High Tide (TV series)

High Tide
Genre	Detective fiction
Created by	Jeff Franklin Steve Waterman
Starring	Rick Springfield Yannick Bisson
Composers	Eric Allaman (1994–1996) Alan Williams (1996–1997)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	72
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Stu Segall Productions (season 2) Franklin/Waterman 2
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24) – May 25, 1997 (1997-05-25) [1]

High Tide is an American action adventure drama series created by Jeff Franklin and Steve Waterman and starring Rick Springfield and Yannick Bisson. ^[2] The syndicated ^[3] procedural aired from 1994 to 1997 and lasted 72 episodes over three seasons. ^[1]

Premise

Mick Barrett, a former police officer, works as a private detective with his younger brother Joey in San Diego. ^[4] For their work, they travel to exotic locales and, in their free time, they are surfers. At the beginning of the series, they work primarily for Gordon, a retired CIA agent. ^[5]

Cast

Main / regular

• Rick Springfield as Mick Barrett ^[6] (72 episodes)
• Yannick Bisson as Joey Barrett ^[7] (72 episodes)
• Julie Lynn Cialini as Annie (25 episodes)
• George Segal as Gordon (22 episodes)
• Diana Frank as Fritz (21 episodes)
• Mary Ann Schmidt as Bikini Beauty (17 episodes)

Guests

• Andy Anderson as Brad Blair (1 episode)
• Antoinette Byron as Veronica (1 episode)
• Brian Krause as Jake (1 episode)
• Christopher Atkins as Raider (1 episode)
• Danielle Cormack as Jill McMillan / Meghan Kelly (2 episodes)
• Denise Richards as Alex (1 episode)
• Donna D'Errico as Blonde Waitress (1 episode)
• Erik Thomson as Charles Hart / Wilcox (2 episodes)
• Jay Laga'aia as Buck Walton (voice) (1 episode)
• John Bach as Boucher (1 episode)
• Josie Davis as Tina Chapman (1 episode)
• Julie Benz as Joanna Craig (1 episode)
• Kerry Armstrong as Valerie (1 episode)
• Krista Allen as Patti (3 episodes)
• Lani Tupu as Rev. Simon Henry (2 episodes)
• Lisa Crittenden (1 episode)
• Lisa Marie Scott as Dancer / Kim Tang (2 episodes)
• Lucy Lawless as Sharon List / Undercover Policewoman (3 episodes)
• Paul Chubb (1 episode)
• Rena Owen as Kara Gibson (1 episode)
• Simone Kessell as Young Tennis Star (2 episodes)
• Tanya Roberts as Rhonda Fogel (1 episode)
• Thomas Jane as Barry (1 episode)

Episodes

Season 1 (1994–95)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Let Us Prey"	Seamus O'Neill	Tim Minear	September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)
2	2	"Beauty's Only Skin Deep"	Catherine Millar	Chris Baena	October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)
3	3	"Killer Wave"	John Wise	Tim Minear	October 8, 1994 (1994-10-08)
4	4	"Party Time"	Catherine Millar	Tim Minear	October 15, 1994 (1994-10-15)
5	5	"It Takes a Thief"	Mike Smith	Chris Baena	October 22, 1994 (1994-10-22)
6	6	"Hot Rocks"	John Wise	Chris Baena	October 29, 1994 (1994-10-29)
7	7	"Match Point"	Noah Ward	Tim Minear & Chris Baena	November 6, 1994 (1994-11-06)
8	8	"Shanghaied"	Catherine Millar	Chris Baena & Tim Minear	November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)
9	9	"Tight Spot"	Unknown	Unknown	November 19, 1994 (1994-11-19)
10	10	"Revenge is Sweet"	Catherine Millar	Martin Cutler & Tim Minear	November 26, 1994 (1994-11-26)
11	11	"Sitting Ducks"	Unknown	Unknown	December 11, 1994 (1994-12-11)
12	12	"So You Wanna Be a Cop"	Rob Stewart	Chris Baena	December 17, 1994 (1994-12-17)
13	13	"La Bamba"	John Wise	Chris Baena	January 21, 1995 (1995-01-21)
14	14	"The Runaways"	Noah Ward	Michael Fisher	January 28, 1995 (1995-01-28)
15	15	"A Clown Without Pity"	Unknown	Unknown	February 4, 1995 (1995-02-04)
16	16	"Cash Crop"	Unknown	Unknown	February 11, 1995 (1995-02-11)
17	17	"Dead in the Water"	Rob Stewart	Tim Minear	February 18, 1995 (1995-02-18)
18	18	"Road to Tiri Tiri"	Noah Ward	Tim Minear & Robert Patrick	February 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)
19	19	"Regarding Joey"	Unknown	Unknown	March 4, 1995 (1995-03-04)
20	20	"Pay Day"	Unknown	Unknown	March 25, 1995 (1995-03-25)
21	21	"The Chase"	Noah Ward	Chris Baena	April 15, 1995 (1995-04-15)
22	22	"Dead Heat"	Catherine Millar	Chris Baena	May 6, 1995 (1995-05-06)
23	23	"Stalked"	Brian Trenchard-Smith & John Wise	Story by : Tim Minear Teleplay by : Tim Minear & Catherine Miller	May 13, 1995 (1995-05-13)

