Starman season 1 One for the Road - Metacritic

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ABC
Nov 7, 1986
1 h

ABC
Nov 7, 1986
1 h

Starman

Summary Some 15 years after an alien was stranded briefly on Earth, he returns to rejoin the son he left behind and to search for the woman he fell in love with. He assumes the identity and likeness of photojournalist Paul Forrester, whose dead body lies undiscovered in a remote area due to a helicopter crash. He is again being pursued by Geor...

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Directed By: Claudio Guzmán

Written By: Michael Marks

ABC
Nov 7, 1986
1 h

ABC
Nov 7, 1986
1 h

S1 • Episode 7

One for the Road

Air Date: Nov 7, 1986

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Summary Some 15 years after an alien was stranded briefly on Earth, he returns to rejoin the son he left behind and to search for the woman he fell in love with. He assumes the identity and likeness of photojournalist Paul Forrester, whose dead body lies undiscovered in a remote area due to a helicopter crash. He is again being pursued by Geor...

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 1986 • 1 h

Episode 2 • Sep 26, 1986 • 1 h

Like Father, Like Son

Episode 3 • Oct 3, 1986 • 1 h

Episode 4 • Oct 17, 1986 • 1 h

Scott erroneously uses the sphere to make some lights appears in the sky. And when a deputy sees them and he tells everyone about it, they don't believe him. But Fox upon hearing about it heads to investigate.

Episode 5 • Oct 24, 1986 • 1 h

Encountering a couple who knew the real Paul Forrester, Paul and Scott's problems are compounded when the wife declares that she still loves Paul and wants to resume their affair.

Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1986 • 1 h

The search for Jenny Hayden leads Paul and Scott to a mental institution where a woman may have a valuable lead for them, unless the whole thing is an elaborate trap.

Episode 7 • Nov 7, 1986 • 1 h

One for the Road

Weary of their life on the run, Paul and Scott start to enjoy staying in one place for a while, but when Paul sees that they must move on, Scott rebels.

Episode 8 • Nov 14, 1986 • 1 h

Coming across an injured peregrine falcon, Paul risks his freedom to seek the help of a veterinarian.

Episode 9 • Nov 28, 1986 • 1 h

Paul takes Scott to see his foster father's sister, a wealthy widow who has a $10,000 inheritance for the boy, but she wants to gain custody of Scott for herself, even if this requires betraying Paul to his pursuers.

Episode 10 • Dec 5, 1986 • 1 h

Episode 11 • Dec 12, 1986 • 1 h

Episode 12 • Jan 9, 1987 • 1 h

Episode 13 • Jan 16, 1987 • 1 h

When a blind girl receives acid burns, Paul heals her. Unfortunately she wants her eyes healed as well.

Episode 14 • Jan 30, 1987 • 1 h

Paul falls in love with an astronomer who is having a crisis of conscious over the military's funding of her research.

Episode 15 • Feb 6, 1987 • 1 h

Episode 16 • Feb 13, 1987 • 1 h

Paul is taken to Mexico and is held prisoner. He must escape and help a pregnant women sneak into the United States to look for the father of her child.

Episode 17 • Mar 13, 1987 • 1 h

Paul and Scott are tricked into a scam by two con-man.

Episode 18 • Mar 21, 1987 • 1 h

The owner of a fishing fleet hires Paul to photograph his daughter's wedding.

Episode 19 • Mar 28, 1987 • 1 h

Fathers and Sons

When Forrester and Scott meet with one of the real Forrester's friends who gives him a job. At the same time a young man is following them. When Scott confronts him he reveals that Forrester's his father.

Episode 20 • Apr 4, 1987 • 1 h

Starscape: Part 1

Paul recognizes his home star in a painting. He seeks out and finds the artist who painted it: Jenny Hayden.

Episode 21 • Apr 11, 1987 • 1 h

Starscape: Part 2

Paul convinces Jenny that he really is who he says he is. Together they search for Scott who has gone missing.

Episode 22 • May 2, 1987 • 1 h

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