The Littlest Hobo

- Season 6

(1984)

Hobo lends moral support to a boy in a new school who wants to try out for the track team but is rejected by his new peers.

Priceless statuettes are disappearing from the hotel in which they are on display, and it falls to Hobo to expose who among several colorful characters are responsible.

All of the statuettes disappear and the Hobo works with one of the hotel's more scrupulous staffers to solve the mystery.

The Hobo helps a rodeo star suffering from PTSD overcome his fear of animals.

A grumpy, but industrious, owner of a construction firm suffers an accident on the job, leaving him paralyzed. Despite his hard-to-love attitude, his wife and the Hobo stand by him for his physiotherapy and while he reassesses his talents.

When a movie production comes to town, a reckless, adrenaline-addicted stuntman tries to get the director's attention, so the Hobo, his daughter and the local sheriff try to keep him safe.

When a gifted kid tries to enter a national remote-controlled airplane tournament, a competitor tries to sabotage his equipment. Fortunately, the Hobo is there for counter-espionage.

Hobo befriends the somewhat simple, yet good-hearted reverend from his namesake parish, the Church of the Good Shepherd, and intervenes when thieves attempt to use him in a vintage wine smuggling plot.

A young upper class snob tries to hector his sister's new boyfriend out of her life. When that doesn't work, he challenges his rival to a tennis match, not realizing that a pro is willing to stand-in for him.

A hero firefighter dodges a medical order relieving him of duty, endangering his own life.

The sick firefighter continues to put himself in harms way, while Hobo tries to call attention to the problem.

The Hobo discovers a man pretending to be a wayward son, wanting to reintegrate himself into a community of Mennonites.

A go-kart mechanic for a racing team wants to drive and is willing to sabotage his team's vehicles to do it. This leads to a talented girl to try out for the team, causing even more tension.

Two lowlifes plan to rob a small business owner the day before he retires, and the Hobo along with a mime and a deaf-mute youth try to stop them.

Hobo joins the Farrells on a luxury yachting expedition, which enters a storm and shipwrecks the crew on an uninhabited island.

The elusive stranger turns out to be a Soviet air force pilot who has been stranded on the island for some time.

A troublemaking boy pretends to be a victim of a hit-and-run, winning attention from his enabling parents. When a witness and the Hobo move to expose him, he threatens retaliation.

The Hobo discovers a senile veteran who is the custodian of an unexploded bomb. He is able to bring it to the attention of a nearby military base, but the stakes are raised when it's discovered that it is near an abandoned munitions dump.