Robert Hays
Paul Forrester / Starman
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1986
Starman
Season 1
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Episodes
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Episode 160 min1986-09-19
The Return
Paul manages to find his son Scott in an orphanage, but he has trouble winning the boy's trust.
Episode 260 min1986-09-26
Like Father, Like Son
Although on the run from Fox in a newly purchased used car, Paul and Scott stop to help a woman who is having car trouble and is also on the run, having just kidnapped her own daughter.
Episode 360 min1986-10-03
Fatal Flaw
Trouble with their truck in the desert forces Paul and Scott to seek refuge at a woman's experimental aircraft plant, whose problems could be worsened due to an unrecognized flaw in her father's radical airplane design, and for the first time Paul tries to resume his body's former job as a photographer.
Episode 460 min1986-10-17
Blue Lights
When Scott decides to try out the blue sphere's otherworldly powers, the light causes a small town sheriff to report that he has seen a flying saucer and put Paul and Scott in jail, with Fox on the way.
Episode 560 min1986-10-24
Best Buddies
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 660 min1986-10-31
Secrets
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 760 min1986-11-07
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 860 min1986-11-14
Peregrine
Coming across an injured peregrine falcon, Paul risks his freedom to seek the help of a veterinarian.
Episode 960 min1986-11-28
Society's Pet
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 1060 min1986-12-05
Fever
The fugitives get a brief respite when Agent Fox is taken off Paul's case, but then Paul's life is endangered by a common cold and Scott comes to realize how much he would miss his newfound father.
Episode 1160 min1986-12-12
The Gift
Paul receives a letter from the real Paul's mother that prompts him to return to Paul's home town for the Christmas holidays, but when he arrives the woman says she did not send the letter and asks him to leave.
Episode 1260 min1987-01-09
The System
A simple traffic violation causes Paul to be arrested, when a computer check reveals an old contempt citation regarding photographs taken by the real Paul of an attorney charged with murder.
Episode 1360 min1987-01-16
Appearances
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Episode 1460 min1987-01-30
The Probe
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Episode 1560 min1987-02-06
Dusty
While going through Las Vegas, Paul and Scott pick up a woman. while they are away, she steals their vehicle. She then proceeds to sell it and gamble it all away. A hotel thinking that he is ""Paul Forrester"" gives him a room. They find the lot where she sold the vehicle and recover their belongings including the spheres. Paul later shows her herself and she finally decides to try and change her ways. And when they leave the hotel they discover that they accumulated a very large bill.
Episode 1660 min1987-02-13
Barriers
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Episode 1760 min1987-03-13
Grifters
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Episode 1860 min1987-03-21
The Wedding
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Episode 1960 min1987-03-28
Fathers and Sons
Paul and Scott are being followed by a boy who reveals that he is Paul's son.
Episode 2060 min1987-04-04
Starscape (1)
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Episode 2160 min1987-04-11
Starscape (2)
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Episode 2260 min1987-05-02
The Test
Paul answers an ad for a ""pearl diver"", which he learns upon arriving at the diner is a dishwasher. Scott goes to school. While working at the diner, Paul discovers that his co-worker is illiterate. Scott's teacher talks to Paul about their gypsy ways and thinks that Paul should consider staying in one place so Scott can explore his full potential. Paul then brings his co-worker to her, so that he can learn how to read.