Season 3, Episode 16 · Episode 49 of 79

Little Wolf

First aired Saturday, February 1, 1986

Synopsis

Hawke is drawn into a bitter custody battle and finds himself accused of kidnapping.

Episode recap

A custody battle turns radioactive when Hawke, trying to help, finds himself accused of kidnapping. "Little Wolf" drags the team into family court's gray zones, where there are no missile locks — only competing versions of love, and a child in the crossfire. The accusation flips Hawke's usual geometry: the man who operates outside the law now needs the law to see him clearly. The title works twice, naming the child at the story's center and winking at the series itself. For once the Lady is useless; reputations, not fortresses, are the terrain, and Hawke's is the one under fire.

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