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The Greatest American Hero Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 1981 - 1981
Episode 1
The Greatest American Hero
Wed, Mar 18, 198196 mins
The Pilot episode of the series. School teacher Ralph Hinkley meets FBI agent Bill Maxwell on a field trip to the desert, where they are met by a UFO that gives them a mission and a red costume with amazing powers. The new team must then use those powers to thwart a conspiracy.
Episode 2
The Hit Car
Wed, Mar 25, 198149 mins
Ralph and Bill (William Katt, Robert Culp) are followed as they escort a witness of a mob killing, named Starlet (Gwen Humble), from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Along the way they are chased, shot at, and injured by the unseen driver in a mysterious, custom-made "Hit Car" designed for professional assassins. -Hamid Yazdani
Episode 3
Here's Looking at You, Kid
Wed, Apr 1, 198160 mins
A military aircraft with a top-secret prototype targeting system is stolen, and Bill recruits Ralph to help him find the gun-sight, during which Ralph discovers a new superpower that he is unable to control. Meanwhile, Ralph's students press a classmate to run for class president, and Pam's mother and judgmental father fly in from Minnesota to meet Ralph.
Episode 4
Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard
Wed, Apr 8, 198149 mins
FBI agents and Russian killers pursue a man and woman, Ralph's students are disillusioned and preparing to drop out of school, and Bill is given a lie detector test where he is caught covering for his extra-terrestrial and super-suit escapades, causing him to be suspended from the FBI until he takes a follow-up test. Bill comes up with a plan to resolve the high-profile FBI case in order to buy himself out of the failed test predicament, enlisting Ralph and Pam to help him.
Episode 5
Reseda Rose
Wed, Apr 15, 198149 mins
Ralph and Pam's plans (all of them) take a back seat when Rhonda's Mom Rose is kidnapped, opening the door to a Soviet operation to steal U.S. secrets.
Episode 6
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Wed, Apr 29, 198150 mins
Ralph retires the suit after his super-heroics result in a near-tragedy. Bill desperately needs Ralph to help him crack a corrupt cop caper masterminded by a war buddy. Can the Lone Ranger remind Ralph of a hero's great responsibility?
Episode 7
Fire Man
Wed, May 6, 198150 mins
Tony is accused of arson, and Bill and Ralph must find evidence to clear his name.
Episode 8
The Best Desk Scenario
Wed, May 13, 198149 mins
Pam and Ralph get promotions, and Bill begins to worry about his mistakes and mortality. Pam's new boss is mixed up with the mob, and the team must rescue her and Bill's career.
