Title: The Hero.. Original Date Aired: Friday 11th January 1985.. Created By: Kenneth Johnson.. Written By: Carleton Eastlake.. Directed By: Kevin Hooks.. Produced By: David Latt.. Executive Producer: Robert Singer and Daniel H. Blatt.. Supervising Producer: Garner Simmons.. Running Time: 1 hour ( Approx ).. Bloopers Found: 4.. Cast: Jane Badler ( Diana ), Robert Englund ( Willie ), Faye Grant ( Juliet Parrish ), Michael Ironside ( Ham Tyler ), Marc Singer ( Mike Donovan ), Lane Smith ( Nathan Bates ), Blair Tefkin ( Robin Maxwell ), Michael Wright ( Elias Taylor ) Jennifer Cooke ( Elizabeth ) June Chadwick ( Lydia ) Jeff Yagher ( Kyle Bates ).. Guest Starring: Howard K. Smith ( Howard K. Smith ), Aki Aleong ( Mr Chiang ), Mickey Jones ( Chris ), Duncan Regehr ( Charles ), Judson Scott ( Lt. James ), Bruce Davison ( John ), Judyann Elder ( Mrs. Caniff ), Robert Hooks ( George Caniff ), Ernest Harden ( Reggie ), Beau Starr ( Hostage Guard ), Chris Capen ( Officer Glen ), Nancy Lenehan ( Science Frontiers Scientist ) Jeff Kober ( Visitor Officer ).. Additional Guest Stars: Christopher Patterson.. Freedom Network Update: Fighting continues in Cordoba, the last free city in Spain, as Resistance fighters refuse to surrender even after seven weeks of savage street fighting.. The Visitors and the Resistance blame each other for the attempted assassination of Nathan Bates in Los Angeles, where Bates has issued a statement outlawing the Resistance and placing the city under martial law.. Freedom Network Medal Of Valour: Awarded to Benny Scallini, an insurance salesman from Atlanta, Georgia who derailed a train carrying 600 human prisoners to a Visitor labour camp.. Half of the prisoners were able to escape.. Plot Summary: Lydia sets up a fake ” resistance “ raid to get people mad at the real Resistance.. Chiang has a bunch of folks kidnapped, including Robin.. He decides to turn one of the prisoners over to the Visitors every hour until Mike, Ham and Julie surrender.. Diana decides to do a public display of her disintegrator ray gun on the person that gets turned over to them.. Plot: At Science Frontiers, lab technician Reggie and other workers are attacked by a group of gun – toting men claiming to be from the ” Resistance..” They trash the place, to know the location of Nathan Bates.. They shoot up the lab and threaten the scientists, until one technician manages to set off the alarm.. The men escape as security arrives, but not before sowing some seeds of distrust for the legitimate freedom fighters.. In the scuffle the leader of the group is slightly wounded by a guard as they make their escape.. Robin Maxwell is sent to visit George Caniff, the publisher of an underground newspaper, to set the record straight.. Kyle lies in his bed dreaming while Elizabeth practices using her powers, turning the light and radio on and off using mind control.. She practices lifting the bed and the still sleeping Kyle, but drops the bed when she is distracted by news of the attempt on Nathan’s life from the radio.. Kyle is tormented by Nathan’s shooting and Elizabeth attempts to comfort him.. Photos of Mike, Juliet, and Ham are on the front page of every paper, blaming them for the attack at Science Frontiers.. The group decide to split up to discover the truth.. While Ham goes to check out other Resistance groups in the area, Robin is assigned the task of going to see George Caniff, the owner of an underground newspaper, in order to set the record straight.. Meanwhile at the Visitor Legation, Diana confirms that her operative is in place, and has made contact with someone that he hopes can lead him to the Resistance.. When the men who attacked the lab walk in, Diana believes them to be Resistance members but is reassured by Charles.. They are actually Visitors disguised as Humans lead by Lt. James from Covert Operations.. Their raid on Science Frontiers is a devious plan by Charles to turn the Resistance and the populace against each other.. The next step is to find Bates.. Diana knows he must still be alive, because otherwise the failsafe device on his wrist would have released the Red Dust.. Lt. James assures Charles that all went well, and shows him that the only injury was a small scratch on his arm.. Charles and Diana plan to reach Nathan, whom Diana believes is alive – he has told her that he wears a device on his wrist which releases the Red Dust toxin into the atmosphere the moment his pulse stops beating.. Reggie is taken blindfolded to the Resistance Headquarters below Club Creole and interrogated by Julie.. Though he is frightened, he tells her that he saw the cut on Lt. James arm, and that it was