List of The Six Million Dollar Man episodes

This is a list of episodes and TV-movies for The Six Million Dollar Man. The episodes of The Bionic Woman that make up the crossovers are noted below.

Series overview

This series consists of three TV-movies, five seasons of episodes, and three more TV-movies.

Season		Episodes	Premiered:	Ended:
	TVMs	3	1973.Mar.07	1973.Nov.17
	1	13	1974.Jan.18	1974.Apr.26
	2	22	1974.Sep.13	1975.Apr.27
	3	21	1975.Sep.14	1976.Mar.07
	4	23	1976.Sep.19	1977.Mar.15
	5	21	1977.Sep.11	1978.Mar.06
	TVMs	3	1987.May.17	1994.Nov.29

TV-movies: 1973

Nº	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Air date
1	The Six Million Dollar Man "The Moon and the Desert"	Richard Irving	Martin Caidin, Henri Simoun	March 7, 1973
Steve Austin is an astronaut who has made three moon landings. In a test flight accident caused by a malfunctioning center stick, his right arm is severed, his left eye is blinded, and both legs must be surgically amputated. Steve Austin’s personal physician, Dr. Rudy Wells, has theorized about the creation of a cyborg through the installation of bionic parts. He is persuaded by an OSI agent to reconstruct his patient/friend with the understanding that Steve Austin will subsequently work for OSI. Dr. Wells apprises Steve of the plan, but is met with much resistance as Steve Austin mentally struggles to cope with his injuries, the installation of artificial components, and the future obligations that will be involuntarily thrust upon him. Following surgery and lengthy rehabilitation, Steve Austin reluctantly accepts an assignment to rescue a hostage in Saudi Arabia.
2	Wine, Women and War	Russ Mayberry	Glen A. Larson	October 20, 1973
Steve is assigned to stop weapons dealer Findletter, who claims to have a Polaris nuclear missile for sale. Along the way, he must deal with Soviet agents Alexi and Katrina and stop Findletter's hijacking of a newly launched submarine.
3	The Solid Gold Kidnapping	Russ Mayberry	Larry Alexander, Alan Caillou	November 17, 1973
Oscar Goldman orchestrates a ruse whereby a high level U.S. military diplomat pretending to be holed up in a Paris hospital is to be secretly whisked off to Peking to negotiate an ease of tensions between the two countries. A professional kidnapping organization successfully abducts the diplomat in Paris with the aid of his treacherous paramour known as the Contessa. The kidnappers demand a $1 billion dollar ransom in gold. As the gold shipment moves forward, Steve Austin begins a search against the clock for the hostage. He is aided both by the fickle Contessa and by a doctor who agrees, with perilous consequences, to have brain cells of a dead kidnapper injected into her own brain to allow her to have access to his memories.

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. In all three cases, the original opening credits are removed and replaced with the standard Six Million Dollar Man opening credits. In the case of "The Moon and the Desert", some of the additional footage consisted of clips from later seasons, including footage of Martin E. Brooks as Rudy Wells, even though Martin Balsam plays the character in the first telefilm, and operation footage from "The Bionic Woman" episode of season 2.

Episodes

Season 1 (1974)