Season 2 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
24	1	"Personal Property"	Al Kind	Genia Shipman	September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23)
25	2	"The Last Fight"	Pierre Elvis	Randy Anderson	September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
26	3	"The Grind"	John Paragon	Chris Baena	October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)
27	4	"One on One"	James Lemmo	Timothy Scott Bogart	October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14)
28	5	"Mermaid"	Joel Bender	Guy Toubes	October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
29	6	"Barry"	John Paragon	Randy Anderson	October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)
30	7	"Down South"	John Grant Weil	Chris Baena	November 3, 1995 (1995-11-03)
31	8	"Sea No Evil"	Corey Michael	Chris Baena	November 10, 1995 (1995-11-10)
32	9	"Natural Born Surfers"	Robert Radler	James Hereth & Chris Baena	November 17, 1995 (1995-11-17)
33	10	"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"	John Grant Weil	Tom Bogart & Chris Baena	November 24, 1995 (1995-11-24)
34	11	"Bikini Patrol"	Joel Bender	Chris Baena	December 2, 1995 (1995-12-02)
35	12	"The Curse of the High Tide"	Wings Hauser	Chris Baena	January 20, 1996 (1996-01-20)
36	13	"Beach Blanket Werewolf"	Sean Christopher	Chris Baena	January 27, 1996 (1996-01-27)
37	14	"A Three Hour Tour"	Robert Radler	Chris Baena	February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)
38	15	"Old Friends"	John Grant Weil	Chris Baena	February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)
39	16	"Out of the Ashes"	Fritz Kiersch	Rhonda Smiley	February 17, 1996 (1996-02-17)
40	17	"Sunspirit"	Tyler Casey	Louise Kobrak & Darek Wells	February 24, 1996 (1996-02-24)
41	18	"Code Name: Scorpion"	John Grant Weil	Chris Baena	March 2, 1996 (1996-03-02)
42	19	"Sins of the Mother"	Robert Radler	Matthew Rosenberg & Rhonda Smiley	April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)
43	20	"Bad Influence"	Sean Christopher	Genia Shipman	April 27, 1996 (1996-04-27)
44	21	"Anything, Anytime, Anywhere: Part 1"	John Paragon	Chris Baena	May 4, 1996 (1996-05-04)
45	22	"Anything, Anytime, Anywhere: Part 2"	Robert Radler	Chris Baena	May 11, 1996 (1996-05-11)
46	23	"Big Brother"	William Clark	Chris Baena	May 18, 1996 (1996-05-18)
47	24	"Vintage Tide"	Rex Piano	Rhonda Smiley	May 25, 1996 (1996-05-25)
48	25	"Dead Reckoning"	Rex Piano	Chris Baena	June 1, 1996 (1996-06-01)

