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The show has never been re-aired since its initial airing. Originally, only several promos, a video featuring the series's theme song, a second draft script of the final episode<ref>[https://www.abaa.org/book/1294020244 An auction listing for the script of Episode #4]''</ref>, and few publicity stills have resurfaced. In May 2020, the first episode (albeit without the intro and outro) was uploaded on the Internet Archive by FlemishDog, sourced from an Australian broadcast on Nine Network in November 1984. | The show has never been re-aired since its initial airing. Originally, only several promos, a video featuring the series's theme song, a second draft script of the final episode<ref>[https://www.abaa.org/book/1294020244 An auction listing for the script of Episode #4]''</ref>, and few publicity stills have resurfaced. In May 2020, the first episode (albeit without the intro and outro) was uploaded on the Internet Archive by FlemishDog, sourced from an Australian broadcast on Nine Network in November 1984. | ||
On February 17th, 2021, user "Halofan" recovered the | On February 17th, 2021, user "Halofan" recovered the whole show off of a private torrent tracker.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13D7C9gII8buyh_I8BuYl8Lu3xFkeHUGl The link to the full show.] Retrieved 21 Feb '21</ref> | ||
==Episode List== | ==Episode List== | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 2 April 2021
A still of the cast.
Status: Found
Date found: 17 Feb 2021
Found by: Halofan
High Performance is an action series that aired on ABC in the spring of 1983. The show premiered on March 2nd and was on the air for three more episodes until March 23rd.
Plot
Brennan Flannery (Mitchell Ryan), a former racecar driver, is approached by former military-intelligence officer Blue Stratton (Jack Scalia) to have him expand his driving school to include a bodyguard business. They are then joined by Brennan's daughter Kate (Lisa Hartman), a survival expert, and Shane Adams (Rick Edwards), an aspiring racecar driver, and go out on missions to protect the world from no good or disaster.
Status
The show has never been re-aired since its initial airing. Originally, only several promos, a video featuring the series's theme song, a second draft script of the final episode[1], and few publicity stills have resurfaced. In May 2020, the first episode (albeit without the intro and outro) was uploaded on the Internet Archive by FlemishDog, sourced from an Australian broadcast on Nine Network in November 1984.
On February 17th, 2021, user "Halofan" recovered the whole show off of a private torrent tracker.[2]
Episode List
| # | Episode | Synopsis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Along Came a Spider | (unknown) | Found |
| 2 | Ice on the Road | The unit protects a shipment of crown jewels being sold to finance a Central American country's battle with rebel forces. | Found |
| 3 | Juggernaut | A TV-news executive hires the team to rescue his reporter, whose cover was blown after he infiltrated a survivalist group stockpiling illegal weapons. | Found |
| 4 | Deadly Performance | Terrorists enroll in the Flannery School to learn how to breach an elaborate industrial-security system guarding bacterial weapons. | Found |
Plot synopses taken from TV Guide[3]
Gallery
Another still from the series featuring Blue and Shane (Scalia and Edwards).
A script for the fourth and final episode, "Deadly Performance."
External Link
Reference
- ↑ An auction listing for the script of Episode #4
- ↑ The link to the full show. Retrieved 21 Feb '21
- ↑ TV Guide listing on the show