Starman • ABC
CHARACTER: Vic
EPISODE: "Like Father, Like Son" (#1.2)
AIRDATE: 26 September 1986
DIRECTED BY: Nancy Malone

EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Scott's still having trouble accepting his father's origins. They encounter a used car salesman who meets his match in Starman, a stressed-out woman who has "kidnapped" her own daughter, and a disgruntled cougar. Meanwhile, Fox is trying to muster the government support he needs.

SERIES DESCRIPTION: In 1986, a television series, based on the 1984 movie directed by John Carpenter, premiered on the US ABC network. Starman (Robert Hays) returns to heed a call for help. He found the caller, Scott Hayden (Christopher Daniel Barnes), is his son.

They travel across the country, avoiding George Fox (Michael Cavanaugh) and Agent Wylie (Patrick Culliton), while trying to find Scott's mother, Jenny, so that they could be a family. Along the way, they helped many people have better lives.