Pilot. Automan
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
Walter Nebicher is a young police officer who wants desperately to get out on the streets and experience some action. Unfortunately, his superior Captain Boyd has assigned Nebicher to a desk job where he can utilize his skills as a computer expert.
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Guest star: Patrick Macnee (Lydell Hamilton), Steven Keats (Collins), Robert Hogan (Peterson), James Antonio Jr. (Cramer), Robert Dunlap (Chuck Wilson), Don Galloway (Martin Wills), Doug McClure (Det. Ted Smithers), Camilla Sparv (Tanya), Steve Franken (P.J. Hawkins), Sid Haig (Gang Member #1), Mickey Jones (Gang Member #2), Herman Poppe (Swiss Guard), Dennis Fimple (Taxi Driver), Gloria LeRoy (Landlady), Carol Vogel (Joanne Wills)
2. Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
Walter and Automan investigate a judge that appears to be corrupt and involved with the mob.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Guest star: Mary Crosby (Ellen Fowler / "Miss Simmons"), Don Gordon (Leonard Martin), Angela Aames (Bartender), Robert F. Lyons (Jason), William Windom (Judge Alexander Farnsworth), Jack Perkins (The Drunk), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Jackson), James Storm (The Driver), Bud Davis (Sieger), Gary Epper (Brandt)
3. The Great Pretender
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
When a truck load of paper the government uses to print money is hijacked, Automan, with the help of Cursor, poses as an rich criminal competing to undermine the existing network of a known criminal dealing in counterfeit money.
Director: Kim Manners
Guest star: Clu Gulager (Rudolph Brock), Michael Callan (Kevin Mayhew), Andrea Howard (Lauren Robinson), Ed Griffith (Seymour Laird), James Andronica (Parsons), Cliff Emmich (Zach), Paul Lambert (unknown), Fil Formicola (Solt), Todd Martin (Gritch), William Long Jr. (Russo), Ken Sansom (The Minister), K.C. Winkler (The Blonde), Marc Vahanian (Carty), Richard Derr (Frank Robinson), Barry Berman (Tate), Talbot Simons (The Taxi Driver), Michael Pataki (Pool Player/uncredited), Rick Jason (Nelson Trotter/uncredited)
4. Ships in the Night
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
Walter and Auto fly to San Cristobal to investigate the disappearances of Americans. They discover a man, aided by the local authorities, that lures investors in order to kill them and take their money.
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Scott Marlowe (Robert Sawyer/Norris), France Nuyen (Liang Lu), Steve Hanks (Woody), Frank Aletter (James Dowling), Abraham Alvarez (Police Sergeant), Cesare Danova (Captain Alberto Romano), Javier Grajeda (The Desk Clerk), Branscombe Richmond (Johnson), Melanie Vincz (The Beautiful Girl), Bridget Sienna (The Croupier), Rick Garcia (The Bank Guard)
5. Unreasonable Facsimile
Community Score
| 8.9 Great |
Automan and Walter attempt to solve the murder of a businessman and the crash of a police helicopter. Automan begins acting peculiar after watching soap-operas on television.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Guest star: Lina Raymond (Christine Powers), Robert Sampson (Henry Innis), Glenn Corbett (Jarrett Powers), Gerald Gordon (Edward M. Scanlin), Delta Burke (Rachel Innis), David Sheiner (Norman), Conroy Gedeon (The Bartender), Walter Brooke (Mr. Theodore Behrens), Ruth Warshawsky (Mrs. Hortense Behrens), Tawny Schneider (Herself), Toni Nero (Francine), Dennis Scott (Reedy), Tammy Alverson (Lisa)
6. Flashes and Ashes
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
Walter's friend and fellow cop, Frank Cooney is killed during the theft of police weaponry. But when the Internal Affairs agent believes Frank was involved, Walter is suspended when he and Auto interfere trying to prove his friends' innocence.
Director: Kim Manners
Guest star: Jeff Pomerantz (Malcom Whittaker), Hari Rhodes (Rollie Dumont), Anita Dangler (Madame Russo), Danil Torppe (Sam Lymon), Ron Harvey (Frank Cooney), Roscoe Tanner (The Tennis Pro), Michael Horsley (Jeff Coe), James Emery (Dean Springer), Tammy Brewer (Tisha), Tami Barber (Laurie), Africanus Roscius (The Street Guy)
7. The Biggest Game in Town
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
Automan and Walter attend a computer game convention where they must track down Ronald Tilson, a computer genius who has programmed computers to cause disasters that will kill people unless he gets $10 million dollars.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Guest star: Jeff Pomerantz (Lieutenant Malcolm Whittaker), Kristen Meadows (Ellie Harmon), Felton Perry (Bart Johnston), Rick Lenz (Ronald L. Tilson), Timothy Blake (Samantha "Sam" Maroni), Stefan Zema (The Man), Michael Holden (2nd Air Controller), Bill Ewing (Chief Controller), Robert Gribbin (Bomb Squad Man #1), Paul Savior (Flood Control Engineer), Lee Garlington (The Doctor), Richard Milholland (Bomb Squad Man #2)
8. Renegade Run
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
When Walter investigates a crooked sheriff who is using illegal immigrants for manual labor, he and a friend are put in jail. Automan teams up with a motorcycle gang to free him.
