Season 3, Episode 6 · Episode 39 of 79

Kingdom Come

First aired Saturday, November 2, 1985

Synopsis

With stolen nuclear detonators to smuggle, Hawke must act while explosives are rigged to Caitlin and to Airwolf.

Episode recap

Stolen nuclear detonators need moving, and the smugglers have engineered obedience: explosives rigged to Caitlin, and — with grim symmetry — to Airwolf herself. "Kingdom Come" straps a bomb to everything Hawke cares about and dares him to fly anyway. The episode is a study in coerced precision, every maneuver executed with a deadman's switch hanging over it, and the title's apocalyptic shadow is earned by the cargo. It's also the season's sharpest demonstration that the Lady's crew, not her armor, is her real vulnerability — a lesson the series' villains keep learning and Hawke keeps surviving.

Transcript

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The Kingdom Come quiz

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Redacted Briefing

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Intercepted Transmission

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Title Scramble

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Wolf Hunt

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