Episodes
| Nº | Episode title | Director | Writer(s) | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Automan" | Lee H. Katzin | Glen A. Larson | December 15, 1983 |
| Walter Nebicher is a young police officer who wants desperately to get out on the streets and experience some action. Unfortunately, his superior Captain Boyd has assigned Nebicher to a desk job where he can utilize his skills as a computer expert. | ||||
| 2 | "Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever" | Winrich Kolbe | Glen A. Larson | December 22, 1983 |
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Walter and Automan investigate a judge that appears to be corrupt and involved with the mob. |
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| 3 | "The Great Pretender" | Kim Manners | Sam Egan | December 29, 1983 |
| When a truck load of paper the government uses to print money is hijacked, Automan, with the help of Cursor, poses as a rich criminal competing to undermine the existing network of a known criminal dealing in counterfeit money. | ||||
| 4 | "Ships in the Night" | Bob Claver | Parke Perine | January 5, 1984 |
| Walter and Auto fly to San Cristobal to investigate the disappearances of Americans. They discover a man, aided by the local authorities, that lures investors in order to kill them and take their money. | ||||
| 5 | "Unreasonable Facsimile" | Winrich Kolbe | Sam Egan | January 12, 1984 |
| Automan and Walter attempt to solve the murder of a businessman and the crash of a police helicopter. Automan begins acting peculiar after watching soap-operas on television. | ||||
| 6 | "Flashes and Ashes" | Kim Manners | Douglas Heyes, Jr. | January 19, 1984 |
| Walter's friend and fellow cop Frank Cooney is killed during the theft of police weaponry. But when the Internal Affairs agent believes Frank was involved, Walter is suspended when he and Auto interfere trying to prove his friend's innocence. | ||||
| 7 | "The Biggest Game in Town" | Winrich Kolbe | Larry Brody, Shel Willens |
January 26, 1984 |
| Automan and Walter attend a computer game convention where they must track down Ronald Tilson, a computer genius who has programmed computers to cause disasters that will kill people unless he gets ten million dollars. | ||||
| 8 | "Renegade Run" | Allen Baron | Larry Brody, Douglas Heyes, Jr. |
March 5, 1984 |
| When Walter investigates a crooked sheriff who is using illegal immigrants for manual labor, he and a friend are put in jail. Automan teams up with a motorcycle gang to free him. | ||||
| 9 | "Murder MTV" | Bruce Seth Green | Douglas Heyes, Jr., Guerdon Trueblood |
March 12, 1984 |
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Walter and Automan investigate an apparent attempt to kill the members of an all-girl band called Sweet Kicks. But their investigation is hampered when the father of one of the girls seeks assistance from a crime syndicate. |
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| 10 | "Murder, Take One" | Kim Manners | Sam Egan | March 19, 1984 |
| Former movie star Veronica Everly is a suspect in the murder of gossip columnist Ray Gillette. However, when Automan discovers that a Hollywood producer had a greater motive for murder, he goes undercover as an actor to catch the real killer. | ||||
| 11 | "Zippers" | Alan Crosland | David Garber, Bruce Kalish |
March 26, 1984 |
| Automan goes undercover as an erotic dancer in a ladies-only strip club. | ||||
| 12 | "Death by Design" | Gil Bettman | Sam Egan | April 2, 1984 |
| When a ruthless crime syndicate kills one of Jack's best friends, Automan poses as a vigilante cop by the name of Mad Dog who is out for justice. | ||||
| 13 | "Club Ten" | Kim Manners | Michael S. Baser, Kim Weiskopf |
Unaired * |
| The exclusive Club Ten resort is a center for diamond smuggling. When Laura Ferguson stumbles on this secret she manages to put out an SOS call to her old friend Roxanne before being taken prisoner. Roxanne, Walter and Automan are soon on the trail of the missing Laura, unaware they themselves are being trailed... |
* "Club Ten" has been broadcast (years later) on The Sci-Fi Channel, and on BBC1 and Bravo in the UK.
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