Airwolf
Poppy Chain
TV Flash files “Poppy Chain” as hour 78 of 80 in the TV Flash guide — Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA, season 4, episode 22, aired 1987-07-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E22: listed hour 78 of 80 in the Airwolf guide, hour 22 of 24 in season 4. It aired 1987-07-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Malduke” (S04E21). Next is “Flying Home” (S04E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Airwolf team travels around the world as they put an opium ring run by St. John's former commander out of business.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Poppy Chain sit in the Airwolf guide?
S04E22 is listed hour 78 of 80 — hour 22 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 22.
When did Airwolf S04E22 air?
Poppy Chain aired 1987-07-24 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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- 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…