List of Airwolf episodes

This is a list of "Airwolf" episodes which ran for four seasons between 1984 and 1987.

eason 1: 1984

eason 4: 1987

The final season of "Airwolf" is considered by many fans to be vastly inferior. CBS wanted to make the show into a more family-friendly, action-oriented program. Unhappy with the high production costs, producers Donald P. Bellisario and Bernard L. Kowalski abandoned the project. Bellisario was already leaving the series from a creative point of view at the start of the third season due to such disagreements. Canadian-based Atlantis Productions moved production to British Columbia and USA Network picked up distribution of the show. With Jan-Michael Vincent's growing substance abuse problems, and the remaining principal cast being too expensive to hire, an entirely new cast was created.

Season Four was produced on a comparatively shoe-string budget, and Atlantis Production's contract didn't provide them with the flying Bell 222 helicopter used for "Airwolf". Recycled aerial footage and poorly-produced special effects failed to match the quality of the prior seasons. The full-sized mock-up of Airwolf from prior seasons was used for static shots.

In the first episode of this new version, "Blackjack", Hawke's missing brother St. John was suddenly (and surprisingly easily) discovered, creating contradictions to the character's already-varied history. He took over as pilot of Airwolf with its new crew. "The Firm" was now suddenly referred to as, "The Company," and gone were its famous white suits.

Series co-star Michele Scarabelli later noted in a 1990 Starlog interview, "They needed an additional 26 episodes to enhance the syndication package. All the scripts were already written." Filming of the fourth season was completed in six months.