Air America

Season

1998

Canada

4.6

Rio and his buddy Wiley are supposedly just ordinary pilots working for the Latin American air transport company Air America. In truth, they are undercover secret agents receiving their orders directly from the State Department in Washington. As part of their duties they investigate international crime, protect witnesses, rescue people who need rescuing, and occasionally get themselves out of messes that their boss, Furman, keeps getting them into as he tries to line his own pockets.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Lost City

A German archaeologist, blonde and beautiful, claims to have found a lost pre-Colombian city of gold. A corrupt government official pressures her to share with him the illegal sale of any artifacts found at this site.

S1 • E2

Hostage Situation

Rebels take control of the Hotel Parador and hold its staff and guests hostage. Among these hostages is Alison Stratton's father who's come to visit his daughter and who's unhappy with the job she's doing.

S1 • E3

Crosshairs

A nightclub singer comes to Rio and Wiley with a problem she has with the nightclub owner. When Rio tries to help her, he finds himself blamed for the owner's murder.

S1 • E4

Abduction

A series of people going missing is attributed to native superstition. Not buying the story, Rio and Wiley investigate the elaborate scheme, where they suspect organs are being harvested and sold on the black market.

S1 • E5

Seller's Market

Rio must find a way to save Costa Perdida from chemical destruction.

S1 • E6

Rebound

Rio and Wiley come to the aid of an American ambassador being blackmailed by a power-hungry tycoon. Complicating matters is Rio's ex-girlfriend who's now engaged to the tycoon's son.

S1 • E7

The Hit

Rio and Wiley must protect a local crime kingpin from a mob hit man.

S1 • E8

High Noon at Costa Perdida

A mixed martial arts champion comes to Costa Perdida and plans to use his wealth and influence to purchase the land. When locals resist his attempts, he begins taking the land by force. Rio begins training to fight the champion.

S1 • E9

Till Death

Rio falls in love with a woman on the run from her dangerous husband.

S1 • E10

Fever

An Ebola type of virus breaks out in Costa Perdida. When the entire area gets placed under government quarantine, Rio and Wiley must assist a doctor who is desperately trying to find a cure for the disease before it's too late.

S1 • E11

The Witness

Rio and Wiley get assigned to protect a kid who witnessed a political assassination. When the entire incident begins to reek of a government cover up, Rio must rescue the boy from the same people who he thought were protecting him.

S1 • E12

Old Gold

Rio's uncle comes to visit him in Costa Perdida. Rio remains highly skeptical of his uncle's intentions, and his suspicions of the man are confirmed when he learns of his plans to track down a stash of stolen gold.

S1 • E13

Fear of Flying

Wiley has a panic attack while in flight. Afterwards he gets grounded and must undergo a psychiatric evaluation. There is much more to the incident, as Wiley suspects he has been victimized by a scandal involving mind-altering drugs.

S1 • E14

Engraved Danger

Communist rebels acquire currency plates from an armored-car robbery. While investigating this theft, Rio and Wiley's copter is shot down. They're captured by the rebels who torture them prior to a scheduled execution.

S1 • E15

Catch-23

Rio goes deep into the jungle in search of his missing father. Hot on his tail is an armed militia that does not want him to find what he is looking for. With help from Wiley, he must rescue his father before it is too late.

S1 • E16

Eye of the Storm

A woman asks Rio for answers about her husband's death. Her timing couldn't be worse as a hurricane hits Costa Perdida. When rogue intelligence operative Stanley shows up and takes everyone hostage, Rio and Wiley must keep everyone safe.

S1 • E17

The Court-Martial of Rio Arnett

Rio gets set up to take the fall on an illegal weapons smuggling deal. After Rio is brought up on Court Martial charges, Wiley must track down Jenner, the one man who can testify on Rio's behalf and clear his name before he gets railroaded.

S1 • E18

The Rescue

Rio and Wiley get commissioned to help a squad of mercenaries rescue a young girl who was kidnapped by her father, a powerful drug lord. Rio and Wiley try to iron out the messy custody battle while keeping the girl's best interests in mind.

S1 • E19

Blown Away

Rio and a reporter are held captive by a local mobster.

S1 • E20

Heartbreak Hotel

Two brothers that are Central American crime lords have a brutal blood feud. The rivalry comes to a head when their mother is dying. Rio and Wiley must make peace between the brothers and get their mother the medical attention she needs.

S1 • E21

Red Sub

Rio and Wiley's search for a kidnapped girl leads them to a Russian spy ring.

S1 • E22

American Gulag

An elderly Russian man forms a training camp for terrorists using local kids.

S1 • E23

Betrayal

Rio is assigned to the Lost Coast of South America with Wiley for a field mission through a covert agency, OSI, under the guise of a transport service, Air America. First of two one-hour shows with continuing story.

S1 • E24

Safe Passage

Second hour of two-part story in which Rio and Wiley work as undercover government agents in the form the only air transport company on the island paradise of Costa Perrida and help a woman find her husband who is still alive.