Ep.	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Airdate
1–01	"Population: Zero"	Jeannot Szwarc	Elroy Schwartz	January 18, 1974
When Steve and Oscar investigate the death of the entire population of a small town, they are contacted by a scientist, once employed by the government, who is set on revenge for past grievances. Demanding $10 million or he will strike again, Steve must find and stop him.
1–02	"Survival of the Fittest"	Leslie H. Martinson	Mann Rubin	January 25, 1974
Due to secret negotiations with the Russians, Oscar Goldman is targeted for assassination by interests that will be hurt by the prospective pact. Oscar and Steve Austin board a flight in Hawaii bound for Dulles. The plane is forced to make an emergency landing on a deserted Pacific Island when part of a wing is lost during a storm. While awaiting rescue, two military officers that had been on the flight severely wound Oscar in an attempt to kill him. Unaware of the breadth of the conspiracy, Steve Austin must carefully decide whom he can trust in his efforts to save his friend. Guest Stars: Jo Anne Worley as a passenger mistakenly on the flight; William Smith as a Navy Officer; Laurette Spang as a stewardess
1–03	"Operation Firefly"	Reza Badiyi	Sy Salkowitz	February 1, 1974
Dr. Samuel Abbott has been kidnapped while developing a wireless laser that utilizes scientific principles observed in light generation by the common firefly. Steve Austin goes to Spain to find Abbott’s daughter Susan whose known powers of ESP will hopefully assist in locating the scientist. She leads them to the Everglades only to discover that Dr. Abbott mistakenly believes his kidnappers are government agents that are protecting him. He continues to complete the laser unaware that it is being used to extort money from the U.S. Government. Noteworthy Moment: This episode features bionic woodcarving.
1–04	"Day of the Robot"	Leslie H. Martinson	Harold Livingston, Del Reisman	February 8, 1974
In an attempt to steal a top secret anti-missile device, Steve's associate and friend Major Sloan is kidnapped and replaced with a robot. Steve must discover the impostor, and keep the device from being stolen and sold to the highest bidder.
1–05	"Little Orphan Airplane"	Reza Badiyi	Elroy Schwartz	February 22, 1974
Steve is assigned to find and rescue downed-pilot Josh Perkins, as well as recover the evidence of U.N. treaty violations that Perkins had on him when he disappeared.
1–06	"Doomsday, and Counting"	Jerry Jameson	Larry Brody, Jimmy Sangster	March 1, 1974
When an earthquake threatens the stability of an underground Russian nuclear installation, Steve must rescue the fiance of his friend Col. Vasily Zhukov, who is buried beneath debris. Complicating matters further, Steve must also stop the reactor before it explodes.
1–07	"Eyewitness to Murder"	Alf Kjellin	William Driskill	March 8, 1974
By sheer chance, Steve Austin witnesses the attempted assassination of Lawrence Sandusky, a prosecutor who is about to file criminal charges against a known racketeer. He is unable to capture the assassin, but does catch a glimpse of his face. OSI is assigned to security detail for the prosecutor pending a 9:00 a.m. court hearing. Steve Austin identifies and apprehends a man named John Hopper, believing him to be the hired hitman. However, Hopper has a seemingly ironclad alibi. Convinced that he is correct, Steve Austin trails the released suspect as the court hearing fast approaches. Guest Stars: William Schallert as Lawrence Sandusky; Gary Lockwood as John Hopper
1–08	"The Rescue of Athena One"	Lawrence Doheny	D. C. Fontana	March 15, 1974
Steve is launched into space to rescue two astronauts stranded in a crippled space capsule. Guest star: Farrah Fawcett
1–09	"Dr. Wells Is Missing"	Virgil Vogel	William Keenan, Krishna Shah, Elroy Schwartz	March 29, 1974
When a group of international criminals kidnap Dr. Rudy Wells in order to force him to build them a bionic man, Steve is sent to find and rescue him.
1–10	"The Last of the Fourth of Julys"	Reza Badiyi	Richard Landau	April 5, 1974
When a terrorist uses a laser to try to kill a group of prime ministers attending an international meeting in Paris, Steve is assigned to infiltrate his compound and stop him.
1–11	"Burning Bright"	Jerry London	Del Reisman	April 12, 1974
Steve's astronaut friend Josh Lang (William Shatner) is impaired after being exposed to an electrical field while in space. However, Lang finds himself with strange abilities from the exposure, including the ability to communicate with dolphins, but when his condition deteriorates, Steve must find him and take him to a facility before he harms himself.
1–12	"The Coward"	Reza Badiyi	Elroy Schwartz	April 19, 1974
When an earthquake in the Himalayas uncovers a DC-3 plane containing secret papers that went down during World War II, Steve is sent to recover the papers. Steve also tries to clear the name of the pilot, his father, who was accused of bailing out and leaving the rest of the crew to die.
1–13	"Run, Steve, Run"	Jerry Jameson	Lionel E. Siegel	April 26, 1974
When a crime syndicate and a robot creator conspire to build a team of bionic robot criminals, they kidnap Steve in order to learn how his bionic limbs work.

Season 2 (1974–1975)

