The Six Million Dollar Man
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| The Six Million Dollar Man | |
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| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Running time | 60 mins. |
| Starring | Lee Majors Richard Anderson Jennifer Darling Martin E. Brooks |
| Country of origin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | 18 January 1974–6 March 1978 |
| No. of episodes | 101 |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
- Part of The Bionic series
The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. The title role of Steve Austin was played by Lee Majors, who subsequently became a pop culture icon of the 1970s. A spin-off of the show was produced called The Bionic Woman.
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[edit] Overview
The background story of the original novel and the later series is the crash of former astronaut Steve Austin in an M2-F2 “lifting body,” shown in the opening credits of the show. Austin is severely injured in the crash and is “rebuilt” in a title-giving operation that costs six million dollars. His right arm, both legs and the left eye are replaced by bionic (cybernetic) implants that enhance his strength, speed and vision far above human norm. He uses his enhanced abilities to work for the OSI (Office of Scientific Intelligence) as a secret agent (and as a guinea pig for bionics).
Caidin’s novel was a best-seller when it was published in 1972 and was followed by three sequels. In the spring of 1973, Cyborg was loosely adapted as a made-for-TV movie starring Majors as Austin (although usually referred to by the title The Six Million Dollar Man, this film is often cited by the longer title Cyborg: Six Million Dollar Man). The adaptation was done by writer Howard Rodman working under the pseudonym of Henri Simoun. The film abandoned much of the plotline of the original novel in favor of a more TV-friendly script, and did not include many of the standard features of the later series; absent were the electronic sound effects, the slow motion running, and the character of Oscar Goldman (instead, another character named Oliver Spencer, played by Darren McGavin, was the leader.) The OSI had been the OSO. Austin also does not use the enhanced capabilities of his bionic eye at any time during the film.
The first film was a major ratings success and was followed by two more made-for-TV films that fall—Wine, Women and War and Solid Gold Kidnapping (which were original stories not based upon Caidin’s writings), followed by the debut, in January 1974, of The Six Million Dollar Man as a weekly hour-long series.
The show was very popular during its run and introduced many pop culture elements of the 1970s, such as the show’s opening catch-phrase and the slow-motion action sequences and the accompanying “electronic” sound effects.
For many years, attempts have been made to bring the story of Steve Austin to the movie screen. In the mid-1990s, noted director Kevin Smith wrote a screenplay (which he talks about on the DVD "An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder" from 2006), and there were reports later that comedian Chris Rock was being considered for the role. In 2003, an announcement was made to film the story as a full-out comedy starring Jim Carrey but that project appears to be on hold. In a July 2006 interview at Comic Con, Richard Anderson (who played Oscar Goldman in the series) stated that he is involved with producing a movie of the series but the rights are in litigation between Miramax and Universal. A post on writer Kenneth Johnson's website, indicates there are similar problems with a TV DVD release.
[edit] Medical Bionics
In medicine, Bionics means the replacement or enhancement of organs or other body parts by mechanical versions. Bionic implants differ from mere prostheses by mimicking the original function very closely, or even surpassing it.
This definition of bionics is best known to the general public in reference to the television series The Six Million Dollar Man, in which the titular cyborg character is referred to as a “bionic man.” In the mid-1970s, when scientists in a popular TV series rebuilt a wounded, barely-living test pilot into the world’s first bionic man, making him “better, stronger, faster,” the field of medical bionics was the stuff of science fiction.
However on April 3rd, at Experimental Biology 2006, some of the leading scientists in the rapidly expanding field of bionics explain how much of what was once fiction is today at least partial reality—including electronically-powered legs, arms, and eyes like those given TV’s Six Million Dollar Man 30-plus years ago.
The symposium on “The $6 Billion Man” is part of the scientific program of the American Association of Anatomists.
[edit] Opening Sequence
The opening sequence featured NASA's 1967 footage of a real-life accident [1] of the Northrop M2-F2 lifting body tumbling end for end down the runway caused by piloting error. The pilot, Bruce Peterson actually survived reasonably unscathed, although lost an eye due to an infection acquired while in the hospital.
The opening credits actually used footage of two different lifting bodies; the HL-10, shown dropping away from its carry plane, and the M2-F2 shown in the unstable flight/crash sequence. (The aircraft was actually referred to as being an “HL-10” in the series, and the real HL-10 was used in a later episode; however in the 1987 TV film The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman Austin refers to it as the "M3F5" which is the name used for the aircraft that crashes in the original Cyborg novel.)
