Airwolf
Shadow of the Hawke: Part 1
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1984-01-22
Synopsis
While demonstrating the capabilities of the new prototype supercopter codenamed 'Airwolf', Dr. Charles Moffet goes rogue, steals the chopper and kills almost all of the observers. At least one man -- Michael Coldsmith Briggs III survives. Briggs, codenamed 'Archangel' is the head of a covert organization called 'The Firm' and Archangel calls upon the one man in the world he knows that can retrieve the copter. The problem is Stringfellow Hawke is not only a loner, but a recluse as well. The amount of money the Firm is willing to pay for Airwolf's recovery is irrelevant. Hawke wants just one thing - the safe return of his brother, Saint John, who was captured during the Vietnam war and is evidently a POW.
In the series
This episode is part of Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA.
Supercopter Cold War fantasy — rotor wash and secret missions.
Key cast
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke
- Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini
- Alex Cord as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III