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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. Background image for The Best Desk Scenario
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - The Best Desk Scenario

    S1:E8

    At FBI headquarters, promotions are being handed out. However, Bill considers retiring from his job. Meanwhile, Ralph must use his suit to save Pam when she discovers her boss is the head of an underground operation.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Lost Diablo
    6.5/10(79 votes)

    #2 - The Lost Diablo

    S2:E7

    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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    6.6/10(88 votes)

    #3 - Classical Gas

    S2:E5

    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
  4. Background image for Hog Wild
    6.8/10(102 votes)

    #4 - Hog Wild

    S2:E4

    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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    6.8/10(82 votes)

    #5 - A Chicken in Every Plot

    S2:E14

    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:Unknown
  6. Background image for It's All Downhill from Here
    6.8/10(78 votes)

    #6 - It's All Downhill from Here

    S2:E16

    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:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Space Ranger
    6.8/10(77 votes)

    #7 - Space Ranger

    S3:E8

    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:Unknown
  9. Background image for Saturday on Sunset Boulevard
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Saturday on Sunset Boulevard

    S1:E4

    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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  10. Background image for Just Another Three Ring Circus
    7.0/10(80 votes)

    #9 - Just Another Three Ring Circus

    S2:E12

    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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  11. Background image for Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo
    7.1/10(67 votes)

    #10 - Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo

    S3:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Desperado
    7.1/10(76 votes)

    #11 - Desperado

    S3:E12

    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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    7.1/10(75 votes)

    #12 - Vanity, Says the Preacher

    S3:E13

    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
  14. Background image for Now You See It...
    7.2/10(86 votes)

    #13 - Now You See It...

    S2:E10

    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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  15. Background image for The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
    7.2/10(85 votes)

    #14 - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    S2:E15

    Ralph and Bill hunt for the sea creature ""Carrie"" in the Bermuda Triangle thinking that the monster may be responsible for all of the boats that disappear there. They undercover a stolen boat ring, and never find the creature.

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    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  16. Background image for This is the One the Suit Was Meant For
    7.2/10(77 votes)

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

    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
  17. Background image for It's Only Rock and Roll
    7.2/10(87 votes)

    #16 - It's Only Rock and Roll

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown
  18. Background image for Plague
    7.3/10(81 votes)

    #17 - Plague

    S2:E8

    A psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Good Samaritan
    7.3/10(71 votes)

    #18 - The Good Samaritan

    S2:E19

    Tired of using the suit to fight crime, Ralph decides to branch out. He tries to intervene in a battle between an old man fighting for his home and the city taking it away, but Bill has him on the hunt for bank robbers.

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    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Resurrection of Carlini
    7.3/10(76 votes)

    #19 - The Resurrection of Carlini

    S3:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  21. Background image for A Train of Thought
    7.4/10(89 votes)

    #20 - A Train of Thought

    S2:E9

    Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.

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  22. Background image for The Handpainted Thai
    7.4/10(76 votes)

    #21 - The Handpainted Thai

    S2:E11

    Years ago, prisoners of war were brainwashed to respond to a code phrase. Now, someone is using them to commit acts of sabotage. Bill and Ralph investigate, but Bill inadvertently falls under a hypnotic trance, leaving the heroics up to Ralph.

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  23. Background image for The Price is Right
    7.4/10(79 votes)

    #22 - The Price is Right

    S3:E2

    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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  24. Background image for The Beast in the Black
    7.5/10(124 votes)

    #23 - The Beast in the Black

    S2:E6

    Ralph finds a window into the 4th dimension while scouting an old house. Bill gets possesed by a woman's spirit, and Ralph must return her through that window.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Shock Will Kill You
    7.5/10(78 votes)

    #24 - The Shock Will Kill You

    S2:E13

    A space shuttle is about to crash, and only Ralph can save it. He does so, but ends up supermagnetized, perhaps permanently. Worst of all, a strange creature aboard the shuttle heads towards Los Angeles, electricuting all who get in its way.

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  26. Background image for Wizards And Warlocks
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    #25 - Wizards And Warlocks

    S3:E10

    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:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Best Desk Scenario" is the worst rated episode of "The Greatest American Hero". It scored 6/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/13/1981. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Lost Diablo".