High Performance (found ABC action series; 1983-1984)
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 been never 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.
Episode List
# | Episode | Synopsis | Status |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Along Came a Spider | (unknown) | Partially 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. | Lost |
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. | Lost |
4 | Deadly Performance | Terrorists enroll in the Flannery School to learn how to breach an elaborate industrial-security system guarding bacterial weapons. | Lost |
Plot synopses taken from TV Guide[2]