60 minSeason 1 • Episode 22
LatestPaul answers an ad for a ""pearl diver"", which he learns upon arriving at the diner is a dishwasher. Scott goes to school. While working at the diner, Paul discovers that his co-worker is illiterate. Scott's teacher talks to Paul about their gypsy ways and thinks that Paul should consider staying in one place so Scott can explore his full potential. Paul then brings his co-worker to her, so that he can learn how to read.
Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes and continuing the story from John Carpenter's 1984 film. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987. The series was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984.
Acting
Robert Hays plays alien awkwardness with weirdly genuine warmth.
Practical Effects
That glowing orb prop still slaps harder than most CGI.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show was cancelled after one season despite decent ratings, partly due to ABC's chaotic 1986-87 schedule shuffling.
It arrived during a brief wave of gentle alien-outcast TV (ALF, Harry and the Hendersons) that briefly softened Reagan-era xenophobia into something cuddly.
US
