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Acapulco H.E.A.T. is a 1993 syndicated television series that followed the Hemisphere Emergency Action Team [H.E.A.T.], a group of top-secret agents based in Acapulco, Mexico and recruited by C-5, a secret government coalition, to fight terrorism and international crime. The team kept a low profile, by acting as models and photographers who represented a Beach Fashion enterprise.
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- 01
Code Name: Strange BedfellowAshley and Mike and Brett and Cat, pose as newlyweds at an island resort owned by a man suspected of contaminating the waters. - 02
Code Name: Body DoubleBrett poses as the son of an industrialist to stop a kidnapping ring. - 03
Code Name: Perfect SpecimenTrailing a scientist suspected of developing biological weapons, the team stumbles onto part of his research, a man whose body's being genetically altered.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Code Name: Checkmate (1)September 28, 1993In the series opener, the crime-fighting Hemisphere Emergency Action Team, H.E.A.T., receives an assignment to provide security at a counter - S01E02
Code Name: Checkmate (2)September 28, 1993—The team discovers that Strake, who was thought to be dead, is behind the kidnapping. - S01E03
Code Name: Honeymoon LostOctober 9, 1993The team is given the mother of all assignments: protect honeymooning Gulf War hero Alex Lassiter without the commander's knowledge. - S01E04
Season's bestCode Name: Strange BedfellowOctober 16, 1993Ashley and Mike and Brett and Cat, pose as newlyweds at an island resort owned by a man suspected of contaminating the waters. - S01E05
Code Name: Million Dollar Ladies (a.k.a. Vanished)October 23, 1993Mike's suspicions of Ashley's friend Sergio Lanti are well founded: Lanti abducts her and makes her a captive in a white-slavery ring. - S01E06
Code Name: Feminine IntuitionOctober 30, 1993—H.E.A.T. travels to Colombia to stop Ashley's rival from assassinating the judge who's prosecuting a drug kingpin. - S01E07
Code Name: Desert DragonNovember 6, 1993At a karate competition, Tommy goes undercover as a coach to protect the son of an influential member of the C-5. - S01E08
Code Name: ArchangelNovember 13, 1993Mike's former colleague heads security at an exhibition of a Leonardo da Vinci that H.E.A.T. suspects is targeted for theft by a neo-Nazi. - S01E09
Code Name: ArabesqueNovember 20, 1993Cat infiltrates a drug cartel run by former KGB agents to investigate the disappearance of a UN employee who may have joined the ring. - S01E10
Code Name: Body DoubleNovember 27, 1993Brett poses as the son of an industrialist to stop a kidnapping ring. - S01E11
Code Name: Perfect SpecimenDecember 4, 1993Trailing a scientist suspected of developing biological weapons, the team stumbles onto part of his research, a man whose body's being genet - S01E12
Code Name: Easy RidersJanuary 22, 1994Vacationers assist the H.E.A.T. in an effort to find the doctor who's running a black-market baby ring. - S01E13
Code Name: Rip Van WinkleJanuary 29, 1994The H.E.A.T. goes undercover at a rest home for former agents to find the one who's leaking information about a spy working in Russia. - S01E14
Code Name: The Stalking HorseFebruary 5, 1994The H.E.A.T. must identify the person sent to assassinate a Chinese dissident from a group of 146 guests at a resort hotel. - S01E15
Code Name: FrameupFebruary 12, 1994Mike is framed for murder, kidnapped and held for ransom by a terrorist whose brother he captured and sent to prison. - S01E16
Code Name: GhostsFebruary 19, 1994A detective and a letter addressed to Ashley from a boyfriend thought to be dead complicate an investigation into an illegal arms ring. - S01E17
Code Name: StrandedFebruary 26, 1994Stranded on a desert island, Cat, Krissie, Marcos and Tommy encounter a reclusive Vietnam veteran who believes that they are enemy soldiers. - S01E18
Code Name: ShamrockMarch 5, 1994—Mike suspects that a high-school buddy, now linked with a terrorist group, may be planning an attack on politicians attending a free-trade c - S01E19
Code Name: Stalemate (1)April 30, 1994The H.E.A.T. guards a former KGB agent attending a chess match, but the game may be up when the team's nemesis returns to assassinate the Ru - S01E20
Code Name: Stalemate (2)May 7, 1994Mike and Ashley match wits with Strake, who demands Sokol in return for Krissie. - S01E21
Code Name: Deep SixMay 14, 1994Cat bristles when the deep-sea diver she and Brett are assigned to protect refuses to allow her on an expedition. - S01E22
