When only Danny Lee's luggage shows up for his cousin Lucy's wedding, Lucy turns to her friends at the Riptide Detective Agency to find out what happened. The guys accept the case and are soon on the Mimi heading for San Francisco, the last connection on Danny Lee's flight from China. Once in San Francisco, the guys meet up with Jerome Sedgewick, a wealthy friend of Murray's. Sedgewick then provides the guys with a base of operations on his yacht. Sedgewick also invites the guys to a party where Cody is reunited with Janet Ingram, his college girlfriend. Later, after Cody briefly catches up with Janet and learns that she is working as a government liaison, the guys distribute posters of Danny Lee and head to the site of a meeting that was marked on a map in Danny Lee's luggage. After someone tries to unsuccessfully kill the guys by shooting at them, the detectives stumble over a dead body. Unfortunately, as a result, the guys are temporarily detained and interrogated by government agents. The next day, Cody goes sightseeing with Janet while Nick and Murray continue to look into the case. However, Nick is concerned that Janet will once again hurt Cody. (Janet and Cody had lived together in college. The relationship went bad when Janet put her career goals above Cody. As a result, Cody had dropped out of college before being graduated.) Based on a report they heard on Sedgewick's police scanner, Murray and Nick are soon led to a recently recovered body that may or may not be Danny Lee. Nick and Murray then add another clue to their collection when they discover that the body is missing one of its hands. Meanwhile, after a brief argument about their past, Cody and Janet rekindle their old romance. The next morning, Nick and Murray meet up with Cody and Janet. Nick then informs Cody that they have been tailed by men that work for the same government division as Janet. The guys then go to see a man named Parker who had called in response to one of the Danny Lee posters. The guys learn that Parker originally saw Danny Lee with a briefcase handcuffed to his hand, however, when Parker later saw Lee, the handcuff was hanging loose. Unfortunately, Parker is killed before the detectives can learn anymore. The guys then pay a visit on Janet, who reveals that her government branch has been working with a man named Danny Lee for over 10 years. Janet further explains that Lee, who had been providing information about China's nuclear arms development, had been scheduled to come to San Francisco to meet with the U.S. government. The guys, piecing together the clues, realize that a Chinese spy has killed Danny Lee and is taking his place for the San Francisco meetings. Janet then tells the guys about the next scheduled meeting. The guys proceed to the meeting site only to find a murdered government agent. Later, after Lucy arrives in town and confirms that the handless body is Danny Lee, the government discovers evidence that the "fake" Danny Lee is actually Mal Fay, a ruthless Chinese operative. Utilizing Sedgewick's computer, the guys trace Mal Fay by tying in with a satellite transmission. Therefore, the spy is soon captured. As the episode ends, the tables are turned as this time it is Cody and not Janet who calls an end to the relationship. Then, on the lonely flight back to King Harbor, Cody ponders what could have been.

The guys get taken out to the bailgame when Hal Potter, a sportscaster and owner of the minor league Barn Burners baseball team, hires them to find out if any of his team members are using drugs. Nick (who loves baseball) and Cody (who hates it) go undercover as players while Murray poses as a sportscaster. Therefore, the guys are on the scene when an unknown assailant starts shooting at the players. The guys pursue the shooter but are unable to catch him. Later, Cody is having dinner with Gina Potter, Hal 's overly friendly publicist wife, when he sees a strange woman passing drugs to Eric Peters, one of the players. Meanwhile, Nick and Murray become suspicious of another player named Warren Newman when the player shows up at the stadium wearing fancy clothing and carrying an expensive briefcase. The next day, the big games begins and although he starts out performing poorly, Cody's feelings about baseball begin to change when he makes an incredible catch. However, Cody's baseball dreams are interrupted when the unknown assailant returns and shoots Warren. Although the shooter manages to escape in a van, Cody does catch Eric receiving a packet of drugs from the van's female driver. Murray uses his computer ingenuity and learns that Warren is actually Jason Young, the eccentric wealthy co-owner of Young Microsystems. The guys then realize the reason behind the shooting when they learn of a rift between Jason and his brother Jordan over the proposed sale of the company. At the hospital, the guys suspicions are confirmed when they recognize Jordan's wife Arlene as the same woman who had passed drugs to Eric. Unfortunately, in the meantime, Jason is kidnapped in the back of a fake ambulance. Nick and Cody pursue the ambulance and they are therefore able to rescue Jason while Cody is capturing Arlene. At the end of the episode, Eric, who had been used by Arlene to throw off suspicion, arranges to get help for his drug addiction.

