Blue Thunder
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Second Thunder
Air Date:06/01/1984
In this ""Pilot"" episode of the ABC half season spin-off of the original 1983 blockbuster smash hit under the same name starring Roy Scheider, Warren Oates and Malcolm McDowell, The Blue Thunder Unit take on a ruthless pilot who has been recently aerially assassinating police helicopter units over Los Angeles. In an attempt to settle an old long-lasting score with Frank Chaney, the pilot and leader of The Blue Thunder Unit, the crazed comedian who calls himself ""P.V.C."" contacts Chaney, Braddock and the rest of the team and warns Chaney personally that he is going to blow him out of the sky for what he did a year ago when he destroyed his aircraft with a 12-gauge shotgun during an unsuccessful drug bust while he was a police officer, plus to make sure that he succeeds in transporting a scheduled shipment of drugs over the Mexican border. Still continuing to wipe out airborne police units when very cannily evacuating the entire Astro-Division Building, and with the acknowledge of how the
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Episode: 2
A Clear and Present Danger
Air Date:13/01/1984
A paramilitary group who call themselves the ""Posse Magistratus"", have been the prime suspects for a series of bank robberies, and one particulary involving a heavily-modified World War II fighter plane. In order to track down this plane and stop the whole game, Chaney and Wonderlove attempt to track it down, based on various aerial police sightings. When accomplishing this, Chaney spots gun mounts on a plane that they performed an unauthorised thermograph upon, and results in not in the state of valid evidence to charge the Sheriff who owns it for the state-threatening operations. However that same day, the same World War II figher plane attacks them, and ends up being shot down by Chaney in Blue Thunder. To posess reliable and sufficent evidence to charge the ''Posse Magistrates'' of the crimes they have took out, Ski goes undercover as a mechanic, but it isn't long until Chaney and Wonderlove discover that the group plan to kill one of the cities' main councilmen at the Queen Mary s
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Name: Betty Goldberg
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Charlie Picerni
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: James Patrick
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Don Safran
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Mike Robe
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Andrew Jackson
Role: Director of Photography
Department: Camera
Name: Bob Harris
Role: Stunt Coordinator
Department: Crew
Name: Hubie Kerns Jr.
Role: Stunts
Department: Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Joseph Whipp
Character: Gil Franzen
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Alldredge
Character: Hal Winters
Department: Acting
Name: Geoffrey Lewis
Character: Sheriff Kyle C. Tenney
Department: Acting
Name: Gracie Harrison
Character: Sarah O'Connell
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: David J. Bowman
Character: Dignitary
Department: Acting
Name: Fred Scheiwiller
Character: Bartender
Department: Acting
Episode: 3
Arms Race
Air Date:20/01/1984
Aggie Mills, an former flame of Chaney's who he knew back in the Vietnam War, comes for help via the FBI to distort a much-growing drugs & gun smuggling ring, extending to more places than just Los Angeles. When the first operation is not a success, and turns out to be a smokescreen, Bubba and Ski are assigned to go undercover as truck mechanics, but they also accidentally discover that Aggie Mills is not all what she says she is, and happens to be associating with the man in-charge of the whole operation, Harold Longstreet. When Bubba and Ski are caught red-handed while placing a radar receiver on one of the trucks, in order for Chaney and Braddock to know where the drugs and the weapons are being ferried from, its a race against time for Chaney and Wonderlove to save their two crew members, and prevent Longstreet and Mills from getting away, unconvicted.
Crew
Name: Gilbert M. Shilton
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Dan O'Bannon
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Betty Goldberg
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Andrew Jackson
Role: Director of Photography
Department: Camera
Name: Hubie Kerns Jr.
