# Six Million Dollar Man-fave episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184 "2014-12-26T03:02:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/1 "2014-12-26T03:02:46Z")
Mine were: The robot duplicate episodes. The Venus Probe And of course the Sasquatch ones. Also the fembot three parter wIth Jamie Sommers. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/2 "2014-12-26T03:22:01Z")
Only ones I remember were the Bigfoot episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/3 "2014-12-26T03:54:25Z")
“Danny’s Inferno,” just for the name. For Bionic Woman, the ep where she had to defeat a doomsday machine… that had a surprising ending. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/4 "2014-12-26T04:03:03Z")
I liked the ones where he ran in slow-motion, and there was that ‘_zing_-sing-zingzingzing’ sound effect. Also, the ones where Oscar Goldman took off his glasses to emphasise a point. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/5 "2014-12-26T04:47:37Z")
There was one about Steve going undercover in a gang of monster-costumed roller derbists. Or was that a hallucination? ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/6 "2014-12-26T13:23:47Z")
I remember the roller derby criminal episode… would’ve said that it was a Bionic Woman episode, though… I remember the episode featuring the Seven Million Dollar Man and another one featuring a guy who had the power to talk to his biology and make it do extraordinary things - such as allow electricity to pass harmlessly through or allow himself to hold his breath a long time, etc. I always enjoyed the episodes during which they developed the characters a bit rather than just have another “criminal of the week”. So, the Sasquatch episodes, any of the crossover episodes. There were several made-for-tv reunion movies done in the decades following the termination of the shows. I have at least 2 on moldy old VHS tapes. I remember the doomsday machine episode of the Bionic Woman. I was taken completely off guard by the ending… but, I no longer remember the surprise. Might have to rent that one. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/7 "2014-12-26T14:25:07Z")
A few thoughts: I recently rewatched the entire Six Million Dollar Man series over the course of a year or so. I loved the show as a kid but now it’s awfully cheesy and easily picked apart. My favorite episode is probably the first Venus probe story but I think the series was at its best when it stuck to more down to earth stories. Those Sasquatch stories, especially the sequels, were embarrassing. Leaving aside questions regarding Steve’s bionics, such as how did he pick up heavy objects without damaging his shoulder and how did he survive getting knocked unconscious so many times, why would the OSI assume an astronaut was spy material? How did Steve learn how to do so many things? He’s a deep sea diver, he’s a lumberjack, he’s a good enough skater to be on a roller derby team! A real jack of all trades! The same applies to Rudy Wells, who was ostensibly a bionics expert but during the last few seasons was as multi-talented as Steve Austin. And just how many women were the love of Steve’s life? Speaking of those, Lindsay Wagner was a bright spot as the Bionic Woman, even if her hand emoting got old quickly. Her resurrection on the show was awfully hard to swallow. I also could have done without Lee Majors crooning “Jamie…blah blah blah…” Yech! The show also features a great selection of guest stars - I’d all but forgotten Flip Wilson! Overall I like the show but it hasn’t aged especially well and I don’t see it appealing to today’s youth. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/8 "2014-12-26T14:32:51Z")
I vividly remember the Six Million Dollar Christmas Carol, or whatever the hell it was called. I was a big fan of the show when I was 12, and no more discriminating than the average 12-year-old, and I was amazed by the suckitude of that one. Steve Austin plays the Ghost of Christmas Past/Present/Future for some godawful reason. The episodes that I actually enjoyed I seem to have mostly forgotten. The double-agent who looked just like Steve, and Steve had to infiltrate the evil organization pretending to be the double. The Sasquatch episodes, of course, and the Venus probe. Mostly I just remember a jumble of cut-scenes. I don’t plan to try to revisit this series. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/9 "2014-12-26T15:43:23Z")
> [@stegon66](#): > > A few thoughts: > > I recently rewatched the entire Six Million Dollar Man series over the course of a year or so. > > Leaving aside questions regarding Steve’s bionics, > Overall I like the show but it hasn’t aged especially well and I don’t see it appealing to today’s youth. ☹ Also, if they’re going to let the Bionic Duo keep their one organic arm to get pulverized trying to block (filll in the blank) when the bionic arm has been blocked or missed a swing…at least give Steve and Jamie some kind of forearm shield. Even better, they should carry a sword. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/10 "2014-12-26T15:54:09Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > I remember the doomsday machine episode of the Bionic Woman. I was taken completely off guard by the ending… but, I no longer remember the surprise. Might have to rent that one. As I remember it… [spoiler]Jamie has a beloved older advisor or friend who’s a Nobel-grade scientist. He has built a doomsday machine to scare the world back into peace. He dies tragically, which sets the DDM in motion. She has to infiltrate it and battle all of its self-protection - gas, lasers, robots, I can’t remember all of it, but a lot of video games looked awfully familiar when they came along - and she finally gets to the machine’s core just as the countdown timer ticks to zero. Rumble, roar, bang, shields go down and machinery rises into place and lights flash… And out of the core rises a plaque bearing the Biblical passage about beating swords into plowshares. This Has Been A Warning. [/spoiler] I remember being impressed with the moral complexity and storytelling, but I suspect it would come off as high cheese and emot-o-scope now. As someone already said, it may be best to leave these shows in the vault. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/11 "2014-12-26T16:10:06Z")
I remember the episode where he walked through the rotating cylinder. (And then I remember riding a tram through the same cylinder at Universal Studies, back in the late 1970s.) So did he end up boinking the Bionic Woman? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/12 "2014-12-26T16:19:24Z")
I only remember the Venus probe episode. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/13 "2014-12-26T17:17:48Z")
Wikipedia has an episode guide: > **[List of The Six Million Dollar Man episodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. > 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 ... > [@](#): > > Steve Austin battles an alligator prop whose production budget should have been more generous. > [@](#): > > Noteworthy Moment: The flight pattern of a missile thrown by Steve Austin highlights the advancements in special effects since the 1970s. I think my favorite episode was “The Coward”: > [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/14 "2014-12-26T17:48:24Z")
The only episode I remember is the one in which he had amnesia, and freaked out when his cyber skin got torn and he saw his mechanical innards. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/15 "2014-12-26T17:51:33Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > The only episode I remember is the one in which he had amnesia That’s ironic. I loved the show when I was a kid, and watched it every week. But I don’t remember any episodes. I remember part of the Bigfoot one, and one where he sings _Feelings_. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/16 "2014-12-26T18:02:03Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I remember the episode where he walked through the rotating cylinder. (And then I remember riding a tram through the same cylinder at Universal Studies, back in the late 1970s.) > > So did he end up boinking the Bionic Woman? 😃 They were lovers before Jaime got her bionics. Steve’s mom and stepdad adopted her when her parents were killed. Later in one of the TV movies they eventually got married. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/17 "2014-12-26T18:38:45Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > I remember the roller derby criminal episode… would’ve said that it was a Bionic Woman episode, though… She might have had one too, but as I recall Steve infiltrated a gang that was planning a heist which involved monster costumes and roller skates. I liked the dog, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/18 "2014-12-26T21:55:16Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Mine were: > > The robot duplicate episodes. > The Venus Probe > And of course the Sasquatch ones. Pretty much those. I watched the pilot and first season earlier this year. Although it did get cheesy in later episodes, I did like how they were trying for a James Bond-type knock off in the first few episodes,where Steve just didn’t have issues killing people. One interesting attention to detail I liked was in s01e01, Population Zero (their Andromeda Strain take-off). Steve is running in the desert heat,and his clothes show growing sweat stains except over his bionic parts. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/19 "2014-12-26T23:43:48Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > Pretty much those. > > I watched the pilot and first season earlier this year. Although it did get cheesy in later episodes, I did like how they were trying for a James Bond-type knock off in the first few episodes,where Steve just didn’t have issues killing people. > > One interesting attention to detail I liked was in s01e01, Population Zero (their Andromeda Strain take-off). Steve is running in the desert heat,and his clothes show growing sweat stains except over his bionic parts. I tried watching the pilot… Lenore/that girl from Ironside just brings it to a screeching halt. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184/20 "2014-12-27T00:05:08Z")
I remember a number of episodes, but I think my favorite is the one where Greg Morris is the pilot of a plane downed in hostile territory and Steve Austin uses his bionic powers to repair it and fly them to safety. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-fave-episodes/708184.md?page=2)