Ep.	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Airdate
2–01	"Nuclear Alert"	Jerry London	William Driskill	September 13, 1974
Steve must stop a group of government conspirators who have assembled an atomic bomb from stolen parts.
2–02	"The Pioneers"	Christian I. Nyby II	Katey Barrett, Bill Svanoe	September 20, 1974
While scientist David Tate experiments in space with a serum designed to awaken cryogenically frozen patients, he is accidentally injected with too much serum. When the space capsule crashes, he begins terrorizing the countryside and Steve must hunt him down.
2–03	"Pilot Error"	Jerry Jameson	Edward J. Lakso	September 27, 1974
A plane carrying Steve, a senator, and the senator's aides crashes in the desert. Steve must lead the others to safety despite being blinded in the crash.
2–04	"The Pal-Mir Escort"	Lawrence Dobkin	Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider	October 4, 1974
When the Prime Minister of a small country has a heart attack while negotiating a peace treaty with neighboring countries, she is selected to receive the first bionic heart. Steve is assigned to protect her while she is transported to the secret hospital where the procedure will take place.
2–05	"The Seven Million Dollar Man"	Dick Moder	Peter Allan Fields	November 1, 1974
When Steve discovers that there is another bionic man, he is assigned to help him adjust to his bionics.
2–06	"Straight On 'til Morning"	Lawrence Doheny	D. C. Fontana	November 8, 1974
When an alien ship crashes, there is only one survivor. Steve helps the alien return to her mother ship, while the local sheriff tries to capture her.
2–07	"The Midas Touch"	Bruce Bilson	Lester William Berke, Donald L. Gold, Peter Allan Fields	November 15, 1974
When Oscar disappears, Steve investigates a lead involving a government-operated gold mine.
2–08	"The Deadly Replay"	Christian I. Nyby II	Wilton Denmark	November 22, 1974
Steve attempts to re-test the experimental plane that caused his near fatal accident. When suspicious things begin to happen, Oscar reveals to Steve that his first crash might not have been an accident. Steve chooses to proceed with the experiments hoping to lure the saboteurs into the open.
2–09	"Act of Piracy"	Christian I. Nyby II	Bruce Shelly, David Ketchum, Peter Allan Fields	November 29, 1974
While Steve is helping a science team place earthquake sensors on the ocean floor, their boat is notified that the nearby country of Santa Ventura has broken off diplomatic relations with the US. Before their boat can leave the area they are captured by a Venturan patrol boat and Steve must help the team to escape.
2–10	"Stranger in Broken Fork"	Christian Nyby	Bill Svanoe, Wilton Denmark	December 13, 1974
Steve gets amnesia when his plane crashes in the mountains. Steve is caught in the middle of a local dispute, when a local woman helps him.
2–11	"The Peeping Blonde"	Herschel Daugherty	W. T. Zacha, Wilton Denmark	December 20, 1974
When Steve jumps a 12 foot fence to fix a malfunctioning space capsule, a newswoman happens to get it on film. After her boss sees the footage he attempts to kidnap Steve so he can sell him to a foreign country.
2–12	"The Cross-Country Kidnap"	Christian Nyby	Ray Brenner	January 10, 1975
Steve is assigned to protect Liza Leitman, an equestrian trying to make the Olympic team; also the creator of the cryptography code that links computers and secret communications world-wide.
2–13	"Lost Love"	Arnold Laven	Tom Levy, Mel Levy, Richard Carr	January 17, 1975
Steve consoles a woman, with whom he was once romantically involved, after her husband apparently dies in a plane crash.
2–14	"The Last Kamikaze"	Richard Moder	Judy Burns	January 19, 1975
When a plane carrying an atomic warhead crashes on a South Pacific island, Steve is sent to retrieve it, but finds that an ex-Japanese Zero pilot, Kuroda, has taken it to his home. Steve must successfully navigate his way through the booby-traps and get the warhead before a rogue guerrilla group does.
2–15	"Return of the Robot Maker"	Phil Bondelli	Mark Frost, Del Reisman	January 26, 1975
Doctor Dolenz returns and kidnaps Oscar, replacing him with a lookalike robot in an attempt to steal the formula for a new energy source.
2–16	"Taneha"	Earl Bellamy	Margaret Armen	February 2, 1975
The last known golden cougar is on the verge of being hunted down by local ranchers trying to stop their livestock from being killed. Steve's friend, and a local rancher, asks Steve to help him save the cougar from extinction.
2–17	"Look Alike"	Jerry London	Gustave Field, Richard Carr	February 23, 1975
Down-on-his-luck boxer Johnny Dine has had plastic surgery to make him Steve's double. He then infiltrates the OSI building when Steve is on a fishing holiday. After finding out the truth, Steve decides to turn the tables on Dine's superiors by posing as the boxer.
2–18	"The E.S.P. Spy"	Jerry London	Lionel E. Siegel	March 2, 1975
When Oscar discovers that the construction of a top secret laser is being duplicated, he suspects that Harry Green, the expert overseeing the project, is a traitor. However, Steve disagrees and believes that Green's thoughts are being monitored through ESP. He obtains the help of Audrey Moss, also gifted with ESP, to track down the spy.
2–19	"The Bionic Woman (Part 1)"	Dick Moder	Kenneth Johnson	March 16, 1975
When Steve returns to his hometown, he runs into Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner), a close friend from his school days. Spending time together, their relationship quickly turn romantic and within days they are engaged. However, while the two are skydiving, Jaime's parachute gets tangled and has a near-fatal accident. To help save her life and for another chance at a normal life, Steve pleads with Oscar to let Rudy operate on her and give her bionic implants similar to his.
2–20	"The Bionic Woman (Part 2)"	Dick Moder	Kenneth Johnson	March 23, 1975
With Jaime adjusting to her new bionics, Oscar wants to use her to infiltrate a counterfeit ring and steal a printing plate locked in the criminal's vault. Steve is adamantly opposed, but Jaime's bionic hearing is the only way to successfully open the vault. Prior to and during the mission, Jaime's bionics are behaving oddly, but she doesn't tell anyone. After the mission Rudy determines that the cause of the strange sensations and pain that Jaime is experiencing are due to her body rejecting the bionics. Planning on immediately operating to remove a cerebral hemorrage, Jaime runs away blinded by the pain. Although Steve tracks her down and brings her back to Rudy, the operation is unsuccessful and Jaime dies on the operating table.
2–21	"Outrage in Balinderry"	Earl Bellamy	Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider	April 20, 1975
Revolutionaries kidnap the wife of the US Ambassador to the nation of Balinderry. In exchange for her release, the revolutionaries want their imprisoned fellow revolutionaries freed. With the help of Julia Flood, his liaison with the kidnappers, Steve attempts to rescue the ambassador's wife.
2–22	"Steve Austin, Fugitive"	Russ Mayberry	James Doherty, William Gordon	April 27, 1975
Steve is arrested when an assassin he helped send to prison seeks revenge by framing him for murder. Steve escapes from the police and must find the assassin before the police find Steve. Lee Majors plays a comic bit part as an elderly Electrical Store Clerk credited as L Majors.