[edit] Radio chatter
The radio chatter that occurs before the opening narration has been the subject of some debate as it was not entirely clear due to the radio static noise. The following script is one example of the radio chatter, based on a sound file found online. The chatter starts with the release of the HL-10 and continues through to the crash.
NASA One (flight control): “It looks good at NASA One.”
B-52 Pilot: “Roger. BCS arm switch is on.”
NASA One: “Okay, Victor.”
B-52 Pilot: “Landing rocket arm switch is on.”
B-52 Pilot: “Here comes the throttle. Circuit breakers in.”
Steve Austin (voice of Lee Majors): “We have separation.”
Chase plane: “Roger.”
B-52 Pilot: “Inboard and outboards are on.”
B-52 Pilot: “I’m comin’ forward with the sidestick.”
NASA One: “All looks good.”
B-52 Pilot: “Ah, roger.”
Steve Austin: “I’ve got a blowout—damper three!”
Chase plane: “Get your pitch to zero.”
Steve Austin: “Pitch is out! I can’t hold altitude!”
B-52 Pilot: “Correction, alpha hold is off, trip selectors—Emergency!”
Steve Austin: “Flight Com! I can’t hold it! She’s breaking up, she’s break—”
In the original pilot, however, none of the above dialogue occurs. Instead, Austin and ground controllers calmly discuss complications with the landing right up to the moment of the crash; most notably, there is no reference to a blow-out. In a recap that opens the second pilot film, Wine, Women & War, Oscar Goldman is depicted as being involved in the transmissions, asking Austin “What’s going on?” to which Austin replies “I was hoping you would tell me.” Once again, unlike the version used in the series, this early rendition omits any reference to an actual cause for the crash.
[edit] Narration
After the crash sequence the narration for each episode has become part of American pop culture. After an early version of the narration was tested in the Solid Gold Kidnapping TV film, the most famous version was introduced in the weekly series:
| Narrator [series producer Harve Bennett]: “Steve Austin: astronaut. A man barely alive.” Oscar Goldman: “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better…stronger…faster.” |
Another version of the narration (transcribed from "The Ultimate Imposter" from Season 4):
| "Steve Austin: astronaut. A man barely alive. We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster." |
[edit] Main characters
- Steve Austin, the title character (played by Lee Majors (canonical spelling of Steve’s full first name, Steven, established by the road sign in the episode “The Bionic Woman, Part 1”)
- Oscar Goldman, the Director of the OSI (played by Richard Anderson)
- Dr. Rudy Wells, Austin’s physician and primary overseer of the medical aspects of bionic technology (played by Martin Balsam (pilot only) /Alan Oppenheimer (seasons 1 and 2) /Martin E. Brooks (seasons 3-5 and three movies) (due to the change in actor, in "The Return of the Bionic Woman", Wells undergoes an appearance change between Jaime Sommers' death and a desperate plea for revival only minutes later)
- Jaime Sommers played by Lindsay Wagner—recurring
- Oliver Spencer, Director of the OSO in the pilot only (played by Darren McGavin)
[edit] Parts
- A 20.1:1 zoom lens along with a night vision function in the left eye (as well as the restoration of normal vision).
- Bionic legs allowing him to run at tremendous speed and make great leaps. Austin’s upper speed limit was never firmly established, although a speed of 60 mph is commonly quoted since this figure is shown on a speed gauge during the opening credits; the later revival films suggested that he could run faster, however.
- A Bionic right arm with the equivalent strength of a bulldozer
The implants have a major flaw in that extreme cold interferes with their functions and can disable them given sufficient exposure. However, when Austin returns to a warmer temperature, the implants quickly regain full functionality.
The Charlton Comics comic book spin-off from the series also established that Austin's bionic eye could shoot a laser beam and also worked as a miniature camera (these abilities were demonstrated in the first issues of the color comic and black-and-white illustrated magazine, respectively), but neither function was shown on television.
The series became known for how Austin's bionic abilities were presented. When running or using his bionic arm, Austin was usually presented in slow-motion, accompanied by an electronic grinding-like sound effect. When the bionic eye was used, the camera would zoom in on Austin's face, followed by an extreme close-up of his eye; his point-of-view usually included a crosshair motif accompanied by a beeping sound-effect. In early episodes, different ways of presenting Austin's powers were tested, including a heartbeat sound effect that predated the electronic sound, and in the earliest episodes no sound effects or slow-motion were used at all, with Austin's actions shown at normal speed (except for his running which utilized trick photography).
