The Six Million Dollar Man

Original title : Sharks (1/2)
First Aired : 11.09.1977 (USA) 05.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Alan J. Levi
Writing credits : Arthur Weingarten
Cast : Pamela Hensley (Cynthia Grayland), Gregory Walcott (Alex Parker), William Sylvester (Admiral Prescott), Stephen Elliott (Morgan Grayland), Josh Taylor (), John de Lancie (), Marc Alaimo (Williams), Gene Jackson (Walker), Frank Whiteman (Arnold Cane), Kopi Sotiropulos (Seaman), David Mark Glicker (Steersman), Tim Haldeman (Hydraphone Operator)

The Story : Steve is underwater to investigate a nuclear submarine that had an unusual power failure. As he descends, he is surrounded by sharks. He manages to elude the sharks and reach the sub only to be captured by former US. Navy sub captain, Morgan Grayland. In the underwater cave, Steve is told that Grayland and his marine-biologist daughter, Cynthia, are hijacking the sub to use for piracy and extortion purposes. Trained sharks will prevent Navy frogmen from reaching the sub while repairs are being made on it, and one of the sharks will make sure that Steve doesn't escape either...

Original title : Sharks (2/2)
First Aired : 18.09.1977 (USA) 06.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Alan J. Levi
Writing credits : Fred Freiberger From a Story by Arthur Weingarten
Cast : Pamela Hensley (Cynthia Grayland), Gregory Walcott (Alex Parker), William Sylvester (Admiral Prescott), Stephen Elliott (Morgan Grayland), John de Lancie (unknown), Marc Alaimo (Williams), Larry Delaney (Ed), Michael Horseley (Radioman), Tim Haldeman (Hydraphone Operator)

The Story : Grayland's control of the hijackers is seized by Alex Parker. Grayland quickly contacts Adm. Prescott who has ordered the sub be destroyed. Steve backs up Grayland when he tells the admiral that the sub is armed with nuclear missiles. If the bombing isn't called off, they will "nuke" Charleston, S.C. Reluctantly, the Navy force draws away. Steve is under close guard but somehow he must prevent the beginning of worldwide piracy and extortion...

Original title : Deadly Countdown (1/2)
First Aired : 25.09.1977 (USA) 15.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Gregory S. Dinallo
Cast : Jenny Agutter (Dr. Leah Rusell), Philip Abbott (Dave), Mills Watson (Edgar Webster), Lloyd Bochner (Gordon Shanks), Crofton Hardester (Julian Richman), Sherry Hursey (Melissa McGrath), Martin Caidin (G.H. Beck), William Scherer (Ed Pierce), Dave Morick (Security Guard)

The Story : Steve is to link up two space satellites on his next mission but Gordon Shanks has other plans for the satellite. Shanks' group has created its very own missile control center. They plan to "kidnap" the rocket that carries a new electronic brain of the US. missile defense systems. After receiving the missile, it will be sold to a foreign power. To prevent the rocket from being launched, Shanks hires Julian Richman to kill Steve. Richman has access to Kennedy Space Center where he devises a plan to kill Steve who is in a high altitude test chamber...

Original title : Deadly Countdown (2/2)
First Aired : 02.10.1977 (USA) 16.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Gregory S. Dinallo
Cast : Jenny Agutter (Dr. Leah Rusell), Philip Abbott (Dave), Mills Watson (Edgar Webster), Lloyd Bochner (Gordon Shanks), Sherry Hursey (Melissa McGrath), Martin Caidin (G.H. Beck), Larry Duran (Montez)

The Story : The plan to kill Steve in the test chamber falls through. Shanks' group then kidnaps Melissa McGrath, the daughter of Dave McGrath, who is Steve's friend and mission director of Kennedy Space Center. Dave sets up a pre-launch rocket explosion that injures Steve. Dave confesses to Steve about Melissa and says that her kidnappers will kill her if he doesn't get the mission aborted. Steve knows that the kidnappers won't keep their end of the bargain even though McGrath kept his and he sets out to rescue Melissa...

