Automan

Season 1

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A computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.

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13 Episodes

  • Automan
    E1
    AutomanWalter Nebicher is a young police officer who wants desperately to get out on the streets and experience some action. Unfortunately, his superior Captain Boyd has assigned Nebicher to a desk job where he can utilize his skills as a computer expert. Still wanting to make a difference, Nebicher goes to work creating the ultimate crime-solving computer program. It turns out so well that the program actually takes on a life of it's own, by taking the holographic form of a man called Automan. Due to the large amount of power needed to exist outside of the computer, Automan can only exist at night, when the rest of the city's power useage is low. Together, he and Walter become one of television's most unusual crime fighting teams. They jump into their first case when Walter's friend Lt. Jack Curtis disappears while investigating the disappearances of several top scientists. Their investigation uncovers an international plot to kidnap the world's top scientific minds, who are then taken to a
  • Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever
    E2
    Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance FeverWhen an informant providing information about the Mob's attempt to buy a casino in Las Vegas is kidnapped, Walter and Automan probe electronic records and discover the trail leads to an influential judge who happens to be the best friend of the police commissioner.
  • The Great Pretender
    E3
    The Great PretenderWhen a truck load of paper the government uses to print money is hi-jacked, Automan, with the help of Cursor, poses as an rich criminal competing to undermine the existing network of a known criminal dealing in counterfit money.
  • Ships in the Night
    E4
    Ships in the NightWalter and Auto fly to San Cristobal to investigate the disappearances of Americans. They discover a man, aided by the local authorities, that lures investors in order to kill them and take their money.
  • Unreasonable Facsimile
    E5
    Unreasonable FacsimileA helicopter crash prompts a businessman to look into possible defective parts. He gets killed and it looks like a mugging. In the meantime, Walter asks Auto to look at some criminal profile tapes but Auto views a soap opera instead and realizes he's never felt love or passion.
  • Flashes and Ashes
    E6
    Flashes and AshesWalter's friend and fellow cop, Frank Cooney is killed during the theft of police weaponry. But when the Internal Affairs agent believes Frank was involved, Walter is suspended when he and Auto interfere trying to prove his friends' innocence.
  • The Biggest Game in Town
    E7
    The Biggest Game in TownAutoman and Walter attend a computer game convention where they must track down Ronald Tilson, a computer genius who has programmed computers to cause disasters that will kill people unless he gets $10 million dollars.
  • Renegade Run
    E8
    Renegade RunCrooked Sheriff Horton tries to force biker Chico Fuentes to sign over half his land so the Sheriff can run illegal immigrants over the border. Fuentes is put in jail and forced into manual labor. Automan and a motorcycle gang have to come to the rescue.
  • Murder MTV
    E9
    Murder MTVWalter and Automan investigate an apparent attempt to kill the members of an all-girl band called Sweet Kicks. But their investigation if hampered when the father of one of the girls seeks assistance from a crime syndicate.
  • Murder, Take One
    E10
    Murder, Take OneFormer movie star Veronica Everly is a suspect in the murder of gossip columnist, Ray Gillette. However, when Automan discovers that a Hollywood producer had a greater motive for murder, he goes undercover as an actor to catch the real killer.
  • Zippers
    E11
    ZippersAutoman goes undercover as a stripper in a ladies-only strip club. Exotic dancers Gary Baxley and his partner Stanley are suspected of making wax impressions of the owners' keys and burgling their houses when they are out.
  • Death By Design
    E12
    Death By DesignWhen a ruthless crime syndicate kills one of Jack's best friends, Automan poses as a vigilante cop by the name of Mad Dog who is out for justice.
  • Club Ten
    E13
    Club TenThe Club Ten resort is a center of diamond smuggling. One of the gang, Felipe, has double-crossed his cohorts and they are after him. Golf pro Ted and henchman Randy catch him, and when he refuses to divulge the whereabouts of the diamonds he stole, they capture his companion, Laura Ferguson, in the act of making a call for help.

Cast of Season 1

  • Desi Arnaz Jr.Walter Nebicher
  • Chuck WagnerAutoman
  • Heather McNairRoxanne Caldwell
  • Gerald S. O'LoughlinCpt. E.G. Boyd
  • Robert LansingLt. Jack Curtis
  • Peter LockeProducer
  • Donald KushnerProducer
  • Glen A. LarsonProducer

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