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Remington Steele

“Before He Was Bond He Was...”

19821h 0m / epDrama · Family · Comedy

First aired

October 1, 1982

7.1

TMDB Score

71% match · 148 votes

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License to Steele

Season 1 · Oct 1, 1982 · 46m

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E01Playing

License to Steele

Oct 1, 1982 · 46m

E02▶

Tempered Steele

Oct 8, 1982 · 45m

E03▶

Steele Waters Run Deep

Oct 22, 1982 · 46m

E04▶

Signed, Steeled, & Delivered

Oct 29, 1982 · 46m

E05▶

Thou Shalt Not Steele

Nov 5, 1982 · 46m

E06▶

Steele Belted

Nov 12, 1982 · 46m

E07▶

Etched in Steele

Nov 19, 1982 · 46m

E08▶

Your Steele the One For Me

Nov 26, 1982 · 46m

E09▶

In the Steele of the Night

Dec 3, 1982 · 46m

E10▶

Steele Trap

Dec 10, 1982 · 46m

E11▶

Steeling the Show

Jan 7, 1983 · 46m

E12▶

Steele Flying High

Jan 14, 1983 · 46m

E13▶

A Good Night's Steele

Jan 21, 1983 · 46m

E14▶

Hearts of Steele

Jan 28, 1983 · 46m

E15▶

To Stop a Steele

Feb 11, 1983 · 46m

E16▶

Steele Crazy After All These Years

Feb 18, 1983 · 46m

E17▶

Steele Among the Living

Feb 25, 1983 · 46m

E18▶

Steele in the News

Mar 4, 1983 · 46m

E19▶

Vintage Steele

Mar 15, 1983 · 46m

E20▶

Steele's Gold

Mar 22, 1983 · 46m

E21▶

Sting of Steele

Apr 5, 1983 · 45m

E22▶

Steele in Circulation

Apr 12, 1983 · 46m

"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.

About the Series

DramaFamilyComedy

Synopsis

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.

CreatorsRobert Butler, Michael Gleason