Remington Steele

• Title: Remington Steele – Red Holt Steele
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to a con man pretending to be the world’s greatest detective in Remington Steele. “Red Holt Steele” opens with Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) and Laura (Stephanie Zimbalist) already on the case investigating the competitor of an aviation company using dirty tactics in attempts to bankrupt their client. Our detectives narrowly survive being killed by Thorpe’s (Lewis Arquette) over-zealous corporate fixer Veckmer (Joel Polis) who blows up her home with the pair on the front lawn. When Thorpe attempts to call things off, he becomes another victim of Veckmer’s crew.

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• Title: Remington Steele – Steele Away with Me: Part 1 & Part 2
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Wayback Wednesday takes us back to a con man pretending to be the world’s greatest detective in Remington Steele. Returning for its Second Season, the show saw some major shakeup to it supporting characters with the off-screen departures of both Murphy Michaels (James Read) and Bernice Fox (Janet DeMay). Rather than recast both characters individually, Michael Gleason decided to create a new character to fill both roles offering us the introduction of Mildred Krebs (Doris Roberts), an agent of the IRS on the scent of tax evasion who will follow Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) to Acapulco but ultimately end up on his side in a mystery involving diamond smuggling and murder. While I miss the mostly underutilized Janet DeMay, Read’s character had outlived his usefulness at this point, and Roberts makes a great addition to the cast adding a completely different kind of energy to the show.

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• Title: Remington Steele – Sting of Steele
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“Sting of Steele” introduces Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Remington Steele‘s (Pierce Brosnan) old mentor on the run from a crooked casino owner (John Orchard). It also allows Murphy (James Read) to play the role of Remington Steele and brings back Beverly Garland in a second, and final, appearance as Laura‘s (Stephanie Zimbalist) mother. Like Steele, Efrem Zimbalist’s character is given numerous names and a past of secrets. And as with other episodes which explore faces from the title character’s past, Laura learns far less than she hoped to about the con man turned private investigator.

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