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Season 2

22 Episodes

1981

The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball

E01

The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball

11/4/1981·60m

Ralph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball games.

Operation Spoilsport

E02

Operation Spoilsport

11/11/1981·60m

Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.

Don't Mess Around with Jim

E03

Don't Mess Around with Jim

11/18/1981·60m

Ralph and Bill are kidnapped by a tycoon that actually had his own suit given to him years ago by the aliens. The suit corrupted this man to use it for personal fortune, and he did not lose the instruction book. The aliens did not like the way he was using the suit, and they took it away from him.

Hog Wild

E04

Hog Wild

11/25/1981·60m

A motorcycle gang steals the super-suit, and tries to use it to take over a town. It only works on Ralph, so they must force HIM to do their dirty work while holding Bill captive.

Classical Gas

E05

Classical Gas

12/2/1981·60m

Ralph's students start a band, and a promoter lands them a spot on a big ticket concert while trying to get Pam to go out with him.

The Beast in the Black

E06

The Beast in the Black

12/9/1981·60m

Ralph finds a window into the 4th dimension while scouting an old house. Bill gets possesed by a woman's spirit, and Ralph must return her through that window.

The Lost Diablo

E07

The Lost Diablo

12/16/1981·60m

Bill has a treasure map, and takes Ralph and his class out to the desert to find the lost Diablo Gold Mine that vanished a long time ago, and are met with resistance from the local thieves.

Plague

E08

Plague

1/6/1982·60m

A psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.

A Train of Thought

E09

A Train of Thought

1/13/1982·60m

Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.

Now You See It...

E10

Now You See It...

1/20/1982·60m

While practicing flying in the desert with Bill, Ralph gets a vision of a plane crash. It's the suit showing it to him, and Bill can only see it when he touches Ralph. They rush to the scene to find no plane, and figure out that it must be something that hasn't happened yet, and they're supposed to prevent it. We come to find out that Pam is on that plane, and it's been hijacked. To make matters worse, the plane has an experimental cloaking device that makes it invisible to radar, and the Air Force would rather shoot it down than have the plane in enemy hands.

The Handpainted Thai

E11

The Handpainted Thai

1/27/1982·60m

Years ago, prisoners of war were brainwashed to respond to a code phrase. Now, someone is using them to commit acts of sabotage. Bill and Ralph investigate, but Bill inadvertently falls under a hypnotic trance, leaving the heroics up to Ralph.

Just Another Three Ring Circus

E12

Just Another Three Ring Circus

2/3/1982·60m

Ralph takes a job at the circus as a human cannonball while trying to help Bill bust a crime ring that involves a phony dating service.

The Shock Will Kill You

E13

The Shock Will Kill You

2/10/1982·60m

A space shuttle is about to crash, and only Ralph can save it. He does so, but ends up supermagnetized, perhaps permanently. Worst of all, a strange creature aboard the shuttle heads towards Los Angeles, electricuting all who get in its way.

A Chicken in Every Plot

E14

A Chicken in Every Plot

2/17/1982·60m

Ron O'Neill, John Hancock, Thalmus Rasulala, Lincoln Kilpatrick Scenario: When an old FBI buddy invites Bill to his Caribbean retreat, Maxwell takes Ralph, Pam and the students along. Unfortunately, they find themselves involved in a voodoo plot to take over the island's government.

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

E15

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

2/24/1982·60m

Ralph and Bill hunt for the sea creature ""Carrie"" in the Bermuda Triangle thinking that the monster may be responsible for all of the boats that disappear there. They undercover a stolen boat ring, and never find the creature.

It's All Downhill from Here

E16

It's All Downhill from Here

3/3/1982·60m

Ralph skis like a pro with the suit on, and stands in at the Olympics for a Russian skiier so the man can defect to America, and hand over top secret information that he stole.

Dreams

E17

Dreams

3/17/1982·60m

An act of kindness backfires when Ralph uses the suit to help a coworker with a personal project. This leads his other co-workers to take daring chances for their own shots at success. Soon, he must don the super suit not only to prevent them from ruining their lives, but also to save Bill from a vengeful, recently paroled killer.

There's Just No Accounting...

E18

There's Just No Accounting...

3/24/1982·60m

Bill convinces the parents of a kidnap victim to pay the ransom, certain that Ralph can recover it when he saves their little girl. Ralph finds himself being audited by an overzealous IRS agent who's convinced he took the ransom money. Meanwhile, Ralph and Bill keep getting shot at in drive-by shootings, but by who?

