Blue Thunder

This television series was inspired from the theatrical feature, Blue Thunder, that starred Roy Scheider.

1st Season 1984

1. _"Second Thunder"
   gs: Richard Lynch [ Unknown ], Robert Balderson [ Unknown ], Ken Letner [ Unknown ], Toy Evans [ Unknown ], Paul Sorenson [ Unknown ]

   The Blue Thunder Team, a special police unit which uses a hi-tech helicopter with ground support, is formed to stop a madman who has being gunning down regular police helicopters.

   b: 6 Jan 84 pc: _________ w: David Moessinger, Jeri Taylor d: Gil Shilton

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2. _"A Clear and Present Danger"
   gs: Geoffrey Lewis [ Unknown ], Gracie Harrison [ Sarah ], Joseph Whipp [ Unknown ], David J. Bowman [ Unknown ], Michael Alldredge [ Unknown ], Fred Scheiwiller [ Unknown ]

   The Blue Thunder team must stop a paramilitary operation that is trying to take over the country through political assassinations and bank robberies.

   b: 13 Jan 84 pc: _________ w: Mike Robe s: James Patrick & Don Safran d: Charles Picerni

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3. _"Arms Race"
   gs: Sam Anderson [ Unknown ], Ted Hamilton [ Unknown ], Darleen Carr [ Agatha "Aggie" Mills ], Ed Grover [ Unknown ], Benjamin Kelty [ Unknown ]

   The Blue Thunder team goes after an arms smuggling ring being run by an old friend of Chaney's that is selling weapons to an African tyrant .

   b: 20 Jan 84 pc: _________ w: Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakobul, Craig Buck s: Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakobul, Doreen Bergesen d: Gil Shilton

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4. _"Revenge in the Sky"
   gs: Katherine Justice [ Unknown ], David Speilberg [ Unknown ], Kai Wulff [ Unknown ], Matthew Faison [ Unknown ], Kurtwood Smith [ Unknown ]

   Chaney discovers that the FBI agent, who had asked the Blue Thunder team to recover a stolen Korean War fighter plane, is a Soviet double agent.

   b: 27 Jan 84 pc: _________ w: James Doherty d: Bernie McEveety

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5. _"Trojan Horse"
   gs: Ralph Manza [ Unknown ], Brian Kale [ Unknown ], Dennis Holahan [ Unknown ], Elizabeth Hoffam [ Unknown ], Ralph McClift [ Unknown ], Leigh Lombardi [ Unknown ]

   Bubba and Ski go undercover in a prison, as inmate and guard, to prevent a convicted swindler from escaping.

   b: 3 Feb 84 pc: _________ w: Brian Alan Lane d: Guy Magar

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6. _"Skydiver"
   gs: Richard Yniguez [ Unknown ], Tracy Scoggins [ Gretchen Terrell ], Jeannie Linero [ Unknown ]

   Chaney must decide whether to rescue the lovely president of a third world nation who is about to be assassinated or to rescue Bubba and Ski who are on a small plane which is about to crash.

   b: 24 Feb 84 pc: _________ w: Rick Kelbaugh d: Guy Magar

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7. _"Clipped Wings"
   gs: Kimberly Alexander [ Unknown ], Scott Hylands [ Unknown ], John Fox [ Unknown ], Rion Hunter [ Unknown ], Peter Elbing [ Unknown ], Terrence McGovern [ Unknown ], Brian Moore [ Unknown ], Adam Gregor [ Unknown ], Gay Hagen [ Unknown ], Raye Birk [ Unknown ]

   Chaney's archrival is given control of Blue Thunder after Chaney is reassigned for breaking off a drug stake out in order to pursue kidnappers.

   b: 2 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: Allison Hock d: Bernie McEveety

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8. _"Payload"
   gs: George Gaynes [ Unknown ], Peter Vogt [ Unknown ], Thomas Callaway [ Unknown ], Belinda J. Montgomery [ Dr. Nell Lindsay ], Lance Rosen [ Unknown ], Mark Burke [ Unknown ], Trisha Long [ Unknown ], Ray Wise [ Unknown ], Beverly Todd [ Unknown ], Terry Burns [ Unknown ]

   Blue Thunder has been assigned to transport a new gene splicing experiment, making it a target of a company which stands to lose millions if the experiment is a success.

   b: 9 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: Daniel Freudenberger d: Bernie Kowalski

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9. _"The Long Flight"
   gs: Gregory Sierra [ Unknown ], Paul Koslo [ Unknown ], Wayne Heffley [ Unknown ], Liz Torres [ Unknown ], Kelly Preston [ Amy Braddock ]

   A Mexican drug lord kidnaps Captain Braddock and demands Blue Thunder as a ransom.

   b: 16 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: Fred McKnight d: Phil Bondelli

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10. _"Godchild"
    gs: Robert Viharo [ Unknown ], John Hancock [ Unknown ], Victor Arnold [ Unknown ], Maylo McCaslin [ Unknown ]

    Chaney must convince the granddaughter of a dead mobster to turn her grandfather's business documents over to the FBI before his old business associates kill her to get them.

    b: 23 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: John Thomas James, Richard Danus, Peter Collins d: Guy Magar

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11. _"The Island"
    gs: Thalmus Rasulala [ Unknown ], Robert DuQui [ Unknown ], Lisa Sutton [ Unknown ], Eugenia Wright [ Unknown ], Carolyn Seymour [ Unknown ]

    The Blue Thunder team journeys to a small Caribbean island to prevent American mercenaries, who have been hired by the KGB, from killing the Prime Minister.

    b: 16 Apr 84 pc: _________ w: James Patrick s: Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby, John Fransic O'Hara d: Earl Bellamy