Street Hawk - Season 1
13 episodes · 1985
Former motorcycle police officer Jesse Mach is recruited for a secret government programme to ride Street Hawk, an advanced all-terrain attack motorcycle. By day he works as a police troubleshooter; in secret he and federal agent Norman Tuttle use the machine against urban crime.
1Pilot
Jesse's best friend is killed by a black truck and Jesse himself is injured in the accident. He can't ride a motorcycle again until a man named Norman Tuttle turns up and offers him a knee operation and a job as a test pilot for a top-secret government project, code named Street Hawk.
2A Second Self
Jesse's old mate (George Clooney) shows up in town after years of not seeing him. Unknown to Jesse he is in town to kill Street Hawk.
3The Adjuster
Jesse impedes a jewel sale, but a murderer, pretending to be a cop, retrieves the gems. This episodes introduces an enemy unknown to Street Hawk. This enemy is the masquerading cop boss whom we only know of via telephone conversations.
4Vegas Run
Unwittingly Jesse and Norman become embroiled in the case of Linda Martin, an important witness against a mobster. She is persued by the mobster's henchman who are hell-bent on getting rid of her.
5Dog Eat Dog
Jesse attempts to convince a rock star to appear in a public service announcement.
6Fire on the Wing
A series of arson attacks at six different factories make Jesse and Norman doubt about their fortuity. Yet, when they set out to investigate, they are both completely baffled by the fact that the detonator responsible for each incident is untraceable.
7Chinatown Memories
Jesse comes to the assistance of an old girlfriend. Her family gets in trouble after an statue is stolen.
8The Unsinkable 453
The Widow of an overthrown dictator employs an escaped prisoner for a hideous scheme. Jesse investigates after the prisoner leaves a stand-in at the jail.
9Hot Target
Jesse pursues a gang of gunrunners and their trail leads him to a laser weaponry. There Norman re-encounters an old flame, gets captured, and Jesse is left to do all work on his own.
10Murder Is a Novel Idea
Jesse helps an author solve a murder committed years earlier. The writer is about to release an book which supposedly incriminates those responsible, but only puts her in danger since the killers now need to get rid of her.
11The Arabian
Jesse competes with a beautiful and intelligent Insurance Agent when they investigate a horse switching scheme and a murder of a stable hand.
12Female of the Species
Altobelli comes to Jesse's aid when a Federal Agent tries to justify his failure to stop an assassination. However, the assassin is really seeking revenge against the fed who put her away years earlier. Watch out for the face to face confrontation between Altobelli and Jesse as Street Hawk.
13Follow the Yellow Gold Road
Street hawk is up against a band of Gold thieves with a little help from the neighbourhood watch.