Starman (TV series)
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Starman was a 1986 science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes. The series ran on the ABC network from 1986 -[1987]]. The television series Starman was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984.
Storyline
The series took place fifteen years after the film and featured the return of the alien in the body of a deceased photojournalist named Paul Forrester to spend time with his now teenage son; Scott Hayden (played by Christopher Daniel Barnes) as they try to avoid a U.S. Government agent and find the missing Jenny Hayden.
Each episode of the series had the fugitive father and son moving from place to place (in a format similar to The Fugitive and The Incredible Hulk) meeting people that were in need of some assistence, while Scott tries to explain to his alien father what it means to be a human being.
In a two part episode Starscape Paul and Scott find Jenny Hayden living as an artist in Arizona. One more episode aired after the two part episode, that titled The Test that tried to pave the way for the possibilites for a second season, but the series was cancelled.
References
TV TOME Star Man [1] (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-2463/)
Star Man Fan Cite [2] (http://www.timg.demon.co.uk/starman/starman.htm)
Catagories:Science Fiction Catagories:Television Shows In The 1980s