The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV-PG | 18 January 1974 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Season 5 : 1977 | 21 Episodes

    EP1 Sharks (1) Sep 11, 1977

    Steve is captured while investigating the unusual power failure of a nuclear submarine.

    EP2 Sharks (2) Sep 18, 1977

    A nuclear submarine is commandeered for the purpose of piracy and extortion. Steve investigates and is captured. To escape he must eluded trained sharks.

    EP3 Deadly Countdown (1) Sep 25, 1977

    Steve is on a mission involving a test satellite. But Steve becomes a target when the satellite is needed to gain control of a missile to be sold to a foreign power.

    EP4 Deadly Countdown (2) Oct 02, 1977

    The daughter of Steve's friend, David McGrath, is kidnapped in order to force David to kill Steve. When the attempt on Steve fails, David confesses to Steve who then must rescue her.

    EP5 Bigfoot V Oct 09, 1977

    Steve thought Bigfoot had returned to space. But when Bigfoot is seen and photographed by an anthropologist, Steve travels to her camp to investigate.

    EP6 Killer Wind Oct 16, 1977

    Two locals join Steve when he attempts to rescue a group of students in a stalled cable car halfway up a mountain. They must rescue the students before a tornado gets to them, but one of the men is a criminal and the plan is put in jeopardy.

    EP7 Rollback Oct 30, 1977

    Steve goes undercover, joining a roller derby team whose owner plans to acquire and sell top-secret information. When the owner discovers the ruse, he plants evidence to lead Steve in the wrong direction, and uses the distraction to go get the information.

    EP8 Dark Side of the Moon (1) Nov 06, 1977

    Steve is sent to the moon to investigate an orbital shift which is causing major upheavals in the Earth's climate. It turns out the upheavals are caused by a deranged scientist working at an exploration post on a nearby asteroid.

    EP9 Dark Side of the Moon (2) Nov 13, 1977

    Steve is captured on the moon and is forced to help the scientist, who believes he's found a new energy source, and who threatens nuclear devastation on Earth if Steve refuses.

    EP10 Target: Steve Austin Nov 27, 1977

    Steve poses as a newlywed with another OSI agent to uncover who broke into headquarters in search of an atomic bomb. Travelling via RV, their prey discovers the RV has a nuclear power source of its own and attempts to turn the tables.

    EP11 The Cheshire Project Dec 18, 1977

    Steve investigates his girlfriend's disappearance while she was piloting a new plane with anti-radar technology. He discovers one of the plane's technicians has been talking to a known trader of military secrets and starts the search for further clues.

    EP12 Walk a Deadly Wing Jan 01, 1978

    Steve is assigned to gain the confidence of a scientist who has developed a weapon to capture soldiers non-violently, but refuses to hand over the plans to anyone for fear it could cause drastic results if used on a pilot in flight. As Steve begins to become his friend and acquire the weapon, the Russians inform the scientist they are holding his wife hostage and demand the device in trade for her safe return.

    EP13 Just a Matter of Time Jan 08, 1978

    Steve enters a time warp while on an orbital mission, hurling him six years into the future. Upon landing, the authorities arrest him for treason, believing he defected to Russia and was brainwashed into thinking the time warp occurred. Steve has to both prove his innocence and figure out how to get back to his own time.

    EP14 Return of Death Probe (1) Jan 22, 1978

    A new, deadlier Venus probe is tested in a desolate area as a demonstration for Steve and Oscar, but a threat to Oscar to either hand over nuclear weaponry or see the probe set loose on the public forces Steve to find a way to stop the probe, even though it outmatches him in many ways.

    EP15 Return of Death Probe (2) Jan 29, 1978

    When all physical assaults fail against the new Venus probe, Steve succeeds in tricking it into falling into a pit. However, when it starts drilling towards a city, Steve has a bigger problem than before.

    EP16 The Lost Island Jan 30, 1978

    While searching for a fallen satellite in the Pacific, Steve rescues a drowning victim who turns out to be an alien. She offers to help him acquire the satellite, which has landed on her race's invisible island. However, many of the island's populace in fear of a revolution, yet are unable to leave due to a lack of an immune system to Earth illnesses. Steve must get an experimental serum for her before she will help him.

    EP17 The Madonna Caper Feb 06, 1978

    While Steve helps a countess retrieve a microdot with important information hidden on a painting in a museum, she helps herself to a masterpiece and replaces it with a forgery. Oscar sends Steve to retrieve the painting from its buyer before a visiting art expert causes embarrassment by discovering the counterfeit currently on display.

    EP18 Dead Ringer Feb 13, 1978

    Steve's brush with death is followed by visions that may be the work of a spirit.

    EP19 Date with Danger (1) Feb 20, 1978

    When OSI's communications chief is accused of spying, Steve attempts to prove his innocence and discovers tampered computer memory. He is led to suspect a computer dating service is behind the ilegal activity, but doesn't realize a computer itself has gained sentience and plans to stop Steve any way it can.

    EP20 Date with Danger (2) Feb 27, 1978

    Steve teams with the owner of the computer dating service to put a stop to her now-sentient computer. After escaping a computer-arranged assassination, Steve finds himself in a mental facility after his medical records are altered. While the computer attempts to have everyone who knows about it killed, Steve must find a way to escape and stop the computer before it's too late.

