The Best Episodes of Airwolf Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.0/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Sweet Britches

   S2:E19/22/1984

   After an old Vietnam buddy of Hawke's is shot in the desert when trying to escape a corrupt Sheriff, Hawke gets a call from an inmate who had been in jail with the man to aleart him of the escape, and flies with Dominic in Airwolf to Pope County, Texas, to investigate. There, Hawke meets Highway Patrol Deputy Caitlin O'Shannessy, who had a run in with Sheriff Bogard prior to the killing; but Hawke's appearance on the scene sees him arrested by Bogard and released on a private game reserve, where gun-happy sportsmen pay big money to hunt big game – and Hawke is the latest bait...

   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
2. 

   5.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Firestorm

   S2:E29/29/1984

   Eddie, a friend of Dominic's, was once a pilot until a air crash in which his passengers were killed, causing him to lose his nerve and turn to drink as a result. Living alone in his trailer in the desert, Eddie's alcohol problem has recently become even worse after supposedly seeing lights in the sky in the middle of the night. Though trying to help his friend, Dominic is as skeptical as everyone else, blaming the sightings on Eddie's drunken state, until one night he sees the lights too... The next morning, Hawke arrives to find that the pair of them have vanished, and in searching for them, stumbles upon a fanatical militarist's organization, who is planning to launch his own nuclear missile against Russia...

   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Calvin Clements Jr.

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   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Calvin Clements Jr.
3. 

   5.7/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Moffett's Ghost

   S2:E310/6/1984

   In the midst of it's key part in delivering and collecting a leading American scientist to top secret sanctions aimed at cooling international tensions with Russians, Airwolf develops a seeming computer virus in it's systems, which periodically takes pilot control and makes it a potential killing machine in the air. The systems have been taken over buy a ""time-bomb"" left by the chopper's evil creator, Dr. Moffett, who has programmed it to begin the deadly behaviour if not given it a recognition code by him at that time. Hawke and Dominic must decide whether to let the Firm scientists try and work on the machine - risking having them snatching it back away from them - or to find another way to try and cure The Lady before completing their part in the sanctions, knowing that if they fail to completely cure it, they jeopardise not only international relations, but potentially hundreds of lives...

   Director:Donald A. Baer

   Writer:T.S. Cook

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   Director:Donald A. Baer

   Writer:T.S. Cook
4. 

   5.8/10(4 votes)

   #4 - The Truth About Holly

   S2:E410/13/1984

   After Hawke rescues Dominic's niece Holly from a mobster's compound in Mexico, strange things start happening at Santini Air. At first, Hawke and Dominic assume that the mobster is trying to scare the girl, but, especially when Hawke turns down Holly's advances of romance, the incidents get worse... Meanwhile, Caitlin O'Shannessy arrives fresh from her escapade with Hawke against the corrupt Police of Pope County, and looks for work at Santini Air. He close relationship with Hawke somehow seems to fuel the incidents...

   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Phil Combest

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   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Phil Combest
5. 

   5.8/10(4 votes)

   #5 - The Hunted

   S2:E510/20/1984

   Santini Air is hired for a 30 day period by agents on behalf of a industrial millionaire, to be on stand-by to pilot the man on an important journey when called upon. Dominic is excited at the prospect of the high-paying job, but Hawke is more sceptical and intends to find out just why they've been given the contract. But unbeknown to any of them, Caitlin's new boyfriend is plotting to assassinate the millionaire; and matters are not helped any by some malfunctions that Airwolf is suffering...

   Director:Sutton Roley

   Writer:Chester Krumholz

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   Director:Sutton Roley

   Writer:Chester Krumholz
6. 

   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Sins of the Past

   S2:E610/27/1984

   Dominic is distraught to hear that his daughter Sally-Anne – whom Hawke never even knew existed – has been found dead on the beach after over-dosing, in the Caribbean Island of San Remo, where Dom himself was born. Detouring in their way to a top-secret Airwolf mission for the Firm, Hawke flies Dominic to the island to attend the funeral, only for it to end in an argument with his bitter ex-wife Lila. Returning from their mission, they hear that Lila was murdered the previous night, and Dominic is arrested as the prime suspect. When Archangel is ordered not to allow Firm involvement as not to risk uncovering the secret mission, Hawke heads to the luxurious San Remo to investigate the murder for himself, and finds the island is living in the shadow of a new gambling casino, run by a very shady character with great influence in the area...

   Director:Donald A. Baer

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Donald A. Baer

   Writer:Unknown
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7. 

   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Fallen Angel

   S2:E711/3/1984

   String must add Caitlin to the Airwolf crew, in order to rescue Archangel from behind enemy lines.