[edit] Changes for television
A number of changes had to be made to Caidin’s version of the character to make him work for television. In the original novels, Austin was a cold-blooded killer, while the TV version rarely killed after his status as a childhood hero had been realized, and in fact Austin explicitly states his opposition to killing in the pilot film.
A number of changes to Austin’s bionics were also made. In the novel, Austin’s left arm, not his right, was the bionic one. Also, the arm was little more than a superpowered battering ram and not as complex as the TV version. Austin was blind in his bionic eye in the books, which was simply used as alternately a camera or a laser, and was removable. The book version of Steve Austin had some abilities the TV version lacked, such as a radio transmitter contained within a rib, a steel-reinforced skull that made it impossible for him to be knocked out with a blow to the head, and a CO2-powered poison dart gun in one of his bionic fingers which the literary version of Austin often used to eliminate bad guys.
Another minor change was a matter of spelling: in the original novels, the term “bionics” was always used in its plural form, i.e. “bionics limbs.” Perhaps to make it easier to say in dialogue, this was changed to “bionic limbs” et al for the television series. The word “bionics” is never actually uttered during the first pilot film.
One character name was also initially changed. In the original novel Austin’s superior is Oscar Goldman, as he is in the series, however in the pilot film the name was changed to Oliver Spencer. The opening credits of the second pilot film, Wine, Women and War performs retconning to eliminate Spencer and reinstate Goldman as the government chief who authorizes Austin’s conversion; Goldman is also portrayed as a friendlier and more sympathetic character than Spencer, who Austin accuses of being little more than a robot. In Caidin’s novel and the original pilot film, Austin is recruited by the Office of Strategic Operations (OSO); for the TV series this was changed to the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI).
The pilot film changed Austin’s character, making him a civilian member of NASA, rather than the Air Force colonel he was in the original novel; his military rank and background was restored for the TV series and no further reference was made to him being a civilian astronaut.
[edit] Novels
Martin Caidin wrote four novels featuring his original version of Steve Austin beginning in 1972 with Cyborg. Although several other writers such as Mike Jahn would later write a number of novelizations based upon the TV series, in most cases these writers chose to base their character upon the literary version of Austin rather than the TV show version. As a result, several of the novelizations have entire scenes and in one case an ending that differed than the original episodes, as the cold-blooded killer of Caidin’s novels handled things somewhat differently than his watered-down TV counterpart. For example, in the Jahn book International Incidents, an adaptation of the episode “Love Song for Tanya” ends with Austin using the poison dart gun in his bionic hand to kill an enemy agent; since the TV version of the character lacked this weapon, the villain was simply captured in the episode as broadcast.
[edit] Original Novels
(all by Martin Caidin)
- Cyborg (1972)
- Operation Nuke (1973)
- High Crystal (1974)
- Cyborg IV (1975)
(Of the above, only Cyborg was adapted for television.)
[edit] Novelizations
- Wine, Women and War—Mike Jahn
- Solid Gold Kidnapping—Evan Richards
- Pilot Error—Jay Barbree
- The Rescue of Athena One—Jahn
- The Secret of Bigfoot Pass (UK title, The Secret of Bigfoot—Jahn
- International Incidents—Jahn (this volume adapted several episodes into one interconnected storyline)
[edit] Other adaptations
Charlton Comics published both a color comic book and a black and white, illustrated magazine, featuring original adventures as well as differing adaptations of the original TV movie. While the comic book was closely based upon the series, the magazine was darker and more violent and seemed to be based more upon the literary version of the character. Both magazines were cancelled around the same time the TV series ended. Artist Howard Chaykin was a frequent contributor to both publications.
A British comic strip version was also produced, written by Angus P. Allan and printed in TV comic Look-In.
Peter Pan Records and its sister company Power Records published several record albums featuring original dramatized stories (including an adaptation of the pilot film), several of which were also adapted as comic books designed to be read along with the recording.
