Storyline
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.
Episodes
Specials
No overview available for this season.
Steele Fanatics
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Steele on the Road
Jun 29, 2026
Steele Stars
Jun 29, 2026
Character Profiles
Jun 29, 2026
Comedy and Old Movies
Jun 29, 2026
Making of Series One
Jun 29, 2026
Steele Farewell Season 5
Jun 29, 2026
Steele Action
Jun 29, 2026
Season 1
No overview available for this season.
License to Steele
Oct 01, 1982
"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.
Tempered Steele
Oct 08, 1982
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.
Steele Waters Run Deep
Oct 22, 1982
A video game genius disappears just before a merger, with $5 million and the plans for his company's latest video game.
Signed, Steeled, & Delivered
Oct 29, 1982
Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding.
Thou Shalt Not Steele
Nov 05, 1982
A woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect.
Steele Belted
Nov 12, 1982
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.
Etched in Steele
Nov 19, 1982
Laura and Steele investigate the murder of an author whose steamy novels badly mirror her own married life.
Your Steele the One For Me
Nov 26, 1982
A lesson in detective work for Steele escalates a jaywalking accident into an encounter with Japanese gangsters.
In the Steele of the Night
Dec 03, 1982
Steele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.
Steele Trap
Dec 10, 1982
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.
Steeling the Show
Jan 07, 1983
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 Flying High
Jan 14, 1983
Steele gets involved with the murder of a naturalist when he serves on a committee to save the bald eagle.
A Good Night's Steele
Jan 21, 1983
Laura and Steele go undercover at a sleep-disorders clinic to investigate the disappearance of morphine and a doctor.
Hearts of Steele
Jan 28, 1983
Steele and Laura pose as a battling couple while they investigate murder attempts against an aggressive divorce lawyer.
To Stop a Steele
Feb 11, 1983
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.
Steele Crazy After All These Years
Feb 18, 1983
Murphy's college homecoming is marred by a murder that awakens memories of a bombing on campus ten years before.
Steele Among the Living
Feb 25, 1983
Laura searches for a vanished artist whose works have suddenly appreciated in value, for both her husband and the owner of an art gallery.
Steele in the News
Mar 04, 1983
Laura and Steele investigate the increasingly dangerous pranks someone is pulling on the news team of a local television station.
Vintage Steele
Mar 15, 1983
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.
Steele's Gold
Mar 22, 1983
A prospector's journal stolen during a party leads Laura and Steele on a wild gold hunt through the desert.
Sting of Steele
Apr 05, 1983
Steele's mentor, Daniel Chalmers, comes to California to ask for Steele's help in dealing with a vindictive crook.
Steele in Circulation
Apr 12, 1983
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.
Season 2
No overview available for this season.
Steele Away with Me (1)
Sep 20, 1983
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.
Steele Away With Me (2)
Sep 20, 1983
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.
Red Holt Steele
Sep 27, 1983
Laura's investigation of corporate foul play in a widow's aircraft company becomes personal when the opposition blows up her home.
Altared Steele
Oct 11, 1983
A terrified client doesn't know his name, why someone is trying to kill him nor those five women claiming to be his widows.
Steele Framed
Oct 18, 1983
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.
A Steele at Any Price
Nov 01, 1983
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.
Love Among the Steele
Nov 08, 1983
Laura and Remington find themselves involved in a murder and the mysterious disappearance of some million-dollar jewels.
Scene Steelers
Nov 15, 1983
A poisoned TV dinner is the latest move in a long-standing quarrel between the stars of a series of television commercials.
Steele Knuckles and Glass Jaws
Nov 29, 1983
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."
My Fair Steele
Dec 06, 1983
Laura and Steele aid a dying man to protect the interests of his kidnapped adopted daughter using her secret twin sister.
Steele Threads
Dec 13, 1983
Laura and Steele investigate industrial espionage fueled by a vicious sibling rivalry.
Steele Eligible
Jan 10, 1984
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.
High Flying Steele
Jan 17, 1984
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.
Blood is Thicker Than Steele
Jan 31, 1984
Laura and Steele must protect the rather obnoxious children of a Federal witness.
Steele Sweet on You
Feb 07, 1984
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.
Elegy in Steele
Feb 21, 1984
Major Descoine reappears and promises that Laura and Steele will die within an hour.
Small Town Steele
Feb 28, 1984
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.
Molten Steele
Mar 06, 1984
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.
Dreams of Steele
Mar 20, 1984
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.
Woman of Steele
Mar 27, 1984
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.
Hounded Steele
May 15, 1984
Laura and Remington come to the rescue after Mildred inadvertently uncovers a bizarre plot involving a priceless diamond and a famous retired jewel thief.
Elementary Steele
May 22, 1984
Someone is using mystery buffs signed up to solve a make-believe case to find a murderous embezzler. (60 min)
Season 3
No overview available for this season.
Steele at It
Sep 25, 1984
Laura is ready for romance as they vacation on the French Riviera, but old friends needing his help in stealing a dagger distract Steele.
Lofty Steele
Oct 02, 1984
Laura faces angry neighbors and threats against her life as someone tries to run her out of her loft apartment.
Maltese Steele
Oct 16, 1984
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.
Second Base Steele
Oct 23, 1984
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.
Blue Blooded Steele
Oct 30, 1984
Daniel Chalmers enters Steele's life again when it appears that he is about to inherit an English title, its fortune and some enemies.
