7.5/1017 votes#1 - Terror on the Blacktop
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1987
A government agent in a supertruck named "Stealth" that is loaded with ultra-high-tech weapons and a helicopter travels the highways, fighting evil.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Douglas Heyes, Glen A. Larson
- 6.4/1016 votes
#2 - Road Lord
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/1988
Highway investigates the murder of his fellow Marshall, Stephen North (Kent McCord) and finds that there is more to the story. Androids.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1013 votes
#3 - The Hitchhiker
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/1988
Highwayman transports an alien life form that infects himself and others exposed to it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1013 votes
#4 - Till Death Duel Us Part
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/1988
Highway breaks an ex partner out of jail to help clear his name in a bank robbery, on the lamb he finds out differently.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1013 votes
#5 - Summer of '45
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/1988
Winthrop goes into a government facility and doesn't come out. Highway and Jetto follow her and find themselves in World War 2.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1013 votes
#6 - Send in the Clones
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/1988
Highwayman and Jetto befriend a subhuman clone called Mac, only to discover he's been programmed to assassinate the mayor of a major city.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - The Billionaire Body Club
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/1988
A doctor provides a black market organ donor service to the rich and powerful. Highwayman assists a police officer determined to save her sister from being the next 'donor'.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1011 votes
#8 - Frightmare
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/22/1988
A mobster who is looking for the man who will testify against him abducts anyone who might know where he is. Eventually he grabs Winthrop and Highway and Jetto try to find her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Warzone
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/29/1988
Jetto suffers a head injury causing flashbacks to his time in the service and a previous head injury that caused him to forget the cause of it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - The Haunted Highway
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/6/1988
Highway and Jetto investigate a murder connected to a mine on native American land. The murder is said to be by native American spirits upset by the mine.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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The Highwaymen fight crime in the near future.
Genres:Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Terror on the Blacktop" is the best rated episode of "The Highwayman" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Douglas Heyes and written by Douglas Heyes, Glen A. Larson, it aired on 9/20/1987. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Road Lord".