The Greatest American Hero

S1 : E1 | TV-14 | 96 min | Aired: 03.18.81

In this extended pilot, Ralph, a high school teacher and Bill, an FBI agent, have an encounter in the desert with aliens who give them a mission and a red suit with amazing powers.

The Hit Car

S1 : E2 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 03.25.81

Ralph works with Bill to dodge professional killers while transporting a beautiful and flirtatious FBI informant to testify against her drug-dealing mobster boyfriend.

Here's Looking at You, Kid

S1 : E3 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 04.01.81

A call to defend his country’s national security thwarts Ralph Hinkley’s plans to spend time with his girlfriend’s parents, who are visiting from Minnesota.

Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard

S1 : E4 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.08.81

Maxwell and Hinkley are in the midst of international affairs that could gravely affect the world.

Reseda Rose

S1 : E5 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.15.81

Ralph and Bill try to unravel a case involving secret military plans, a Russian submarine and the kidnapping of Rhonda's mother.

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

S1 : E6 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.29.81

Ralph retires the suit after his super-heroics result in a near-tragedy. But Maxwell enlists his help to prevent a wartime buddy — now a jaded cop — from turning crooked.

Fire Man

S1 : E7 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 05.06.81

When one of his students is suspected of arson, Ralph enlists the help of Pam and Maxwell to prove the boy's innocence.

The Best Desk Scenario

S1 : E8 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 05.13.81

Ralph revs up his unpredictable super powers, racing to Pam's rescue when her promotion to junior law partner becomes a death sentence.

The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fast Ball

S2 : E1 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 11.04.81

When America's national pastime and national security are endangered, Maxwell sends Hinkley to the major leagues to become baseball's hottest overnight sensation.

Operation Spoilsport

S2 : E2 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 11.11.81

When an automatic missile system goes haywire at the hands of a general, Ralph and Bill are summoned by the aliens to halt the explosive start of World War III.

Don't Mess Around with Jim

S2 : E3 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 11.18.81

Ralph and Bill are kidnapped by a tycoon who fakes his own death and seems to know more about the suit than they do.

Hog Wild

S2 : E4 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 11.25.81

Ralph tries to save himself and a town from a rampaging motorcycle gang.

Classical Gas

S2 : E5 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 12.02.81

Ralph and Pam help his students rehearse their rock band for a show, not realizing the promoter plans to release nerve gas into the audience.

The Beast in the Black

S2 : E6 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 12.09.81

Will Ralph's suit protect Bill from a real estate agent — or his ghost?

The Lost Diablo

S2 : E7 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 12.16.81

A class field trip turns into a nightmare for Ralph and Bill when they are trapped in more ways than one while searching for a lost gold mine.

Plague

S2 : E8 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 01.06.82

Ralph and Bill must save mankind from a deadly plague virus that a fanatical right-wing military group hopes to unleash on an unsuspecting world.

Train of Thought

S2 : E9 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 01.13.82

Ralph suffers amnesia after being knocked out while trying to stop a hijacked train.

Now You See It

S2 : E10 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 01.20.82

Ralph is able to see two hours into the future — at which time Pam's plane will crash.

The Hand-Painted Thai

S2 : E11 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 01.27.82

Bill and Ralph uncover a plot to destroy the Western world when a band of hypnotized ex-war prisoners are drawn into service by the sinister General Vin Chow.

Just Another Three-Ring Circus

S2 : E12 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 02.03.82

Ralph becomes a human cannonball to investigate the disappearance of a Polish clown.

The Shock Will Kill You

S2 : E13 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 02.10.82

While rescuing a stricken space shuttle, Ralph becomes hyper-magnetized and sticks to all things metal.

A Chicken in Every Plot

S2 : E14 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 02.17.82

Ralph, Pam and Bill find out how the suit will do against voodoo when they find themselves pitted against the evil president of a small island country in the West Indies.

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

S2 : E15 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 02.24.82

Ralph and Bill hunt for a sea creature in the Bermuda Triangle, thinking that the monster may be responsible for all of the boats that disappear there.

It's All Downhill from Here

S2 : E16 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 03.03.82

Hinkley and Pam's vacation turns serious when they call Bill to help a Czechoslovakian downhill racer and his girlfriend defect with secret information.

Dreams

S2 : E17 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 03.17.82

When Ralph uses the suit to help his associates realize their dreams, it complicates all of their lives.

There's Just No Accounting...

S2 : E18 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 03.24.82

Ralph's suit proves no match for the IRS when a satchel of money from a kidnapping turns up in Ralph's living room.

The Good Samaritan

S2 : E19 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 03.31.82

Ralph's good deeds are complicated when two convicts escape and Bill thinks he's the target.

Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory

S2 : E20 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.07.82

When a man who plays a superhero for a hamburger chain discovers that the stores are a front for drug dealers, he calls on Ralph for help.

Who's Woo in America

S2 : E21 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 04.14.82

Ralph's mom is going to marry a con man who is smuggling a micro-chip that corrupt oilmen have killed for.

Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell

S2 : E22 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.28.82

Ralph breaks into the FBI archives and helps Bill solve a number of cold cases. As a result, Bill becomes a hero and a target for a beautiful KGB assassin.

Divorce, Venusian Style

S3 : E1 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 10.29.82

Ralph is critically wounded when he rescues Maxwell from a gang of neo-Nazis

The Price is Right

S3 : E2 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 11.05.82

At a high school reunion, Ralph is reunited with an old friend who is now a famous quarterback.

The Resurrection of Carlini

S3 : E4 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 11.19.82

A magician who was killed performing his greatest trick seems to return from the grave to murder his three rivals.

The Newlywed Game

S3 : E5 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 11.26.82

On the way to Ralph's bachelor party, he and Bill are kidnapped and Ralph is persuaded to fly a mission for the president.

Heaven Is in Your Genes

S3 : E6 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 12.03.82

Ralph must rescue Bill from a crazed scientist who wants to experiment on him and find out what makes him such a successful agent.

Live at Eleven

S3 : E7 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 12.10.82

Ralph and Maxwell become embroiled in a bizarre scheme when a disgruntled news anchorman plots the terrorist takeover of a nuclear power plant to launch his political career.

Space Ranger

S3 : E8 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 12.17.82

Ralph finds that his newest student is wanted by the CIA and KGB after tapping into a Soviet satellite.

Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo

S3 : E9 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 01.07.83

Ralph and Bill find themselves trying to protect a Japanese inventor after a terrorist tries to kidnap him and steal his invention: a powerful laser weapon.

Wizards and Warlocks

S3 : E10 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 01.14.83

It turns out a missing Middle Eastern prince is playing Wizards & Warlocks, and Ralph and Bill must unravel the mystery of the game to find him before potential kidnappers do.

It's Only Rock and Roll

S3 : E11 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 01.21.83

Ralph and Bill find themselves protecting a rock star after an attempt has been made on his life.

Desperado

S3 : E12 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 01.23.83

Ralph, Pam and Bill try to save a beautiful stallion from an obsessed rancher.

Vanity, Says the Preacher

S3 : E13 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 02.04.83

Bill receives a prestigious award from a small South American country only to return there to re-live his past and future.