Season 3 (1996–97)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
49	1	"Starting Over"	Chris O'Neill	Chris Baena	September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21)
50	2	"Deep Blue C-Notes"	Unknown	Unknown	September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)
51	3	"The Booster Club"	Unknown	Unknown	October 5, 1996 (1996-10-05)
52	4	"Killshot"	Unknown	Unknown	October 12, 1996 (1996-10-12)
53	5	"Goodbye, Mr. Chip"	Unknown	Unknown	October 19, 1996 (1996-10-19)
54	6	"University Blues: Part 1"	Unknown	Timothy Scott Bogart & James Hereth & Guy Toubes	October 26, 1996 (1996-10-26)
55	7	"University Blues: Part 2"	Unknown	Timothy Scott Bogart & James Hereth & Guy Toubes	November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02)
56	8	"Sun, Surf and Homicide"	Unknown	Unknown	November 9, 1996 (1996-11-09)
57	9	"Someone to Watch Over Me"	Joel Bender	Chris Baena	November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)
58	10	"Mission Improbable"	Unknown	Unknown	November 23, 1996 (1996-11-23)
59	11	"Dr. Feelgood"	Unknown	Unknown	December 7, 1996 (1996-12-07)
60	12	"Two Barretts and a Baby"	Unknown	James Hereth	January 18, 1997 (1997-01-18)
61	13	"The Old Flame"	Unknown	Unknown	January 25, 1997 (1997-01-25)
62	14	"Open House"	Unknown	Unknown	February 1, 1997 (1997-02-01)
63	15	"Little Black Book"	Unknown	Unknown	February 8, 1997 (1997-02-08)
64	16	"A Rock and a Hard Place"	Jimmy Huston	Chris Baena	February 15, 1997 (1997-02-15)
65	17	"Big Stakeout at Oxnard"	Unknown	Unknown	February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22)
66	18	"Girl On the Run"	Unknown	Unknown	March 1, 1997 (1997-03-01)
67	19	"Desperate Friday"	Unknown	Unknown	April 19, 1997 (1997-04-19)
68	20	"Dead Men Don't Snore"	Unknown	Unknown	April 26, 1997 (1997-04-26)
69	21	"Ghost Story"	Unknown	Unknown	May 3, 1997 (1997-05-03)
70	22	"A Stitch in Time"	Unknown	Unknown	May 10, 1997 (1997-05-10)
71	23	"Up And Away"	Unknown	Unknown	May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)
72	24	"Memories"	Unknown	Unknown	May 24, 1997 (1997-05-24)

Production

George Segal appeared in a prominent recurring role in the first season, starting with the pilot. ^[8] Though the first season was filmed in Auckland, New Zealand, the latter two seasons were filmed in California. ^[9] Guest stars included Lucy Lawless, Sally Kirkland, Denise Richards, Thomas Jane, Patrick Wayne, and John Pinette. ^[10]

Episode status

As of 2022 ^[update] , the series is currently available for streaming online on Crackle in the United States and the CTV Television Network's streaming service, CTV Throwback in Canada. ^{[11] [12]}

References

1. "High Tide". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
2. King, Susan (September 25, 1994). "The Why and How of First-Run Syndication". Los Angeles Times.
3. George Segal New York Times profile
4. MacGregor, Hilary (February 3, 1997). "Ventura's Star Is Rising: City finally lands its own beach mystery series as 'High Tide' rolls into town for its third season". Los Angeles Times.
5. Tim Brooks, Earle F. Marsh (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing. p. 613. ISBN   9780307483201.
6. "Entertainment weekly". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved February 5, 2016.
7. "CBC" . Retrieved February 5, 2016.
8. Lowry, Brian (January 28, 1993). "Syndie fever at MCA, Col". Variety.
9. Gwen Ihnat (August 5, 2015). "Rick Springfield on True Detective, Meryl Streep, and "horseshit" '70s TV gigs". AV Club. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
10. "IMDB entry". IMDb . Retrieved February 5, 2016.
11. "Watch High Tide Online Free". Crackle. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
12. "High Tide". CTV Throwback. CTV Television Network. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

External links

• High Tide at IMDb