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1. Two Hundred Mile-per-Hour Fastball
November 4, 1981
When America's national pastime and national security are endangered, FBI agent Bill Maxwell sends superhero Ralph Hinkley into the thick of a major league pennant race to become baseball's hottest overnight sensation.
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2. Operation: Spoilsport
November 11, 1981
When an automatic missile system goes haywire at the hands of an ultra-militant general, Ralph Hinkley and Bill Maxwell are summoned by the aliens to another eerie encounter, and launched on a heart-stopping race to halt the explosive start of World War 3.
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3. Don't Mess Around with Jim
November 18, 1981
When Ralph tries to deliver the will of a dead man who is alive, he finds himself in the middle of a close encounter of the strange kind.
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4. Hog Wild
November 25, 1981
Ralph tries to save himself and a town from rampaging motorcycle gang.
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5. Classical Gas
December 2, 1981
The kids' big break could be ruined if Ralph can't stop terrorists from releasing nerve gas at their concert.
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6. The Beast in the Black
December 9, 1981
Will Ralph's suit protect Bill from a real estate agent-- or his ghost?
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7. The Lost Diablo (Note Tape Show)
December 16, 1981
A class field trip turns in to a nightmare for Ralph and Bill when they are trapped in more ways than one, while searching for a lost gold mine.
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8. Plague
January 6, 1982
Ralph and Bill have to save mankind from a deadly plague virus that a fanatical right wing military group hopes to unleash on a unsuspecting world.
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9. Train of Thought
January 13, 1982
Ralph suffers amnesia when he gets knocked out while trying to stop a hijacked train.
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10. Now You See It
January 20, 1982
Ralph gets tied up in time while trying to save Pam from an air crash before it happens.
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11. The Handpainted Thai
January 27, 1982
Bill and Ralph uncover a devious plot to threaten the Western World when a band of hypnotized ex-war prisoners are drawn into service by the sinister Gen. Vin Chow.
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12. Just Another 3-Ring Circus
February 3, 1982
Ralph becomes a human cannonball to investigate the disappearance of a Polish clown.
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13. The Shock Will Kill You
February 10, 1982
Ralph puts on the "jammies" to keep the space shuttle from crashing. The trouble is he becomes electrified and releases a space monster who is headed for L.A.
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14. A Chicken in Every Plot
February 17, 1982
Ralph, Pam, and Bill find out how the suit will do against voodoo, when they find themselves pitted against the evil president of a small island country in the West Indies.
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15. The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
February 24, 1982
Piracy, drug smuggling, a corrupt warden of a penal colony-- and maybe even a sea serpent, are the ingredients to this tropical punch.
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16. It's All Downhill from Here
March 3, 1982
Hinkley and Pam's Squaw Valley vacation turns serious when they call in Bill to help a Czechoslovakian down hill racer and his girlfriend defect with secret information.
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17. Dreams
March 17, 1982
When Ralph uses the suit to help his associates realize their dreams, it complicates all their lives.
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18. There's Just No Accounting
March 24, 1982
Ralph's suit proves no match for the I.R.S., when a satchel of money from a kidnapping turns up in Ralph's living room.
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19. The Good Samaritan
March 31, 1982
Ralph's good deeds get complicated when two convicts escape and Bill thinks he's the target.
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20. Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory
April 7, 1982
Ralph teams up with a hamburger helper -- Captain Bellybuster to bust a drug ring.
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21. Who's Woo in America
April 14, 1982
Ralph's Mom is going to marry a con man who is smuggling a micro-chip that corrupt oilmen have killed for .
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22. Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell
April 28, 1982
Love is blind, even for Bill Maxwell, who finds himself falling for a beautiful foreign agent. Will love or the deadly, Mr. David stop Bill's heart first?
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Synopsis: Ralph and Bill have to save mankind from a deadly plague virus that a fanatical right wing military group hopes to unleash on a unsuspecting world.
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