In 1996, a new comic book series entitled Bionix was announced, to be published by Maximum Press. The comic was to have been an updated version of both the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman and feature new renditions of the two characters. Although the magazine was advertised in comic book trade publications, it was ultimately never published.[2]
[edit] Merchandise
The Six Million Dollar Man spawned a number of toys and other licensed merchandise. Everything from lunch boxes and running shoes to children’s eyeglasses and bedsheets all carried images of Steve Austin. The 12-inch tall Steve Austin action figure marketed by Kenner in the mid-1970s was particularly popular and intact Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman toys continue to attract premium prices on the collector’s market. Besides the lead characters, 12-inch scale action figures were also produced of Oscar Goldman (with an "exploding" briefcase similar to the type used by James Bond in From Russia with Love), "Maskatron" (an android character based upon a cyborg played by John Saxon in several episodes), a Fembot (from a Bionic Woman episode) and the recurring character of Bigfoot (although the Bigfoot doll was more than 12 inches high). Associated merchandise for use with the action figures included a rocketship that could transform into a bionic repair station, and an inflatable command base.
Fully intact Steve Austin action figures are rare. The bionic right arms of the dolls were covered in an elastic, skin-like material (intended to be rolled back to reveal bionic modules underneath) and this material tended to deteriorate over time.
[edit] Trivia
- The aircraft seen crashing in the opening sequence of the show is real and the dialogue spoken by actor Lee Majors during the opening credits is reportedly based upon communication prior to a crash that occurred on May 10, 1967: (“I can’t hold her; she’s breaking up! She’s breaking—”). Test pilot Bruce Peterson lost an eye due to infection following the crash, but likewise also miraculously survived what appeared to be a fatal accident even though his lifting body aircraft hit the ground at approximately 250 mph (400 km/h) and tumbled six times.
- One of the show’s most famous set pieces was a rotating ice tunnel that appeared in several episodes featuring Bigfoot (who, in this series, was the guardian for a group of aliens observing earth; the tunnel was a line of defence intended to disorient and knock out intruders). This tunnel was for many years a popular part of the Universal Studios Tour, and tourists still pass through the tunnel today on the tour, though in 2003 it was redesigned to resemble the entrance to the Mummy’s Tomb (look for the rotating wall).
- One Christmas-themed episode of the series demonstrated an unexpected bit of product placement when Austin visits a toy store where Six Million Dollar Man action figures are visible in the background.
- Near the end of the series, Lee Majors experimented with changing Austin's look by growing a mustache. This proved unpopular and the idea was dropped, but not before a number of commercial tie-ins, including a comic book and a lunch box, had been produced with the new look.
- A Christmas themed episode featured actor Ray Walston as Budge, a scrooge-like character whose company has the contract to develop a life-support system for a NASA manned flight to Mars, but under Budge, the contractor is only barely complying with specifications. Austin, there to investigate frequent equipment failures, dresses up as Santa to make Budge think he’s dreaming. Austin takes Budge on a midnight walk (as per doctor’s orders) to see the results of his chintziness, then encourage him to be more generous with compliance, as well as be nicer in the holiday season (he refused to have a Christmas tree contributed by employees). There’s a chamber marked “Artificial Martian atmosphere” used to test the life support system, a nice reference to Walston’s famous role in My Favorite Martian.
- During filming of the 1977 episode “Carnival of Spies,” which was shot at a real-life carnival, a crewmember was moving what was thought to be a wax mannequin. When the mannequin’s arm broke, it was discovered that it was in fact the mummified remains of a man. Researchers discovered that the body was that of one Elmer McCurdy, an outlaw who had died in a gunfight in 1911.
- DVD release of the series in the US has been delayed for unconfirmed reasons (it is rumored a royalties issue might be the cause of the delay; it has also been suggested that the studio is waiting for production of a new Six Million Dollar Man movie to be confirmed). However, in November 2004, Universal Studios announced that it will release both series to DVD in North America in 2005. As of March 2006 however, no release dates had been announced.
- In September of 2005, the first season of both the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman was released on DVD in the UK.
- In March of 2006, the first season of both the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman will be released on DVD in France.
- Professional wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin borrowed his stage name from Lee Majors’ character, having learned there was already a wrestler named Steve Williams. (Although he was reluctant to take on the name Steve Austin because he did not want to copy off of the show. Appropriately enough, one of his nicknames in the ring is “The Bionic Redneck.”)
- The exterior shots of the “OSI” Building are actually The Russell Senate Office Building as seen from the Senate side of the Capitol, across Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC.
