
The Greatest American Hero
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...
The Greatest American Hero
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.
The Greatest American Hero
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...

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Episode 1: Documentary
DVD Documentary about the show.
Episode 2: The Greatest American Heroine
This was a pilot for a spin-off series that was never aired on network television. Three years afte...
Episode 3: Stephen J Cannell Interview
Episode 4: William Katt Interview
Episode 5: Robert Culp Interview
Episode 6: Connie Sellecca
Episode 7: Michael Pare
Episode 8: Brand New Interview with Stephen J Cannell
Stephen J Cannell, creator and producer of The Greatest American Hero, talks about his life, some of...
Episode 9: Brand New Mike Post Interview
Mike Post, a prolific television and film composer, and the composer of the theme music for The Grea...
Episode 10: Stephen and Mike Reminisce

Episode 1: The Greatest American Hero
Ralph Hinkley, an average school teacher, is given a suit with amazing powers by aliens. Now, Ralph...

Episode 2: The Hit Car
Bill, who has been trying to bust open a drug ring for over 20 years, must drive a witness to Los An...

Episode 3: Here's Looking at You Kid
When a secret gunsight is stolen, Bill asks Ralph for help in solving the case. However, Ralph runs...

Episode 4: Saturday on Sunset Boulevard
Russians are trying to find an heiress and her Russian husband in order to force them to establish a...

Episode 5: Reseda Rose
Ralph uses his suit to help Rhonda, one of his students, after her mother is kidnapped by the Russia...

Episode 6: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Ralph reconsiders his suit of powers after a flying mistake almost takes out a bus full of tourists....

Episode 7: Fire Man
Ralph lends Tony a hand by finding him a job as a car repossesser. When Tony is arrested for arson,...

Episode 8: The Best Desk Scenario
At FBI headquarters, promotions are being handed out. However, Bill considers retiring from his job....

Episode 1: The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball
Ralph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball...

Episode 2: Operation Spoilsport
Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a sup...

Episode 3: Don't Mess Around with Jim
Ralph and Bill are kidnapped by a tycoon that actually had his own suit given to him years ago by th...

Episode 4: Hog Wild
A motorcycle gang steals the super-suit, and tries to use it to take over a town. It only works on...

Episode 5: Classical Gas
Ralph's students start a band, and a promoter lands them a spot on a big ticket concert while trying...

Episode 6: The Beast in the Black
Ralph finds a window into the 4th dimension while scouting an old house. Bill gets possesed by a wo...

Episode 7: The Lost Diablo
Bill has a treasure map, and takes Ralph and his class out to the desert to find the lost Diablo Gol...

Episode 8: Plague
A psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.

Episode 9: A Train of Thought
Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the...

Episode 10: Now You See It...
While practicing flying in the desert with Bill, Ralph gets a vision of a plane crash. It's the sui...

Episode 11: The Handpainted Thai
Years ago, prisoners of war were brainwashed to respond to a code phrase. Now, someone is using them...

Episode 12: Just Another Three Ring Circus
Ralph takes a job at the circus as a human cannonball while trying to help Bill bust a crime ring th...

Episode 13: The Shock Will Kill You
A space shuttle is about to crash, and only Ralph can save it. He does so, but ends up supermagnetiz...

Episode 14: A Chicken in Every Plot
Ron O'Neill, John Hancock, Thalmus Rasulala, Lincoln Kilpatrick Scenario: When an old FBI buddy i...

Episode 15: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Ralph and Bill hunt for the sea creature ""Carrie"" in the Bermuda Triangle thinking that the monste...

Episode 16: It's All Downhill from Here
Ralph skis like a pro with the suit on, and stands in at the Olympics for a Russian skiier so the ma...

Episode 17: Dreams
An act of kindness backfires when Ralph uses the suit to help a coworker with a personal project. Th...

Episode 18: There's Just No Accounting...
Bill convinces the parents of a kidnap victim to pay the ransom, certain that Ralph can recover it w...

Episode 19: The Good Samaritan
Tired of using the suit to fight crime, Ralph decides to branch out. He tries to intervene in a batt...

Episode 20: Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory
Bill recieves hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter...

Episode 21: Who's Woo in America
Ralph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.

Episode 22: Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell
Bill falls in love with a female FBI agent, and wants to tell her about the suit. She turns out to...

Episode 1: Divorce Venusian Style
After a loud argument with Bill, Ralph quits the hero business and turns in his super-suit. Unknown...

Episode 2: The Price is Right
While attending a high-school reunion, Ralph discovers that the wife of a famous pro football player...

Episode 3: This is the One the Suit Was Meant For
With their relationship in trouble, Ralph convinces Pam to go on a vacation without Bill or his suit...

Episode 4: The Resurrection of Carlini
A magician killed performing his greatest trick seemingly returns from the grave to murder his three...

Episode 5: The Newlywed Game
Ralph and Pam's wedding is almost ruined when Ralph receives special orders from the President to fl...

Episode 6: Heaven is in Your Genes
A former Nazi genetic engineer fakes Bill's death to use him in an experiment, but Ralph realizes hi...

Episode 7: Live at Eleven
An Aging TV anchorman plans to retire in grand style. He hires a band of mercenaries to sabotage a n...

Episode 8: Space Ranger
One of Ralph's students invents a radio telescope capable of decoding Russian satellite messages. Th...

Episode 9: Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo
A young Chinese scientist has invented a deadly particle "ray gun" weapon. A local gang kidnaps his...

Episode 10: Wizards And Warlocks
King Abu Al-Fahad asks Ralph and Bill to help find his son, Prince Aha, who was kidnapped by Middle...

Episode 11: It's Only Rock and Roll
Bill is called by the manager of a rock group that is aboard a plane threatened by a bomber, who has...

Episode 12: Desperado
A weekend in the country leads Ralph, Pam and Bill into a race to save a wild stallion from a cruel...

Episode 13: Vanity, Says the Preacher
It seems that 30 years ago Bill helped some revolutionaries overthrow a corrupt regime in an unnamed...
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