Director: Allen Baron
Guest star: Richard Lynch (Sheriff Clay Horton), Greta Blackburn (Gretchen Lewis), Gina Gallego (Teresa Fuentes), Billy Drago (Chico Fuentes), Terry Kiser (Stone), Richard Anderson (Carl Donovan), Michael MacRae (J.P. Crazy), Carol Webster (Miss Lucy), Bobby E. Green (Travis)
9. Murder MTV
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
Walter and Automan investigate an apparent attempt to kill the members of an all-girl band called Sweet Kicks. But their investigation if hampered when the father of one of the girls seeks assistance from a crime syndicate.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Guest star: Laura Branigan (Jessie Cole), Albert Paulsen (Frank Ladrone), Michael Gregory (Tony Lupus), Ola Ray (Joanne), Christie Claridge (Josie), Michael McGuire (Sid Cole), Sander Johnson (Sam Clementine), Gerald Berns (Leo Shane), Paul Haber (The Delivery Boy), Miguel Nunez, Jr. (The Valet Parking Attendant), Zitto Kazann (Carlo Crane)
10. Murder, Take One
Community Score
| 9.4 Superb |
Former movie star Veronica Everly is a suspect in the murder of gossip columnist, Ray Gillette. However, when Automan discovers that a Hollywood producer had a greater motive for murder, he goes undercover as an actor to catch the real killer.
Director: Kim Manners
Guest star: Ed Lauter (Michael Hagedorn), Winnie Gardner (Kitty Hopkins), Bart Braverman (Frank Loren), Peter Marshall (Keith Gillette), Greg Mullavey (Philip Eames), Michelle Phillips (Veronica Everly), Hilary Thompson (Sheila Dunham), Floyd Levine (Seymour Grodkin), Mark Wheeler (Roland Green), Jonathan Gochberg (The Guard), Tim Rossovich (Oscar Selby)
11. Zippers
Community Score
| 10.0 Perfect |
Automan goes undercover as an erotic dancer in a ladies only strip club.
Director: Alan Crosland
Guest star: Jill Andre (?), John Vernon (Carlos Rayner), James Morrison (Gary Baxley), Erik Stern (Victor), Billy Ray Sharkey (Buck), James Callahan (Dennis Stanton), Jo Anne Astrow (unknown), Tom Everett (Stanley), Reginald T. Dorsey (Freddie), Don Mirault (Robin Hood), Nancy Jeris (Mrs. Stanton), Gertrude Marx (The Woman), Cliff Carnell (Karl), Eric Lawson (Guard #1), Charles Walker (Guard #2), Mindi Iden (Kevie Wright), John Mahon (The Policeman)
12. Death By Design
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
When a ruthless crime syndicate kills one of Jack's best friends, Automan poses as a vigilante cop by the name of Mad Dog who is out for justice.
Director: Gil Bettman
Guest star: John Erickson (Woodrow 'Woody' Oster), Anne Lockhart (Tracy Morgan), Luke Askew (Eric LeBlanc), Lance LeGault (Simon Rafferty), Eric Server (Gill), David Spielberg (Tom Sholes), Michael Gazzo (unknown), Edward Mallory (Nate Hester), J.D. Hall (Noah Jeffries), K.C. Winkler (The Model), Danny Dayton (The Bookie), Johnny Crear (Joseph Sylvana)
13. Club Ten
Community Score
| 6.6 Fair |
Director: Kim Manners
Guest star: Dennis Cole (Crandall), Marshall Teague (Ted), Bruce Bauer (Randy), Brett Halsey (Felipe Valdez), Robin Eisenman (Laura Ferguson), Barbara Horan (Geri), Don Knight (Inspector Mercer), John Alderson (Rummy), Abraham Gordon (The Valet), Mae La Blanc (Girl #2), Cis Rundle (Girl #1), Edward Crotty (The Waiter), Dona Speir (The Bikini Girl)
