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Automan - Episode Guide

Season 1

Automan

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1983 (90 min)

Automan

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.

Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 22, 1983

Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever

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.

The Great Pretender

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 29, 1983

The Great Pretender

Automan poses as a gangster to shut down a counterfeiting operation. 

Ships in the Night

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1984

Ships in the Night

Walter and Automan unearth a murderous con game and race to the Caribbean to assist Lt. Curtis and Roxanne.

Unreasonable Facsimile

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1984

Unreasonable Facsimile

When Automan discovers romance, he is unable to concentrate on helping Walter in investigation of a murder case.

Flashes and Ashes

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1984

Flashes and Ashes

Walter'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 friend's innocence.

The Biggest Game in Town

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1984

The Biggest Game in Town

Walter and Automan battle with a computer expert who is using his expertise to disrupt the city's automated systems.

Renegade Run

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1984

Renegade Run

Walter attempts to help Teresa free her brother from imprisonment on a chain gang.

Murder MTV

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1984

Murder MTV

Walter and Automan are led into the world of rock music as they battle an extortionist to save a beautiful singer's life.

Murder, Take One

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1984

Murder, Take One

Automan travels to Hollywood to solve the murder of a gossip columnist and break a drug smuggling operation.

Zippers

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Mar 26, 1984

Zippers

Automan goes undercover as an erotic dancer in a ladies-only strip club. A male exotic dancer and a parking attendant are suspected of burglarizing wealthy neighborhoods.

Death by Design

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1984

Death by Design

The police aim to smoke out a hit man and the mob boss who hired him after a fashion designer and one of Jack's former partners are murdered.

Club Ten

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate:

Club Ten

Walter and Automan accompany Roxanne to a spa on a tropical isle where her friend disappeared after learning of a diamond smuggling ring. 

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