- In one episode of The Venture Bros., a six-million-dollar man named "Steve Summers" is discovered living in the woods with his Sasquatch lover. The government expects him to pay off the six million dollars on a government salary. Also, Brock Samson, one of the main characters, is an agent of OSI.
- In a sketch in the comedy series Goodness Gracious Me there was a parody called "The Six Million Rupee Man". The Six Million Rupee Man, played by Sanjeev Bhaskar, had the ability to see objects on a supermarket shelf barely 3 feet away that other supposedly couldn't see and, due to the lack of value of the Rupee, his legs were made of plastic tea stirrers, which promptly snapped.
- There is a chicken named Oscar Goldman in the sixth-season episode of Trailer Park Boys, “Where in the world is Oscar Goldman?”
- In Mexico the The Six Million Dollar Man was known as The Nuclear Man. The Bionic Woman name of the series remained the same.
- A scene from an episode of Family Guy parodized the opening of The Six Million Dollar Man with Peter Griffin in place of Steve Austin. Oscar Goldman's dialog is has been changed to "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. But I don't want to spend a lot of money". Peter is then shown running with a trash can and plunger for legs, a tennis racket replacing his right arm, and magnifying glass replacing his left eye.
- In a second season episode of Robot Chicken, The Six Million Dollar Man is spoofed by Mexican test pilot Pablo Rodriguez (who crashes a burro into a saguaro cactus). Pablo becomes the Six Million Peso Man, but when his government gives him his first mission, Pablo uses his new found abilities to instead make a dash across the U.S. border. As his superiors watch him disappear over the horizon, one remarks; "That's 283 American dollars we won't see again."
- A recent commercial (ca. 2005) for IBM's Thinkpad notebook PC's nodded at The Six Million Dollar Man. A user of a Thinkpad at an airport is noticed by a friend to be using the computer's biometric security system, and is annoyed by the friend's irrepressible and enthusiastic insistence that the user's finger is somehow "bionic... ten times stronger than a regular finger!" As the friend tries to emulate the famous electronic sound effect with a fairly innaccurate "Da-da-da-da-da..." sound, the pair are surprised by Majors himself, interrupting from behind a newspaper and saying, "I believe it's 'Na-na-na-na-na-na...'"
- A 2006 episode of the Canadian sitcom Corner Gas ("Kids Stuff") spoofed the series by having series lead Brent Butt dressing in an outfit identical to that worn by Lee Majors in several episodes. Twice during the episode he imitates his childhood hero by running in slow motion (accompanied by the original bionics sound effect on the soundtrack).
- The 2004 made for TV film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels included a sequence in which Ben Browder, portraying Lee Majors, recreated a sequence from one of the Bigfoot episodes.
[edit] Episode list
[edit] TV movies
| Episode # | Original Air Date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|
| M-1 | 7 March1973 | “The Six Million Dollar Man” (AKA “The Moon and the Desert”) |
| M-2 | 20 October1973 | “Wine, Women and War” |
| M-3 | 17 November1973 | “The Solid Gold Kidnapping” |
Some sources consider these movies to be part of Season 1 of the series, particularly the second and third films which aired only a couple of months before the weekly series began. All three films were later re-edited into two-part episodes of the regular series, with additional footage added, for the purposes of network reruns and later syndication.
