Remington Steele (Seasons 1–5)

Remington Steele (1982–1987) is the NBC detective series you can watch online on iFILM. A breezy blend of casework, comedy and romantic sparring, it made a young Pierce Brosnan a star a full decade before he picked up James Bond's tuxedo.

Laura Holt opens her own private investigation agency, only to learn that clients won't hire a woman, however good she is at the job. So she invents a fictional male superior and names the firm after him: Remington Steele. The cases start rolling in, and everything runs smoothly right up until clients demand to meet the boss in person. That's when a charming thief with no past and no real name strolls in and quietly claims the Steele identity for himself.

From there, five seasons run on a single engine: they crack the case of the week together, he supplies the polish and the charm, and she's still the one doing the actual thinking. Stephanie Zimbalist plays Laura as the brains of the whole operation, and the show never lets you forget it. An old-fashioned, witty pick for anyone who misses detective TV with real chemistry between the leads. Stream every season of Remington Steele online on iFILM.