The Best Episodes of The Greatest American Hero Season 3

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(93 votes)

   #1 - Divorce Venusian Style

   S3:E110/29/1982

   After a loud argument with Bill, Ralph quits the hero business and turns in his super-suit. Unknown to both men, a gang of neo-Nazis plans to murder them.

   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.5/10(84 votes)

   #2 - The Price is Right

   S3:E211/5/1982

   While attending a high-school reunion, Ralph discovers that the wife of a famous pro football player is held hostage to ensure her husband will throw the big game.

   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Stephen J. Cannell
3. 

   7.3/10(83 votes)

   #3 - This is the One the Suit Was Meant For

   S3:E311/12/1982

   With their relationship in trouble, Ralph convinces Pam to go on a vacation without Bill or his suit. Unfortunately Bill shows up unannounced with his suit and trouble ensues.

   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Babs Greyhosky
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   7.4/10(82 votes)

   #4 - The Resurrection of Carlini

   S3:E411/19/1982

   A magician killed performing his greatest trick seemingly returns from the grave to murder his three rivals. Ralph must use his suit to out trick the would-be killer.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Frank Lupo

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   Writer:Frank Lupo
5. 

   7.9/10(79 votes)

   #5 - The Newlywed Game

   S3:E51/6/1983

   Ralph and Pam's wedding is almost ruined when Ralph receives special orders from the President to fly a mission over the North Pole. Bill discovers the orders were faked, and that Ralph has accidentally given the Russians valuable military secrets.

   Director:Chuck Bowman

   Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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   Director:Chuck Bowman

   Writer:Babs Greyhosky
6. 

   7.8/10(88 votes)

   #6 - Heaven is in Your Genes

   S3:E61/13/1983

   A former Nazi genetic engineer fakes Bill's death to use him in an experiment, but Ralph realizes his friend is still alive. He flies off to rescue Bill and the evil doctor's other victims, but a genetic horror created in an earlier experiment waits to battle him.

   Director:Christian I. Nyby II

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Christian I. Nyby II

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.8/10(82 votes)

   #7 - Live at Eleven

   S3:E71/20/1983

   An Aging TV anchorman plans to retire in grand style. He hires a band of mercenaries to sabotage a nuclear plant, hoping that his coverage of the event can launch a Presidential campaign. Ralph must stop the plant from exploding, but the saboteurs, now dying of radiation poisoning, are determined to succeed.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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   Writer:Babs Greyhosky
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   7.0/10(82 votes)

   #8 - Space Ranger

   S3:E81/27/1983

   One of Ralph's students invents a radio telescope capable of decoding Russian satellite messages. The KGB tries to steal his system. When that maneuver fails, they decide to kill him before he can share his discovery with the CIA.

   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Ivan Dixon

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   7.3/10(71 votes)

   #9 - Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo

   S3:E92/3/1983

   A young Chinese scientist has invented a deadly particle "ray gun" weapon. A local gang kidnaps his uncle, hoping to obtain the gun. Bill's plan to save the Uncle backfires, and Ralph must test his suit against the deadly ray.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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10. 

    7.6/10(85 votes)

    #10 - Wizards And Warlocks

    S3:E102/10/1983

    King Abu Al-Fahad asks Ralph and Bill to help find his son, Prince Aha, who was kidnapped by Middle Eastern terrorists while playing a Dungeons and Dragonsesque game, Wizards and Warlocks. Their search leads them from Aha's college campus -- where they meet Aha's Keeper of the Clock, Joey Margolis -- to the game's author himself, Norman Fackler.

    Director:Bruce Kessler

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Bruce Kessler

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    7.4/10(91 votes)

    #11 - It's Only Rock and Roll

    S3:E112/17/1983

    Bill is called by the manager of a rock group that is aboard a plane threatened by a bomber, who has hidden a device set to explode if the plane descends below 1000 feet. Ralph flies into action, but matters escalate when Pam is kidnapped and a band of bikers threaten Bill's life.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Babs Greyhosky
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    7.3/10(80 votes)

    #12 - Desperado

    S3:E122/24/1983

    A weekend in the country leads Ralph, Pam and Bill into a race to save a wild stallion from a cruel rancher. The man blames the horse for a crippling injury. His men are also selling horses for use as dog food.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell
13. 

    7.2/10(81 votes)

    #13 - Vanity, Says the Preacher

    S3:E133/3/1983

    It seems that 30 years ago Bill helped some revolutionaries overthrow a corrupt regime in an unnamed Central American country, where he is now regarded as a hero. But now Bill's old revolutionary compadres have turned up, and they soon kidnap him and try to get him to help lead another revolution.

    Director:Robert Culp

    Writer:Robert Culp

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    Director:Robert Culp

    Writer:Robert Culp