Original title : Bigfoot V
First Aired : 09.10.1977 (USA)
Director : Rod Holcomb
Writing credits : Gregory S. Dinallo
Cast : Geoffrey Lewis (Charlie Wynn), Tony Young (Jason O'Neal), Ted Cassidy (Bigfoot), Katherine De Hetre (Hope Langston), Regis J. Cordic (Space Explorer)

The Story : Steve believed that Bigfoot had gone back to space with his alien owners until anthropologist Hope Langston sees and photographs him. Steve travels to her camp to try to convince her not to capture Bigfoot. She refuses and Steve leaves on his own to find his old friend. When he confronts Bigfoot, he is attacked and then suddenly left alone as the beast runs away. Before Steve can catch up with him again, the beast goes on a rampage. Meanwhile, Hope's assistants want to capture Bigfoot in order to exploit him and make the big bucks for themselves...

Original title : Killer Wind
First Aired : 16.10.1977 (USA) 08.11.1980 (FRANCE)
Director : Richard Moder
Writing credits : Gregory S. Dinallo
Cast : Sheila DeWindt (Rhonda), Adam Roarke (Nash), James McEachin (Garth), Fred J. Gordon (Falco), Madelyn Cain (Jane), Jim Raymond (Tram Operator), Sylvia Walden (Doctor Harriet), Troy Goudlock (Gary), Glen Demlinger (Tony), Brian Scott (Andrew), Connie Hearn (Anna Lee), Wina Sturgeon (Newswoman)

The Story : Steve is driving with Rhonda Allen, mother of a student who is trapped in a stalled mountain tramway, and Nash, a telephone repairman. Steve is racing against time to rescue the children before a tornado hits. Nash is actually a running bank robber who knocks Steve out when his accomplices catch up with them. They deposit Steve in a ditch and kidnap Rhonda, taking her as their hostage. Steve must regain consciousness in time to save the children and rescue Rhonda...

Original title : Rollback
First Aired : 30.10.1977 (USA) 25.10.1980 (FRANCE)
Director : Don McDougall
Writing credits : Steven E. De Souza
Cast : Robert Loggia (Rand Hendricks), Susanne Charny (Maureen Wright), Rick Springfield (Niles), Paul D'Amato (Brady), Trent Dolan (Jacobs), Russ Grieve (Comets Coach), Gail Bonney (Society Matron), Ron Ellis (Parking Attendant)

The Story : Steve joins the Rockets roller derby team in order to find out where an international syndicate's next burglary will take place. The Rocket's manager, Rand Hendricks is to receive $10 million on Halloween in exchange for top secret information. OSI knows about the plan but they don't know that Hendricks is on to Steve and is leaving him false clues. The real goal is the OSI files which will be unprotected if Steve does not realize he is on a wild goose chase...

Original title : Dark Side of the Moon (1/2)
First Aired : 06.11.1977 (USA) 03.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : John Meredyth Lucas From a Story by Richard Landau
Cast : Jack Colvin (Doctor Charles Leith), Simone Griffeth (Bess Fowler), Skip Homeier (Ted Harmon), Bob Neill (Eric), Quinn Redeker (Frank Tracey), James Ingersoll (Hal), Walter Brooke (Dr. Tellman), Rick Richards (Air Policeman)

The Story : Scientist Charles Leith's government sponsored space expedition is supposed to be on an asteroid. Instead he has placed an antenna on the asteroid that will relay communications back to Houston Mission . He leaves the asteroid and travels to the moon for his own purposes. There, he changes the moon's orbit which results in cataclysmic storms all over Earth. Steve takes off to the moon to discover the cause for the changes...

Original title : Dark Side of the Moon (2/2)
First Aired : 13.11.1977 (USA) 04.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : John Meredyth Lucas From a Story by Richard Landau
Cast : Jack Colvin (Doctor Charles Leith), Simone Griffeth (Bess Fowler), Bob Neill (Eric), Quinn Redeker (Frank Tracey), James Ingersoll (Hal)

The Story : Dr. Leith and his accomplice Eric Muller capture Steve and force him to help them in mining. They claim that they are mining for dilanthium which would provide the Earth with a new energy source. If Steve doesn't use his bionic powers to help him mine, he will have to use nuclear explosives that will result in even more destruction on Earth...

Original title : Target: Steve Austin
First Aired : 27.11.1977 (USA)
Director : Ed Abroms
Writing credits : Donald Gold & Lester Wm Berke
Cast : Lynette Mettey (Joan 1/Joan 2), Quinn Redeker (Frank Tracey), Curt Lowens (Hellerman), Ian Abercrombie (2nd Man in Van), Carl Reindel (Jensen), Paula Victor (Jessica), Boris Aplon (Alfred), Larry Levine (Van Driver)

The Story : OSI agents Steve and Joan pose as honeymooners to trap a group who has penetrated OSI security while looking for an A-bomb. The loving couple, on their way through the Southwest, are vacationing in an RV, which actually contains a top-secret nuclear power unit but the group knows about the disguises and will stop at nothing to get the unit. Little do they know that Steve and Joan are ordered to protect the unit, no matter what the cost...

