Remington Steele
The Steele That Wouldn't Die
TV Flash files “The Steele That Wouldn't Die” as a desk essential hour — Remington Steele (1982–1987) on NBC, season 5, episode 1, aired 1987-01-05, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 88 of 92 in the Remington Steele guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 1987-01-05 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Bonds of Steele” (S04E22). Next is “Steele Hanging in There (1)” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “The Steele That Wouldn't Die”. The Steele That Wouldn't Die is late-run title as Hollywood legend: the Bond-casting collision with the Steele contract, already production gossip.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While honeymooning in Mexico, Steel and Laura are framed for a crime that they didn't commit.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Steele That Wouldn't Die sit in the Remington Steele guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 88 of 92 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Remington Steele S05E01 air?
The Steele That Wouldn't Die aired 1987-01-05 and is listed at 120 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…