The Powers of Matthew Star

S01E19: The Great Waldo Shepard

A plane lands and Matt, Walt, Terry Wilson and his son, Ryan, get off. They've spent the weekend vacationing in Moose Valley. As they go into a diner at the airport, two men are putting chloroform on a rag. They take out the man refueling the plane. Ryan is taking photos out on the airfield and sees the men stealing the plane and hollers for help. The three come running out, but the plane is already in the air. Terry admits that he left his briefcase inside, which had NATO defense plans inside. He must get it back. Matt and Walt develop the photos and see photos of hat emblems and shirts: Lucky Lindy Air Show and Redlands. At the Redlands, a plane lands in the hangar, and new paint and numbers are immediately applied. As Lou oversees this, his girlfriend, Nancy, walks up and confirms their dinner date. Lou goes back into the hangar and turns a key on a steel box on the wall. A secret door opens and he goes inside to talk to his partner, Latimer. The exchange for money will be

Overview

The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 through April 8, 1983, on NBC. It starred Peter Barton as the title character, alien prince Matthew ‘E’Hawke’ Star of the planet Quadris. Also starring were Amy Steel as Pam Elliot, Matthew’s girlfriend at Crestridge High, and Louis Gossett, Jr. as Matthew’s guardian Walt ‘D’hai’ Shepherd.

In 2002, The Powers of Matthew Star was ranked #22 on the list of TV Guide's "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time".

Episodes

S01E01 Jackal

September 17, 1982 60 min
Five miles out of Crestridge, a UFO lands. When the landing is picked up by military radar, a call is placed to a General Tucker. Nearby, a man hands a woman a likeness of Walt/D'Hai...

S01E02 Accused

September 24, 1982 60 min
April is singing (badly) at Backtrack Studios. The producers, including Joe Allen, roll their eyes. He's got a suitcase. A black man with a white suit enters a nightclub with a suitcase of his own....

S01E03 Daredevil

October 1, 1982 60 min
Pam is in girl's shower. The camera closes in on the door, through which a monster enters. It turns off the lights and grabs her. Pam screams, then giggles. The director, Trent, yells cut and...

S01E04 Genius

October 8, 1982 60 min
Matt and Pam are discussing his inability to get around to buying concert tickets. Jerry is trying to start lawn mower that runs on garbage. Monica explaining science project to Walt about Solar Prime paint...

S01E05 Prediction

October 15, 1982 60 min
Bob is drag-racing against some students from Oakridge High. Becky Vance is in his car, cheering him on. Pam and Matt are looking on from the sidelines. The race starts and it looks like Bob...

S01E06 The Italian Caper

October 29, 1982 60 min
In Italy, a supply truck in the midst of a convoy travels through rocky hills under armed guard. Terrorists watching from higher in the hills throw grenades and start firing. Another grenade causes something in...

S01E07 Winning

November 5, 1982 60 min
It's football practice. Coach Curtis and Walt (the trainer) Shepherd are coaching the players. Tony Garcia, the star Quarterback, is accepting praise while tossing his ball after practice to Matt. Matt is unhappily collecting the...

S01E08 Endurance a/k/a Survival

November 12, 1982 60 min
A set of binoculars (not to mention a cougar) watch Walt, Matt, Coach Curtis, Pam, Lisa, Anne, Fletcher and Ted hike into the mountains to build a survival shack. (Anne's boyfriend had died from exposure)....

S01E09 The Triangle

November 19, 1982 60 min
Ron Elliot, Pam's uncle, is flying a small plane over the Bermuda Triangle. Dictating a message on a handheld recorder for Pam, Ron tells her that he thinks the treasure is close, thanks to his...

S01E10 Mother

November 26, 1982 60 min
Matt and Pam are at the carnival. Pam is having a hard time popping balloons with darts, but Matt doesn't have any better luck. Madam Paloma, a fortune teller, is watching them intently, as is...

S01E11 Experiment

December 10, 1982 60 min
Ms. Johnson's class is on a field trip to Marine Park and are listening to Dr. Simon Barnard, renowned marine scientist. During the speech, Matthew hears a strange cry for help in his mind. When...

S01E12 Fugitives

December 17, 1982 60 min
Matt takes Pam a plate of food. She's working as a candy striper for Dr. Lindsey at Memorial Hospital. Dr. Lindsey is frustrated at his thermomagnetic scanner and Pam thinks it would take a better...

S01E13 Matthew Star: D.O.A.

January 21, 1983 60 min
A nice car drives over to the bad part of town. Two men get out, scrutinize a few homeless beggars, and pick one. They ask him if he's ever worked with a gun. He thinks...

S01E14 The Racer's Edge

January 28, 1983 60 min
Tony Garcia goes up to hotel clerk and says he is looking for Caroline Ashley. He goes up to her room, but is called into a neighboring room. Before he knows what is happening, he...

S01E15 Dead Man's Hand

February 11, 1983 60 min
At the Golden Harvest Casino, a blackjack game is being watch by surveillance camera by Mr. Veets. His assistant, Frank, enters, soon followed by room service. Mr. Veets asks Frank to give the man a...

S01E16 Thirty-Six Hours

February 18, 1983 60 min
Artemis space shuttle releases satellite into space and switches to the ALM automatic landing mode. Mission Control is happy. At Parkland Space Center, a fire truck is let onto the base and hooks up a...

S01E17 The Quadrian Caper

February 25, 1983 60 min
Deke Griffin gets out of jail after twelve years. He sets into car of who he believes is old partner, Vince, but actually its Donna, Vince's daughter. Vince is dead. Donna wants Deke's help to...

S01E18 Brain Drain

March 4, 1983 60 min
Dr. Bentley Pierce is running the perimeter of the grounds of an estate, looking for a way out, when he trips and falls. Mr. Weston walks up and tells him he can't leave; he hasn't...

S01E19 The Great Waldo Shepard

March 11, 1983 60 min
A plane lands and Matt, Walt, Terry Wilson and his son, Ryan, get off. They've spent the weekend vacationing in Moose Valley. As they go into a diner at the airport, two men are putting...

S01E20 Road Rebels

March 25, 1983 60 min

S01E21 Swords and Quests

April 8, 1983 60 min
Fred Ward travels down dark stairs with a flashlight and is startled by a black cat. Chains rattle and a door opens. A black masked man in a black cape ""sails"" down. Fred wants to...

S01E22 Starr Knight

April 15, 1983 60 min

Cast

Peter Barton
Peter Barton
Matthew Star (E'Hawke)
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr.
Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)
Amy Steel
Amy Steel
Pamela Elliot
James Karen
James Karen
Major Wymore
John Crawford
John Crawford
General Tucker

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