Seasons & episodes
S0 · E1Documentary Air date unannounced · 60 min
DVD Documentary about the show.
S0 · E2The Greatest American Heroine Air date unannounced · 46 min
This was a pilot for a spin-off series that was never aired on network television. Three years after the end of the show, Ralph is exposed with the suit and allows all the attention to inflate his ego. The greenguys return and tell him to find someone else to take over the use of the suit.
S0 · E3Stephen J Cannell Interview Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E4William Katt Interview Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E5Robert Culp Interview Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E6Connie Sellecca Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E7Michael Pare Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E8Brand New Interview with Stephen J Cannell Air date unannounced · 60 min
Stephen J Cannell, creator and producer of The Greatest American Hero, talks about his life, some of influences on his writing and how is career in television developed.
S0 · E9Brand New Mike Post Interview Air date unannounced · 60 min
Mike Post, a prolific television and film composer, and the composer of the theme music for The Greatest American Hero talks about his career as a composer.
S0 · E10Stephen and Mike Reminisce Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S1 · E1The Greatest American Hero 1981-03-18 · 120 min
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 lost the suit's instruction manual.
S1 · E2The Hit Car 1981-03-25 · 60 min
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.
S1 · E3Here's Looking at You Kid 1981-04-01 · 60 min
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 the pressure of meeting Pam's parents.
S1 · E4Saturday on Sunset Boulevard 1981-04-08 · 60 min
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 suspected of failing a lie-detector test at FBI headquarters.
S1 · E5Reseda Rose 1981-04-15 · 60 min
Ralph uses his suit to help Rhonda, one of his students, after her mother is kidnapped by the Russians.
S1 · E6My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys 1981-04-29 · 60 min
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 plotting out the theft of a precious diamond.
S1 · E7Fire Man 1981-05-06 · 60 min
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.
S1 · E8The Best Desk Scenario 1981-05-13 · 60 min
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 the head of an underground operation.
S2 · E1The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball 1981-11-04 · 60 min
Ralph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball games.
S2 · E2Operation Spoilsport 1981-11-11 · 60 min
Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.
S2 · E3Don't Mess Around with Jim 1981-11-18 · 60 min
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.
S2 · E4Hog Wild 1981-11-25 · 60 min
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.
S2 · E5Classical Gas 1981-12-02 · 60 min
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.
S2 · E6The Beast in the Black 1981-12-09 · 60 min
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.