Role: Stunts
Department: Crew
Name: Don Jakoby
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Craig Buck
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Art Stafford
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Name: Bob Harris
Role: Stunt Coordinator
Department: Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Darleen Carr
Character: Aggie Mills
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: Ted Hamilton
Character: Harold Longstreet
Department: Acting
Name: Edward Grover
Character: Ken Rawls
Department: Acting
Name: Sam Anderson
Character: Benjamin Kelty
Department: Acting
Name: Tom Nibley
Character: Bill Bollinger
Department: Acting
Name: Arnold F. Turner
Character: Sheriff
Department: Acting
Name: M.C. Gainey
Character: Saver
Department: Acting
Episode: 4
Revenge in the Sky
Air Date:27/01/1984
An F-86 Sabre jet is stolen from an airfield by a group of KGB mercenaries, followed by an intense but unsuccessful chase by security personnel. The subsequent day, FBI agent Bruce Walsh informs Captain Braddock, Chaney and the Blue Thunder crew to participate immmediately in an in-depth search for the lost jet fighter, which with the proper treatment could be converted into a lethal weapon which could not be recovered by the government. Chaney is dis-satisifed with Walsh not providing substantial information regarding the hi-jack but Walsh covers his own with the excuse of Apex having their full acceptance with the FBI on this case. Throughtout the assignment, Chaney soon starts to develop a very romantic and cosy relationship with Walsh's assistant, Kate Cunningham, who unforuntely later on is killed just before she arrives at Chaney's house and mumbles the words ""K.G.B."". The search turns into an evenmore vengeful one, but when revealing the location of the Sabre jet, Blue Thunder i
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Guest Stars
Name: Kurtwood Smith
Character: Bill Spradley
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Donner
Character: Neil Gerrard
Department: Acting
Name: Matthew Faison
Character: Ralph Gately
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: David Spielberg
Character: Bruce Walsh
Department: Acting
Name: Katherine Justice
Character: Kate Cunningham
Department: Acting
Name: Kai Wulff
Character: Allan Swenson
Department: Acting
Name: Jesse D. Goins
Character: Paramedic
Department: Acting
Episode: 5
Trojan Horse
Air Date:03/02/1984
The witness, also his confidental secretary, who could put her employer, corrupted financier Richard J. Lassiter behind solid steel bars is rescued by the Blue Thunder unit from an estate where her kidnappers were previously holding her hostage, until Lassiter's court-trial was finished. He has been sentenced for 25 years for fraud, extortion and imtimidation, and is scheduled to be transferred to Greenlake Penitentiary, a medium-security facility, located in the Central part of the state. Complaining of a gut instinct that Lassister will have his associates prepared to rescue him from lifetime imprisonment while being transferred in a police motorcade, Braddock warns Chaney not to go anyway near the transportation, however he does so. If he hadn't, then Lassiter would have got away scot free, thanks to a truck parked in the middle of the routed road with heavy automatic weapons, which is blown away by Blue Thunder's 20mm 6-barrel Vulcan electric cannon. Now in prison, Lassiter already
Crew
Name: Guy Magar
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Betty Goldberg
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Andrew Jackson
Role: Director of Photography
Department: Camera
Name: Bob Harris
Role: Stunt Coordinator
Department: Crew
Name: Brian Alan Lane
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: George B. Hively
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Guest Stars
Name: Elizabeth Hoffman
Character: Mrs. Moynihan
Department: Acting
Name: Ralph Manza
Character: Willie
Department: Acting
Name: Leigh Lombardi
Character: Asst. Dist. Atty. Minelli
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: Dennis Holahan
Character: Richard J. Lassiter
Department: Acting
Name: Brian Kale
Character: Duffy
Department: Acting
Name: Nigel Bullard
Character: TV Reporter
Department: Acting
Name: Vince Howard
Character: Sheriff
Department: Acting
Name: Dean Wein
Character: Jones
Department: Acting
Name: Cynthia Ream
Character: TV Newsperson
Department: Acting
Name: Ralph M. Clift
Character: Attorney
Department: Acting
Name: Chad Dee Block
Character: Tower Guard
Department: Acting
Name: Scott Peacock
Character: Guard
Department: Acting
Name: Nickolas Konakas
Character: Guard
Department: Acting
Name: Tom Wheeler
Character: Prisoner
