Search and Rescue: the Alpha Team Episode Guide Air Date Synopsis 09/10/77 The Alpha Team tries to find a young motorcyclist who has fallen into a ravine. 09/17/77 The team attempts to reach a mother and her son who are trapped in a hospital following a gas explosion. 09/24/77 Preempted 10/01/77 A chimp and a mule come to Will's rescue when an hang gliding accident leaves him caught on a tree top. 10/08/77 The team attempt to rescue an old prospector from a crumbling mine shaft. 10/15/77 Two mountain climbers are rescued by a bear and a cougar. 10/22/77 The Alpha Team rescues a diver caught in an underwater cave. 10/29/77 A poacher invades the game preserve to stalk a couple of cougars (Part 1). 11/05/77 The Alpha Team tracks the poacher (Part 2). 11/12/77 The Alpha Team searches for two rally car drivers who have gotten lost in a heavily wooded area. 11/19/77 Bob's uncle, an old timber spotter, is injured in the forest. 11/26/77 Two hikers get lost in a swamp that contains quicksand. 12/03/77 To get Katy's attention, an admirer stages a fake accident that becomes real. 12/10/77 After his wife is injured in a camping accident, a blind man gets lost in the forest while trying to find help. 12/17/77 Three kids are lost in a storm drain that is filling up. 12/24/77 While on a practice drill in the wilderness, Bob gets infected by a crippling bacteria. 12/31/77 Preempted 1/7-28/78 Not available