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The Greatest American Hero
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.
- Created by:
- Stephen J. Cannell
- Cast:
- William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Faye Grant
- Language:
- English
- Network:
- ABC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 6.3The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball
1981-11-04 · 60mRalph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball games.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.3Operation Spoilsport
1981-11-11 · 60mRalph 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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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.0Don't Mess Around with Jim
1981-11-18 · 60mRalph 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 did not lose the instruction book. The aliens did not like the way he was using the suit, and they took it away from him.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 6.3Hog Wild
1981-11-25 · 60mA 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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E05
Episode 5
★ 6.3Classical Gas
1981-12-02 · 60mRalph'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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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.0The Beast in the Black
1981-12-09 · 60mRalph 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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E07
Episode 7
★ 5.0The Lost Diablo
1981-12-16 · 60mBill 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.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.0Plague
1982-01-06 · 60mA psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.0A Train of Thought
1982-01-13 · 60mRalph 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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E10
Episode 10
★ 6.0Now You See It...
1982-01-20 · 60mWhile 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.
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E11
Episode 11
The Handpainted Thai
1982-01-27 · 60mYears 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.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.0Just Another Three Ring Circus
1982-02-03 · 60mRalph 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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E13
Episode 13
The Shock Will Kill You
1982-02-10 · 60mA 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.
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E14
Episode 14
A Chicken in Every Plot
1982-02-17 · 60mRon 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 along. Unfortunately, they find themselves involved in a voodoo plot to take over the island's government.
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E15
Episode 15
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1982-02-24 · 60mRalph 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.
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E16
Episode 16
It's All Downhill from Here
1982-03-03 · 60mRalph 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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E17
Episode 17
Dreams
1982-03-17 · 60mAn 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.
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E18
Episode 18
There's Just No Accounting...
1982-03-24 · 60mBill 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?
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E19
Episode 19
The Good Samaritan
1982-03-31 · 60mTired 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.
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E20
Episode 20
Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory
1982-04-07 · 60mBill 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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E21
Episode 21
Who's Woo in America
1982-04-14 · 60mRalph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.
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E22
Episode 22
Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell
1982-04-28 · 60mBill 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.
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William Katt
Ralph Hinkley
Robert Culp
Bill Maxwell
Connie Sellecca
Pam Davidson
Faye Grant
Rhonda Blake
Michael Paré
Tony Villicana
Jesse D. Goins
Cyler Johnson
Don Cervantes
Paco Rodriguez