[edit] Season 1
| Episode # | Production # | Original Air Date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-01 | 40013 | 18 January1974 | “Population: Zero” |
| 1-02 | 40007 | 25 January1974 | “Survival of the Fittest” |
| 1-03 | 40016 | 1 February1974 | “Operation Firefly” |
| 1-04 | 40012 | 8 February1974 | “Day of the Robot” |
| 1-05 | 40014 | 22 February1974 | “Little Orphan Airplane” |
| 1-06 | 40005 | 1 March1974 | “Doomsday, and Counting” |
| 1-07 | 40023 | 8 March1974 | “Eyewitness to Murder” |
| 1-08 | 40024 | 15 March1974 | “The Rescue of Athena One” |
| 1-09 | 40021 | 29 March1974 | “Dr. Wells Is Missing” |
| 1-10 | 40022 | 5 April1974 | “The Last of the Fourth of Julys” |
| 1-11 | 40020 | 12 April1974 | “Burning Bright” |
| 1-12 | 40015 | 19 April1974 | “The Coward” |
| 1-13 | 40025 | 26 April1974 | “Run, Steve, Run” |
[edit] Season 2
| Episode # | Production # | Original Air Date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-01 | 41201 | 13 September1974 | “Nuclear Alert” |
| 2-02 | 41204 | 20 September1974 | “The Pioneers” |
| 2-03 | 41206 | 27 September1974 | “Pilot Error” |
| 2-04 | 41208 | 4 October1974 | “The Pal-Mir Escort” |
| 2-05 | 41224 | 1 November1974 | “The Seven Million Dollar Man” |
| 2-06 | 41214 | 8 November1974 | “Straight on ’Til Morning” |
| 2-07 | 41220 | 15 November1974 | “The Midas Touch” |
| 2-08 | 41223 | 22 November1974 | “The Deadly Replay” |
| 2-09 | 41213 | 29 November1974 | “Act of Piracy” |
| 2-10 | 41227 | 13 December1974 | “Stranger in Broken Fork” |
| 2-11 | 41228 | 20 December1974 | “The Peeping Blonde” |
| 2-12 | 41210 | 10 January1975 | “The Cross-Country Kidnap” |
| 2-13 | 41233 | 17 January1975 | “Lost Love” |
| 2-14 | 41216 | 19 January1975 | “The Last Kamikaze” |
| 2-15 | 41207 | 26 January1975 | “Return of the Robot Maker” |
| 2-16 | 41212 | 2 February1975 | “Taneha” |
| 2-17 | 41230 | 23 February1975 | “Look Alike” |
| 2-18 | 41226 | 2 March1975 | “The E.S.P. Spy” |
| 2-19 | 41244 | 16 March1975 | “The Bionic Woman (1)” |
| 2-20 | 41245 | 23 March1975 | “The Bionic Woman (2)” |
| 2-21 | 41231 | 20 April1975 | “Outrage in Balinderry” |
| 2-22 | 41229 | 27 April1975 | “Steve Austin, Fugitive” |
[edit] Season 3
| Episode # | Production # | Original Air Date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-01 | 43020 | 14 September1975 | “The Return of the Bionic Woman (1)” |
| 3-02 | 43029 | 21 September1975 | “The Return of the Bionic Woman (2)” |
| 3-03 | 43018 | 28 September1975 | “The Price of Liberty” |
| 3-04 | 43024 | 5 October1975 | “The Song and Dance Spy” |
| 3-05 | 43010 | 12 October1975 | “The Wolf Boy” |
| 3-06 | 43017 | 19 October1975 | “The Deadly Test” |
| 3-07 | 43003 | 26 October1975 | “Target in the Sky” |
| 3-08 | 43001 | 2 November1975 | “One of Our Running Backs is Missing” |
| 3-09 | 43012 | 9 November1975 | “The Bionic Criminal” |
| 3-10 | 43006 | 16 November1975 | “The Blue Flash” |
| 3-11 | 43021 | 23 November1975 | “The White Lightning War” |
| 3-12 | 43019 | 30 November1975 | “Divided Loyalty” |
| 3-13 | 43026 | 14 December1975 | “Clark Templeton O’Flaherty” |
| 3-14 | 43022 | 21 December1975 | “The Winning Smile” |
| 3-15 | 1 | 11 January1976 | “Welcome Home, Jaime (1)” |
| 3-16 | 43033 | 18 January1976 | “Hocus-Pocus” |
| 3-17 | 43027 | 1 February1976 | “The Secret of Bigfoot (1)” |
| 3-18 | 43028 | 4 February1976 | “The Secret of Bigfoot (2)” |
| 3-19 | 43007 | 8 February1976 | “The Golden Pharaoh” |
| 3-20 | 43008 | 15 February1976 | “Love Song for Tanya” |
| 3-21 | 43032 | 22 February1976 | “The Bionic Badge” |
| 3-22 | 43031 | 7 March1976 | “Big Brother” |
- The episode “Welcome Home Jaime (1)” was the first part of a two-chapter story, the second episode airing as the premiere episode of The Bionic Woman. It is usually syndicated as a Bionic Woman episode.
