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Automan

Thu, Dec 15, 1983
  • Action & Adventure
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Automan is an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It aired for only 12 episodes on ABC between 1983 and 1984.

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Cast

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  • Desi Arnaz Jr.
    Desi Arnaz Jr.
    as Walter Nebicher
  • Chuck Wagner
    Chuck Wagner
    as Automan
  • H
    Heather McNair
    as Roxanne Caldwell
  • Gerald S. O'Loughlin
    Gerald S. O'Loughlin
    as Cpt. E.G. Boyd
  • Robert Lansing
    Robert Lansing
    as Lt. Jack Curtis
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Episodes

1 season · 13 episodes

Ended · 12 aired
Season 1
13 episodes · 1 upcoming · 12 aired
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  • E1
    Automan
    Aired · Fri, Dec 16, 1983 · 90m

    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.

  • E2
    Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever
    Aired · Fri, Dec 23, 1983 · 60m

    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.

  • E3
    The Great Pretender
    Aired · Fri, Dec 30, 1983 · 60m

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

  • E4
    Ships in the Night
    Aired · Fri, Jan 6, 1984 · 60m

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

  • E5
    Unreasonable Facsimile
    Aired · Fri, Jan 13, 1984 · 60m

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

  • E6
    Flashes and Ashes
    Aired · Fri, Jan 20, 1984 · 60m

    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.

  • E7
    The Biggest Game in Town
    Aired · Fri, Jan 27, 1984 · 60m

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

  • E8
    Renegade Run
    Aired · Tue, Mar 6, 1984 · 60m

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

  • E9
    Murder MTV
    Aired · Tue, Mar 13, 1984 · 60m

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

  • E10
    Murder, Take One
    Aired · Tue, Mar 20, 1984 · 60m

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

  • E11
    Zippers
    Aired · Tue, Mar 27, 1984 · 60m

    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.

  • E12
    Death by Design
    Aired · Tue, Apr 3, 1984 · 60m

    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.

  • E13
    Club Ten
    Drops · TBA · 60m

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