    EP21 The Moving Mountain Mar 06, 1978

    A terrorist steals a Russian rocket launcher and American missilse and plans to hold both countries hostage. Steve is sent along with a beautiful Russian agent to stop the terrorist, but his opposite number has orders to dispose of him and bring back the missiles to her superiors.
    Reviews
    Parker Lewis

    I'm not sure what $6 million dollars is now adjusted for inflation, or whether a reboot would by The Six-Million-Dollar Man as a nod to The 40-Year-Old Virgin but this series was absolutely impressive, and demonstrated the might of the USA. It's probably no coincidence the show declined in the ratings with the election of Carter in 1976, so perhaps a reboot is in order.Anyway, the opening scene is haunting, especially as it's real footage of the craft crashing in the desert - check out Youtube.

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    davidoayinde

    My Six Million Dollar question is why hasn't there been a remake of the Six Million Dollar Man for the Network stations? The Six Million Dollar Man was my favourite TV show in the 1970's. Considering the time it was made, I think it was good value for money.The show attracted huge audience ratings on the Universal and NBC Television Station between 1974 and 1978.Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary),before playing the Bionic Man,he featured in "The Big Valley" as Heath Barkley(1965),"The Ballad of Andy Crocker" as Andy Crocker(1969). I believe it was The Six Million Dollar Man that made him hugely popular. Other sources may argue and say it was "The Fall Guy". Colonel Steve Austin, aka the Six Million Dollar Man was definitely a role Majors was born to play and he certainly made it his own. Other sources claim that Monte Markham was to play the role before the role was given to Majors. However, Markham did get the chance to feature in a few of the Six Million Dollar Man episodes,("The Seven Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Criminal").'How much did he cost?' 'This man had one bionic arm', 'two bionic legs', and 'a bionic eye'. 'How fast could he run?' Well, he's hit sixty miles per hour. 'Oscar Goldman'(played by Richard Anderson) must be very proud'.Although I find it difficult to pick a favourite,because all the episodes were good. Here are a few of my favourite episodes that I can recall: 1. "The Seven Million Dollar Man" (November 1974) 2. "The Bionic Woman Part 1&2" (March 1975) 3. "Day of the Robot" (February 1974) 4. "The Bionic Criminal" (November 1975) 5. "The Return of the Bionic Woman Part 1&2" (September 1975) 6. "The Return of the Robot Maker" (January 1975) 7. "Population Zero" (January 1974) 8. "The E.S.P. Spy" (March 1975) 9. "Hocus - Pocus" (January 1976).I believe if they follow the 1970's format by keeping the music sound in the series it will work. There is so much going on politically around the world and I am sure there is a lot to come up with. Look at Hawaii Five O. They have kept the original music series and have managed to come up with some good episodes and it is currently riding high on America's TV Network Station.I would love to see a remake of The Six Million Dollar Man for TV in America.

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    clay4056

    I've loved this show ever since I was a kid in the 70's. I went through 2 lunch kits [the blue one with the various scenes of Steve in action] and three of the action figures, the last of which I still have brand new in the box. I also had the bionic transport/repair set. Sadly, I never did acquire a Maskatron. My Mother still remembers walking into the living room just in time to see me doing a Bionic jump, in slow motion with the ch-ch-ch-ch-ch sound f/x, off the couch, or running in slow-mo down the hall. My best friend in grade 1 and 2 was TOTALLY convinced he was bionic and was, in fact, Steve Austin [and The Fonz, too]. To prove it one day, he jumped off of a 12 foot retaining wall on the school grounds, only to injure himself quite seriously. I remember seeing the ambulance coming right in to the school yard to pick him up [a funny side note, his name was Stephen!]. Anyway, I think season 1 and 2 were the only worthwhile episodes. Things started getting really silly in season 3 with the Bigfoot episodes. It was always better when the stories remained fully human interest, with no aliens, E.S.P, Bigfoot, or the death probe. My favourite episodes are the Robot ones [Day of the Robot and Return of the Robot Maker]. Yes, the androids were a little far-fetched, but they seemed to dove-tail nicely into the whole bionic thing. Plus, the movie Westworld, which had just come out and was excellent, added some credibility. Some of the episodes still stand up well [The 7 Million Dollar Man, for instance], and are very good drama/sci-fi. It's unfortunate the last 2 or 3 seasons were so lame, but like The Night Stalker, the good ideas got used up pretty fast.

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    billys

    This is a personal recollection.I only have vague memories of watching reruns of the $6M Man as a teeny tiny tot, but the overall impression I have is of being seriously creeped out (something that also happened with another '70s Universal sci-fi/action/adventure show, The Incredible Hulk).However, I remember with relative crystal clarity, filtered through the prismatic eyes of an overimaginative five-year-old and the ensuing twenty-five years of psychological fermentation, the episiode "Day of the Robot," an early first season episode guest starring John Saxon as a "bad" android with a removable face and that infamous "Fembot" makeup appliance underneath...I dunno, that was pretty intense IMO. The cheapness of the special effects somehow made it even scarier. Add to those a good unhealthy dose of endless slow-motion photography and weird electroni sound effects, and you have an episode with a climax literally just like a bad nightmare.Such is my only vivid memory of what is considered one of the best, most innovative sci-fi shows of the '70s.I'll leave it for others to provide detailed and expert comments about The $6M Man. I'm *still* hesitant to watch the show after all these years, based solely on infantile bad memories of one episode that would probably make me bust my gut laughing nowadays.. Even though I dig sci-fi I must not have been the kind of kid the folks at Universal TV had in mind.

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