Season 3 (1975–1976)

Ep.	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Airdate
3–01	"The Return of the Bionic Woman (Part 1)"	Richard Moder	Kenneth Johnson	September 14, 1975
Steve learns that Jaime did not die as he was led to believe (in episode 2-20), but was kept alive with cryogenic techniques by one of Rudy's assistants. Jaime has just awakened from the cryogenic coma and suffers from memory loss, from mild brain damage, such that she has no memory of Steve or their relationship.
3–02	"The Return of the Bionic Woman (Part 2)"	Richard Moder	Kenneth Johnson	September 21, 1975
In an attempt to restore Jaime's memory, Steve takes her back to their hometown of Ojai; where she begins to have violent headaches. Oscar sends Steve and Jaime on a mission hoping to give Jaime some relief, but the mission fails because of Jaime's condition. Steve ultimately concludes that it is he who is causing Jaime's headaches and suggests Jaime be moved away from him, to Rudy's Colorado Springs facility, so that she can fully recover.
3–03	"The Price of Liberty"	Richard Moder	Kenneth Johnson, Justin Edgerton	September 28, 1975
An ex-government employee feels the government owes him after being laid off due to cutbacks. He therefore rigs the Liberty Bell, which is on tour around the country for the bicentennial celebration, to explode unless he gets $5 million and safe passage out of the country. Steve and Oscar must rely on an explosive expert who is in prison to defuse the bomb.
3–04	"The Song and Dance Spy"	Richard Moder	Jerry Devine	October 5, 1975
When Oscar suspects rock star John Perry, Steve's friend and former college roommate, of carrying top-secret information, Steve is assigned to watch him and hopefully prove his innocence.
3–05	"The Wolf Boy"	Jerry London	Judy Burns	October 12, 1975
Kuroda (from episode 2-14) and Steve are reunited when Kuroda asks Steve to help him investigate reports about a boy living with wolves.
3–06	"The Deadly Test"	Christian I. Nyby II	James D. Parriott	October 12, 1975
A Middle Eastern country's attempt to bring down the plane of a neighboring country's prince fails, killing one of their own instead. Steve is sent to both prevent further attacks on the prince's life and stop the two countries from starting a war.
3–07	"Target in the Sky"	Jerry London	Larry Alexander	October 26, 1975
When Oscar discovers missiles have been installed near a lumber camp, Steve goes undercover as a lumberjack to investigate. He soon finds out that the site foreman is part of a plot to bring down the Presidential plane.
3–08	"One of Our Running Backs is Missing"	Lee Majors	Elroy Schwartz, Kenneth Johnson	November 2, 1975
Football player Larry Bronco is kidnapped as part of a plan to make his team lose and generate a fortune for his abductors, who have wagered heavily on the game. Steve determines to find him before the start of the game.
3–09	"The Bionic Criminal"	Leslie H. Martinson	Peter Allan Fields, Richard Carr	November 9, 1975
Barney Hiller, the Seven Million Dollar Man (episode 2-05), is reactivated. Having apparently recovered, he's eager to resume auto racing. However, when the team owner won't let him race, Barney attacks the man and mistakenly believes he's killed him. Barney has a mental break from the stress and goes on a crime spree, and Steve must track him down.
3–10	"The Blue Flash"	Cliff Bole	Sidney Field, Sheridan Gibney	November 16, 1975
Steve searches for a missing OSI agent who was about to close an investigation into the theft of hi-tech detecting devices. After Steve takes a room at the boarding house where the agent had been staying, the owner soon disappears, leaving Steve to discover if the disappearances are related.
3–11	"The White Lightning War"	Phil Bondelli	Wilton Denmark	November 23, 1975
Investigating a Georgia moonshine operation, the death of a federal agent leads Steve to discover a trail of corruption that starts with a distillery owner, goes through the local sheriff, and ends with a powerful Washington lawyer.
3–12	"Divided Loyalty"	Alan Crosland	Terry McDonnell, Jim Carlson	November 30, 1975
When a scientist who defected to Russia for love wants to return to the United States, Steve is assigned to bring him back. Knowing only life in Russia, the scientist's son is hesitant to join, and by the time Steve convinces him to come along, the Russians learn of their plan and block the escape route, forcing a more dangerous alternative to be used.
3–13	"Clark Templeton O’Flaherty"	Ernest Pintoff	Dennis Pryor, Frank Dandridge	December 14, 1975
Steve investigates a friend accused of stealing secret documents.
3–14	"The Winning Smile"	Arnold Laven	Gustave Field	December 21, 1975
Steve investigates a security leak that has imperiled a top-secret project.
3–15	"Hocus-Pocus"	Barry Crane	James Schmerer, Richard Carr	January 18, 1976
With help again from mind-reader Audrey Moss, Steve poses as a magician to recover a stolen code book.
3–16	"The Secret of Bigfoot (Part 1)"	Alan Crosland	Kenneth Johnson	February 1, 1976
While helping set up an earthquake warning system Steve encounters a towering monster — and its mysterious masters. Wrestler André the Giant plays the Sasquatch.
3–17	"The Secret of Bigfoot (Part 2)"	Alan Crosland	Kenneth Johnson	February 4, 1976
An earthquake device imperils Steve and his captors from outer space.
3–18	"The Golden Pharaoh"	Cliff Bole	Paul Schneider	February 8, 1976
Steve enlists the aid of a larcenous beauty to help him retrieve a priceless statue.
3–19	"Love Song for Tanya"	Phil Bondelli	Alan Folsom	February 15, 1976
Steve is asked to escort a Soviet athlete during her stay in the U.S.
3–20	"The Bionic Badge"	Cliff Bole	Wilton Denmark	February 22, 1976
Steve poses as a policeman to find who is pilfering atomic weapon components.
3–21	"Big Brother"	Cliff Bole	Kenneth Johnson	March 7, 1976
Steve becomes a Big Brother to an unruly Spanish teenager.