The guys once again have a run-in with Gloria Burghoff (last seen in "Polly Want An Explanation") when the FBI agent wannabe turns to them for help. After reluctantly agreeing to help, the guys learn that someone has been following Gloria ever since she bought a trunk that had belonged to a man named Schellbach. Gloria also informs the guys that she believes that the recently deceased Schellbach had located a previously unknown Shakespeare manuscript. Disguised as painters, the guys search Schellbach's office but do not find any clues. However, they do catch a tabloid reporter named Mark Rothrnan following them. Later, while Cody, Murray, and Gloria search Schellbach's home, Nick searches Rothman's hotel room. Both parts of the investigation prove fruitful as Nick finds a check from Rothman to John Ashley, the local coroner, and the rest of the detectives find photocopies of the manuscript. Continuing their investigation, the detectives and Gloria rendezvous at the library. Unfortunately, the library's lights blink out and, when they come back on, a number of the photocopies are missing and the librarian is dead. Next, the guys pay a visit on Ashley only to find the coroner has been murdered. Fortunately, the guys get another clue when they research Gloria's trunk and find a receipt from a local bookstore. Following their latest lead, the guys go to the bookstore and turn up even another dead body: Don Sprague, the bookstore owner. Lieutenant Stupin, a local police officer, then arrests the guys and Gloria for murder. The guys begin to worry when Gloria is bailed out of jail by a strange man claiming to be an F.B.I. attorney. The guys concern soon proves to be justified when the "lawyer" actually turns out to be a professor named Holcomb, who is also seeking the manuscript. Meanwhile, Rothman has joined forces with Stupin and is following the professor. The guys soon break out of jail, steal a police car and manage to rescue Gloria. In the process, the manuscript, which Gloria had located with the help of a laundry ticket from Schellbach's trunk, is tossed into the ocean. As the episode ends, after Stupin, Rothman, and Holcomb have been brought to justice, the guys uncover evidence that the manuscript was a fake having been forged by Sprague for Schellbach. Fortunately, Gloria's involvement in the case results in her dream of being an F.B.I. field agent finally coming true.

After a reporter named Cindy Mouser writes an article naming Nick as the primary force behind the Riptide Detective Agency, an argument ensues between Nick, Cody, and Murray. Frustrated with the argument, Parisi decides to hold a contest to determine who is the best detective. The police lieutenant then rips three classified ads out of the newspaper, hands one to each of the detectives, and challenges them to see who is the first to solve their "case". Meanwhile, Johnny, Cindy Mouser's boyfriend, sees the Riptide Detective Agency article and mistakenly decides that Nick must be trying to steal his girlfriend. Unaware of Johnny's intentions, the guys begin their cases. Murray, who is seeking Lisa, the missing girlfriend of a biker named Kickstart, runs into a bit of trouble when he meets his client at a bar. However, despite being forced to pretend to fight Kickstart, Murray is informed of the particulars of the case. At the same time, Nick meets with an abusive woman named Bella, who is seeking a man named Harvey. Cody proceeds with his investigation as well and meets with a young boy named Jordan Bernbaum, who wants prove that he is adopted. As a result, Cody is arrested for breaking into the Bernbaum's house. Once in prison, Cody is reunited with his fellow detectives as Murray had been arrested for brawling while Nick had been arrested for speeding. After getting out of jail, Murray locates Lisa. Unfortunately, Lisa who is leading a new life, begs Murray not to tell Kickstart. Nick also makes ground with his case when he learns that Harvey recently won the lottery. Back at the Riptide, Cody brags about being the driving force behind the agency and is then attacked by Johnny. Afterwards, Cody manages to arrange peace between Jordan and his parents. The two remaining cases come to a head at the hotel Harvey has gone to with his lottery winnings. Bella soon arrives and starts fighting with Harvey. Chaos continues to erupt as Kickstart's bikers and Johnny arrive and join in the fight. Fortunately, Parisi and the police arrive and stop the fighting. Parisi then accuses the three detectives of cheating on their cases. (Each of the detectives had tried to trick each other into providing assistance.) Actress June Chadwick then breaks out of character and asks the audience who won. As the episode ends, the three detectives put their differences aside and decide that they work best together.

