Airwolf
Shadow of the Hawke: Part 2
TV Flash files “Shadow of the Hawke: Part 2” as a desk essential hour — Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA, season 1, episode 2, aired 1984-01-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 80 in the Airwolf guide, hour 2 of 12 in season 1. It aired 1984-01-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Shadow of the Hawke: Part 1” (S01E01). Next is “Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n” (S01E03).
Essential hour: “Shadow of the Hawke: Part 2”. Shadow of the Hawke: Part 2 is the two-parter's second hour: missile racks and cello melancholy, CBS hours still looking expensive.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Hawke and his pal Santini head to Libya to recover Airwolf from it's diabolical creator, but Dr. Moffet turns up the heat by destroying a U.S. Navy warship. When Hawke's girlfriend Gabrielle goes undercover to discover Moffet's nefarious plans, she is captured and tortured and left to die in the desert. It's up to Hawke to recover the chopper, stop Moffet and save the girl, but will he do it all in time?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Shadow of the Hawke: Part 2 sit in the Airwolf guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 80 — hour 2 of 12 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Airwolf S01E02 air?
Shadow of the Hawke: Part 2 aired 1984-01-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
CBS Airwolf or the later USA seasons?
CBS looks expensive; later USA seasons cheapen fast. If you want Bellisario's flying Knight Rider, start with the network hours and the supercopter as co-star.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Bellisario's flying Knight Rider: a reclusive cello-playing loner, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad, and a black supercopter that is the actual co-star. Come for Cold War hardware spectacle — rotor wash, missile racks, Archangel's white suit — and stay for the melancholy leaking around Jan-Michael Vincent. CBS hours look expensive; later USA seasons cheapen fast.
The machine is the actual co-star, and the night dressed it in black. CBS then USA's *Airwolf* (1984–1987) is Donald P. Bellisario's flying Knight Rider: Jan-Michael Vincent's Stringfellow Hawke as cello-playing loner, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad Dominic Santini, Alex Cord's Archangel in the white suit. Rotor wash, missile racks, Cold War hardware spectacle. Part of the 1980s high-tech vehicle-hero trend, merch-ready chopper included. **CBS hours look expensive; later USA seasons cheapen fast.** Max's vending…
Filed against
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- Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini
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- Alex Cord as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III
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