Season 4 (1976–1977)

Ep.	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Airdate
4–01	"The Return of Bigfoot (Part 1)1"	Barry Crane	Kenneth Johnson	September 19, 1976
The alien race that Steve previously fought (Season 3, episode 17) need supplies of metal and jewels, and send their Bigfoot android to steal them from U.S. government depots. Seeing the results of the unseen android's efforts, the authorities conclude Steve is responsible and arrest him. To clear his name, Steve must escape and track down the aliens. This episode was the first part of a two-chapter story, the second part airing as an episode of The Bionic Woman. "The Return of Bigfoot (Part 2)" is usually syndicated as a Six Million Dollar Man episode. Actor Ted Cassidy, better known for playing Lurch in The Addams Family, this time plays the role of Sasquatch.
4–02	"Nightmare in the Sky"	Alan Crosland	Terrence McDonnell, Jim Carlson	September 26, 1976
Steve is present at the test flight of his friend Kelly Wood when she is shot down by a World War II-era Japanese Zero. Later Kelly is found but the plane has vanished and she's suspected of selling it to a foreign concern. Steve must clear her name and discovers a sinister plot to steal top-secret aircraft.
4–03	"Double Trouble"	Phil Bondelli	Jerry Devine	October 3, 1976
Billy Parker, a comedian who resembles an African leader, is implanted with a device that controls his actions. After being struck by a car he is brought to the hospital and upon being X-rayed, the device is discovered. Steve is assigned to find out who gave him the implant and why.
4–04	"The Most Dangerous Enemy"	Richard Moder	Judy Burns	October 17, 1976
Steve and Rudy go to check up on scientist, Cheryl Osborne, who was performing research on chimpanzees but who has ceased communications. When they arrive they find something has destroyed the lab, and Rudy is bitten by a rampaging chimpanzee. Rudy begins to turn psychotic and Steve must both stop him and find Osborne before it's too late.
4–05	"H+2+O = Death"	John Meredyth Lucas	John Meredyth Lucas	October 24, 1976
Steve Austin attempts to infiltrate the Omega spy ring by posing as a disillusioned OSI scientist that has discovered how to break down water molecules into their hydrogen and oxygen components. Omega takes the bait after Dr. Rudy Wells assists Steve Austin in faking an underwater breathing apparatus. In his efforts to capture Omega's principal, Steve Austin contends with a female OSI/Omega double agent whose true loyalties are unclear.
4–06	"Kill Oscar (Part 2)2"	Barry Crane	W. T. Zacha, Arthur Rowe, Oliver Crawford	October 31, 1976
Jaime lies near death after being attacked by two Fembots. Meanwhile, Steve locates the compound where Oscar is being held and attempts to rescue him. This episode was the middle chapter of a trilogy with the other two episodes aired as part of The Bionic Woman series. "Kill Oscar (Part 2)" is usually syndicated as a Bionic Woman episode.
4–08	"The Bionic Boy"	Phil Bondelli	Lionel E. Siegel, Tom Greene	November 7, 1976
When a young man, Andy Sheffield, is injured in a landslide that also kills his father, the OSI sanctions the use of bionics to restore his crippled legs. But Andy sets out to clear his father's name and find the people responsible with the help of Steve.
4–09	"Vulture of the Andes"	Cliff Bole	Ben Masselink	November 21, 1976
A glider competition is used as a front for placing missile homing devices at strategic U.S. military sites. Once in place, an attempt is made to blackmail the U.S. Government into supplying fighter jets to be used to overthrow the government of the country of San Lorenzo. Steve Austin poses as a glider pilot, but is quickly sidelined with an injury to his bionics. Steve works with another OSI agent called in while he underwent repairs. Guest star: Bernie Kopell as the OSI agent assisting Steve Austin
4–10	"The Thunderbird Connection"	Christian I. Nyby II	Terrence McDonnell, Jim Carlson	November 28, 1976
To save the life of a young Middle-Eastern prince from rival factions, Steve goes undercover as a Thunderbird pilot in order to smuggle him out of the country.
4–11	"A Bionic Christmas Carol"	Gerald Mayer	Wilton Schiller	December 12, 1976
Steve Austin arrives at Budge Corporation on Christmas Eve to investigate suspected sabotage of a Mars landing project the U.S. Government has contracted out to Budge. There he meets Budge Corporation’s owner, the miserly and cantankerous Horton Budge. Mr. Budge is a veritable Scrooge. He eschews Christmas celebrations at the work place and subordinates job safety to his bottom line. He also meets Bob Crandall, Budge’s nephew, who had embezzled money from Budge to pay medical expenses for his ailing wife after Budge refused to lend him money. When Mr. Budge falls ill on Christmas Eve, Steve Austin dons a Santa Claus suit and shows the hallucinating Budge the true meaning of Christmas at the Crandall house. Guest stars: Ray Walston as Horton Budge; Dick Sargent as Bob Crandall; Adam Rich as Bob Crandall’s son. Noteworthy moment: This episode features bionic digging, and off-screen bionic chiseling.
