Mind of the Machine

Episode aired Apr 7, 1984
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

188

YOUR RATING

Ernest Borgnine, David Carradine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Sondra Currie in Airwolf (1984)

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

Dr. Robert Winchester is a brilliant researcher and a former test pilot who helped design Airwolf. Now, he's asking for Hawke's help in test flying a simulator that he's designed to enable t... Read allDr. Robert Winchester is a brilliant researcher and a former test pilot who helped design Airwolf. Now, he's asking for Hawke's help in test flying a simulator that he's designed to enable the Firm to train future test pilots to fly Airwolf. Reluctantly, Hawke agrees, but determi... Read allDr. Robert Winchester is a brilliant researcher and a former test pilot who helped design Airwolf. Now, he's asking for Hawke's help in test flying a simulator that he's designed to enable the Firm to train future test pilots to fly Airwolf. Reluctantly, Hawke agrees, but determines that the simulator's "feel" is a little off. Archangel convinces Hawke to let Winchest... Read all

Director
- Ivan Dixon
Writers
- Donald P. Bellisario
- T.S. Cook
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

188

YOUR RATING

Director
- Ivan Dixon
Writers
- Donald P. Bellisario
- T.S. Cook
Stars

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Goofs
Dr. Winchester states that he tested the telemetry pod on an F-15 at Mach 3. The maximum speed of an F-15 is Mach 2.5.

Quotes
Dr. Robert Winchester: I was just thinking about something Dr. Moffet said.
Diana Norris: Who's Moffet?
Dr. Robert Winchester: The designer of Airwolf, he's dead now... We were at a party one night- got this funny grin on his face. He said, "Robert, Airwolf is very much a living thing, more than you can imagine."
Diana Norris: What did he mean?
Dr. Robert Winchester: I'm just beginning to understand... Inside its computer, Airwolf contains its own design, just like a living creature, complete information as to how to re-create itself.

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Featured review

6/10

Mind of the Machine

David Carradine joins the cast and not a kung fu kick in sight. I think the producers took a risk with the casting, Carradine surely would had given tips to Jan-Michael Vincent as to how to up his game as a hellraiser.

Carradine rather improbably plays Dr Robert Winchester a former test pilot who helped design Airwolf but now testing an advanced simulator that mimics Airwolf in order to train future pilots to fly Airwolf.

The real Airwolf is hooked up to the simulator to improve its programming but it also allows a Soviet agent to attempt to steal Airwolf.

Carradine does give this episode an edge as you wonder if he is a baddie or not. The lighted cords that hook up the computers must have been discarded from the television series of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.