Steele Your Heart Away
Nov 13, 1984
Laura flies off to help an amnesiac Steele recall why he came to Ireland and why someone is trying to kill him.
A Pocketful of Steele
Nov 20, 1984
Steele tries to help a street-wise kid who picks his pocket and grabs evidence that a loan shark will do anything to retrieve.
Puzzled Steele
Nov 27, 1984
Laura and Steele accept the invitation of an eccentric millionaire to compete in finding a missing journalist but the game soon turns deadly.
Cast in Steele
Dec 04, 1984
Three aging film stars hire Steele and Laura to find out who is behind their curious fan mail and the attempts on their lives.
Breath of Steele
Dec 11, 1984
Laura and Steele try to protect two singing-telegram girls who witnessed a murder while they also hunt for the killers.
Let's Steele a Plot
Dec 18, 1984
Laura and Steele get lots of advice and help when they investigate the embezzlement of a mystery-writers guild's treasury.
Gourmet Steele
Jan 08, 1985
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.
Stronger Than Steele
Jan 15, 1985
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.
Have I Got a Steele For You
Jan 22, 1985
Mulch returns with a new business venture that his partner is using to swindle an investor.
Springtime For Steele
Jan 29, 1985
The unexpected success of singer Rocky Sullivan threatens a little scheme cooked up by her managers and might get her killed.
Steele in the Family
Feb 05, 1985
Mildred's nephew comes to her for some help in hiding the body a hit man needs to confirm his contract with his employers.
Diced Steele
Feb 12, 1985
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.
Now You Steele It, Now You Don't
Mar 05, 1985
Laura feels used when she discovers an importer has killed himself after she delivers a message to him.
Illustrated Steele
Mar 12, 1985
A young cartoonist finds his life threatened as the events of his strip start happening to him.
Steele in the Chips
Mar 19, 1985
Laura and Steele get involved in the search for the inventor of a no-cal cookie and his only batch of prototypes.
Steele Trying
May 07, 1985
Mr. Steele's plans for a romantic weekend in San Francisco are upset when his imaginary case turns into a real one.
Steele of Approval
May 14, 1985
Laura investigates the background of a senatorial candidate while Steele dodges an investigator from the state licensing board.
Season 4
No overview available for this season.
Steele Searching (1)
Sep 25, 1985
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.
Steele Searching (2)
Oct 01, 1985
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.
Steele Blushing
Oct 22, 1985
Laura protects a photographer and his files from angry clients and the FBI even after her doctored photo appears in a porno magazine.
Grappling Steele
Oct 29, 1985
Laura and Steele are hired to protect a professional wrestler who has been receiving death threats and having mysterious ""accidents.""
Forged Steele
Nov 12, 1985
Steele awakens from a 36-hour blackout to find that he has apparently gambled away the agency.
Corn Fed Steele
Nov 19, 1985
Laura and Steele look into the disappearance of some prized breeding pigs from an experimental farm in Iowa.
Premium Steele
Dec 03, 1985
Laura and Steele try to discover why phony obituaries are being printed about people like poor garlic farmer Lester Shane.
Coffee, Tea, or Steele
Dec 10, 1985
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.
Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele
Dec 17, 1985
The agency Christmas party is interrupted by three gun-wielding Santas who take everyone hostage and threaten to blow up the building.
Steele on the Air
Jan 07, 1986
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.
Steele, Inc.
Jan 14, 1986
Mulch's latest brainstorm to franchise the agency gets an unfortunate investigator killed by an angry client.
Steele Spawning
Jan 28, 1986
Laura and Steele are hired by the spoiled son of a caviar importer to find a missing shipment before daddy returns home.
Suburban Steele
Feb 11, 1986
Laura's sister finds a dead body on her kitchen floor and asks for help from a reluctant Laura and Steele.
Santa Claus is Coming to Steele
Feb 18, 1986
One of the phony Santas from the ill-fated Christmas party returns to persuade witness not to testify against him.
Steele Blue Yonder
Feb 22, 1986
A woman is afraid her father may need help but Laura and Steele learn he knows exactly what he's doing.
Sensitive Steele
Mar 01, 1986
Laura and Steele go undercover at a self-improvement spa to find out why there have been a series of mysterious accidents.
Steele in the Spotlight
Mar 08, 1986
The search for a singer from the fifties has unexpected, deadly consequences.
Steele at Your Service
Mar 15, 1986
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.
Steele in the Running
Mar 22, 1986
Laura is assaulted while running in a triathlon after a desperate woman switches numbers with her.
Beg, Borrow, or Steele
Mar 29, 1986
Laura and Steele return from the East to find reports of their murder on the news and Mildred arrested for the crime.
Steele Alive and Kicking
May 03, 1986
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.
Bonds of Steele
May 10, 1986
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.
Season 5
No overview available for this season.
The Steele That Wouldn't Die (1)
Jan 05, 1987
Steele is arrested for the murder of Norman Keyes while he and Laura try to honeymoon in Mexico.
The Steele That Wouldn't Die (2)
Jan 05, 1987
Steele is arrested for the murder of Norman Keyes while he and Laura try to honeymoon in Mexico.
Steele Hanging in There (1)
Feb 03, 1987
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.
Steele Hanging in There (2)
Feb 10, 1987
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.
Steeled With a Kiss (1)
Feb 17, 1987
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.
Steeled With a Kiss (2)
Feb 17, 1987
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.