Episode
Riptide: Hatchet Job
Overview
An escaped mental patient asks Cody, Nick and Boz to find her boyfriend's murderer -- who just might be the unbalanced client herself.
Details
- Series
- Riptide
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1984-01-31
- Runtime
- 48 min
Episode context
Hatchet Job is Episode 4 in Season 1 of Riptide. It aired on 1984-01-31. The runtime is 48 min.
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Episode 10: Long Distance Daddy
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Episode 11: Double Your Pleasure
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Episode 12: Raiders of the Lost Sub
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