bleeding green blood! Nathan remains in a coma at Science Frontiers, and Mr Chiang takes command.. In a meeting with Charles and Diana, Mr Chiang informs them that he is merely speaking for Nathan, who does not trust the Visitors.. Charles, realising exactly what is going on, reveals a new computer program – a computer generated image of Nathan which they can program to speak.. Mr Chiang allows them to use this new program to broadcast ‘ Nathan ‘ on television.. Using a holographic version of Bates thanks to Visitor technology, Mr Chiang broadcasts a televised statement declaring the Resistance to be a ” cancer “ that must be removed.. The holographic Bates reveals that a number of known Resistance sympathizers will be arrested, and – unless Mike Donovan, Ham Tyler, and Juliet Parrish surrender – one prisoner per day will be handed over to the Visitors for execution.. Robin goes to Caniff Printing and informs George Caniff that the Resistance had nothing to do with the attempt on Nathan’s life.. There she meets John Lane, a reporter from The Phoenix Post who has brought news to the underground paper from Visitor occupied territory.. Robin seems instantly smitten by John, but they are soon interrupted by a group of Mr Chiang’s men who rush into the shop and hold everyone prisoner – they are the hostages that will be killed if the Resistance leaders don’t surrender! When Robin is being roughed up, John jumps one of the men and is knocked out.. Everyone is taken to the back room, but George’s wife and son manage to escape.. The Resistance members are shocked when ‘ Nathan ‘ appears on TV with the announcement that known Resistance sympathizers are being arrested and will be executed at the rate of one per day until Mike, Juliet, and Ham surrender.. Ham wishes he had killed Nathan Bates, prompting an attack from Kyle.. After Mike and Chris break them up, they realize that they must work together to find and rescue the hostages.. Robin reassures George that everything will be all right, and that he will be back with his family in 48 hours.. She knows, though, that this is not true, and confides her fears in John.. Ham, meanwhile, meets with a police officer who confirms that the hostages are not being held in any city facility.. When Mr Chiang arrives at Caniff Printing, he forces the six hostages to choose numbers for their order of execution.. The prisoners draw numbers Robin gets #3.. George picks second last and gets #1, but John tells Mr Chiang that he got #1 in order to buy some time for George, because George has a family, thereby becoming first in line for execution.. Back at Resistance headquarters, George’s distraught wife is brought to meet Mike and Julie.. She reveals that the hostages were not taken anywhere, and are instead still being kept at the print shop.. Mrs Caniff suggests that the Resistance should surrender for the sake of her husband, but Julie refuses to do so.. She vows to instead find another way to rescue the hostages.. As plans are made, Elias and Willie have already headed to Caniff Printing and see Robin inside.. Willie is nervous and wants to head back to Club Creole immediately, but Elias insists on checking out a Visitor platform being erected outside the store.. As Elias tries to get a better look, he is spotted and as he raises his gun, the Visitors turn the gun on the platform, the ” disintegrator,” on Elias and he is instantly vaporized.. Willie screams in terror and tries to run towards Elias, but he is seen and has to flee.. Robin witnesses the ordeal from inside the shop and is traumatized.. She turns to John for support, and they share a kiss.. Later, John says he’s previously seen the ” Disintegrator “ used in Prescott against Resistance fighters.. George confronts John about switching numbers.. John refuses to give the number back, and insists that he wants to buy time for George and Robin, as this will give his life meaning.. Willie returns to Resistance Headquarters shocked and numb.. Mike, Julie, and Ham consider giving themselves up.. Ham drags Willie to his feet and forces him to confront Elias’ death.. Willie gets under control and manages to help the others by providing details about the set – up at Caniff Printing.. Aboard the L.A. Mothership, Charles and Lydia enjoy an evening of Napoleon Brandy and a bowl of worms.. Lydia flirts with Charles, who says that he remembers her from the Academy.. Diana arrives, dressed to kill, and is surprised to see that Lydia is also there – the brandy was a gift from Diana.. Charles wants more information on the Starchild, and Diana explains that Robin’s DNA is unusual and easily manipulated – she has been