Airwolf
Fallen Angel
TV Flash files “Fallen Angel” as hour 19 of 80 in the TV Flash guide — Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA, season 2, episode 7, aired 1984-11-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 19 of 80 in the Airwolf guide, hour 7 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1984-11-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Sins of the Past” (S02E06). Next is “HX 1” (S02E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Marella unofficially asks String and Dom to attempt a rescue mission when Archangel is captured by rival agents and his wing of the Firm is disavowed. Archangel had embarked on a rescue mission for a former lover which he later discovers is a trap to lure him to his capture and subsequent brainwashing. String and Dom must find Archangel and deprogram him before he can assassinate the Firm's top leader, Zeus.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Fallen Angel sit in the Airwolf guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 19 of 80 — hour 7 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did Airwolf S02E07 air?
Fallen Angel aired 1984-11-03 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
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke
Jan-Michael Vincent’s Stringfellow Hawke flew Airwolf like a cello with missiles — Bellisario’s flying Knight Rider, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad, a black supercopter as the actual co-star. 1980s Cold War hardware with melancholy in the…
- Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini
Ernest Borgnine’s Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale made McHale’s Navy a PT-boat farce with a movie star’s grin — 1960s catalog WWII as sitcom, then Airwolf stretching the hangar-dad warmth around a black supercopter. TV Flash files him as the…
- Alex Cord as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III
Alex Cord’s Michael Coldsmith Briggs III — Archangel in a white suit — handled Airwolf as Bellisario’s flying Knight Rider: a reclusive cello-playing loner, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad, a black supercopter as the actual co-star. Cold…