[edit] Season 4
| Episode # | Production # | Original Air Date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-01 | 45124 | 19 September1976 | “The Return of Bigfoot (1)” |
| 4-02 | 45108 | 26 September1976 | “Nightmare in the Sky” |
| 4-03 | 45121 | 3 October1976 | “Double Trouble” |
| 4-04 | 45105 | 17 October1976 | “The Most Dangerous Enemy” |
| 4-05 | 45102 | 24 October1976 | “H+2+O = Death” |
| 4-06 | 45120 | 31 October1976 | “Kill Oscar (2)” |
| 4-07 | 45196 | 7 November1976 | “The Bionic Boy” |
| 4-08 | 45114 | 21 November1976 | “Vulture of the Andes” |
| 4-09 | 45194 | 28 November1976 | “The Thunderbird Connection” |
| 4-10 | 45126 | 12 December1976 | “A Bionic Christmas Carol” |
| 4-11 | 45115 | 19 December1976 | “Task Force” |
| 4-12 | 45125 | 2 January1977 | “The Ultimate Imposter” |
| 4-13 | 45122 | 9 January1977 | “Death Probe (1)” |
| 4-14 | 45123 | 16 January1977 | “Death Probe (2)” |
| 4-15 | 45106 | 23 January1977 | “Danny’s Inferno” |
| 4-16 | 45107 | 30 January1977 | “Fires of Hell” |
| 4-17 | 45113 | 6 February1977 | “The Infiltrators” |
| 4-18 | 45101 | 13 February1977 | “Carnival of Spies” |
| 4-19 | 45109 | 20 February1977 | “U-509” |
| 4-20 | 45110 | 27 February1977 | “The Privacy of the Mind” |
| 4-21 | 45116 | 6 March1977 | “To Catch the Eagle” |
| 4-22 | 45128 | 15 March1977 | “The Ghostly Teletype” |
The episode “Kill Oscar (2)” was the middle chapter of a trilogy with the other two episodes aired as part of The Bionic Woman. “Kill Oscar (2)” is usually syndicated as a Bionic Woman episode.
[edit] Season 5
| Episode # | Production # | Original Air Date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-01 | 47306 | 11 September1977 | “Sharks (1)” |
| 5-02 | 47307 | 18 September1977 | “Sharks (2)” |
| 5-03 | 47322 | 25 September1977 | “Deadly Countdown (1)” |
| 5-04 | 47323 | 2 October1977 | “Deadly Countdown (2)” |
| 5-05 | 47311 | 9 October1977 | “Bigfoot V” |
| 5-06 | 47326 | 16 October1977 | “Killer Wind” |
| 5-07 | 47315 | 30 October1977 | “Rollback” |
| 5-08 | 47303 | 6 November1977 | “Dark Side of the Moon (1)” |
| 5-09 | 47304 | 13 November1977 | “Dark Side of the Moon (2)” |
| 5-10 | 47309 | 27 November1977 | “Target: Steve Austin” |
| 5-11 | 47313 | 18 December1977 | “The Cheshire Project” |
| 5-12 | 47319 | 1 January1978 | “Walk a Deadly Wing” |
| 5-13 | 47314 | 8 January1978 | “Just a Matter of Time” |
| 5-14 | 47301 | 22 January1978 | “Return of the Death Probe (1)” |
| 5-15 | 47302 | 29 January1978 | “Return of the Death Probe (2)” |
| 5-16 | 47397 | 30 January1978 | “The Lost Island” |
| 5-17 | 47328 | 6 February1978 | “The Madonna Caper” |
| 5-18 | 47334 | 13 February1978 | “Dead Ringer” |
| 5-19 | 47317 | 20 February1978 | “Date With Danger (1)” |
| 5-20 | 47320 | 27 February1978 | “Date With Danger (2)” |
| 5-21 | 47332 | 6 March1978 | “The Moving Mountain” |
[edit] Later TV movies
| Episode # | Original Air Date | Film Title |
|---|---|---|
| M-4 | 17 May1987 | The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman |
| M-5 | 30 April1989 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman |
| M-6 | 29 November1994 | Bionic Ever After? |
[edit] External links
- The Six Million Dollar Man at the Internet Movie Database (original pilot)
- The Six Million Dollar Man at the Internet Movie Database (series)
- The Six Million Dollar Man at Nostalgia Central
- The Six Million Dollar Man at JumpTheShark.com
- The Last Kamikaze episode review
- Oscar fan page Oscar goldman fan site.
- Richard Anderson interview at Comic Con 2006 at Revver.com
- $6 Million Man Memory Test at Cognitivelabs.comde:Der Sechs-Millionen-Dollar-Mann
fr:L'homme qui valait trois milliards it:L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari nl:Man van Zes Miljoen ja:600万ドルの男 pt:The Six Million Dollar Man
