I really enjoyed watching Riptide when it was on easy week back in the 80's. As a 20-something, I also enjoyed watching the beautiful women on the show each week as well. It featured bikinis even before Baywatch, so, I believe sort of paved the way.
Cody Allen and Nick Ryder were guys that I admired, while Murray "Boz" Bozinski was who I identified with the most, since was/am a computer nerd myself.
My qife and 8 began watching reruns on YouTube, and I began checking prices on full series DVD sets. I recently found a used set in my proce range so I made the plunge. They arrived today. I can't wait to get started on my Riptide excursion. Sure, the show's premise, amd plots are campy and a little unrealistic by today's tv standards or more serious 80's cop shows (not nearly as edgy as Miami Vice), but you have to remember that this is 1980's escapist feel-good television designed to be fun and entertaining. The 80's was a great time in America. Our culture shows through in shows like this. Let Nick, and Cody, and the Boz take you back to a simpler time. You won't regret it.
Review of Riptide
