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Salvage 1

TV·1979–1979·2 seasons, 20 episodes·ABC·Comedy, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy·1h·Created by Mike Lloyd Ross

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Salvage operator Harry Broderick buys and sells scrap as well as electronics, aircraft, and other equipment. Harry constantly has grandiose schemes to make money, sometimes not completely honestly. In the pilot, his dream is to recover equipment left on the Moon during Apollo Program missions, for he believes the salvage value will make it a worthwhile venture. In the show's opening title narration, Harry states: "I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it."

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  1. 01Salvage 1 S01E01Salvage (1)S01E01 · 10.0Junkyard owner Harry Broderick assembles a team to pull off the ultimate salvage operation. With former astronaut Skip Carmichael and fuel expert Melanie Slozar, Harry builds the spacecraft Vulture in order to bring back the equipment left on the moon during the Apollo moon expeditions.

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Episodes by season

Season0114Episodes1979Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Salvage 1 S01E01Salvage (1)January 20, 1979 10.0Junkyard owner Harry Broderick assembles a team to pull off the ultimate salvage operation. With former astronaut Skip Carmichael and fuel e
  2. S01E02Salvage 1 S01E02Salvage (2)January 20, 1979Junkyard owner Harry Broderick assembles a team to pull off the ultimate salvage operation. With former astronaut Skip Carmichael and fuel e
  3. S01E03Dark IslandJanuary 29, 1979On their first authorized salvage job...an aerial survey of Antarctic icebergs...Harry, Melanie and Skip make an unauthorized stop on a supp
  4. S01E04Shangri-la LilFebruary 5, 1979Harry takes his teammates on a sentimental journey to the Burmese jungle to recover the well-preserved B-25 bomber he flew in Doolittle's 19
  5. S01E05Shelter FiveFebruary 12, 1979While salvaging an abandoned government fallout shelter, an earthquake traps Melanie, Skip, a little girl and her dog. Harry puts together a
  6. S01E06The Haunting of Manderly MansionFebruary 26, 1979After Harry purchases a famous haunted mansion with plans to salvage it, strange things begin to happen. The Salvage team discovers it is ac
  7. S01E07The Bugatti TreasureMarch 5, 1979At an auction, Harry outbids an antiquarian for a classic 1934 automobile he has always dreamed of owning. Harry and his crew discover a tre
  8. S01E08The Golden Orbit (1)March 12, 1979A plan to retrieve a gold-plated satellite before it falls from orbit hits two snags: the Government impounds the Vulture, and NASA offers S
  9. S01E09The Golden Orbit (2)March 19, 1979Conclusion. Harry convinces NASA that he is the only one who can rescue the crew-including Skip-that is freezing to death in an orbiting spa
  10. S01E10Operation BreakoutApril 2, 1979An African dictator kidnaps FBI agent Jack Klinger to exchange for a U.S. missile. The U.S. won't respond, but Harry does. The Salvage 1 tea
  11. S01E11MermadonApril 16, 1979Skip and Melanie patch up an almost-human robot with damaged memory circuits, not knowing it came from a secret army project and is programm
  12. S01E12Up, Up and AwayMay 14, 1979The air-freight delivery of a miniature locomotive involves the Salvage trio with the devious pilot of an undependable aircraft, a terrified
  13. S01E13Energy SolutionMay 21, 1979Melanie develops a possible-and dangerous-solution to the energy crisis: using monohydrazine to blast new oil out of old dried-out wells. Th
  14. S01E14Confederate GoldMay 28, 1979The salvagers hunt for legendary buried treasure at a Confederate paymaster's last stand. But they soon find that everyone wants them out of

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season026Episodes1979AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Hard Water (1)November 4, 1979The salvage team that went to the moon resurrects an old project: towing an Antarctic iceberg to a drought-stricken island off the Californi
  2. S02E02Hard Water (2)November 11, 1979Harry and crew run into extreme difficulties in bringing an iceberg to California to be used as a source of water. The engine they use to st
  3. S02E03Round UpThe Salvage team learns that a herd of wild horses are going to be shot as part of a government program to control their numbers. To save th
  4. S02E04Harry's DollSkip convinces Harry to buy a race horse called ""Harry's Doll"", based on computer predictions that it will be a winner. When the horse bre
  5. S02E05Dry SpellWhen a severe drought threatens a farm belonging to Harry's aunt and uncle in Arkansas, the Salvage team attempts to harvest rain from the c
  6. S02E06Diamond VolcanoHarry treats the gang to a trip to Hawaii where they find he has other motives. He has arranged for a mining operation into the side of an e

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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