The Highwayman (1987–1988)

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Plot

The Highwaymen fight crime in the near future.

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Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes1987–88AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Terror on the BlacktopSeptember 20, 1987A government agent in a supertruck named "Stealth" that is loaded with ultra-high-tech weapons and a helicopter travels the highways, fighti
  2. S01E02Road LordMarch 4, 1988Highway investigates the murder of his fellow Marshall, Stephen North (Kent McCord) and finds that there is more to the story. Androids.
  3. S01E03The HitchhikerMarch 11, 1988Highwayman transports an alien life form that infects himself and others exposed to it.
  4. S01E04Till Death Duel Us PartMarch 18, 1988Highway breaks an ex partner out of jail to help clear his name in a bank robbery, on the lamb he finds out differently.
  5. S01E05Summer of '45April 1, 1988Winthrop goes into a government facility and doesn't come out. Highway and Jetto follow her and find themselves in World War 2.
  6. S01E06Send in the ClonesApril 8, 1988Highwayman and Jetto befriend a subhuman clone called Mac, only to discover he's been programmed to assassinate the mayor of a major city.
  7. S01E07The Billionaire Body ClubApril 15, 1988A doctor provides a black market organ donor service to the rich and powerful. Highwayman assists a police officer determined to save her si
  8. S01E08FrightmareApril 22, 1988A mobster who is looking for the man who will testify against him abducts anyone who might know where he is. Eventually he grabs Winthrop an
  9. S01E09WarzoneApril 29, 1988Jetto suffers a head injury causing flashbacks to his time in the service and a previous head injury that caused him to forget the cause of
  10. S01E10The Haunted HighwayMay 6, 1988Highway and Jetto investigate a murder connected to a mine on native American land. The murder is said to be by native American spirits upse

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