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Starman

An alien revisits Earth after a prolonged absence to reconnect with his human son and embark on a quest to locate his missing human wife.

An alien returns to Earth to find and help the child he fathered 14 years earlier. Assuming the identity of a prize-winning photographer, he searches for the child and his mother, who were separated. Their quest is complicated by a government agent who believes they're a threat and wants to capture and eliminate them.

Episodes:

Episode 1 The Return

1. The Return

Aired: Sep 19, 1986

Photographer Paul Forrester decides to photograph an erupting volcano when he...

Episode 2 Like Father, Like Son

2. Like Father, Like Son

Aired: Sep 26, 1986

Deciding that hitch-hiking is too inefficient a method of travel, Paul and Sc...

Episode 3 Fatal Flaw

3. Fatal Flaw

Aired: Oct 3, 1986

Forrester and Scott decide to lay low at an airfield. He meets a woman who al...

Episode 4 Blue Lights

4. Blue Lights

Aired: Oct 17, 1986

Scott erroneously uses the sphere to make some lights appears in the sky. And...

Episode 5 Best Buddies

5. Best Buddies

Aired: Oct 24, 1986

Encountering a couple who knew the real Paul Forrester, Paul and Scott's prob...

Episode 6 Secrets

6. Secrets

Aired: Oct 31, 1986

The search for Jenny Hayden leads Paul and Scott to a mental institution wher...

Episode 7 One for the Road

7. One for the Road

Aired: Nov 7, 1986

Weary of their life on the run, Paul and Scott start to enjoy staying in one ...

Episode 8 Peregrine

8. Peregrine

Aired: Nov 14, 1986

Coming across an injured peregrine falcon, Paul risks his freedom to seek the...

Episode 9 Society's Pet

9. Society's Pet

Aired: Nov 28, 1986

Paul takes Scott to see his foster father's sister, a wealthy widow who has a...

Episode 10 Fever

10. Fever

Aired: Dec 5, 1986

When Forrester gets sick he ends up in the hospital and the doctor treating h...

Episode 11 The Gift

11. The Gift

Aired: Dec 12, 1986

Forrester gets a letter supposedly from Forrester's mother inviting him to co...

Episode 12 The System

12. The System

Aired: Jan 9, 1987

When Forrester is arrested on a minor thing, an old warrant is served on him....

Episode 13 Appearances

13. Appearances

Aired: Jan 16, 1987

When a blind girl receives acid burns, Paul heals her. Unfortunately she want...

Episode 14 The Probe

14. The Probe

Aired: Jan 30, 1987

Paul falls in love with an astronomer who is having a crisis of conscious ove...

Episode 15 Dusty

15. Dusty

Aired: Feb 6, 1987

While in Las Vegas Paul and Scott pick up a hitchhiker who takes off with the...

Episode 16 Barriers

16. Barriers

Aired: Feb 13, 1987

Paul is taken to Mexico and is held prisoner. He must escape and help a pregn...

Episode 17 Grifters

17. Grifters

Aired: Mar 13, 1987

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

Episode 18 The Wedding

18. The Wedding

Aired: Mar 21, 1987

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

Episode 19 Fathers and Sons

19. Fathers and Sons

Aired: Mar 28, 1987

When Forrester and Scott meet with one of the real Forrester's friends who gi...

Episode 20 Starscape: Part 1

20. Starscape: Part 1

Aired: Apr 4, 1987

Paul recognizes his home star in a painting. He seeks out and finds the artis...

Episode 21 Starscape: Part 2

21. Starscape: Part 2

Aired: Apr 11, 1987

Paul convinces Jenny that he really is who he says he is. Together they searc...

Episode 22 The Test

22. The Test

Aired: May 2, 1987

Forrester takes a job as a dish washer in a diner. Scott goes to school. His ...

Info about Starman

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres:Sci-Fi