Steele Watching

SEASON 1, EPISODE 3

ORIGINALLY AIRED
October 22, 1982

EPISODE SYNOPSIS
While Laura tries to entertain their new client, Emory Arnok, who has hired the agency to do a routine security profile of his supermarket chain, Remington Steele gets involved in a case more suited to his sense of adventure- the disappearance of millionaire video game designer George Kaplan. His partner Albee Fervitz begs Steele to help find Kaplan before a board meeting where their company will be sold to rivals Gruff and Reston Industries.

With the clock ticking and a bewildered Arnok in tow, the investigation quickly turns serious when Kaplan’s mysterious ex-girlfriend and his co-worker wind up dead. 

With minutes to spare, they pin the crime on Albee and his wife who created the fictitious Kaplan in order to avoid the merger and take all of the money for themselves. Arnok- now taken with their exciting lifestyle- humorously offers to join the agency as a private investigator.

SEASON 1, EPISODE 2

ORIGINALLY AIRED
October 8, 1982

EPISODE SYNOPSIS
Roger Dillon, President of Dillion Electronics Company hires the agency to discover who is stealing their research. Laura goes undercover as a hot-to-trot secretary to investigate a man she believes is behind the theft, but the suspect gets away when Steele barges in demanding an explanation of why his credit cards have been cut off.

Enter Jim Meecham, a new investor in Dillon Electronics, who insists on having Steele personally involved in the case. 

While Steele plays polo, Laura investigates behind the scenes in the horse barn and uncovers shocking evidence. Together they reveal the murderer was actually Mrs. Dillon, Roger’s mother and widow of the company’s founder. Oh, mom....

SEASON 1, EPISODE 1

ORIGINALLY AIRED
October 2, 1982

EPISODE SYNOPSIS
Laura Holt is a brilliant and clever private investigator at the Remington Steele Agency. But she has a secret- there is no Remington Steele. She made him up as a male figure to front her own agency.

But her current client, Gordan Hunter, is nervous that the precious gems he’s hired the agency to keep secure will be stolen out from under them. To quell his anxiety, Laura promises that “Mr. Steele” will be on hand to make sure the gems are safe.

Enter Ben Pierson a dashing South African official sent to take the jewels back to their rightful owners. He claims to know who wants to steal the gems but is he really who he says he is? Soon the real Ben Pierson turns up dead and much to Laura’s dismay, the imposter takes on a new persona- Remington Steele. 

It doesn’t take the smooth con man long to figure out that there is no real Remington Steele. And when he and Laura stop their own client- the cagey Mr. Hunter- from steeling the gems, the fledgling agency gains some much needed media attention. Laura and the imposter Remington Steele decide it would be mutually beneficial for them both to keep up the rouse.