The Greatest American Hero
ABC (ended 1983)
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Season 4
- Ep 14The Greatest American Heroine
Ralph is exposed with the suit, and lets all the attention inflate his ego. The greenguys return with the order that he must give up the super-powered costume to make the world forget, and he must also pick someone to carry on.
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Season 3
- Ep 13Divorce Venusian Style10/29/82
Ralph and Bill get into a fight and Ralph quits the partnership and leaves the suit with Bill, but Ralph gets caught in the crossfire with some Neo-Nazi and is seriously wounded and the Nazis get possession of the suit. - Ep 12Vanity, Says the Preacher12/31/82
Bill accepts an invitation to be honored as Man of the Year by a Latin American country where years before he was instrumental in helping them establish a democratic government. - Ep 11Desperado12/31/82
Ralph and Pam come across some horse rustlers who steal a herd of wild mustangs, but Ralph stops them from capturing on the prize stallion, Desperado. - Ep 10It's Only Rock and Roll12/31/82
After receiving a bomb threat, Bill is put in charge of protecting Dak Hampton, the lead singer of a rock n. roll group. - Ep 9Wizards And Warlocks12/31/82
Bill is called upon to find a missing Middle Eastern prince, but it turns out that the prince is involved in a game of Wizards & Warlocks. Ralph and Bill try to unravel the mystery of the game and find the prince before the potential kidnappers do. - Ep 8Space Ranger1/27/83
Ralph's finds that his newest student is wanted by the CIA and KGB after tapping into a Soviet satellite. - Ep 7The Resurrection of Carlini11/19/82
A magician killed performing his greatest trick seemingly returns from the grave to murder his three rivals. Ralph must use his suit to out trick the would-be killer. - Ep 6Heaven is in Your Genes1/13/83
Ralph must rescue Bill who has been kidnapped by a crazed scientist, who wants to experiment on him to find out what makes him such a successful''agent. - Ep 5Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo2/3/83
Ralph and Bill find themselves trying to protect a Japanese man after a gang tries to kidnap him. - Ep 4Live at Eleven1/20/83
Ralph tries to make the connection between terrorists who tried to steal plutonium, and a TV news anchor who plans to run for President. - Ep 3The Newlywed Game1/6/83
On the way to Ralph's bachelor party, he and Bill are kidnapped and Ralph is persuaded to fly a mission for the president. - Ep 2This is the One the Suit Was Meant For11/12/82
Pam is ready to break up with Ralph after he always puts the suit first. Bill gives them tickets to a tropical island to keep them together. Once there, they discover Bill's true plan-to use the suit to find a missing experimental aircraft. - Ep 1The Price is Right11/5/82
One of Ralph's high school classmates is now a pro football star, but gamblers kidnap his wife to force him to throw a game. Ralph dons the suit to save his pal, but to do so, Ralph must take his place in a big game.
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Season 2
- Ep 22Who's Woo in America4/28/82
- Ep 22Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell4/28/82
Bill 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. - Ep 21Who's Woo in America4/14/82
Ralph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring. - Ep 21Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory4/14/82
- Ep 20Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory4/7/82
Bill receives hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter publishes pictures of Ralph flying. - Ep 20There's Just No Accounting4/7/82
- Ep 19The Good Samaritan3/31/82
Tired 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 Bill has him on the hunt for bank robbers. - Ep 18There's Just No Accounting...3/24/82
Bill 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 overzealous IRS agent who's convinced he took the ransom money. Meanwhile, Ralph and Bill keep getting shot at in drive-by shootings, but by who?moreless - Ep 18Dreams3/24/82
- Ep 17Dreams3/17/82
An 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 success. Soon, he must don the super suit not only to prevent them from ruining their lives, but also to save Bill from a vengeful, recently paroled killer.moreless - Ep 17The Shock Will Kill You2/10/82
A 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 heads towards Los Angeles, electricuting all who get in its way. - Ep 16The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea2/24/82
Ralph 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 a stolen boat ring, and never find the creature. - Ep 15It's All Downhill From Here3/3/82
Ralph 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. - Ep 14A Chicken In Every Plot2/17/82
