The Fall Guy
One Hundred Miles a Gallon
TV Flash files “One Hundred Miles a Gallon” as hour 41 of 111 in the TV Flash guide — The Fall Guy (1981–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 19, aired 1983-03-09, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E19: listed hour 41 of 111 in the The Fall Guy guide, hour 19 of 23 in season 2. It aired 1983-03-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Molly Sue” (S02E18). Next is “P.S. I Love You” (S02E20).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Colt makes a trip to rural South Carolina to help out his former sweetheart Irene after her husband has been murdered and her son made a fugitive by a wealthy and crooked businessman who uses the local moonshining operation as a cover for cocaine smuggling.
Viewer FAQ
Where does One Hundred Miles a Gallon sit in the The Fall Guy guide?
S02E19 is listed hour 41 of 111 — hour 19 of 23 in season 2, season 2 episode 19.
When did The Fall Guy S02E19 air?
One Hundred Miles a Gallon aired 1983-03-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
What's the double life?
Hollywood stuntman and freelance bounty hunter. Cases exist to justify the jumps; the job description is in the theme song.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Majors charm plus stunt-world celebration — action TV that actually tips its hat to the people who hit the ground. Colt Seavers moonlights as a bounty hunter between takes; Larson's truck jumps included. Theme song alone is a time machine. Post–Six Million Dollar Man reinvention, pure stunt poetry.
He hits the ground for a living, then moonlights in a truck. ABC's The Fall Guy (1981–1986), Glen A. Larson, reinvents Lee Majors post–Six Million Dollar Man as Colt Seavers: movie stunts by day, bounty hunting between takes. Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas along for the gags as Howie and Jody. The theme song advertised the job description better than any pitch meeting. *Denim, a GMC, a body as choreography, Hollywood as the fitting room.* Style is the plot. **This was not a soft launch of a second action brand;…
Filed against
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- Douglas Barr as Howie Munson
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- Heather Thomas as Jody Banks
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