The Greatest American Hero

Season 2 (22 Episodes)

3 Seasons 1981 TV-14 1h 00m 7.3

A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.

Ralph Hinkley was minding his own business, a teacher on a field trip with his high school students, when the bus he's driving mysteriously drives itself out into the desert. A startled Ralph is soon visited by aliens, who had decided to endow him with superhuman powers to fight the battle against injustice and crime. To this end, they gave him a special suit and an instruction manual. Unfortunately, Ralph managed to lose the instruction manual, and the aliens have a nasty habit of never being around when you need them.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fast Ball

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

Aired: Nov 4, 1981

Crooks needing cash to swing an arms deal bet heavily on a baseball game and ...

Episode 2 Operation Spoilsport

2. Operation Spoilsport

Aired: Nov 11, 1981

The aliens return and tell Ralph and Bill that they have to stop World War II...

Episode 3 Don't Mess Around with Jim

3. Don't Mess Around with Jim

Aired: Nov 18, 1981

Ralph and Bill are knocked out and the suit is taken by their abductors. They...

Episode 4 Hog Wild

Aired: Nov 25, 1981

When a motorcycle gang learns about Ralph and the suit, they grab Bill and fo...

Episode 5 Classical Gas

5. Classical Gas

Aired: Dec 2, 1981

Ralph and Pam help the kids rehearse their rock band for a show not realizing...

Episode 6 The Beast in the Black

6. The Beast in the Black

Aired: Dec 9, 1981

Bill is possessed by a woman's spirit. To rescue him, Ralph crosses to anothe...

Episode 7 The Lost Diablo

7. The Lost Diablo

Aired: Dec 16, 1981

Bill learns of a lost gold mine and tricks Ralph and the kids into helping hi...

Episode 8 Plague

Aired: Jan 6, 1982

Bill and Ralph must track down a group of gun-runners while dealing with a pl...

Episode 9 Train of Thought

9. Train of Thought

Aired: Jan 13, 1982

Ralph suffers amnesia after a collision with a train and can't remember who h...

Episode 10 Now You See It

10. Now You See It

Aired: Jan 20, 1982

Ralph discovers a new power - the ability to see the future. For example, he ...

Episode 11 The Hand-Painted Thai

11. The Hand-Painted Thai

Aired: Jan 27, 1982

American pilots, hypnotized years ago in Vietnam, are activated to bomb a dam...

Episode 12 Just Another Three-Ring Circus

12. Just Another Three-Ring Circus

Aired: Feb 3, 1982

Bill is assigned to locate a missing circus clown. Ralph is recruited to infi...

Episode 13 The Shock Will Kill You

13. The Shock Will Kill You

Aired: Feb 10, 1982

While rescuing a stricken space shuttle Ralph becomes hyper-magnetized result...

Episode 14 A Chicken in Every Plot

14. A Chicken in Every Plot

Aired: Feb 17, 1982

Ralph, Pam and the kids fly to a Caribbean to visit a friend of Bill Maxwell'...

Episode 15 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

15. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Aired: Feb 24, 1982

While visiting Bermuda, Bill investigates whether dinosaur attacks may cause ...

Episode 16 It's All Downhill from Here

16. It's All Downhill from Here

Aired: Mar 3, 1982

Ralph goes undercover as a skier to help a defector escape his pursuers.

Episode 17 Dreams

Aired: Mar 17, 1982

A man arrested by Bill and Ralph is released from prison and vows vengeance u...

Episode 18 There's Just No Accounting...

18. There's Just No Accounting...

Aired: Mar 24, 1982

Ralph has to deal with an IRS audit, Bill is suspended for losing a kidnappin...

Episode 19 The Good Samaritan

19. The Good Samaritan

Aired: Mar 31, 1982

Ralph, tired of just going after criminals, decides he wants to help people. ...

Episode 20 Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory

20. Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory

Aired: Apr 7, 1982

A man who plays a superhero for a hamburger chain discovers the stores are a ...

Episode 21 Who's Woo in America

21. Who's Woo in America

Aired: Apr 14, 1982

Ralph's mother comes for a visit, and announces that she is engaged to be mar...

Episode 22 Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell

22. Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell

Aired: Apr 28, 1982

Ralph breaks into the FBI archives and helps Bill solve a number of cold case...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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