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Riptide: The Complete Series

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This show was beaten by Moonlighting(Bruce Willis,Cybill Shephard) in the ratings ,But there are great episodes in this 3 year show. One of the 3 investigators was the brain of the operation and had a robot computer,the other 2 were leading the charge to solve crimes by using a Hot corvette,a helicopter ,and a fast boat. set on the California coast in pier 56,you get a new crime to solve each week. See a trio of California crime fighters in a series backed up by great background music and a producer. This show was cancelled before its time. If it had to compete against the last year of Moonlighting,It would have won and stayed on TV.

"Riptide" is my all-time favorite detective show. So glad it's finally been released on DVD. This show (from the creators of such gems as "The Greatest American Hero", "The A-Team" & "The Rockford Files"), has the perfect blend of comedy & action. Thom Bray makes the show as the like-able Murray Bozinski. The show really hit it's stride in season two. June Chadwick as Lt. Parisi was a nice addition to season three. This show was highly under-rated, and should have lasted much longer. The only thing missing is extra features. It would have been nice to see interviews with the cast & creators of the show...and maybe some behind the scenes features, gags & bloopers. Still...I highly recomend this series to anyone who likes great classic TV shows. For the most part, it's fun for the whole family. They don't make shows like this anymore!

those of you that may be shopping to buy Riptide the tv series you won't go wrong for this is an awesome program and the seller was very excellent, courteous and timely on the delivery for i am proud and a satisfied customer :-)

This series was very popular during my childhood. This was when tv was decent and suitable for families to watch together. I highly reccomend this to anyone who wants to take a walk down memory lane to a time when tv was enjoyable to watch!

The show is good but not the best.
I enjoy watching them but I would say it's a fair show.
My favorite is Knight Rider and Michael Knight puts
these guys to shame but all in all they are good.

i have not got the riptide yet but i do want it really bad..i just got mannix season 3 im still watching mannix..Mike conners is so darn good looking..ive been shopping on Amazon for about a year now and i enjoy getting dvds from here..so far i have got really great movies from the ole days..i should say great 70s and 80s tv shows..so amazon please keep up your great work..and i will be ordering agian very soon....

Thanks agian
Shiela D.Stahle

Unlike most idiots who write amazon reviews, I'm not here to rave about how Riptide could be my "favoritist show ever" or "the coolest show when I was a kid" or something equally worthless. Riptide is not my favorite show nor have I seen it since I was a kid. However, a 2.5 season mid-'80s detective action comedy is not without its charm, and is begging to be revisited. If you're checking out this page, you're already interested in the show and want to know ABOUT THE DVDS, PERIOD. So here goes: The set is presented in three amaray DVD cases (one for each season). The artwork on the cases is identical to the individual season sets and enclosed in a thin cardboard slipcase with cover artwork seen on this amazon page. My slipcase arrived with some dents but still looks nice on my shelf between The Ring Two and Road to Perdition. If I ever change my mind, I can ditch the slipcase and the amarays still look really nice on their own, side-by-side. This is the better buy over the season sets, because you're not losing anything and you're saving space. Don't worry about the DVDs themselves: I surmise they're the same ones from the season sets (yes, the 5 discs each for seasons 2 and 3 do fit nicely into one amaray). I threw in the first couple of discs and thought the image was very nice -- about as nice as you can expect for a 25 year-old show. The only reason I'm not giving the set 5 stars is for some unforeseen irregularity I may encounter as I watch it. No extras here, which is negligible for a forgotten "gem" which can be purchased in its entirety. Who needs extras? -- This is an entire TV series to watch at your leisure. NICE WORK, VEI!