The Greatest American Hero

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  • : 1981
  • : 45
  • : 33
  • ABC (US)
  • 19
  • Action Adventure Comedy Science-fiction

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2x1
The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fast Ball
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04, 1981
Ralph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball games.
2x2
Operation: Spoilsport
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11, 1981
Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.
2x3
Don't Mess Around with Jim
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18, 1981
Ralph 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 .. show full overview
2x4
Hog Wild
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25, 1981
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.
2x5
Classical Gas
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02, 1981
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.
2x6
The Beast in Black
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09, 1981
Ralph 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.
2x7
The Lost Diablo
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16, 1981
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.
2x8
Plague
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06, 1982
A psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.
2x9
A Train of Thought
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13, 1982
Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.
2x10
Now You See It
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20, 1982
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 .. show full overview
2x11
The Hand-Painted Thai
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27, 1982
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.
2x12
Just Another Three-Ring Circus
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03, 1982
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.
2x13
The Shock Will Kill You
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10, 1982
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.
2x14
A Chicken in Every Plot
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17, 1982
Ron 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. .. show full overview
2x15
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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24, 1982
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.
2x16
It's All Downhill from Here
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03, 1982
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.
2x17
Dreams
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17, 1982
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. .. show full overview
2x18
There's Just No Accounting...
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24, 1982
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 .. show full overview
2x19
The Good Samaritan
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31, 1982
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.
2x20
Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory
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07, 1982
Bill recieves hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter publishes pictures of Ralph flying.
2x21
Who's Woo in America
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14, 1982
Ralph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.
2x22
Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell
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28, 1982
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.

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