unable to find another human with the same genetic makeup to duplicate the experiment.. The Resistance plan their attack on Caniff Printing.. Using a diversion, and with Mike as bait, they plan to rescue the hostages.. On the day of the execution, Charles, Lydia, and Diana assemble with Mr Chiang to watch the proceedings.. Nathan’s man takes John outside, after he says goodbye to a tearful Robin, and tells her that he wishes they had more time together.. John stoically puts on his sunglasses and walks out into the sunlight.. As John is brought out and prepared to meet his fate, Diana seems to recognize him and voices her concern that something is wrong.. He is led onto the platform next to the disintegrator where he refuses a blindfold.. The Resistance members are in place, and the throat mic is tested.. Donovan soon arrives, waving a white flag.. He is about to take John’s place in front of the ” Disintegrator “ and jokes with Charles, saying ” What a way to go,” which is the signal for Kyle and Willie.. Kyle Bates and Willie roar into the square in Kyle’s truck, while Willie throws smoke bombs from a box in the back of the truck.. Diana fires a burst of laser at them, but Mike manages to push John into the truck where he lands hand – first on the box of smoke bombs.. Mike tells Kyle to leave, and struggles with the guards.. Donovan then begins to fight hand – to – hand with Charles.. Mike briefly gains the upper hand and pins Charles, but the Visitor spits venom at Mike’s face and regains the advantage.. During the commotion outside, Julie, Ham, and Elizabeth attempt to disable the guard at the buildings back door.. When they are unable to reach him without warning the others, Elizabeth attempts to use her powers to disable him but cannot feel the build-up of energy necessary to do so.. In desperation, Juliet jumps out to shoot the guard.. He turns to fire upon her, and Elizabeth is then able to fling out her powers and knock the guard unconscious.. Ham and Julie enter the back of the building – while Ham disables one guard, George knocks out the other and the hostages are rescued.. Outside, Diana raises her gun to fire, but Charles insists that he wants to take Mike on personally.. The fight leads into Caniff Printing where Mike has Charles pinned to the ground, until Charles spits venom onto Mike.. The Venom hits him mostly in the forehead, and he lays stunned on the floor but manages to kick Charles over the counter.. When Diana arrives firing her laser pistol, Mike escapes out the back door.. Back at the Resistance headquarters, Ham and Kyle resolve their differences.. John is invited into the group and decides to stay with the Resistance.. John notices that his hand is bleeding, and quickly moves to hide it from the others.. John’s hand is bleeding green blood … he is a Visitor.. Also in this episode, some additional background is provided about the origins of Elizabeth.. Charles asks Diana about her research on the Star Child, and Diana explains that Robin’s unusual DNA is very susceptible to recombination.. That is why Diana was able to cross – breed her with Brian to create Elizabeth.. But since then Diana has not been able to find any other Humans with the same genetic compatibility.. Blooper Details: Julie’s interrogation of Reggie is totally out of character.. When Elias is killed, Robin is watching at the window with a look of shock on her face.. Yet when she turns from the window she has tears streaming down her face.. Bad continuity.. On the Mothership, the worm that Lydia eats looks completely fake.. It is a different colour and consistency from all the other live worms in the bowl.. During the Resistance hostage rescue, Mike’s throat mic is completely out in the open as he is wearing an open neck shirt.. Wouldn’t Charles and Diana have noticed this and realized that something was up? Trivia: Quotes: ( Ham sees his picture in the paper ): ( Lydia thinks of her stomach ): ( Mike eulogizes Elias ):” The Hero..”
Ham: It’s nice to be wanted..
Charles: I’ll wager that if we hadn’t arrived, they would have most certainly resorted to nuclear holocaust..
Lydia: The fallout would’ve made the entire population inedible..
Mike: Now Elias is gone.. But it’s up to us to do something about it.. We know he wasn’t perfect.. He took advantage of what we went through to set himself up – the flashy restaurant, the whole nine yards.. But when it counted, when the Visitors returned, the truth was he cared too much to turn his back on us.. He gave us a place to stay, and he paid for it with his life.. And if you think about it, we’re all together right now because of him.. I’d say we owe him one..