   Director:Sutton Roley

   Writer:Deborah Pratt

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   Director:Sutton Roley

   Writer:Deborah Pratt
8. 

   5.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - HX 1

   S2:E811/10/1984

   When new hi-tech attack chopper HX1 is stolen by an elite group of mercenaries, the tactics used fits those that Hawke's MIA brother St. John was trained in, and Hawke is certain that his brother may somehow be involved. Dominic begs him to leave well alone, but Hawke is adamant, and with Archangel insisting that if it cant be retrieved, the Firm will blow HX1 and anyone flying it out of the sky, Hawke goes back into his past and some of the people he knows from it, to desperately try and get a lead on the group and mercenaries and possibly St. John... But the HX1 is so powerful, it may even be able to blow Airwolf out of the sky...

   Director:Gerald Mayer

   Writer:Steve Hayes

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   Director:Gerald Mayer

   Writer:Steve Hayes
9. 

   5.7/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Flight #093 Is Missing

   S2:E911/17/1984

   Caitlin is a passenger on board a plane which Airwolf is sent to search for after the plane is hijacked and forced down at sea.

   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writers:Calvin Clements Jr., Chester Krumholz

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   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writers:Calvin Clements Jr., Chester Krumholz
10. 

    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Once a Hero (a.k.a. Heroes)

    S2:E1011/24/1984

    String receives information that St. John is being held in a POW camp, but by the time a rescue operations put into effect St. John has been moved.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer:Alfonse Ruggiero

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    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer:Alfonse Ruggiero
11. 

    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Random Target

    S2:E1112/8/1984

    While filming aerial footage, String and Dom accidentally get footage of a mobster believed dead.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writer:Unknown
12. 

    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Condemned

    S2:E121/5/1985

    String and Caitlin are sent to a remote Alaskan research station where a deadly Russian bacteria has been let loose.

    Director:Tom Blank

    Writer:Douglas Steinberg

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    Director:Tom Blank

    Writer:Douglas Steinberg
13. 

    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - The American Dream

    S2:E131/12/1985

    The Airwolf crew decides to help a group of Vietnamese farmers get their crop to market, after a warlord threatens their lives.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writer:Dennis Foley

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    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writer:Dennis Foley
14. 

    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Inn at the End of the Road

    S2:E141/26/1985

    A pilot who escaped from terrorists who stole an experimental aircraft guidance computer leads the Airwolf team to the remote community where the terrorists are holed up.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook Claridge

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook Claridge
15. 

    5.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Santini's Millions

    S2:E152/2/1985

    Dom inherits from the estate of a millionaire whom he had earlier rescued from a plane crash.

    Director:Sutton Roley

    Writer:Michael Halperin

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    Director:Sutton Roley

    Writer:Michael Halperin
16. 

    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Prisoner of Yesterday

    S2:E162/9/1985

    The Airwolf team ends up stopping a Banana republic coup when they set out to rescue Doc, who had been kidnapped to treat the nation's leader.

    Director:Georg Fenady

    Writers:T.S. Cook, Chester Krumholz

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    Director:Georg Fenady

    Writers:T.S. Cook, Chester Krumholz
17. 

    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Natural Born

    S2:E172/23/1985

    The Airwolf crew befriend a runaway looking for revenge on the drug runners that murdered his uncle.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook Claridge

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    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook Claridge
18. 

    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Out of the Sky

    S2:E183/2/1985

    While working on a music video, String helps a country singer whose manager plans to kill her in an effort to boost album sales.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writers:Gregory Harris, Charles Winston

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    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writers:Gregory Harris, Charles Winston
19. 

    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Dambreakers

    S2:E193/16/1985

    String and a reporter friend are taken hostage by terrorists who have taken over a Christian commune.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook Claridge

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    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook Claridge
20. 

    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Severance Pay

    S2:E203/23/1985

    String must bring in a disgruntled former Firm employee who's been denied his retirement benefits.

    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writer:Chester Krumholz

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    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writer:Chester Krumholz
21. 

    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Eruption

    S2:E214/6/1985

    After being forced down by a volcano eruption, String and Dom discover a mining town being run as a slave colony.

    Director:Tom Blank

    Writers:T.S. Cook, Kevin Hartigan

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    Director:Tom Blank

    Writers:T.S. Cook, Kevin Hartigan
22. 

    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Short Walk to Freedom

    S2:E224/13/1985

    String is captured by Latin American revolutionaries while attempting to rescue American archaeological students trapped by a coup.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writers:Dorothy Robinson, Robert Blees

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    Director:Virgil W. Vogel

    Writers:Dorothy Robinson, Robert Blees