What are the best episodes of Starman?

The best rated episodes of Starman are: One for the Road - S1E7 rated 7.9, Best Buddies - S1E5 rated 7.7, Blue Lights - S1E4 rated 7.7, Society's Pet - S1E9 rated 7.5, Secrets - S1E6 rated 7.5

What are the worst episodes of Starman?

The lowest rated episodes of Starman are: The Test - S1E22 rated 6.3, Fatal Flaw - S1E3 rated 6.4, The System - S1E12 rated 6.6, Fever - S1E10 rated 6.8, Dusty - S1E15 rated 7.0

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Best Episodes of Starman

One for the Road
S1 Ep7
7.9
7th Nov 1986
Weary of their life on the run, Paul and Scott start to enjoy staying in one place for a while, but when Paul sees that they must move on, Scott rebels.
Best Buddies
S1 Ep5
7.7
24th Oct 1986
Encountering a couple who knew the real Paul Forrester, Paul and Scott's problems are compounded when the wife declares that she still loves Paul and wants to resume their affair.
Blue Lights
S1 Ep4
7.7
17th Oct 1986
When Scott decides to try out the blue sphere's otherworldly powers, the light causes a small town sheriff to report that he has seen a flying saucer and put Paul and Scott in jail, with Fox on the way.
Society's Pet
S1 Ep9
7.5
28th Nov 1986
Paul takes Scott to see his foster father's sister, a wealthy widow who has a $10,000 inheritance for the boy, but she wants to gain custody of Scott for herself, even if this requires betraying Paul to his pursuers.
Secrets
S1 Ep6
7.5
31st Oct 1986
The search for Jenny Hayden leads Paul and Scott to a mental institution where a woman may have a valuable lead for them, unless the whole thing is an elaborate trap.

Worst Episodes of Starman

The Test
S1 Ep22
6.3
2nd May 1987
Paul answers an ad for a ""pearl diver"", which he learns upon arriving at the diner is a dishwasher. Scott goes to school. While working at the diner, Paul discovers that his co-worker is illiterate. Scott's teacher talks to Paul about their gypsy ways and thinks that Paul should consider staying in one place so Scott can explore his full potential. Paul then brings his co-worker to her, so that he can learn how to read.
Fatal Flaw
S1 Ep3
6.4
3rd Oct 1986
Trouble with their truck in the desert forces Paul and Scott to seek refuge at a woman's experimental aircraft plant, whose problems could be worsened due to an unrecognized flaw in her father's radical airplane design, and for the first time Paul tries to resume his body's former job as a photographer.
The System
S1 Ep12
6.6
9th Jan 1987
A simple traffic violation causes Paul to be arrested, when a computer check reveals an old contempt citation regarding photographs taken by the real Paul of an attorney charged with murder.
Fever
S1 Ep10
6.8
5th Dec 1986
The fugitives get a brief respite when Agent Fox is taken off Paul's case, but then Paul's life is endangered by a common cold and Scott comes to realize how much he would miss his newfound father.
Dusty
S1 Ep15
7.0
6th Feb 1987
While going through Las Vegas, Paul and Scott pick up a woman. while they are away, she steals their vehicle. She then proceeds to sell it and gamble it all away. A hotel thinking that he is ""Paul Forrester"" gives him a room. They find the lot where she sold the vehicle and recover their belongings including the spheres. Paul later shows her herself and she finally decides to try and change her ways. And when they leave the hotel they discover that they accumulated a very large bill.

Starman Episode Guide

The Return
S1 Ep1
7.3
19th Sep 1986
Paul manages to find his son Scott in an orphanage, but he has trouble winning the boy's trust.
Like Father, Like Son
S1 Ep2
7.1
26th Sep 1986
Although on the run from Fox in a newly purchased used car, Paul and Scott stop to help a woman who is having car trouble and is also on the run, having just kidnapped her own daughter.
Fatal Flaw
S1 Ep3
6.4
3rd Oct 1986
Trouble with their truck in the desert forces Paul and Scott to seek refuge at a woman's experimental aircraft plant, whose problems could be worsened due to an unrecognized flaw in her father's radical airplane design, and for the first time Paul tries to resume his body's former job as a photographer.
Blue Lights
S1 Ep4
7.7
17th Oct 1986
When Scott decides to try out the blue sphere's otherworldly powers, the light causes a small town sheriff to report that he has seen a flying saucer and put Paul and Scott in jail, with Fox on the way.
Best Buddies
S1 Ep5
7.7
24th Oct 1986
Encountering a couple who knew the real Paul Forrester, Paul and Scott's problems are compounded when the wife declares that she still loves Paul and wants to resume their affair.
Secrets
S1 Ep6
7.5
31st Oct 1986
The search for Jenny Hayden leads Paul and Scott to a mental institution where a woman may have a valuable lead for them, unless the whole thing is an elaborate trap.
One for the Road
S1 Ep7
7.9
7th Nov 1986
Weary of their life on the run, Paul and Scott start to enjoy staying in one place for a while, but when Paul sees that they must move on, Scott rebels.
Peregrine
S1 Ep8
7.4
14th Nov 1986
Coming across an injured peregrine falcon, Paul risks his freedom to seek the help of a veterinarian.
Society's Pet
S1 Ep9
7.5
28th Nov 1986
Paul takes Scott to see his foster father's sister, a wealthy widow who has a $10,000 inheritance for the boy, but she wants to gain custody of Scott for herself, even if this requires betraying Paul to his pursuers.
Fever
S1 Ep10
6.8
5th Dec 1986
The fugitives get a brief respite when Agent Fox is taken off Paul's case, but then Paul's life is endangered by a common cold and Scott comes to realize how much he would miss his newfound father.
The Gift
S1 Ep11
7.3
12th Dec 1986
Paul receives a letter from the real Paul's mother that prompts him to return to Paul's home town for the Christmas holidays, but when he arrives the woman says she did not send the letter and asks him to leave.
The System
S1 Ep12
6.6
9th Jan 1987
A simple traffic violation causes Paul to be arrested, when a computer check reveals an old contempt citation regarding photographs taken by the real Paul of an attorney charged with murder.
Dusty
S1 Ep15
7.0
6th Feb 1987
While going through Las Vegas, Paul and Scott pick up a woman. while they are away, she steals their vehicle. She then proceeds to sell it and gamble it all away. A hotel thinking that he is ""Paul Forrester"" gives him a room. They find the lot where she sold the vehicle and recover their belongings including the spheres. Paul later shows her herself and she finally decides to try and change her ways. And when they leave the hotel they discover that they accumulated a very large bill.
Fathers and Sons
S1 Ep19
7.0
28th Mar 1987
Paul and Scott are being followed by a boy who reveals that he is Paul's son.
The Test
S1 Ep22
6.3
2nd May 1987
Paul answers an ad for a ""pearl diver"", which he learns upon arriving at the diner is a dishwasher. Scott goes to school. While working at the diner, Paul discovers that his co-worker is illiterate. Scott's teacher talks to Paul about their gypsy ways and thinks that Paul should consider staying in one place so Scott can explore his full potential. Paul then brings his co-worker to her, so that he can learn how to read.

Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes and continuing the story from John Carpenter's 1984 film. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987. The series was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984.

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