Remington Steele

"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.

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.

A video game genius disappears just before a merger, with $5 million and the plans for his company's latest video game.

Laura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding.

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

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.

Laura and Steele investigate the murder of an author whose steamy novels badly mirror her own married life.

A lesson in detective work for Steele escalates a jaywalking accident into an encounter with Japanese gangsters.

Steele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.

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.