Scenario: When an old FBI buddy invites Bill to his Caribbean retreat, Maxwell takes Ralph, Pam and the students along. Unfortunately, they find themselves involved in a voodoo plot to take over the island's government. - Ep 14Just Another Three Ring Circus2/17/82
- Ep 13The Handpainted Thai2/10/82
- Ep 12Just Another Three Ring Circus2/3/82
Ralph 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. - Ep 12Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell2/3/81
- Ep 11The Hand-Painted Thai1/27/82
Years 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 falls under a hypnotic trance, leaving the heroics up to Ralph. - Ep 11Train of Thought1/27/82
- Ep 10Now You See It...1/20/82
While 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 to the scene to find no plane, and figure out that it must be something that hasn't happened yet, and they're supposed to prevent it. We come to find out that Pam is on that plane, and it's been hijacked. To make matters worse, the plane has an experimental cloaking device that makes it invisible to radar, and the Air Force would rather shoot it down than have the plane in enemy hands.moreless - Ep 10The Lost Diablo1/20/82
- Ep 9Train of Thought1/13/82
Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works. - Ep 9Now You See It1/13/82
- Ep 8Plague1/6/82
A psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus. - Ep 8Classical Gas1/6/82
- Ep 7The Lost Diablo12/16/81
Bill 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 thieves. - Ep 7The Plague12/16/81
- Ep 6The Beast in Black12/9/81
Ralph finds a window into the Fourth Dimension while scouting an old house. Bill gets possessed by a woman's spirit, and Ralph must return her through that window. - Ep 6Hog Wild12/9/81
- Ep 5Classical Gas12/2/81
Ralph'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. - Ep 5A Chicken in Every Plot12/2/81
- Ep 4Hog Wild11/25/81
A 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. - Ep 4Don't Mess Around With Jim11/25/81
- Ep 3The Beast in the Black12/18/81
- Ep 3Don't Mess Around With Jim11/18/81
Ralph and Bill are kidnapped by a tycoon. - Ep 2The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball11/4/81
The California Stars pitchers are all getting beaten-up by thugs, so it's up to Ralph and Bill to figure out why. - Ep 1Operation Spoil Sport11/11/81
Ralph 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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Season 1
- Ep 7The Best Desk Scenario5/13/81
Ralph becomes vice-principal of Whitney High, Pam becomes a partner at her law firm, and Bill - well, he gets the shaft. In the middle of a mid-life crisis, Bill is so depressed after being passed over for promotion that he decides to quit the FBI but not before one last adventure with Ralph. Mission: rescue Pam from the mob connections of the law partner who just promoted her.moreless - Ep 6Fire Man5/6/81
Tony is hired to repossess cars, and unknowingly takes a car filled with arson equipment. He gets pulled over, and blamed for setting fires. The real arsonist must be found in order to clear his name, and free him from jail. - Ep 5My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys4/29/81
Ralph takes advice from his childhood hero The Lone Ranger after he almost kills a busload of people by accident while busting some crooks. - Ep 4Reseda Rose4/15/81
Ralph and Bill try to unravel a case involving secret military plans, a Russian submarine, and the kidnapping of Rhonda's mother. - Ep 3Saturday on Sunset Boulevard4/8/81
Bill reluctantly recruits Ralph's students to help him track down a Russian defector. - Ep 2Here's Looking at You Kid4/1/81
Someone has stolen a secret gunsight. Bill again hopes to use the super suit to help solve the case. This time, however, Ralph has his own problems, he's unexpectedly turning invisible. To add to his worries, he's also scheduled to meet Pam's parents (Lockhart,Hastings) for the first time. - Ep 2The Greatest American Hero (2)3/18/81
Bill has Ralph use his new supersuit to thwart a Presidential assassination plot. - Ep 1The Hit Car3/25/81
After years of tracking Johnny the mobster, Bill thinks he has a chance to convict him.''An ex girlfriend has agreed to testify but only if Bill personally drives her to the courthouse.''They're attacked several times along the route, with Bill receiving repeated injuries. They arrive only to find out that the ditsy girlfriend is not as helpful as they thought she would be.moreless - Ep 1The Greatest American Hero (1)3/18/81
Odd couple Ralph Hinkley (a liberal school teacher) and Bill Maxwell (a conservative FBI agent) are approached by aliens who give them a suit that grants superpowers to the wearer, with the caveat that it must be used for the common good.
