The Greatest American Hero (1981) Web Series — Cast, Story & Where to Watch | MovieLinkBD

The Greatest American Hero (1981) is a action & adventure, comedy, crime web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Greatest American Hero online in HD.

The Greatest American Hero — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Stephen J. Cannell
• Starring: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Faye Grant, Michael Paré, Jesse D. Goins, Don Cervantes

The Greatest American Hero — Series Details

The Greatest American Hero — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: The Greatest American Hero (1981-03-18) — Ralph Hinkley, an average school teacher, is given a suit with amazing powers by aliens. Now, Ralph must decide if he'll use his new powers to fight crime, even though he already l
• E2: The Hit Car (1981-03-25) — Bill, who has been trying to bust open a drug ring for over 20 years, must drive a witness to Los Angeles for the trial of the gang leader and asks Ralph for help.
• E3: Here's Looking at You Kid (1981-04-01) — When a secret gunsight is stolen, Bill asks Ralph for help in solving the case. However, Ralph runs into problems when he keeps turning invisible unexpectedly, and must deal with t
• E4: Saturday on Sunset Boulevard (1981-04-08) — Russians are trying to find an heiress and her Russian husband in order to force them to establish a missile cache hold on their private island. Bill needs Ralph's help when he is
• E5: Reseda Rose (1981-04-15) — Ralph uses his suit to help Rhonda, one of his students, after her mother is kidnapped by the Russians.
• E6: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1981-04-29) — Ralph reconsiders his suit of powers after a flying mistake almost takes out a bus full of tourists. Bill also reconsiders his job path when one of his heroes is suspected of plott
• E7: Fire Man (1981-05-06) — Ralph lends Tony a hand by finding him a job as a car repossesser. When Tony is arrested for arson, Ralph and Bill team up to find the real criminal.
• E8: The Best Desk Scenario (1981-05-13) — At FBI headquarters, promotions are being handed out. However, Bill considers retiring from his job. Meanwhile, Ralph must use his suit to save Pam when she discovers her boss is t

Season 2

• E1: The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball (1981-11-04) — Ralph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball games.
• E2: Operation Spoilsport (1981-11-11) — Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.
• E3: Don't Mess Around with Jim (1981-11-18) — 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 di
• E4: Hog Wild (1981-11-25) — 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.
• E5: Classical Gas (1981-12-02) — 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.
• E6: The Beast in the Black (1981-12-09) — 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.
• E7: The Lost Diablo (1981-12-16) — 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
• E8: Plague (1982-01-06) — A psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.
• E9: A Train of Thought (1982-01-13) — Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.
• E10: Now You See It… (1982-01-20) — 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
• E11: The Handpainted Thai (1982-01-27) — 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
• E12: Just Another Three Ring Circus (1982-02-03) — 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.
• E13: The Shock Will Kill You (1982-02-10) — 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 hea
• E14: A Chicken in Every Plot (1982-02-17) — 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
• E15: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1982-02-24) — 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
• E16: It's All Downhill from Here (1982-03-03) — 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.
• E17: Dreams (1982-03-17) — 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 succ
• E18: There's Just No Accounting… (1982-03-24) — 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 overzea
• E19: The Good Samaritan (1982-03-31) — 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 Bil
• E20: Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory (1982-04-07) — Bill recieves hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter publishes pictures of Ralph flying.
• E21: Who's Woo in America (1982-04-14) — Ralph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.
• E22: Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell (1982-04-28) — 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.

Season 3

• E1: Divorce Venusian Style (1982-10-29) — 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.
• E2: The Price is Right (1982-11-05) — 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.
• E3: This is the One the Suit Was Meant For (1982-11-12) — 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.
• E4: The Resurrection of Carlini (1982-11-19) — 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.
• E5: The Newlywed Game (1983-01-06) — 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
• E6: Heaven is in Your Genes (1983-01-13) — 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
• E7: Live at Eleven (1983-01-20) — 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 ca
• E8: Space Ranger (1983-01-27) — 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 h
• E9: Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo (1983-02-03) — 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 Ra
• E10: Wizards And Warlocks (1983-02-10) — 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 W
• E11: It's Only Rock and Roll (1983-02-17) — 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 fli
• E12: Desperado (1983-02-24) — 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 selli
• E13: Vanity, Says the Preacher (1983-03-03) — 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 o

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Greatest American Hero have? 3 season(s) with 43 episodes.

Who created The Greatest American Hero? Stephen J. Cannell.

Where can I watch The Greatest American Hero? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.