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While on a road trip through a desert, mild-mannered high-school teacher Ralph Hinkley (temporarily changed to Ralph Hanley for part of season one due to real-life current events) is greeted by extraterrestrials, who present him with an extraordinary red flying suit that imbues him with uncanny powers. Learning of the suit, high-strung FBI agent Bill Maxwell convinces Ralph to help him fight crime. Ralph's girlfriend, attorney Pam Davidson, also knows of his secret life as a superhero.
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Greatest American Hero — Season 2

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Episode 1 Aired Nov 4, 1981 The 200-Mile-an-Hour Fastball Bill sends in baseball-fan Ralph to infiltrate a playoff-bound team whose members are being felled. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 11, 1981 Operation: Spoilsport The aliens who gave Ralph the suit ask him to stop a computerized missile launch which could start World War III. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 18, 1981 Don't Mess Around With Jim A supposed-dead billionaire knows about the suit and asks Ralph to ensure his last charity bequest be honored. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 25, 1981 Hog Wild Motorcycle-gang toughs accompanied by a kidnapped girl decide Ralph's suit would help their plans to wreck a border town. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 2, 1981 Classical Gas Pam arranges an audition for the students with a record promoter, unware he is involved with an international assassin. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 9, 1981 The Beast in the Black Ralph uses his powers to rescue injured -- and possessed -- Bill from a haunted mansion set to be razed. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 16, 1981 The Lost Diablo Bill convinces Ralph to take his students on a field trip to the mountains, where he hopes to find a legendary gold mine. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 6, 1982 The Plague Bill depends on Ralph's suit to ward off a deadly virus that mercenaries plan to use for germ warfare. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 13, 1982 Train of Thought Bill and Pam help Ralph overcome amnesia so he can stop a hijacked train carrying radioactive waste from reaching a city. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 20, 1982 Now You See It Ralph's power to see into the future sends him on a mission to save Pam from an airplane crash before it happens. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 27, 1982 The Hand-Painted Thai A Cambodian general plans to use Bill and other brainwashed ex-POWs to murder Western scientists by blowing up a dam. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 3, 1982 Just Another Three-Ring Circus Ralph poses as a human cannonball to investigate the disappearance of a Polish clown from a traveling circus. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 10, 1982 The Shock Will Kill You Ralph becomes magnetized while preventing a space-shuttle crash then contends with an alien stowaway. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 17, 1982 A Chicken in Every Plot Ralph pits the suit against voodoo when Bill takes him, Pam and his students to the Caribbean to help an old FBI buddy. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 24, 1982 The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea Ralph suspects a gigantic ocean creature is sinking yachts in the Devil's Triangle. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 3, 1982 It's All Downhill From Here On a skiing vacation, Ralph has a vision of a Soviet spy murdering a Czech agent's American contact. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 17, 1982 Dreams A gangster pursues Ralph as he tries to prevent his colleagues from tossing their lives away on dreams. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 24, 1982 There's Just No Accounting ... When Ralph rescues a kidnapped girl, the ransom lands him in trouble with the IRS. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 31, 1982 The Good Samaritan Ralph is detoured from the trail of two escaped convicts when he decides the suit should be used to save ordinary people. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 7, 1982 Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory Ralph winds up on a tabloid's front page when a burger spokesman (Chuck McCann) decides to reveal his boss's drug dealing. Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 14, 1982 Who's Woo in America Ralph tries to convince his mother to break off her engagement to a smuggler of top-secret government materials. Details Episode 22 Aired Apr 28, 1982 Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell Bill falls for a deceptively sweet FBI efficiency expert (Dixie Carter) after he and Ralph bust a Soviet gunrunning ring. Details
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Season Info

Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date
Nov 4, 1981
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