The Greatest American Hero (1981)
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
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Episodes
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1. The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball1981-11-04 · 1h 0mRalph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball games.
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2. Operation Spoilsport1981-11-11 · 1h 0mRalph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.
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3. Don't Mess Around with Jim1981-11-18 · 1h 0mRalph and Bill are kidnapped by a tycoon that actually had his own suit given to him years ago by the aliens. The suit corrupted this man to use it for personal fortune, and he di
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4. Hog Wild1981-11-25 · 1h 0mA motorcycle gang steals the super-suit, and tries to use it to take over a town. It only works on Ralph, so they must force HIM to do their dirty work while holding Bill captive.
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5. Classical Gas1981-12-02 · 1h 0mRalph's students start a band, and a promoter lands them a spot on a big ticket concert while trying to get Pam to go out with him.
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6. The Beast in the Black1981-12-09 · 1h 0mRalph finds a window into the 4th dimension while scouting an old house. Bill gets possesed by a woman's spirit, and Ralph must return her through that window.
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7. The Lost Diablo1981-12-16 · 1h 0mBill has a treasure map, and takes Ralph and his class out to the desert to find the lost Diablo Gold Mine that vanished a long time ago, and are met with resistance from the local
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8. Plague1982-01-06 · 1h 0mA psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.
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9. A Train of Thought1982-01-13 · 1h 0mRalph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.
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10. Now You See It...1982-01-20 · 1h 0mWhile practicing flying in the desert with Bill, Ralph gets a vision of a plane crash. It's the suit showing it to him, and Bill can only see it when he touches Ralph. They rush
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11. The Handpainted Thai1982-01-27 · 1h 0mYears ago, prisoners of war were brainwashed to respond to a code phrase. Now, someone is using them to commit acts of sabotage. Bill and Ralph investigate, but Bill inadvertently
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12. Just Another Three Ring Circus1982-02-03 · 1h 0mRalph takes a job at the circus as a human cannonball while trying to help Bill bust a crime ring that involves a phony dating service.
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13. The Shock Will Kill You1982-02-10 · 1h 0mA space shuttle is about to crash, and only Ralph can save it. He does so, but ends up supermagnetized, perhaps permanently. Worst of all, a strange creature aboard the shuttle hea
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14. A Chicken in Every Plot1982-02-17 · 1h 0mRon O'Neill, John Hancock, Thalmus Rasulala, Lincoln Kilpatrick Scenario: When an old FBI buddy invites Bill to his Caribbean retreat, Maxwell takes Ralph, Pam and the students
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15. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea1982-02-24 · 1h 0mRalph and Bill hunt for the sea creature ""Carrie"" in the Bermuda Triangle thinking that the monster may be responsible for all of the boats that disappear there. They undercover
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16. It's All Downhill from Here1982-03-03 · 1h 0mRalph skis like a pro with the suit on, and stands in at the Olympics for a Russian skiier so the man can defect to America, and hand over top secret information that he stole.
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17. Dreams1982-03-17 · 1h 0mAn act of kindness backfires when Ralph uses the suit to help a coworker with a personal project. This leads his other co-workers to take daring chances for their own shots at succ
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18. There's Just No Accounting...1982-03-24 · 1h 0mBill convinces the parents of a kidnap victim to pay the ransom, certain that Ralph can recover it when he saves their little girl. Ralph finds himself being audited by an overzea
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19. The Good Samaritan1982-03-31 · 1h 0mTired of using the suit to fight crime, Ralph decides to branch out. He tries to intervene in a battle between an old man fighting for his home and the city taking it away, but Bil
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20. Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory1982-04-07 · 1h 0mBill recieves hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter publishes pictures of Ralph flying.
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21. Who's Woo in America1982-04-14 · 1h 0mRalph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.
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22. Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell1982-04-28 · 1h 0mBill falls in love with a female FBI agent, and wants to tell her about the suit. She turns out to be a spy, and is ordered to kill him.
Cast
William KattRalph Hinkley
Robert CulpBill Maxwell
Connie SelleccaPam Davidson
Faye GrantRhonda Blake
Michael ParéTony Villicana
Jesse D. GoinsCyler JohnsonDon CervantesPaco Rodriguez
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