Stingray

Stingray

1985
Stingray
Stingray

Stingray

7.4 | en | Drama

Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting crime and helping people in trouble. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP15  One Way Ticket to the End of the Line
May. 08,1987
One Way Ticket to the End of the Line

Ray comes to the aid of a crop duster pilot who gets caught in the middle when two rival marijuana growers insist that he poisoned the other's fields.

EP14  Caper
May. 01,1987
Caper

Ray must rescue the father of a Soviet defector who is being held captive by the Russians in the hold of an ocean liner.

EP13  Anytime, Anywhere
Apr. 17,1987
Anytime, Anywhere

Ray travels to Vietnam where an exploding bomb blinds him, hindering his search for a statue which can provide clues to the whereabouts of American MIA's.

EP12  Blood Money
Apr. 10,1987
Blood Money

Ray helps the principal of an urban high school prevent a gang war from erupting.

EP11  Cry Wolf
Apr. 03,1987
Cry Wolf

Ray gets drawn into a case of a drugged-up TV star, Ty Gardiner, who tries to hire him despite Ray's misgivings. Turns out Gardiner's name and celebrity were used by his unscrupulous partner to rip off both the Mafia and the Yakuza. Now that the partner has disappeared, Gardiner is left holding the bag with both sides trying to kill him, and the Feds looking for him as well. Ray's attempts to negotiate the matter aren't helped by Gardiner, who fancies himself the big dramatic hero that he plays on TV. Ray manages to set up both the Mafia and the Yakuza to shoot it out with each other, using Gardiner as bait so that he isn't wanted by the Feds. In the subsequent shootout Ray and Ty both end up in hospital beds, with Gardiner hatching another nutty scheme.

EP10  Night Maneuvers
Mar. 27,1987
Night Maneuvers

Ray goes undercover as an instructor at a military academy to help a student who witnessed his classmates commit murder.

EP9  The Second Finest Man Who Ever Lived
Mar. 20,1987
The Second Finest Man Who Ever Lived

Ray helps a man by going undercover as a dock worker at the dock where his father was killed in a suspicious accident.

EP8  The Neniwa
Mar. 06,1987
The Neniwa

Ray attempts to resolve a dispute between a land developer and Indians who claim the proposed building site is on sacred ground.

EP7  Autumn
Feb. 27,1987
Autumn

Ray ends up in real trouble when he gets involved in a fantasy case made up by an author who needed an idea for his book.

EP6  The First Time is Forever
Feb. 20,1987
The First Time is Forever

After a TV reporter who Ray refused to help is killed, Ray decides to find out what the man was working on.

EP5  Echoes
Feb. 06,1987
Echoes

An artist, a former client of Ray's, is getting threatening calls from a stalker who Ray helped her out with, years before. In fact, the guy apparently died during his final encounter with Ray the last time around. The trail leads to a relative of the first stalker who is trying to get revenge.

EP4  Bring Me the Hand That Hit Me
Jan. 30,1987
Bring Me the Hand That Hit Me

A rather dimwitted garage worker and his criminal buddy steal $700,000 from a Mafioso who launders his money through the garage which he owns. The garage worker's sister is concerned that her brother is going to blow it: he doesn't seem to realize that quitting the day after you rob your boss and going crazy spending the money on coll stuff is a bad thing. She contacts Ray, who pretends to be another dimwitted crook and tries to get the two criminals out of trouble. The brother's buddy tries to double-cross them, and eventually despite Ray's best efforts to work things out, the sister is killed by the Mafioso Godfather. Her brother is left to mourn, as Ray warns him that he'll have to repay the favor his sister owed him.

EP3  Playback
Jan. 23,1987
Playback

Ray recreates a space isolation experiment to try and clear an old friend of murder charges which stem from the fact he was the sole survivor of the first experiment.

EP2  Gemini
Jan. 16,1987
Gemini

Women are mysteriously being murdered by a serial killer. Each of them advertised for help using an ad for a black Stingray Corvette, and the murderer drives around in a Stingray. One of Ray's former clients, a councilwoman, helps to bring him in. Ray pulls in a favor or two to get out of jail, and begins to investigate. He eventually finds out that an old friend from his mysterious past, Edward Benton, is trying to get revenge on him. During a mission in East Germany, Benton was left behind and imprisoned and tortured as a spy. Now he is seeking to even the score. Ray tracks him down and rather then let himself capture, Benton drives his car into a wall.

EP1  The Greeter
Jan. 09,1987
The Greeter

After the head chemist at a pharmaceutical company hires Ray to look into lethal drugs being made for sale in Africa, he vanishes without a trace.

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7.4 | en | Drama , Action & Adventure | More Info
Released: 1985-07-14 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting crime and helping people in trouble. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor.

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Nick Mancuso

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Stephen J. Cannell

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Reviews

jimmyjoe4 I remember liking this show quite a bit. Lets face it if I still think of it occasionally 20 years later then it must have made some kind of impression. Too bad it didn't run longer. Im a bit of a gear-head so I watched it for the Vette, you cant go wrong with an old Stingray as your costar. I remember it having a dark mysterious feel to it. I cant remember any of the particular episodes. I guess I kind of wonder if who the star was, Nick Mancuso or the Car. I suspect the car. Perhaps they will offer it on DVD someday then I can decide if I liked it for the car or the content. Oh well, it gave me a way to burn an hour back in the days of no responsibilities.
kalisa2001 I got hooked on the late night reruns of the show during the late 80s. The show had interesting storylines, an intriguing main character, and some beautiful songs. My favorite songs being "I'll Fly Away", "Ether", and the song from the episode featuring the construction project over the sacred Indian burial ground. I just love rewatching those episodes and I never get sick of those songs.
Benvolio "Stingray" was one of my favourite TV shows when I was a teenager. Ray was a cool guy, never taking money for his services, only asking favours. And of course he drove that fabulous Corvette Stingray, which still ranks as one of my favourite cars.
Gislef A first: a U.S. TV show that I like that lasts more than a year! One of the coolest theme songs in existence (written by Warren Murphy), and Nick Mancuso as the only continuing character, this show is probably the last of the Stephen Cannell "classic" shows. A unique concept (the favor trading), a near-superhuman protagonist (he could go into death-like comas and had a photographic memory - he often seemed more like Batman without the costume) , and lots of continuity. You wonder why Mancuso doesn't do more series TV (check out Matrix, an equally good show).