4–12	"Task Force"	Barry Crane	Robert C. Dennis	December 19, 1976
Steve goes undercover as Steve Ferguson, a hired mercenary, in order to infiltrate a ring of thieves attempting to steal a military missile called the Hornet.
4–13	"The Ultimate Imposter"	Paul Stanley	Lionel E. Siegel, W. T. Zacha	January 2, 1977
Steve's friend Joe Patton is the subject of a unique experiment to transfer information directly from a computer to a human brain. Patton becomes the OSI's newest super-agent but the process has hidden dangers...
4–14	"Death Probe (Part 1)"	Richard Moder	Steven E. de Souza	January 9, 1977
The Soviets have created an experimental Venus probe out of a new alloy, but it crashes in Wyoming. Thinking it's on Venus, the probe prepares to destroy a small town. The Russians send a team of agents in to recover it, while the OSI is desperate to stop it before it kills. Complications arise when it becomes clear the probe is stronger than Steve.
4–15	"Death Probe (Part 2)"	Richard Moder	Steven E. de Souza	January 16, 1977
With time running out as the probe approaches the Wyoming town with the intent to destroy it, Steve must outsmart the probe when both the armed forces and his bionics prove useless against it.
4–16	"Danny's Inferno"	Cliff Bole	Tom Greene	January 23, 1977
Danny, a 14-year-old boy, inadvertently creates a source of chemical thermal energy while trying to create a new fuel source for his toy rocket. When his chemicals are stolen from his garage laboratory, Steve and the OSI must protect Danny and catch the thief before he sells it on the black market.
4–17	"Fires of Hell"	Edward M. Abroms	Orville H. Hampton	January 30, 1977
Steve Austin poses as an oil worker to investigate repeated sabotage at a government oil drilling site. While a conservation group intent on halting the drilling appears to be a likely culprit, Steve uncovers a crooked alliance among a Washington politician, a driller, and a foreman seeking to extract uranium located on the same land.
4–18	"The Infiltrators"	Phil Bondelli	Sam Ross	February 6, 1977
Steve poses as an amateur boxer to get the goods on an infiltration ring targeting expatriate athletes.
4–19	"Carnival of Spies"	Richard Moder	Robert C. Dennis	February 13, 1977
Steve Austin investigates an East German scientist who fakes a heart attack while in the U.S. under the guise of attending a science conference. The trail leads him to a traveling carnival staffed with an assortment of dubious characters. Steve Austin uncovers an elaborate missile launching device that is disguised within several carnival rides and is located within close proximity to the test flight of a new B-1 bomber. During filming of the episode, while filming a scene in the funhouse called "Laff-in-the-Dark" a technician tried to move a strange-looking wax-covered mannequin hanging from a rope, and when he did the mummy's arm broke off in his hand. Sticking out of the wax was a human bone. It was discovered that the mummifed corpse was in fact arsenic-embalmed human remains of Elmer McCurdy, a western outlaw who had been killed in a gunfight in 1911. After he was formally identified, he was buried in a formal ceremony, of which many of the show's crew were in attendance.
4–20	"U-509"	Phil Bondelli	Michael I. Wagner	February 20, 1977
A British ex-submariner raises an abandoned Nazi U-boat and threatens to use its deadly cargo against the U.S. unless they give in to his extortion demands.
4–21	"The Privacy of the Mind"	Jimmy Lydon	Vanessa Boos	February 27, 1977
Steve is sent to impersonate an eccentric scientist who is recruited by the Russians. He discovers they are working on a project involving a mind-reading computer, but time is running out on how long he can maintain the impersonation.
4–22	"To Catch the Eagle"	Phil Bondelli	Peter R. Brooke, Judy Burns	March 6, 1977
Two OSI scientists investigating a find of radioactive ore on Apache lands become entrapped inside a cave due to a blast intentionally set off by an unidentified individual. Steve Austin is sent in to rescue them, but encounters a great deal of resistance from the tribe's shaman who refuses to grant him access to sacred Apache ground. Steve's only way in is to request permission to "catch the eagle," an Apache ritual test that first requires passing three challenges before being sent into the desert without provisions to capture an eagle.
4–23	"The Ghostly Teletype"	Tom Connors III	Wilton Schiller	March 15, 1977
Steve is framed for espionage when the writing on research papers for a special formula disappear before his very eyes. Seeking to prove himself, he runs afoul of twins seeking a cure for their rapid-aging disease, and the formula can provide them with what they need.

