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The Best Episodes of Automan Season 1

Every episode of Automan Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Automan Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Automan Season 1

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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  1. Background image for Club Ten
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #1 - Club Ten

    S1:E13

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  2. Background image for Murder MTV
    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #2 - Murder MTV

    S1:E9

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  3. Background image for Death By Design
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #3 - Death By Design

    S1:E12

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Sam Egan
  4. Background image for Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever
    7.2/10(52 votes)

    #4 - Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever

    S1:E2

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

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    7.2/10(41 votes)

    #5 - Unreasonable Facsimile

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Sam Egan
  6. Background image for The Biggest Game in Town
    7.2/10(39 votes)

    #6 - The Biggest Game in Town

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
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  8. Background image for Renegade Run
    7.2/10(41 votes)

    #7 - Renegade Run

    S1:E8

    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.

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    7.2/10(40 votes)

    #8 - Zippers

    S1:E11

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

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    Director:N/A
  10. Background image for Automan
    7.1/10(159 votes)

    #9 - Automan

    S1:E1

    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

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    7.1/10(36 votes)

    #10 - Murder, Take One

    S1:E10

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Sam Egan
  12. Background image for Ships in the Night
    7.0/10(46 votes)

    #11 - Ships in the Night

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. Background image for Flashes and Ashes
    7.0/10(40 votes)

    #12 - Flashes and Ashes

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:N/A
  14. Background image for The Great Pretender
    6.8/10(45 votes)

    #13 - The Great Pretender

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Sam Egan

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Club Ten" is the best rated episode of "Automan" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by Kim Weiskopf, it aired on 4/9/1984. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Murder MTV".