Note: One of the factors behind the cancellation of Riptide was dwindling ratings as a result of competition from ABC's Moonlighting. In order to get their revenge, the producers of Riptide produced this episode in which they poked gentle fun at their competitors through the portrayal of two actors that bear an uncanny resemblance to David Addison and Maddie Hayes of Moonlighting. This episode was also interlaced with a number of scenes from previous episodes. ----- The episode begins with Parisi arranging for the guys to serve as consultants for a television detective drama starring Rosalind Grant and Cary Russell (the Maddie Hayes and David Addison lookalikes). As a result, the guys allow Grant and Russell to follow them on a case for sleazy attorney Myron Bell. The guys begin their case when they meet with Myron and learn that Lenny, the attorney 's partner had stiffed Myron for $10,000. The case becomes more exciting for the two actors when someone unsuccessfully tries to shoot Myron. Although the shooter manages to escape, a little computer work soon turns up Lenny's location. Unfortunately, Lenny has already been killed by the time they get there. Later, the guys manage to bail Myron out of trouble when they stop a bookie named Kyle Ludwig from torturing the attorney. Afterwards, the detectives confront Myron and learn that although Ludwig is mad at the attorney, it is a racketeernamed Vince Sibriati who is trying to kill Myron. Myron further explains that Sibriati is upset that he and Lenny took $20,000 to unsuccessfully try to bribe the D.A. Back at the Riptide, the detectives, the actors and Myron find themselves pinned down by Sibriati's men. However, Rosalind solves the problem when she calls the racketeer and offers to pay back the money Lenny and Myron borrowed for the bribe. The episodes final joke resolves around a revised version of the television show whereby Cary poses as a (Murray like) nerdy computer hacker/detective.

The guys are hired by a man named Warwick to find his son Nathan. Unfortunately, their client is actually Judd Thompson, the father of a girl that Nathan Warwick has been accused of raping and murdering. A gunfight ensues when Thompson sees Warwick. As a result, Cody is shot and Murray is forced to shoot Warwick. Regrettably, Murray kills Warwick in the process. After Cody is taken to a hospital to recover, Nick and Murray are shocked when Elaine Warwick, Nathan's sister, hires them to prove that her brother never raped Thompson's daughter. Feeling guilty over leading Thompson to Nathan, Nick accepts the case and he and Murray are soon heading to Cyprus Bay, the Warwick's hometown. Pretending to be writing a book about the Warwick-Thompson shooting, Nick and Murray begin to investigate Nathan's past. They therefore are left alone in the sheriff's office where they find a list of the townspeople with codes next to the names. Nick and Murray soon uncover the fact that the sheriff and his friends have been eliminating "imperfect" townspeople. The recovered list confirms their suspicions as a "DVT," a deviant code, was listed with Nathan as he had been a homosexual. Unfortunately, the fact that Murray had killed an innocent man creates a great deal of grief for the Boz. However, Nick helps his friend by explaining that the situation and the danger to Cody's life left him with no alternatives. By now the sheriff has figured out why Nick and Murray are really in town and he soon captures Elaine and the detectives. Fortunately, they manage to escape and to capture the sheriff and his men. The last scene of the episode (and series) is of Murray wondering if he will ever be able to pick up a gun again.