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Gavilan Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Sarah and the Buzz

First aired: Oct/26/1982
Director: Charles Picerni
Guest star: Alexa Hamilton (Sarah), Raymond St. Jacques (Ki-Tai), Paul Freeman (Mr. Snow), Michael Fairman (unknown), John Hancock (unknown), Tony Brubaker (unknown)

In "Gavilan," Robert Urich is an ex-CIA agent who gets involved in high adventure and underwater hi-jinks as an oceanographer with a laser-equipped mini-submarine.
Robert Gavilan is an idealist in a hard world, which is why he's an ex-agent. He hates violence and says he "couldn't tell the good guys from bad guys." Tonight he risks his life for a scientist whose book was inspirational to him. After rescuing Sarah Snow, a colleague, from guerrillas in Africa, Gavilan learns that the lady's husband, a renown scientist, is still held captive by the terrorists. Sarah pleads Gavilan to return and attempt a rescue.



2 :01x02 - Pirates

First aired: Nov/09/1982
Writer: Nicholas Corea, Bruce Cervi, Mark Frost
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest star: Irena Ferris (Faye), Michael Billington (Morgan), Heather Menzies (Dr. Maitland)

Gavilan and Dr. Maitland, an associate, are taken hostage by modern-day pirates. Gavilan (Robert Urich) draws the attention of pirates when he salvages gold from the deep off the Virgin Islands.



3 :01x03 - By the Sword

First aired: Nov/16/1982
Writer: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole
Director: Winrich Kolbe, Paul Krasny
Guest star: Jeff Imada (unknown), Bill M. Ryusaki (unknown), Gerald Okamura (unknown), Charles Walker (unknown), Bill Saito (unknown), Ernest Harada (Murata), Bennett Ohta (Takara), Jeanne Mori (Miko)

Gavilan is marked for death by a vengeance-seeking Japanese clan after he foils their attempts to steal an ancient sword. The sword, a Yakuza symbol, is in the hands of a girl who Gavilan has been dating.



4 :01x04 - A Matter of Geography

First aired: Nov/23/1982
Writer: Bruce Cervi
Director: Paul Krasny
Guest star: Polly Middleton (unknown), Badja Djola (unknown), Lina Raymond (unknown), Ismael 'East' Carlo (Montoya), John McLiam (Streblov), Richard Kuss (unknown), Anulka Dziubinska (Miss Streblov)

Gavilan is held captive in Cuba by a Russian scientist as part of an ingenious plan to work on an experimental turbine and to get his daughter into America.



5 :01x05 - The Hydra

First aired: Nov/30/1982
Writer: Bruce Cervi
Director: Charles Picerni
Guest star: Alexis Yulin (unknown), Ava Lazar (unknown), Robert Phalen (unknown), Bill Fletcher (Reinhardt), Melinda Culea (Paula), Stephen Elliott (Schiller)

Gavilan and Mylo have to retrieve a high-speed boat which has been stolen by an arms dealer to turn it into a lethal weapon.



6 :01x06 - A Drop in the Ocean

First aired: Dec/07/1982
Writer: Tom Sawyer, Rick Edelstein
Director: Alan Cooke
Guest star: Simone Griffeth (Tracy)

Milo (Patrick Macnee) is held hostage until Gavilan (Robert Urich) recovers $3 million in heroin.



7 :01x07 - Designated Hero

First aired: Dec/14/1982
Writer: Nicholas Corea
Director: Charles Picerni
Guest star: Bradford English (Tim McGann), Laura Johnson (Sonja), Michael Ansara (Akba Ben Koli)

Gavilan (Robert Urich) tries to rescue a friend from a Turkish prison.



8 :01x08 - The Best Friend Money Can Buy

First aired: Dec/21/1982
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Rockne Tarkington (unknown), Phil Adams (unknown), Santos Morales (unknown), Barbara Horan (unknown), Kerry Slattery (unknown), Shanna Reed (unknown), Herman Poppe (unknown), Mickey Morton (unknown), Michael Kavanagh (unknown), Peter White (Campbell), Robert Ginty (Winley)

Corrupt executives take over a corporation and use its fleet to slaughter whales. Gavilan becomes the scuba instructor for a boozing millionaire, hoping to straighten him out and get him to halt his whaling operation.



9 :01x09 - The Guns of Harry August

First aired: Dec/28/1982
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk
Director: Charles Picerni
Guest star: Dennis Lipscomb (Harry August)

Gavilan tries to stop an American living in England from dealing stolen NATO arms to terrorist groups.



10 :01x10 - The Midas Keys

First aired: Mar/18/1983
Writer: Bruce Cervi
Director: Paul Krasny
Guest star: Judson Allen (Ben), Jeremy Kemp (Von Emrich)

Gavilan is stalked by members of a Nazi faction who think he has the mysterious crystal pyramid they lost in a plane crash.



11 :01x11 - The Diamond Goddess

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole, Rick Edelstein



12 :01x12 - The Proteus Affair

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Danny Biederman, Thom Thomas, Robert Short



13 :01x13 - Rios En La Mar

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Tom Mankiewicz