Season 3, Episode 18 · Episode 51 of 79

Hawke's Run

First aired Saturday, February 15, 1986

Synopsis

Hawke is hunted by assassins from both sides as a dead operative's intelligence becomes the prize.

Episode recap

A dead operative's intelligence becomes the auction of the season, and Hawke — carrying what everyone wants — becomes the target of assassins from both sides. "Hawke's Run" strips the series to its title: one man, hunted, with trust itself as contraband. Allegiances blur exactly the way the show likes them; the difference between friendly and hostile is a matter of timing and price. Airwolf can outrun anything with wings, but intelligence wars are fought at walking pace, in doorways and dead drops, and the Lady's pilot has to survive the ground long enough to reach the sky.

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