Remington Steele
Steele Alive and Kicking
TV Flash files “Steele Alive and Kicking” as hour 86 of 92 in the TV Flash guide — Remington Steele (1982–1987) on NBC, season 4, episode 21, aired 1986-05-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E21: listed hour 86 of 92 in the Remington Steele guide, hour 21 of 22 in season 4. It aired 1986-05-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Beg, Borrow or Steele” (S04E20). Next is “Bonds of Steele” (S04E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A man who framed himself so his wife could collect the reward learns he isn't terminally ill and wants Laura and Steele to clear him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Steele Alive and Kicking sit in the Remington Steele guide?
S04E21 is listed hour 86 of 92 — hour 21 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 21.
When did Remington Steele S04E21 air?
Steele Alive and Kicking aired 1986-05-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Remington Steele even a real detective at first?
The famous name begins as Laura Holt's fictional male boss. Brosnan's con man steps into the role. She does the detecting; he is the handsome front.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Gender-flip PI sparkle with Brosnan before Bond and Zimbalist as the actual brains. Laura Holt invents a fictional male boss; a charming rogue assumes the name. Romance and cases in perfect network proportion. Brosnan's Bond casting collision with the Steele contract is Hollywood scheduling legend.
She does the detecting. He is the handsome fictional boss. Then a charming rogue walks into the name and steals the rope line. NBC's Remington Steele (1982–1987) paired Stephanie Zimbalist as Laura Holt with Pierce Brosnan as the man who wasn't there — until he was. Doris Roberts in the office mix. Robert Butler and Michael Gleason's screwball detective energy met 1980s gloss. **Brosnan's Bond casting collision with the Steele contract is Hollywood scheduling legend** — offered James Bond too early, had to wait…
Filed against
- Stephanie Zimbalist as Laura Holt
Stephanie Zimbalist ran Remington Steele as Laura Holt — the actual brains who invents a fictional male boss, then watches a charming rogue assume the name. Gender-flip PI sparkle, romance and cases in network proportion. TV Flash files…
- Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele
Pierce Brosnan played Remington Steele as the charming rogue who assumes a fictional male boss’s name — 1980s gender-flip PI sparkle, Stephanie Zimbalist as the actual brains, Laura Holt inventing the brand, romance and cases in perfect…
- Doris Roberts as Mildred Krebs
Doris Roberts’s Mildred Krebs gave Remington Steele a secretary who knew the fictional boss was the joke — 1980s catalog PI sparkle, then Everybody Loves Raymond turning the same steel into Marie’s Long Island food warfare. TV Flash files…