THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO(1981) SEASON TWO
Believe it or not I'm walking on air! This begins one of the best theme
songs for any TV series, especially Superhero!!
This has some relly great music in it besides the theme song!!
Starring William Katt, Robert Culp and Connie Sellecca, this is about
a dude who has a case containing a suit and instructions given to him,
of which he immediately loses the instructions! The series is about him
and his "handler' Robet Culp fighting the bad guys who are all against
America!! And Katt trying to figure out how to use his uniform!
EPISODES 1: THE TWO HUNDRED MILE-AN-HOUR FASTBALL(Nov. 04, 1981):
Ralph gets hornswaggled into pitching for a big league team for
the purpose of stopping gamblers from winning a bet and buying
some arms!!!
Guest starring here are Markie Post(Night Court, Electra Woman and
Dyna Girl, The Fall Guy, 2 episodes of Buck Rogers Of The 25th Century),
Don Drysdale(HOF Brooklyn/LA Dodger pitcher), Mike Douglas(singer,
tlak show host)! B+
EPISODE 2: OPERATION: SPOILSPORT(Nov. 11, 1981):
A military man who is gung ho on starting WW III sabotages our
failsafe missiles so they will attack Russia in 24 hours!!
Sadly the original music in this has been replaced!! Booo!
Guest starring: John Anderson(Backstairs At The White House, Star Trek:
TNG episode "The Survivors")! B
EPISODE 3: DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM(Nov. 18, 1981):
A richer than rich dude dies, but not really! What he's after is
Ralph, Bill and the suit! Turns out he used to have the suit
himself but didn't do things the right way and had it re-possessed!
He now wants to do things the right way and needs Ralph and the
suit to succeed!
Guest starring: Byron Morrow(Star Trek: TOS episodes "Amok Time" &
"For The World Is Hollow And I Have Tooched The Sky")! A-
EPISODE 4: HOG WILD(Nov. 25, 1981):
Shitty episode about bikers! Not a fan of biker movies/TV shows!!!
Guest starring: No known stars here! D-
EPISODE 5: CLASSICAL GAS(Dec. 02, 1981):
The school kids are putting on a musical performance for a
record representitive to try and get their musical career
a jump start! The guy is a real duche!!
Guest starring: No known stars here!! B+
EPISODE 6: THE BEAST IN THE BLACK(Dec. 09, 1981):
Ralph asks the class to go with him to an old house that's going
to be torn down! Problems arise when Bill gets knocked on the head
and apparently possessed by a spirit that resides in said house!!
So far, the best, not only of this season, but of the first two
seasons!!
Guest starring: Vince Howard(Emergency! Star Trek: TOS episode
"The Man Trap", Mr. Novak), Cristine Belford(Battlestar Gallactica
[2 episodes], Banacek)! A+
EPISODE 7: THE LOST DIABLO(Dec. 16, 1981):
Bill talks Ralph, Pam & the class into gold hunting! Problem:
there's a dude up in them there hills that don't want them
around!!
While for the most part this is a pretty average episode -
until the end! Then it becomes a great episode!!
Guest starring Michael O'Leary(The Guiding Light)! A
EPISODE 8: PLAGUE(Jan. 06, 1982):
Not only are Bill and Ralph looking for gun runners, but
they're also trying to avoid getting - the plague!
This is not really a great episode!
No known guest stars here! B
EPISODE 9: TRAIN OF THOUGHT(Jan. 13, 1982):
While trying to stop a hijacked train, Ralph gets bonked on
the head and gets amnesia!
Guest starring here: A returning Dabbs Grier! B-
EPISODE 10: NOW YOU SEE IT(Jan. 20, 1982):
Ralph learns a new trick with his suit: he can now see
into the future! And he sees a plane crash that just happens
to have Pam on it!!!
Guest starring here: No knwon stars! B+
EPISODE 11: THE HAND-PAINTED TAI(Jan. 27, 1982):
Several former US soldiers have been brainwashed by the Cambodians
and are now programmed to destroy whatever their told to by some
ex-Cambodian military dudes!!! Their target: a dam!!
