Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist, Doris Roberts, James Read, Janet DeMay, Blake Clark, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., James Tolkan, Cassandra Harris, Jack Scalia