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Automan•Season 1•Episode 3

The Great Pretender

6.8/10 · 47 votesDec 29, 198349 min

Ranked #13 of 13 in Season 1•−0.5 vs season avg

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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.

Directed byKim Manners

Written bySam Egan

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Seasons1

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Season 1 Episodes13

E1 7.2

Automan

E2 7.2

Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever

E3 6.8Now viewing

The Great Pretender

E4 7.1

Ships in the Night

E5 7.3

Unreasonable Facsimile

E6 7.2

Flashes and Ashes

E7 7.4

The Biggest Game in Town

Renegade Run

Murder MTV

Murder, Take One

Zippers

Death By Design

Club Ten

Cast5

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Walter Nebicher

Chuck Wagner

Automan

Heather McNair

Roxanne Caldwell

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Cpt. E.G. Boyd

Robert Lansing

Lt. Jack Curtis

Crew2

Sam Egan

Writer

Kim Manners

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Great Pretender" is episode 3 of Automan season 1. It scored 6.8/10 from 47 votes, ranking #13 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Kim Manners and written by Sam Egan, it aired on December 29, 1983.

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