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All Episodes of Automan

Automan is an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It aired for only 12 episodes on ABC between 1983 and...
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  • Automan
    7.1/10159 votes
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    Automan

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/15/1983

    Walter Nebicher is a young police officer who wants desperately to get out on the streets and experience some action. Unfortunately, his superior Captain Boyd has assigned Nebicher to a desk job where he can utilize his skills as a computer expert. Still wanting to make a difference, Nebicher goes to work creating the ultimate crime-solving computer program. It turns out so well that the program actually takes on a life of it's own, by taking the holographic form of a man called Automan. Due to the large amount of power needed to exist outside of the computer, Automan can only exist at night, when the rest of the city's power useage is low. Together, he and Walter become one of television's most unusual crime fighting teams. They jump into their first case when Walter's friend Lt. Jack Curtis disappears while investigating the disappearances of several top scientists. Their investigation uncovers an international plot to kidnap the world's top scientific minds, who are then taken to a

    Director: Lee H. Katzin

    Writer: Glen A. Larson

  • Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever
    7.2/1052 votes
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    Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/22/1983

    Walter and Automan investigate a judge that appears to be corrupt and involved with the mob.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Glen A. Larson

  • The Great Pretender
    6.8/1045 votes
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    The Great Pretender

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/29/1983

    When a truck load of paper the government uses to print money is hi-jacked, Automan, with the help of Cursor, poses as an rich criminal competing to undermine the existing network of a known criminal dealing in counterfit money.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Sam Egan

  • Ships in the Night
    7.0/1046 votes
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    Ships in the Night

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/5/1984

    Walter and Auto fly to San Cristobal to investigate the disappearances of Americans. They discover a man, aided by the local authorities, that lures investors in order to kill them and take their money.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Unreasonable Facsimile
    7.2/1041 votes
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    Unreasonable Facsimile

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/1984

    Automan and Walter attempt to solve the murder of a businessman and the crash of a police helicopter. Automan begins acting peculiar after watching soap-operas on television.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Sam Egan

  • Flashes and Ashes
    7.0/1040 votes
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    Flashes and Ashes

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/1984

    Walter's friend and fellow cop, Frank Cooney is killed during the theft of police weaponry. But when the Internal Affairs agent believes Frank was involved, Walter is suspended when he and Auto interfere trying to prove his friends' innocence.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: N/A

  • The Biggest Game in Town
    7.2/1039 votes
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    The Biggest Game in Town

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/26/1984

    Automan and Walter attend a computer game convention where they must track down Ronald Tilson, a computer genius who has programmed computers to cause disasters that will kill people unless he gets $10 million dollars.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Larry Brody

  • Renegade Run
    7.2/1041 votes
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    Renegade Run

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/1984

    When Walter investigates a crooked sheriff who is using illegal immigrants for manual labor, he and a friend are put in jail. Automan teams up with a motorcycle gang to free him.

    Director: Allan Burns, Allen Baron

    Writer: Larry Brody

  • Murder MTV
    7.4/1047 votes
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    Murder MTV

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/12/1984

    Walter and Automan investigate an apparent attempt to kill the members of an all-girl band called Sweet Kicks. But their investigation if hampered when the father of one of the girls seeks assistance from a crime syndicate.

    Director: Bruce Seth Green

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder, Take One
    7.1/1035 votes
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    Murder, Take One

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/19/1984

    Former movie star Veronica Everly is a suspect in the murder of gossip columnist, Ray Gillette. However, when Automan discovers that a Hollywood producer had a greater motive for murder, he goes undercover as an actor to catch the real killer.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Sam Egan

  • Zippers
    7.2/1038 votes
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    Zippers

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/26/1984

    Automan goes undercover as an erotic dancer in a ladies only strip club.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish

  • Death By Design
    7.3/1035 votes
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    Death By Design

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/2/1984

    When a ruthless crime syndicate kills one of Jack's best friends, Automan poses as a vigilante cop by the name of Mad Dog who is out for justice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sam Egan

  • Club Ten
    7.5/1032 votes
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    Club Ten

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/9/1984

    The Club Ten resort is a center of diamond smuggling. One of the gang, Felipe, has double-crossed his cohorts and they are after him. Golf pro Ted and henchman Randy catch him, and when he refuses to divulge the whereabouts of the diamonds he stole, they capture his companion, Laura Ferguson, in the act of making a call for help.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Kim Weiskopf