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The Worst Episodes of The Greatest American Hero

The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who...

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    #1 - Divorce Venusian Style

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    S3:E1

    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.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:N/A
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    #2 - The Price is Right

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    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.

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

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    S3:E3

    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.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
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    #4 - The Resurrection of Carlini

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Frank Lupo
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    #5 - The Newlywed Game

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    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.

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    #6 - Heaven is in Your Genes

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
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    #7 - Live at Eleven

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    S3:E7

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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    #8 - Space Ranger

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    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.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:N/A
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    #9 - Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
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    #10 - Wizards And Warlocks

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    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.

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    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:N/A
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    #11 - It's Only Rock and Roll

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
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    #12 - Desperado

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
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    #13 - Vanity, Says the Preacher

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    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.

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    Director:Robert Culp
  15. 6.5/10(77 votes)

    #14 - The Lost Diablo

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    Bill has a treasure map, and takes Ralph and his class out to the desert to find the lost Diablo Gold Mine that vanished a long time ago, and are met with resistance from the local thieves.

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  16. 6.6/10(86 votes)

    #15 - Classical Gas

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    Ralph's students start a band, and a promoter lands them a spot on a big ticket concert while trying to get Pam to go out with him.

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    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  17. 6.7/10(80 votes)

    #16 - A Chicken in Every Plot

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    Ron O'Neill, John Hancock, Thalmus Rasulala, Lincoln Kilpatrick Scenario: When an old FBI buddy invites Bill to his Caribbean retreat, Maxwell takes Ralph, Pam and the students along. Unfortunately, they find themselves involved in a voodoo plot to take over the island's government.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:N/A
  18. 6.7/10(77 votes)

    #17 - It's All Downhill from Here

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    Ralph skis like a pro with the suit on, and stands in at the Olympics for a Russian skiier so the man can defect to America, and hand over top secret information that he stole.

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    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:N/A
  19. 6.8/10(99 votes)

    #18 - Hog Wild

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    A motorcycle gang steals the super-suit, and tries to use it to take over a town. It only works on Ralph, so they must force HIM to do their dirty work while holding Bill captive.

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  20. 7.0/10(185 votes)

    #19 - The Hit Car

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    Bill, who has been trying to bust open a drug ring for over 20 years, must drive a witness to Los Angeles for the trial of the gang leader and asks Ralph for help.

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  21. 7.0/10(152 votes)

    #20 - Here's Looking at You Kid

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    When a secret gunsight is stolen, Bill asks Ralph for help in solving the case. However, Ralph runs into problems when he keeps turning invisible unexpectedly, and must deal with the pressure of meeting Pam's parents.

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    Director:N/A
  22. 7.0/10(79 votes)

    #21 - Just Another Three Ring Circus

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    Ralph takes a job at the circus as a human cannonball while trying to help Bill bust a crime ring that involves a phony dating service.

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  23. 7.1/10(121 votes)

    #22 - Saturday on Sunset Boulevard

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    Russians are trying to find an heiress and her Russian husband in order to force them to establish a missile cache hold on their private island. Bill needs Ralph's help when he is suspected of failing a lie-detector test at FBI headquarters.

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  24. 7.1/10(113 votes)

    #23 - Fire Man

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    Ralph lends Tony a hand by finding him a job as a car repossesser. When Tony is arrested for arson, Ralph and Bill team up to find the real criminal.

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  25. 7.2/10(117 votes)

    #24 - Reseda Rose

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    Ralph uses his suit to help Rhonda, one of his students, after her mother is kidnapped by the Russians.

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  26. 7.2/10(85 votes)

    #25 - Now You See It...

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    While practicing flying in the desert with Bill, Ralph gets a vision of a plane crash. It's the suit showing it to him, and Bill can only see it when he touches Ralph. They rush to the scene to find no plane, and figure out that it must be something that hasn't happened yet, and they're supposed to prevent it. We come to find out that Pam is on that plane, and it's been hijacked. To make matters worse, the plane has an experimental cloaking device that makes it invisible to radar, and the Air Force would rather shoot it down than have the plane in enemy hands.

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    Writer:N/A

Worst Episodes Summary

"Divorce Venusian Style" is the worst rated episode of "The Greatest American Hero". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Ivan Dixon and written by N/A, it aired on 10/29/1982. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Price is Right".