The essential episodes of Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Watch these 15 in order and you've got Acapulco H.E.A.T. — each pick states its reason.

1. 01

   S01E01 · Pilot · September 28, 1993 · 56m

   Code Name: Checkmate (1)8.0

   In the series opener, the crime-fighting Hemisphere Emergency Action Team, H.E.A.T., receives an assignment to provide security at a counterterrorism summit, but its efforts are jeopardized by the wife of a prince.

2. 02

   S01E04 · Season 1 peak · October 16, 1993 · 56m

   Code Name: Strange Bedfellow10.0

   Ashley and Mike and Brett and Cat, pose as newlyweds at an island resort owned by a man suspected of contaminating the waters.

3. 03

   S01E08 · Top rated · November 13, 1993 · 56m

   Code Name: Archangel9.0

   Mike'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.

4. 04

   S01E10 · Top rated · November 27, 1993 · 56m

   Code Name: Body Double10.0

   Brett poses as the son of an industrialist to stop a kidnapping ring.

5. 05

   S01E11 · Top rated · December 4, 1993 · 56m

   Code Name: Perfect Specimen10.0

   Trailing a scientist suspected of developing biological weapons, the team stumbles onto part of his research, a man whose body's being genetically altered.

6. 06

   S01E12 · Top rated · January 22, 1994 · 56m

   Code Name: Easy Riders9.0

   Vacationers assist the H.E.A.T. in an effort to find the doctor who's running a black-market baby ring.

7. 07

   S01E14 · Top rated · February 5, 1994 · 56m

   Code Name: The Stalking Horse10.0

   The H.E.A.T. must identify the person sent to assassinate a Chinese dissident from a group of 146 guests at a resort hotel.

8. 08

   S01E19 · Top rated · April 30, 1994 · 56m

   Code Name: Stalemate (1)10.0

   The 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 Russian.

9. 09

   S01E22 · Top rated · May 21, 1994 · 56m

   Code Name: Assassin10.0

   When Mike is shot, Ashley immediately suspects Neil Strake. But there's one problem -- Strake's being held in a high-security facility in Mexico.

10. 10

    S02E08 · Season 2 peak · November 11, 1998 · 56m

    Code Name: The Mouse That Squeaked10.0

    A peace activist starting his own republic may be robbing banks to finance his venture.

11. 11

    S02E13 · Top rated · January 30, 1999 · 56m

    Code Name: Sister Soothsayer10.0

    A psychic hires the team to find her brother, whom she suspects is in El Salvador.

12. 12

    S02E16 · Top rated · February 20, 1999 · 56m

    Code Name: Cumshaw10.0

    The murder of a soldier and a string of arms thefts leads an army colonel to hire the team to secretly investigate the crimes.

13. 13

    S02E18 · Top rated · March 6, 1999 · 56m

    Code Name: Bucket of Blood10.0

    Doctors learn that the blood of a wounded criminal could save the lives of sick children, but the man escapes before they can collect it from him.

14. 14

    S02E22 · Top rated · May 8, 1999 · 56m

    Code Name: Juice10.0

    A 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 during a match.

15. 15

    S02E26 · Series finale · June 5, 1999 · 56m

    Code Name: I Remember10.0

    In the series finale, through a series of flashbacks and clips, the team members recall their most daring rescues.