Code Name: AssassinMay 21, 1994When Mike is shot, Ashley immediately suspects Neil Strake. But there's one problem -- Strake's being held in a high-security facility in Me
Season02Best season
- S02E01
Code Name: The Raven (1)September 23, 1998The team is restructured and given a tough assignment: find a criminal who stole a warehouse full of art. - S02E02
Code Name: The Raven (2)September 30, 1998The newly re-formed H.E.A.T. bands together to cage The Raven. - S02E03
Code Name: Spear of DestinyOctober 7, 1998The H.E.A.T. searches for a religious icon rumored to have mystical powers, which is also being sought by a dangerous extremist group. - S02E04
Code Name: Day of the DeadOctober 14, 1998The team is hired to recover stolen gold in Puerto Vallarta, and ends up dealing with competing factions who are also looking for it. - S02E05
Code Name: Dream GirlOctober 21, 1998A young woman asks the team for asylum in exchange for information about a terrorist. - S02E06
Code Name: The Killing ClubOctober 28, 1998A man asks the team to look for his missing nephew, but Tommy's search on a private island leads to his own kidnapping. - S02E07
Code Name: Mr. ParadiseNovember 4, 1998A mob boss calls a contract on the people connected with a car accident that killed his son. - S02E08
Season's bestCode Name: The Mouse That SqueakedNovember 11, 1998A peace activist starting his own republic may be robbing banks to finance his venture. - S02E09
Code Name: Easy GreenNovember 18, 1998A payment turns out to be in phony money, spurring the gang to take on a counterfeiting ring. - S02E10
Code Name: Dangerous BaitNovember 25, 1998Cat poses as the wife of a visiting dignitary to prevent a kidnapping. - S02E11
Code Name: Million Dollar ManDecember 2, 1998A mafioso wants to turn himself in to the authorities and give the reward to his daughter as a wedding present, so he hires the team to prot - S02E12
Code Name: Death of a FriendshipJanuary 23, 1999The team investigates the car-bombing murder of the president of a Caribbean island. - S02E13
Code Name: Sister SoothsayerJanuary 30, 1999A psychic hires the team to find her brother, whom she suspects is in El Salvador. - S02E14
Code Name: Hot ChainsFebruary 6, 1999The sister of a kidnap victim hires the H.E.A.T. team to investigate a possible white-slavery ring. - S02E15
Code Name: Till Death Do Us PartFebruary 13, 1999A widow needs the team to prove her husband is really dead and not faking it, but their investigation reveals that the man has several other - S02E16
Code Name: CumshawFebruary 20, 1999The murder of a soldier and a string of arms thefts leads an army colonel to hire the team to secretly investigate the crimes. - S02E17
Code Name: PhantomFebruary 27, 1999A film director hires the H.E.A.T. team to investigate a series of accidents that occurred on the set. - S02E18
Code Name: Bucket of BloodMarch 6, 1999Doctors learn that the blood of a wounded criminal could save the lives of sick children, but the man escapes before they can collect it fro - S02E19
Code Name: Cult ZeroMarch 13, 1999The H.E.A.T. team is asked to provide security for a supposedly peaceable cult, but Johanna is drawn to the organization. Then her companion - S02E20
Code Name: Blood TiesApril 24, 1999A former H.E.A.T. member enlists Nicole and the team to save his fiancée after she's kidnapped by her own father, a powerful senator opposed - S02E21
Code Name: MatadorMay 1, 1999Cat urges her cohorts into action after she witnesses the death of a drug dealer and uncovers a mysterious conspiracy of silence on behalf o - S02E22
Code Name: JuiceMay 8, 1999A female D.E.A. agent helps the team bust a ring of drug smugglers supplying illegal steroids to athletes after Tommy's karate opponent dies - S02E23
Code Name: Lollipop, LollipopMay 15, 1999The team tries to rescue a millionaire's niece who was abducted by a South American drug czar, but it seems she may not want to be saved. - S02E24
Code Name: The Stolen LegMay 22, 1999Hired by a tennis star to track down his missing prosthetic limb, the team stumbles upon a counterfeiting ring that needs the contents of th - S02E25
Code Name: Flight 401May 29, 1999The team springs into action after an embittered ex-CIA operative seizes control of a commercial flight. - S02E26
Code Name: I RememberJune 5, 1999In the series finale, through a series of flashbacks and clips, the team members recall their most daring rescues.
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