Guest starring here: James Shagita(Flower Drum Song, Die Hard,
Mullan, Babylon 5 episode "Spider In The Web", Hart To Hart: Old
Friends Never Die), John Fujioka(Tales Of The Gold Monkey, Midway,
Futureworld, McHale's Navy)! B+
EPISODE 12: JUST ANOTHER THREE-RING CIRCUS(Feb. 03, 1982):
A circus clown gets kidnapped and Bill asks for Ralph's help!!
Guest starring here: No known names here! B+
EPISODE 13: THE SHOCK WILL KILL YOU(Feb. 10, 1982):
This starts out great, but somehow lost its way and just got
silly!
A space shuttle has problems and Ralph goes up to try to keep
it from crashing in Bakersfield!! The results: he saves the shuttle
saves Bakersfield, doesn't save the astronauts, and beome magnetically
charged!!
Guest starring here: No known names here! B
EPISODE 14: A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT(Feb. 17, 1982):
Ralph, Bill, Pam and the kids go to an island where one of
Bill's friends(maybe his only one?) lives to do some R & R
What they find is some voodoo and a dead friend!!
Guest starring here: No known names here! B
EPISODE 15: THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA(Feb. 24, 1982):
Ralph, Pam and the kids are still in the islands from the
previous episode where a ship is shanghaied and sinks!
It appears that they were sunk by a big something or other
that looks similar to the Loch Ness monster! This is all
happening in the Burmuda Triangle!!
Guest starring here: Jeremy Grant(Star Trek: TNG episode "Family")! B
EPISODE 16: IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE(Mar. 03, 1982):
Ralph, Pam and the kids are still in the islands from the
previous episode where a ship is shanghaied and sinks!
It appears that they were sunk by a big something or other
that looks similar to the Loch Ness monster! This is all
happening in the Burmuda Triangle!!
Guest starring here: William Lucking(Sons Of Anarchy, Slipstream,
Star Trek: ENT episode "Bound", 3 episodes of Star Trek DS9, 5
episodes of Murder She Wrote), Red West and Bob Hastings return! B
EPISODE 17: DREAMS(Mar. 17, 1982):
Ralph, Pam and the kids are still in the islands from the
previous episode where a ship is shanghaied and sinks!
It appears that they were sunk by a big something or other
that looks similar to the Loch Ness monster! This is all
happening in the Burmuda Triangle!!
Guest starring here: No known guests here!!! B
EPISODES 18 & 19 ARE SHOWN OUT OF ORDER ON THE DVD SET!!
EPISODE 18: THERE'S JUST NO ACCOUNTING(Mar. 24, 1982):
Another weak outing, this time the reason is throwing in the
I.R.S. into the story! While there was a decent story her
otherwise, the tax story is stupid!
Guest starring here: Marc Alaimo returns!!!! C
EPISODE 19: THE GOOD SAMARITAN(Mar. 31, 1982):
Ralph thinks that the "green guys" gave him the suit to do
good deeds and talks the rest into helping him find needy
people to help out!
Guest starring here: Keenann Wynn(MANY Disney movies!)!!!! b
EPISODE 20: CAPTAIN BELLYBUSTER AND THE SPEED FACTORY(Apr. 7, 1982):
The Captain is an advertisement tool for a hamburger chain that's
using their trucks to haul drugs! He alerts a newsman and they
both end up in a heap of trouble!!
Guest starring here: No known stars here! B
EPISODE 21: WHO'S WOO IN IN AMERICA(Apr. 14, 1982):
Ralph's mother(played by his real mother Barbara Hale) comes to
visit him and tells him that sh'e getting married! He of course
is skeptical about him and thing get dicy!!
Guest starring here: Barbara Hale(Perry Mason, Airport, William Katt's
real life mother!!)! B+
EPISODE 22: LILACS, MR. MAXWELL(Apr. 28, 1982):
The Captain is an advertisement tool for a hamburger chain that's
using their trucks to haul drugs! He alerts a newsman and they
both end up in a heap of trouble!!
Guest starring here: Dixie Caarter(Designing Women, The Gambler V:
Playing For Keeps, Diff'rent Strokes!)! C
SPECIALS:
The specicals here do not play!
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
It's amazing that it was on for 3 seasons. To me, that's a lifetime,
but shows back in the day were considered hits when they had 6 or 7
seasons. Thanks Tubi for picking up this show & allowing me to
reminisce!!!! - romeovision2002