Remington Steele (1982)

Action · Adventure · Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (11,079 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1982)

7.68 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 56 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	License to Steele	8.1	381
2	Tempered Steele	7.3	260
3	Steele Waters Run Deep	7.8	254
4	Signed, Steeled and Delivered	7.5	233
5	Thou Shalt Not Steele	7.9	238
6	Steele Belted	7.6	201
7	Etched in Steele	7.4	206
8	You're Steele the One for Me	7.2	192
9	In the Steele of the Night	8.2	216
10	Steele Trap	7.8	210
11	Steeling the Show	7.4	185
12	Steele Flying High	7.4	178
13	A Good Night's Steele	7.9	197
14	Hearts of Steele	7.7	196
15	To Stop a Steele	8.0	187
16	Steele Crazy After All These Years	7.6	208
17	Steele Among the Living	7.5	176
18	Steele in the News	7.5	177
19	Vintage Steele	8.2	208
20	Steele's Gold	7.0	183
21	Sting of Steele	8.1	195
22	Steele in Circulation	7.9	178

Season 2 (1983)

7.62 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Steele Away with Me: Part 1	7.9	176
2	Steele Away with Me: Part 2	7.9	156
3	Red Holt Steele	8.3	192
4	Altared Steele	7.6	162
5	Steele Framed	8.0	177
6	A Steele at Any Price	7.6	147
7	Love Among the Steele	7.9	159
8	Scene Steelers	7.0	148
9	Steele Knuckles and Glass Jaws	7.3	141
10	My Fair Steele	7.5	136
11	Steele Threads	7.5	139
12	Steele Eligible	7.7	140
13	High Flying Steele	7.2	142
14	Blood Is Thicker Than Steele	7.2	139
15	Steele Sweet on You	7.8	137
16	Elegy in Steele	7.7	157
17	Small Town Steele	7.6	135
18	Molten Steele	7.4	132
19	Dreams of Steele	7.6	134
20	Woman of Steele	7.4	134
21	Hounded Steele	7.8	139
22	Elementary Steele	7.7	126

Season 3 (1984)

7.92 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 7.7 53 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Steele at It	8.3	137
2	Lofty Steele	7.6	131
3	Maltese Steele	8.2	127
4	Second Base Steele	7.6	132
5	Blue Blooded Steele	8.1	139
6	Steele Your Heart Away	8.5	145
7	A Pocketful of Steele	7.5	125
8	Puzzled Steele	8.1	123
9	Cast in Steele	7.8	133
10	Breath of Steele	7.7	109
11	Let's Steele a Plot	7.7	117
12	Gourmet Steele	7.8	116
13	Stronger Than Steele	7.9	125
14	Have I Got a Steele for You	8.0	107
15	Springtime for Steele	7.0	98
16	Steele in the Family	7.8	114
17	Diced Steele	8.1	103
18	Now You Steele It, Now You Don't	8.2	112
19	Illustrated Steele	8.3	120
20	Steele in the Chips	8.0	126
21	Steele Trying	8.3	116
22	Steele of Approval	7.7	111

Season 4 (1985)

7.99 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 8.1 51 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Steele Searching: Part 1	8.2	118
2	Steele Searching: Part 2	8.3	108
3	Steele Blushing	8.0	105
4	Grappling Steele	7.4	104
5	Forged Steele	8.4	109
6	Corn Fed Steele	7.6	109
7	Premium Steele	8.3	114
8	Coffee, Tea or Steele	7.7	106
9	Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele	7.8	110
10	Steele on the Air	7.5	109
11	Steele, Inc.	8.1	112
12	Steele Spawning	7.6	103
13	Suburban Steele	8.0	117
14	Santa Claus Is Coming to Steele	8.0	98
15	Steele Blue Yonder	7.9	103
16	Sensitive Steele	8.3	104
17	Steele in the Spotlight	8.0	96
18	Steele at Your Service	8.4	97
19	Steele in the Running	7.7	97
20	Beg, Borrow or Steele	8.7	119
21	Steele Alive and Kicking	7.7	92
22	Bonds of Steele	8.1	112

Season 5 (1987)

7.65 avg 6 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 49 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Steele That Wouldn't Die: Part 1	7.7	258
2	The Steele That Wouldn't Die: Part 2	7.5	95
3	Steele Hanging in There: Part 1	7.5	89
4	Steele Hanging in There: Part 2	7.6	86
5	Steeled with a Kiss: Part 1	7.8	83
6	Steeled with a Kiss: Part 2	7.8	98