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Starman

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First Aired:September 19, 1986
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:22
Status:Ended

Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes and continuing the story from John Carpenter's 1984 film. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987. The series was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984.

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Cast

Robert Hays

Robert Hays

Paul Forrester / Starman

Christopher Daniel Barnes

Christopher Daniel Barnes

Scott Hayden

Michael Cavanaugh

Michael Cavanaugh

George Fox

Seasons

The Return

E1The Return

60m

Sep 19, 1986

Paul manages to find his son Scott in an orphanage, but he has trouble winning the boy's trust.

Like Father, Like Son

E2Like Father, Like Son

60m

Sep 26, 1986

Although on the run from Fox in a newly purchased used car, Paul and Scott stop to help a woman who is having car trouble and is also on the run, having just kidnapped her own daughter.

Fatal Flaw

E3Fatal Flaw

60m

Oct 3, 1986

Trouble with their truck in the desert forces Paul and Scott to seek refuge at a woman's experimental aircraft plant, whose problems could be worsened due to an unrecognized flaw in her father's radical airplane design, and for the first time Paul tries to resume his body's former job as a photographer.

Blue Lights

E4Blue Lights

60m

Oct 17, 1986

When Scott decides to try out the blue sphere's otherworldly powers, the light causes a small town sheriff to report that he has seen a flying saucer and put Paul and Scott in jail, with Fox on the way.

Best Buddies

E5Best Buddies

60m

Oct 24, 1986

Encountering a couple who knew the real Paul Forrester, Paul and Scott's problems are compounded when the wife declares that she still loves Paul and wants to resume their affair.

Secrets

E6Secrets

60m

Oct 31, 1986

The search for Jenny Hayden leads Paul and Scott to a mental institution where a woman may have a valuable lead for them, unless the whole thing is an elaborate trap.

One for the Road

E7One for the Road

60m

Nov 7, 1986

Weary of their life on the run, Paul and Scott start to enjoy staying in one place for a while, but when Paul sees that they must move on, Scott rebels.

Peregrine

E8Peregrine

60m

Nov 14, 1986

Coming across an injured peregrine falcon, Paul risks his freedom to seek the help of a veterinarian.

Society's Pet

E9Society's Pet

60m

Nov 28, 1986

Paul takes Scott to see his foster father's sister, a wealthy widow who has a $10,000 inheritance for the boy, but she wants to gain custody of Scott for herself, even if this requires betraying Paul to his pursuers.

Fever

E10Fever

60m

Dec 5, 1986

The fugitives get a brief respite when Agent Fox is taken off Paul's case, but then Paul's life is endangered by a common cold and Scott comes to realize how much he would miss his newfound father.

The Gift

E11The Gift

60m

Dec 12, 1986

Paul receives a letter from the real Paul's mother that prompts him to return to Paul's home town for the Christmas holidays, but when he arrives the woman says she did not send the letter and asks him to leave.

The System

E12The System

60m

Jan 9, 1987

A simple traffic violation causes Paul to be arrested, when a computer check reveals an old contempt citation regarding photographs taken by the real Paul of an attorney charged with murder.

Appearances

E13Appearances

60m

Jan 16, 1987

The Probe

E14The Probe

60m

Jan 30, 1987

Dusty

E15Dusty

60m

Feb 6, 1987

While going through Las Vegas, Paul and Scott pick up a woman. while they are away, she steals their vehicle. She then proceeds to sell it and gamble it all away. A hotel thinking that he is ""Paul Forrester"" gives him a room. They find the lot where she sold the vehicle and recover their belongings including the spheres. Paul later shows her herself and she finally decides to try and change her ways. And when they leave the hotel they discover that they accumulated a very large bill.

Barriers

E16Barriers

60m

Feb 13, 1987

Grifters

E17Grifters

60m

Mar 13, 1987

The Wedding

E18The Wedding

60m

Mar 21, 1987

Fathers and Sons

E19Fathers and Sons

60m

Mar 28, 1987

Paul and Scott are being followed by a boy who reveals that he is Paul's son.

Starscape (1)

E20Starscape (1)

60m

Apr 4, 1987

Starscape (2)

E21Starscape (2)

60m

Apr 11, 1987

The Test

E22The Test

60m

May 2, 1987

Paul answers an ad for a ""pearl diver"", which he learns upon arriving at the diner is a dishwasher. Scott goes to school. While working at the diner, Paul discovers that his co-worker is illiterate. Scott's teacher talks to Paul about their gypsy ways and thinks that Paul should consider staying in one place so Scott can explore his full potential. Paul then brings his co-worker to her, so that he can learn how to read.

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Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes and continuing the story from John Carpenter's 1984 film. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987. The series was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984.

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