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''Starman'' is a 1986 TV series, spun off from the 1984 [[Film/{{Starman}} film of the same name]]. The starman from the film returns to Earth 15 years later, meets Scott, the son he fathered in the film, and spends a lot of time on the run from the government.
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''Starman'' is a 1986 TV series, spun off from the 1984 [[Film/{{Starman}} film of the same name]]. The starman from the film returns to Earth 15 years later, meets Scott, the son he fathered in the film, and spends a lot of time on the run from thegovernment.
government as they search for Scott's mother, Jenny Hayden.
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''Starman'' is a 1986 TV series, spun off from the 1984 [[Film/{{Starman}} film of the same name]]. The starman from the film returns to Earth 15 years later, meets Scott, the son he fathered in the film, and spends a lot of time on the run from the
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* MissingMom: The main plot arc in the first (and as it turned out only) season was trying to find out what had become of Scott's mother, Jenny. [[spoiler: Although the series was a ShortRunner, Starman and Scott ''do'' find Jenny in the two-part episode "Starscape."]]
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