7 73 "Premium Steele" Gabrielle Beaumont Gerald Sanoff December 3, 1985 (1985-12-03) 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
8 74 "Coffee, Tea, or Steele" Christopher Hibler Robin Bernheim December 10, 1985 (1985-12-10) 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. 
9 75 "Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele" Christopher Hibler Michael Gleason,
Elliott Lewis
December 17, 1985 (1985-12-17) 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
10 76 "Steele on the Air" Christopher Hibler John J. Sakmar,
Kerry Lenhart
January 7, 1986 (1986-01-07) 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
11 77 "Steele, Inc." Don Weis Brad Kern January 14, 1986 (1986-01-14) 5703

Mulch's latest brainstorm to franchise the agency gets an unfortunate investigator killed by an angry client.

Film reference: The Maltese Falcon
12 78 "Steele Spawning" Will Mackenzie John Wirth January 28, 1986 (1986-01-28) 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
13 79 "Suburban Steele" Stan Lathan Robin Bernheim February 11, 1986 (1986-02-11) 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
14 80 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Steele" Seymour Robbie Michael Gleason February 18, 1986 (1986-02-18) 5721

One of the phony Santas from the ill-fated Christmas party (in episode № 75, "Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele") returns to persuade a witness not to testify against him.

Film references: Dirty Harry, Rear Window
15 81 "Steele Blue Yonder" Don Weis Brad Kern February 22, 1986 (1986-02-22) 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
16 82 "Sensitive Steele" Don Weis Rick Mittleman March 1, 1986 (1986-03-01) 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
17 83 "Steele in the Spotlight" Burt Brinckerhoff John J. Sakmar,
Kerry Lenhart
March 8, 1986 (1986-03-08) 5705

The search for a singer from the 1950s has unexpected, deadly consequences.

Film references: Out of the Past, Sunset Boulevard
18 84 "Steele at Your Service" Rocky Lang Lee H. Grant March 15, 1986 (1986-03-15) 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
19 85 "Steele in the Running" Gabrielle Beaumont Susan Woollen March 22, 1986 (1986-03-22) 5713
Laura is assaulted while running in a triathlon after a desperate woman switches numbers with her. 
20 86 "Beg, Borrow, or Steele" Kevin Inch Brad Kern March 29, 1986 (1986-03-29) 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
21 87 "Steele Alive and Kicking" Stan Lathan John Wirth May 3, 1986 (1986-05-03) 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
22 88 "Bonds of Steele" Seymour Robbie Jeff Melvoin May 10, 1986 (1986-05-10) 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

Season 5: 1987

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original airdate PC
1 89 "The Steele That Wouldn't Die: Part 1" Kevin Inch Brad Kern January 5, 1987 (1987-01-05) 6702

Steele is arrested for the murder of Norman Keyes while he and Laura try to honeymoon in Mexico.

Film reference: Romancing the Stone
2 90 "The Steele That Wouldn't Die: Part 2" Kevin Inch Brad Kern January 5, 1987 (1987-01-05) 6708

See Part 1, above.

Film references: And Then There Were None, Beverly Hills Cop
3 91 "Steele Hanging in There: Part 1" Christopher Hibler Robin Bernheim April 3, 1987 (1987-04-03) 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
4 92 "Steele Hanging in There: Part 2" Christopher Hibler Robin Bernheim April 10, 1987 (1987-04-10) 6707
See Part 1, above. 
5 93 "Steeled with a Kiss: Part 1" Seymour Robbie Robin Bernheim,
Brad Kern
April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) 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. 
6 94 "Steeled with a Kiss: Part 2" Seymour Robbie Robin Bernheim,
Brad Kern
April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) 6710
See Part 1, above. Daniel Chalmers reveals himself as Steele's biological father. Laura and Steele finally get to consummate their marriage. 

References