Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1983
A timid LAPD computer expert Walter Nebicher develops an alter-ego while tinkering with a video game. Nebicher's bright, a real genius. This alter ego" — actually a holographic image — turns out to be the expert crime fighter named "Automan." "Automan" also has the services of "Autocar," Autoplane," and Cursor, a glowing hexagon with special powers.
Using Automan's computer resources, he and Walter discover that a gang of kidnappers operate under the guise of a respected security organization called Global Guard and make their gain by employing the specialized talents of the young scientists and engineers they capture and bring to a luxurious resort-like prison camp in the Swiss Alps.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 22, 1983
Underworld gambling czar, Leonard Martin, is behind a plot to discredit Judge Alexander Farnsworth in a phony frame-up designed to link the judge to the syndicate. It's all part of Martin's plan to keep Judge Farnsworth, who is feared by the mob, from presiding over Martin's upcoming trial over his gambling activities.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 29, 1983
Walter and Automan go undercover as major criminals in an effort to flush out the head of a counterfeiting ring. Walter and Automan go undercover to break up a major counterfeiting ring
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1984
Walter and Automan unearth a murderous con game and race to the Caribbean to assist Lt. Curtis and Roxanne.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1984
When Automan discovers romance, he is unable to concentrate on helping Walter in investigation of a murder case.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1984
Walter and Automan investigate the death of a policeman.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1984
Walter and Automan battle with a computer expert who is using his expertise to disrupt the city's automated systems.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1984
Walter and Automan discover a deadly diamond smuggling operation. Walter attempts to help Teresa free her brother from imprisonment on a chain gang.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1984
Automan Walter and Automan are led into the world of rock music as they battle an extortionist to save a beautiful singer's life.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1984
Automan travels to Hollywood to solve the murder of a gossip columnist and break a drug smuggling operation.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Mar 26, 1984
Walter and Automan find microfilm containing the identities of government-protected witnesses. Influenced by viewing violent police dramas, Automan sets out to be the toughest cop on the streets.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1984
Jack and old colleague Nate Hester are tracking professional killer Erik LeBlanc. Nate follows LeBlanc into a building, where he kills fashion mogul Joseph Sylvana, then shoots Nate on the way out and escapes. Walter and Roxanne are kissing on his couch when Automan interrupts after watching a Nasty Eddie picture.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Apr 9, 1984
The 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.