Season 5 (1977–1978)

Ep.	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Airdate
5–01	"Sharks (Part 1)"	Alan J. Levi	Arthur Weingarten	September 11, 1977
OSI has acquired a decommissioned nuclear submarine from the U.S. Government. Steve Austin joins the crew to assist in locating a tracking device that has been lost. A team of pirates with an underwater hideout sabotage the submarine, causing the entire crew to abandon it on the ocean floor. The pirates proceed with their plans to steal the submarine, aided by a slew of sharks that the daughter of the pirate leader has trained to follow her commands.
5–02	"Sharks (Part 2)"	Alan J. Levi	Arthur Weingarten, Fred Freiberger	September 18, 1977
A nuclear submarine is commandeered for the purpose of piracy and extortion. Steve investigates and is captured. To escape he must elude trained sharks.
5–03	"Deadly Countdown (Part 1)"	Cliff Bole	Gregory S. Dinallo	September 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.
5–04	"Deadly Countdown (Part 2)"	Cliff Bole	Gregory S. Dinallo	October 2, 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 the girl.
5–05	"Bigfoot V"	Rod Holcomb	Gregory S. Dinallo	October 9, 1977
An anthropologist awakens the bionic sasquatch using a high pitch sonic device. She informs OSI of her discovery, unaware of the creature’s alien origin. Steve Austin intervenes in an attempt to stave off all efforts to capture the sasquatch. Steve's visit to a hidden cave reveals that the sasquatch was left behind by his alien creators at his own request, and was in an extended period of hibernation while being transformed into an earth creature. However his premature awakening has left him in an unstable state. Steve Austin must help his hairy friend return to his cave while evading capture by the anthropologist and her scheming guides. Guest stars: Geoffrey Lewis as a scheming guide, and Ted Cassidy as Sasquatch
5–06	"Killer Wind"	Richard Moder	Gregory S. Dinallo	October 16, 1977
Due to high winds caused by a fast approaching twister, three bank robbers and their getaway van stuck get in the desert sands. Excessive turbulence forces Steve Austin and Dr. Rudy Wells to make an emergency aircraft landing nearby. Rudy breaks his ankle jumping off the landed plane. To provide a means to transport Rudy to a local doctor, Steve Austin assists one of the bank robbers in extricating the van from its sandy morass only to have his kindness repaid in the form of a wrench blow to the head. Meanwhile, a teacher and four children get stranded in a cable car when a bolt of lightning causes a power outage. Noteworthy Moment: This episode features bionic wirestripping.
5–07	"Rollback"	Don McDougall	Steven E. de Souza	October 30, 1977
Steve Austin goes undercover as Philip Taylor, a roller derby skater with great talent and a mean streak. Through a seemingly successful ruse, Steve is hired to replace a skater he injures on the Thunderbirds team whose owner is seeking to acquire and sell top secret government information. He undergoes highly unusual training with the Thunderbirds, thought to be in preparation for infiltrating and stealing information from the Pentagon. As the heist unfolds, Steve soon finds out that his cover is blown and that OSI is the real target. Guest star: Robert Loggia as Hendricks, owner of the Thunderbirds
5–08	"Dark Side of the Moon (Part 1)"	Cliff Bole	Richard Landau, John Meredyth Lucas	November 6, 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.
5–09	"Dark Side of the Moon (Part 2)"	Cliff Bole	John Meredyth Lucas	November 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.
5–10	"Target: Steve Austin"	Edward M. Abroms	Lester William Berke, Donald Gold	November 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.
5–11	"The Cheshire Project"	Richard Moder	John Meredyth Lucas	December 18, 1977
OSI is developing a system through its Cheshire Project that makes fighter jets undetectable to radar. Due to the small size of the cockpit, a female test pilot named Jenny Fraser is hired to perform its first manned flight. Jenny is a friend of Steve Austin and the two rekindle a romance that ended several years earlier due to work relocation. While at first the test flight appears to be a success, Jenny’s plane mysteriously disappears in mid-flight without a trace. Steve Austin’s search leads right back to the Cheshire Project itself and a weapons purchaser hoping to buy the new technology. Guest Star: Suzanne Somers as Jenny Fraser the test pilot
5–12	"Walk a Deadly Wing"	Herb Wallerstein	Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell	January 1, 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.
5–13	"Just a Matter of Time"	Don McDougall	Neal J. Sperling, Gregory S. Dinallo	January 8, 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.
5–14	"Return of the Death Probe (Part 1)"	Tom Connors III	Howard Dimsdale	January 22, 1978
A mystery unfolds in a steel production facility capable of producing extremely strong metals. Steve Austin goes undercover as a steel worker to investigate. He quickly determines that a previously undetected theft of metal plate has occurred, and apprehends the culpable plant manager. Following the exchange of the plant manager for a kidnapped foreign ambassador, Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman are led to a remote area where they are introduced to a new and improved Venus probe constructed of the stolen metal. The alleged foreign ambassador demands nuclear weapons from the U.S. government in exchange for not releasing the seemingly unstoppable Venus probe on the nearby population.
5–15	"Return of the Death Probe (Part 2)"	Tom Connors III	Howard Dimsdale	January 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. Noteworthy Moment: This episode features a bionic roll.
5–16	"The Lost Island"	Cliff Bole	Lou Shaw, Mel Goldberg	January 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 fear a revolution, yet are unable to leave due to a lack of immunity to Earth illnesses. Steve must get an experimental serum for her before she will help him.
5–17	"The Madonna Caper"	Herb Wallerstein	Gregory S. Dinallo	February 6, 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.
5–18	"Dead Ringer"	Arnold Laven	Robert I. Holt, Charles Mitchell	February 13, 1978
Steve Austin sees a luminous vision of himself following a car accident in which he sustains a head injury. Plagued by this and subsequent similar visions, he consults a parapsychologist who theorizes that Steve's spirit was detached from his body when he was clinically dead following the accident that led to his rebirth as a bionic man. She believes that his spirit is now seeking to rid itself of Steve's body by killing him. These strange and seemingly inexplicable events coincide with the arrival of two foreign agents who are seeking to steal secrets regarding OSI's bionics program.
5–19	"Date With Danger (Part 1)"	Rod Holcomb	Wilton Schiller, John Meredyth Lucas	February 20, 1978
Oscar Goldman has concluded that agent Joe Canton stole a large sum of money from OSI through an elaborate computer scheme. Incredulous, Steve Austin investigates a computer dating service called Datamate which accessed OSI's system without authorization. Emily, Datemate's new owner, takes a liking to Steve Austin and offers to cooperate. Their investigation is quickly hampered by a series of electronically delivered orders intended to prevent any interference, including the hiring of an assassin to kill Steve Austin. All paths seem to lead to the mysterious George Cloche who is eventually revealed to be an OSI computer expert named Bell.
5–20	"Date With Danger (Part 2)"	Rod Holcomb	Wilton Schiller, John Meredyth Lucas	February 27, 1978
Steve Austin sustains a head injury evading a would-be assassin. His subsequent admission to a local hospital is electronically sabotaged giving him the false identity of a dangerous mental patient named Steve Ankarios. He awakens in restraints in a padded room of a psychiatric ward, but eventually escapes with Emily’s assistance. Forsaking all means of electronic communication to avoid further detection/interference, Steve Austin apprehends Bell and his accomplice, but soon finds out that the computer is now acting alone.
5–21	"The Moving Mountain"	Don McDougall	Stephen Kandel	March 6, 1978
A terrorist/extortionist named Santos has stolen a Russian mobile missile launcher (nicknamed the “Moving Mountain”) and American smart missiles. After first working separately to recover their stolen property, Oscar Goldman proposes cooperation with his Russian counterpart. Steve Austin teams up with a beautiful KGB agent named Andreia. Posing as honeymooners at the Chamonix Inn, a romance quickly develops between them. When Oscar finds out that Andreia’s father was killed in an encounter with Steve Austin two years prior, he fears that the Russian operative plans on killing Steve Austin and stealing the American missiles.

