Series
Starman
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes and continuing the story from John Carpenter's 1984 film. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987. The series was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984.
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Seasons & episodes
1The Return19 Sept 1986 · 60mPaul manages to find his son Scott in an orphanage, but he has trouble winning the boy's trust.
2Like Father, Like Son26 Sept 1986 · 60mAlthough on the run from Fox in a newly purchased used car, Paul and Scott stop to help a woman who is having car trouble and is also on the run, having just kidnapped her own daughter.
3Fatal Flaw3 Oct 1986 · 60mTrouble with their truck in the desert forces Paul and Scott to seek refuge at a woman's experimental aircraft plant, whose problems could be worsened due to an unrecognized flaw in her father's radical airplane design, and for the first time Paul tries to resume his body's former job as a photographer.
4Blue Lights17 Oct 1986 · 60mWhen Scott decides to try out the blue sphere's otherworldly powers, the light causes a small town sheriff to report that he has seen a flying saucer and put Paul and Scott in jail, with Fox on the way.
5Best Buddies24 Oct 1986 · 60mEncountering a couple who knew the real Paul Forrester, Paul and Scott's problems are compounded when the wife declares that she still loves Paul and wants to resume their affair.
6Secrets31 Oct 1986 · 60mThe search for Jenny Hayden leads Paul and Scott to a mental institution where a woman may have a valuable lead for them, unless the whole thing is an elaborate trap.
7One for the Road7 Nov 1986 · 60mWeary of their life on the run, Paul and Scott start to enjoy staying in one place for a while, but when Paul sees that they must move on, Scott rebels.
8Peregrine14 Nov 1986 · 60mComing across an injured peregrine falcon, Paul risks his freedom to seek the help of a veterinarian.
9Society's Pet28 Nov 1986 · 60mPaul takes Scott to see his foster father's sister, a wealthy widow who has a $10,000 inheritance for the boy, but she wants to gain custody of Scott for herself, even if this requires betraying Paul to his pursuers.
10Fever5 Dec 1986 · 60mThe fugitives get a brief respite when Agent Fox is taken off Paul's case, but then Paul's life is endangered by a common cold and Scott comes to realize how much he would miss his newfound father.
11The Gift12 Dec 1986 · 60mPaul receives a letter from the real Paul's mother that prompts him to return to Paul's home town for the Christmas holidays, but when he arrives the woman says she did not send the letter and asks him to leave.
12The System9 Jan 1987 · 60mA simple traffic violation causes Paul to be arrested, when a computer check reveals an old contempt citation regarding photographs taken by the real Paul of an attorney charged with murder.
13Appearances16 Jan 1987 · 60m
14The Probe30 Jan 1987 · 60m
15Dusty6 Feb 1987 · 60mWhile going through Las Vegas, Paul and Scott pick up a woman. while they are away, she steals their vehicle. She then proceeds to sell it and gamble it all away. A hotel thinking that he is ""Paul Forrester"" gives him a room. They find the lot where she sold the vehicle and recover their belongings including the spheres. Paul later shows her herself and she finally decides to try and change her ways. And when they leave the hotel they discover that they accumulated a very large bill.
16Barriers13 Feb 1987 · 60m
17Grifters13 Mar 1987 · 60m
18The Wedding21 Mar 1987 · 60m
19Fathers and Sons28 Mar 1987 · 60mPaul and Scott are being followed by a boy who reveals that he is Paul's son.
20Starscape (1)4 Apr 1987 · 60m
21Starscape (2)11 Apr 1987 · 60m
22The Test2 May 1987 · 60mPaul answers an ad for a ""pearl diver"", which he learns upon arriving at the diner is a dishwasher. Scott goes to school. While working at the diner, Paul discovers that his co-worker is illiterate. Scott's teacher talks to Paul about their gypsy ways and thinks that Paul should consider staying in one place so Scott can explore his full potential. Paul then brings his co-worker to her, so that he can learn how to read.
Details
- First aired
- 19 Sept 1986
- Last aired
- 2 May 1987
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ABC
- Episodes
- 22
- Votes
- 24 on TMDB
Cast
Robert HaysPaul Forrester / Starman
Christopher Daniel BarnesScott Hayden
Michael CavanaughGeorge Fox
