The Greatest American Hero: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Greatest American Hero Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball
Nov 4, 1981
Ralph dons a baseball suit to trap Latino revolutionaries who plan to finance a coup by fixing ball games.
Operation Spoilsport
Nov 11, 1981
Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.
Don't Mess Around with Jim
Nov 18, 1981
Ralph and Bill are kidnapped by a tycoon that actually had his own suit given to him years ago by the aliens. The suit corrupted this man to use it for personal fortune, and he di
Hog Wild
Nov 25, 1981
A motorcycle gang steals the super-suit, and tries to use it to take over a town. It only works on Ralph, so they must force HIM to do their dirty work while holding Bill captive.
Classical Gas
Dec 2, 1981
Ralph's students start a band, and a promoter lands them a spot on a big ticket concert while trying to get Pam to go out with him.
The Beast in the Black
Dec 9, 1981
Ralph finds a window into the 4th dimension while scouting an old house. Bill gets possesed by a woman's spirit, and Ralph must return her through that window.
The Lost Diablo
Dec 16, 1981
Bill has a treasure map, and takes Ralph and his class out to the desert to find the lost Diablo Gold Mine that vanished a long time ago, and are met with resistance from the local
A Train of Thought
Jan 13, 1982
Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.
Now You See It...
Jan 20, 1982
While practicing flying in the desert with Bill, Ralph gets a vision of a plane crash. It's the suit showing it to him, and Bill can only see it when he touches Ralph. They rush
The Handpainted Thai
Jan 27, 1982
Years ago, prisoners of war were brainwashed to respond to a code phrase. Now, someone is using them to commit acts of sabotage. Bill and Ralph investigate, but Bill inadvertently
Just Another Three Ring Circus
Feb 3, 1982
Ralph takes a job at the circus as a human cannonball while trying to help Bill bust a crime ring that involves a phony dating service.
The Shock Will Kill You
Feb 10, 1982
A space shuttle is about to crash, and only Ralph can save it. He does so, but ends up supermagnetized, perhaps permanently. Worst of all, a strange creature aboard the shuttle hea
A Chicken in Every Plot
Feb 17, 1982
Ron O'Neill, John Hancock, Thalmus Rasulala, Lincoln Kilpatrick Scenario: When an old FBI buddy invites Bill to his Caribbean retreat, Maxwell takes Ralph, Pam and the students
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Feb 24, 1982
Ralph and Bill hunt for the sea creature ""Carrie"" in the Bermuda Triangle thinking that the monster may be responsible for all of the boats that disappear there. They undercover
It's All Downhill from Here
Mar 3, 1982
Ralph skis like a pro with the suit on, and stands in at the Olympics for a Russian skiier so the man can defect to America, and hand over top secret information that he stole.
Dreams
Mar 17, 1982
An act of kindness backfires when Ralph uses the suit to help a coworker with a personal project. This leads his other co-workers to take daring chances for their own shots at succ
There's Just No Accounting...
Mar 24, 1982
Bill convinces the parents of a kidnap victim to pay the ransom, certain that Ralph can recover it when he saves their little girl. Ralph finds himself being audited by an overzea
The Good Samaritan
Mar 31, 1982
Tired of using the suit to fight crime, Ralph decides to branch out. He tries to intervene in a battle between an old man fighting for his home and the city taking it away, but Bil
Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory
Apr 7, 1982
Bill recieves hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter publishes pictures of Ralph flying.
Who's Woo in America
Apr 14, 1982
Ralph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.
Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell
Apr 28, 1982
Bill falls in love with a female FBI agent, and wants to tell her about the suit. She turns out to be a spy, and is ordered to kill him.