The Greatest American Hero: Season 1

TV-14

1981

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Created by Stephen J. Cannell
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9 episodes
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Comedy

The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him... More

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.

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The Greatest American Hero: Season 1 episodes

The Greatest American Hero (1)

Ralph Hinkley, an average school teacher, is given a suit... More with amazing powers by aliens. Now, Ralph must decide if he'll use his new powers to fight crime, even though he already lost the suit's instruction manual.

The Greatest American Hero (2)

Ralph is paired up with FBI agent Bill Maxwell, who... More has his own ideas as to how Ralph should use his suit.

The Hit Car

Bill, who has been trying to bust open a drug... More ring for over 20 years, must drive a witness to Los Angeles for the trial of the gang leader and asks Ralph for help.

Here's Looking at You Kid

When a secret gunsight is stolen, Bill asks Ralph for... More help in solving the case. However, Ralph runs into problems when he keeps turning invisible unexpectedly, and must deal with the pressure of meeting Pam's parents.

Saturday on Sunset Boulevard

Russians are trying to find an heiress and her Russian... More husband in order to force them to establish a missile cache hold on their private island. Bill needs Ralph's help when he is suspected of failing a lie-detector test at FBI headquarters.

Reseda Rose

Ralph uses his suit to help Rhonda, one of his... More students, after her mother is kidnapped by the Russians.

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

Ralph reconsiders his suit of powers after a flying mistake... More almost takes out a bus full of tourists. Bill also reconsiders his job path when one of his heroes is suspected of plotting out the theft of a precious diamond.

Fire Man

Ralph lends Tony a hand by finding him a job... More as a car repossesser. When Tony is arrested for arson, Ralph and Bill team up to find the real criminal.

The Best Desk Scenario

At FBI headquarters, promotions are being handed out. However, Bill... More considers retiring from his job. Meanwhile, Ralph must use his suit to save Pam when she discovers her boss is the head of an underground operation.