According to Wikipedia, Remington Steele "blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, detective procedural and (towards the end of the series) international political intrigue and espionage ... [its] premise is that Laura Holt, a licensed private investigator (Stephanie Zimbalist) opened a detective agency under her own name but found potential clients refused to hire a woman, no matter how qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events in the first episode, License to Steele, Pierce Brosnan's character, a former thief and con man (whose real name even he proves not to know and is never revealed), assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, a power struggle ensues between Laura and Steele as to who is really in charge, while the two carry on a casual romantic relationship."
Stephanie Zimbalist is the daughter of Ephraim Zimbalist Jr., who played Stuart 'Stu' Bailey in 77 Sunset Strip (1958–64) and Inspector Lewis Erskine in The FBI (1965–74).
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