Department: Acting
Name: Big Yank
Character: Prisoner
Department: Acting
Episode: 6
Skydiver
Air Date:24/02/1984
Madame Eva Parada, the president of Sumora, is inviting major U.S. business corporations to set-up branchs in her country, by signing lease agreements, however a small rebel group, who call themselves ""The Revolutionary Forces of Sumora"", are not tolerating this happening. When providing ground and aerial security at the Sumoran Embassy, where a guest reception is underway, Blue Thunder is decoyed by an supposedly out-of-control civilian plane, while Bubba and Ski do not notice the ""gorgeous"" woman who offered them sky-diving lessons at an airshow, Gretchen Terrell, sky-diving herself discretely onto the Embassy premises and planting explosives around the perimeter. These do cause heavy damage, but do not scare away the major corporations and Madame Eva Parada from continuing their negotiations, even though The Revolutionary Forces gave them a highly threatening warning. Although Captain Braddock is completely annoyed at how the ""most sophisticated surveillance unit in the world"" manag
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Guest Stars
Name: Tracy Scoggins
Character: Gretchen Terrell
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: Richard Yniguez
Character: Hector Dorado
Department: Acting
Name: Jeannie Linero
Character: Madame Eva Parada
Department: Acting
Name: Luisa Leschin
Character: Tanya
Department: Acting
Name: Joe Taggart
Character: Announcer
Department: Acting
Name: William Marquez
Character: Ambassador Marquez
Department: Acting
Name: Cheryl Carter
Character: African Woman
Department: Acting
Name: Jerry Anderson
Character: Waiter
Department: Acting
Episode: 7
Clipped Wings
Air Date:02/03/1984
Chaney's arch rival is given control of Blue Thunder after Chaney is reassigned for breaking off a drug stake out in order to pursue kidnappers
Crew
Name: Bernard McEveety
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Andrew Jackson
Role: Director of Photography
Department: Camera
Name: Bob Harris
Role: Stunt Coordinator
Department: Crew
Name: Hubie Kerns Jr.
Role: Stunts
Department: Crew
Name: Art Stafford
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Name: Allison Hock
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Guest Stars
Name: Scott Hylands
Character: Peter Anson
Department: Acting
Name: John Fox
Character: Bishop Sullivan
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: Kimberly Alexander
Character: Officer Carol Perkins
Department: Acting
Name: Terence McGovern
Character: Joe Roth
Department: Acting
Name: Raye Birk
Character: Martin C. Sharp
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Elbling
Character: Ed Lang
Department: Acting
Name: Adam Gregor
Character: Councilman Ken Joyner
Department: Acting
Name: Brian Moore
Character: County Supervisor McManus
Department: Acting
Name: Gay Hagen
Character: Sister Inez
Department: Acting
Name: Rion Hunter
Character: Father Dominguez
Department: Acting
Episode: 8
Payload
Air Date:09/03/1984
The Space Shuttle Argo, privately funded and arranged without any governmental interference, becomes under threat by a group of weapon dealers who don't want their sales of bacterial weapons falling down heavily because of this. This is because, the shuttle has successfully performed an gene-splicing experiment in outer space, relieving the American Space Industry after it is set for the shuttle to re-enter orbit, but there is one slight problem. The experimental canister has to be transported from the moment the shuttle touches down, to an unknown designated laboratory, where it will be configured and analysed to affect the usage of bacterial weaponry, in 20 minutes. Only Blue Thunder has the speed capabilities to achieve this, and so Apex lends the unit to them. After a accident involving the helicopter's entire electronics being short-circuited by power lines at a nearby power plant where the team managed to apprehend two men linked to the trading of German Warfare products, Profess
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Guest Stars
Name: George Gaynes
Character: Dr. Willi Von Hartig
Department: Acting
Name: Ray Wise
Character: J.D. Kraft
Department: Acting
Name: Belinda Montgomery
Character: Dr. Nell Lindsay
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Vogt
Character: Dr. Sanford Hill
Department: Acting
Name: Thomas Callaway
Character: Lou Sackler
Department: Acting
Name: Lance Rosen
Character: Harris Lubin
Department: Acting
Name: Barbara Beckley
Character: Trish
Department: Acting
Name: Terry Burns
Character: Astronaut Jack Sloan
Department: Acting
Name: Frank Pesce
Character: Guard / Gunner
Department: Acting