TV-movies: 1987–94

Nº	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Air date
4	The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman	Ray Austin	Michael Sloan, Bruce Lansbury	May 17, 1987
Steve Austin's former employer, Oscar Goldman, approaches him and asks for help; a band of terrorists he put out of business are back. Steve initially declines, but changes his mind when his son Michael is severely injured as a result of his first solo flight. Rudy Wells operates on Michael, giving him better bionics than Steve's or Jaime's.
5	Bionic Showdown	Alan J. Levi	Brock Choy, Robert De Laurentis, Michael Sloan	April 30, 1989
Steve decides to ask Jaime to marry him, but he is interrupted when someone using bionic powers sabotages the security systems at OSI Headquarters and steals secret documents. Being suspects, Jaime and Steve are detained but break out to conduct their own investigation.
6	Bionic Ever After?	Steve Stafford	Michael Sloan, Norman Morrill	November 29, 1994
Steve and Jaime are about to get married. However, something is happening to Jaime; it seems like her bionics are failing and no one knows what's wrong with her. It seems that someone has been doing something to her, but who and why? At the same time an old friend of Steve's is being held prisoner by terrorists and Steve, needing to take his mind off Jaime, offers to go and help.

Notes

1. ^ Part two of "The Return of Bigfoot" is the first episode of the second season of The Bionic Woman.
2. ^ Parts one and three of "Kill Oscar" are the fifth and sixth episodes of the second season of The Bionic Woman.

References

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• The Six Million Dollar Man at IMDb
• The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman at IMDb
• Bionic Ever After? at IMDb