The Good Samaritan

E19

The Good Samaritan

3/31/1982·60m

Tired of using the suit to fight crime, Ralph decides to branch out. He tries to intervene in a battle between an old man fighting for his home and the city taking it away, but Bill has him on the hunt for bank robbers.

Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory

E20

Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory

4/7/1982·60m

Bill recieves hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter publishes pictures of Ralph flying.

Who's Woo in America

E21

Who's Woo in America

4/14/1982·60m

Ralph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.

Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell

E22

Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell

4/28/1982·60m

Bill falls in love with a female FBI agent, and wants to tell her about the suit. She turns out to be a spy, and is ordered to kill him.

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Season 3

13 Episodes

1982

Divorce Venusian Style

E01

Divorce Venusian Style

10/29/1982·60m

After a loud argument with Bill, Ralph quits the hero business and turns in his super-suit. Unknown to both men, a gang of neo-Nazis plans to murder them.

The Price is Right

E02

The Price is Right

11/5/1982·60m

While attending a high-school reunion, Ralph discovers that the wife of a famous pro football player is held hostage to ensure her husband will throw the big game.

This is the One the Suit Was Meant For

E03

This is the One the Suit Was Meant For

11/12/1982·60m

With their relationship in trouble, Ralph convinces Pam to go on a vacation without Bill or his suit. Unfortunately Bill shows up unannounced with his suit and trouble ensues.

The Resurrection of Carlini

E04

The Resurrection of Carlini

11/19/1982·60m

A magician killed performing his greatest trick seemingly returns from the grave to murder his three rivals. Ralph must use his suit to out trick the would-be killer.

The Newlywed Game

E05

The Newlywed Game

1/6/1983·60m

Ralph and Pam's wedding is almost ruined when Ralph receives special orders from the President to fly a mission over the North Pole. Bill discovers the orders were faked, and that Ralph has accidentally given the Russians valuable military secrets.

Heaven is in Your Genes

E06

Heaven is in Your Genes

1/13/1983·60m

A former Nazi genetic engineer fakes Bill's death to use him in an experiment, but Ralph realizes his friend is still alive. He flies off to rescue Bill and the evil doctor's other victims, but a genetic horror created in an earlier experiment waits to battle him.

Live at Eleven

E07

Live at Eleven

1/20/1983·60m

An Aging TV anchorman plans to retire in grand style. He hires a band of mercenaries to sabotage a nuclear plant, hoping that his coverage of the event can launch a Presidential campaign. Ralph must stop the plant from exploding, but the saboteurs, now dying of radiation poisoning, are determined to succeed.

Space Ranger

E08

Space Ranger

1/27/1983·60m

One of Ralph's students invents a radio telescope capable of decoding Russian satellite messages. The KGB tries to steal his system. When that maneuver fails, they decide to kill him before he can share his discovery with the CIA.

Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo

E09

Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo

2/3/1983·60m

A young Chinese scientist has invented a deadly particle "ray gun" weapon. A local gang kidnaps his uncle, hoping to obtain the gun. Bill's plan to save the Uncle backfires, and Ralph must test his suit against the deadly ray.

Wizards And Warlocks

E10

Wizards And Warlocks

2/10/1983·60m

King Abu Al-Fahad asks Ralph and Bill to help find his son, Prince Aha, who was kidnapped by Middle Eastern terrorists while playing a Dungeons and Dragonsesque game, Wizards and Warlocks. Their search leads them from Aha's college campus -- where they meet Aha's Keeper of the Clock, Joey Margolis -- to the game's author himself, Norman Fackler.

It's Only Rock and Roll

E11

It's Only Rock and Roll

2/17/1983·60m

Bill is called by the manager of a rock group that is aboard a plane threatened by a bomber, who has hidden a device set to explode if the plane descends below 1000 feet. Ralph flies into action, but matters escalate when Pam is kidnapped and a band of bikers threaten Bill's life.

Desperado

E12

Desperado

2/24/1983·60m

A weekend in the country leads Ralph, Pam and Bill into a race to save a wild stallion from a cruel rancher. The man blames the horse for a crippling injury. His men are also selling horses for use as dog food.

Vanity, Says the Preacher

E13

Vanity, Says the Preacher

3/3/1983·60m

It seems that 30 years ago Bill helped some revolutionaries overthrow a corrupt regime in an unnamed Central American country, where he is now regarded as a hero. But now Bill's old revolutionary compadres have turned up, and they soon kidnap him and try to get him to help lead another revolution.