Name: Mark Burke
Character: Technician
Department: Acting
Episode: 9
The Long Flight
Air Date:16/03/1984
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
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Kelly Preston
Character: Amy Braddock
Department: Acting
Name: Paul Koslo
Character: Johnny Irons
Department: Acting
Name: Gregory Sierra
Character: Luis Creighton Acuna
Department: Acting
Name: Liz Torres
Character: Rosie
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: Santos Morales
Character: Immigration Official
Department: Acting
Name: Wayne Heffley
Character: Commander Henley
Department: Acting
Name: Frank Lugo
Character: Bartender
Department: Acting
Name: Jamie Tirelli
Character: Guard
Department: Acting
Name: David Starwalt
Character: Young Man
Department: Acting
Episode: 10
Godchild
Air Date:23/03/1984
A pair of professional killers, disguised as highway patrol officers, and organised crime connected, perform an unsuccessful attempt on the life of Lisa Ritchie at an exclusive restaurant, located near Farrow Beach of the Pacific Coast Highway. When tailing a man who could be linked to the shooting, Chaney and Wonderlove uncover a conspiracy between two members of the International Carrier's Union; Carl Suhonen, a suspected organised crime hitman, and the Union's President, Jake Cusak. What they want, lies in the secret being conceived by their target, Lisa Ritchie, granddaughter of the late organised crime's top man, Joseph Ritchie. Before he died, he told her where the records of all his organised crime dealings, happenings and secrets are, and until the men who are after her back off, she is being protected at her grandfather's exceedingly expensive hillside mansion, where numerous Federal Agents are body guarding her, whom have requested to assign the Blue Thunder Unit to them for
Crew
Name: Guy Magar
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Andrew Jackson
Role: Director of Photography
Department: Camera
Name: Russell Denove
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Name: Peter Collins
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Richard Danus
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Bob Harris
Role: Stunts
Department: Crew
Guest Stars
Name: John Hancock
Character: Jake Cusak
Department: Acting
Name: Ann Cooper
Character: J.J. Douglas
Department: Acting
Name: Maylo McCaslin
Character: Lisa Ritchie
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Viharo
Character: Carl Suhonen
Department: Acting
Name: Victor Arnold
Character: Charlie Folsom
Department: Acting
Name: George McDaniel
Character: LaRoche
Department: Acting
Name: Roger Til
Character: Francois
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Santiago
Character: Sonny
Department: Acting
Name: Ines Pedroza
Character: Laura Mendez
Department: Acting
Name: Maia Brewton
Character: Kathy
Department: Acting
Name: Gary Hollis
Character: Frost
Department: Acting
Name: Buck Young
Character: Police Captain
Department: Acting
Name: Jerry Potter
Character: Truck Driver
Department: Acting
Name: Tony Dale
Character: Pilot
Department: Acting
Name: Phil Hoover
Character: Guard
Department: Acting
Episode: 11
The Island
Air Date:16/04/1984
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
Crew
Name: Earl Bellamy
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Andrew Jackson
Role: Director of Photography
Department: Camera
Name: Bob Harris
Role: Stunt Coordinator
Department: Crew
Name: Art Stafford
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Name: Gregory S. Dinallo
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Don Jakoby
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Dan O'Bannon
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Guest Stars
Name: Robert DoQui
Character: Morris Priest
Department: Acting
Name: Carolyn Seymour
Character: Helen
Department: Acting
Name: Thalmus Rasulala
Character: Marley Winston
Department: Acting
Name: Jay Scorpio
Character: Soldier
Department: Acting
Name: Lisa Sutton
Character: Terry Burke
Department: Acting
Name: Eugenia Wright
Character: Celine
Department: Acting
Name: Joe Dorsey
Character: Van Ark
Department: Acting
Name: Frank Parker
Character: Harter
Department: Acting
Name: Ken Foree
Character: Alfie
Department: Acting
Name: Leonard Simon
Character: Easley
Department: Acting
Name: Marguerite DeLain
Character: Sonia
Department: Acting
Name: John Lafayette
Character: Captain Nash
Department: Acting
Name: William Vaughn
Character: George Gruly
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Yates
Character: Slate
Department: Acting
Name: June Christopher
Character: Secretary
Department: Acting
Name: Richard Molnar
Character: Sailor
Department: Acting