Season 2, Episode 1 · Episode 12 of 79

Sweet Britches

First aired Saturday, September 22, 1984

Synopsis

Hawke investigates a corrupt sheriff's suspicious killing and meets highway-patrol pilot Caitlin O'Shannessy.

Episode recap

Season 2 opens by doing something rare for an action series: it adds a regular who actually changes the chemistry. Investigating a corrupt sheriff's suspicious killing, Hawke crosses paths with Caitlin O'Shannessy — a Texas highway-patrol pilot with the flying skills to keep up and the stubbornness to refuse being left behind. The case itself is pure Airwolf morality play: small-town power gone rotten, answerable to no one until something faster than the law shows up. But the episode's real business is the introduction. From here on, the team has a third seat, and the show has a warmer center of gravity.

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