Nothing especially weird about these clips from Airwolf, but I do love it so and it’s been ages since I posted any. These are all from the first season (aka the good one) and all represent some original thinking, something that disappeared in later episodes.
The first is basically the first six minutes of Airwolf, which introduces the whole show and demonstrates its unique selling points. Let’s not forget the great David Hemmings here at work as Airwolf’s creator. Unfortunately, the clip leaves off the next classic bit (“The Firm has shown great confidence in my ability to change” – “I’m sure they were justified” – “Not really”. And then he blows everyone up), but it’s still as good an intro as they come.
The next clip comes from Echoes of the Past, in which some sneaky Russian spies get as far as kidnapping our heroes and Airwolf, sticking it into the back of a cargo plane and flying away. How do our heroes get out of that? Well, you’ll just have to watch.
And lastly, we have a scene from the season finale, To Snare A Wolf, in which the government agents chasing after Airwolf finally catch up with it. They then take advantage of a unique problem with helicopters, to which there turns out to be a unique solution. Interestingly, the final “bombing run” that follows used the most explosives in American TV history. And in a nice bit of forward planning, the government agent in charge turns out to be the guy who did the narration at the start of each episode.