Original title : The Cheshire Project
First Aired : 18.12.1977 (USA) 01.11.1986 (FRANCE)
Director : Richard Moder
Writing credits : John Meredyth Lucas
Cast : Suzanne Somers (Jenny Fraser), John Larch (Vail), Robert Hogan (Hal), Stanley Waxman (Wilfred Damien), Barry Cahill (General Meyers), Jim Begg (Arthur), Fred Lerner (Blake), Terry Leonard (Stoner)

The Story : Steve's girlfriend, Jenny Fraser, has disappeared while piloting a top secret aircraft. Investigating her disappearance, he learns that engineer Hal Martin, who knows about the craft's new radar-avoiding device, has been talking to Wilfred Damien. Damien is a known thief of military secrets and may have something to do with Jenny and the aircraft's disappearance. Steve leaves on a search mission for Jenny, hoping that he will find some clue of her whereabouts that the previous search has missed...

Original title : Walk a Deadly Wing
First Aired : 01.01.1978 (USA)
Director : Herb Wallerstein
Writing credits : Terrence McDonnell & Jim Carlson
Cast : Eric Braeden (Viktor Cheraskin), Lanna Saunders (Vera Cheraskin), John Devlin (Edmund Dimitri), Eddie Fontaine (Frank Sullivan), Steve Eastin (Ritter), Thomas W. Babson (1st Character), Craig Rossler (2nd Character)

The Story : Viktor Cheraskin has come up with a device that will capture foot soldiers without injuring them but he will not allow the US. or the USSR. to won the device for fear that it may be used as an anti-aircraft weapon. Steve poses as a wing-walker to win Viktor's confidence. Just as Viktor is beginning to trust Steve, Viktor is contacted by Soviet agent Edmund Dimitri. All of Steve's hard-won confidences are pulled when Viktor is told that Dimitri has Viktor's wife in custody. If he doesn't surrender the device, she will die...

Original title : Just a Matter of Time
First Aired : 08.01.1978 (USA) 14.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Don McDougall
Writing credits : Gregory S. Dinallo & Neal J. Sperling From a Story by Neal J. Sperling
Cast : Charles Cioffi (Edward Barris), Leigh Christian (Donna Hoffman), Paul Carr (Rev. Michael Essex), John Milford (General Winston Hayden), John de Lancie (unknown), Blake Marion (Lab Technician)

The Story : Steve is caught in a time warp after he enters space on an orbital test flight. When he lands, it is six years later and he is under arrest for treason. The authorities are convinced that he defected to Russia where he was brainwashed into believing the time warp happened. Steve must prove that the time warp really occurred in the charges are to be dropped and he is to be cleared...

Original title : Return of Death Probe (1/2)
First Aired : 22.01.1978 (USA)
Director : Tom Connors
Writing credits : Howard Dimsdale
Cast : Ken Swofford (Dan Kelly), David Sheiner (Arnold Blake), Than Wyenn (Ambassador Mahmound), Robert Lussier (Bates), Marlena Giovi (Sgt. Warren), Jimmy Joyce (Foreman), Ken Chandler (Rudy's Assistant)

The Story : The death probe has returned to a rural area to demonstrate to Steve and Oscar its' awesome destructive powers. The probe is rocket controlled and Steve's bionic powers are no match for the giant claws, whirling blades or laser beam. As a demand for nuclear warheads is demanded from them or else the death probe will be turned loose, the men realize that they were tricked...

Original title : Return of Death Probe (2/2)
First Aired : 29.01.1978 (USA)
Director : Tom Connors
Writing credits : Howard Dimsdale
Cast : Ken Swofford (Dan Kelly), David Sheiner (Arnold Blake), Than Wyenn (Ambassador Mahmound), Robert Lussier (Bates), Marlena Giovi (Sgt. Warren)

The Story : Steve tries to overtake the juggernaut with a battering ram of the new alloy attached to a bulldozer. The probe wins but is then tricked by Steve into a deep pit. Before the acid to flood the pit can arrive, the machine begins to tunnel toward the city just as quickly as before, leaving Steve without enough time to evacuate the city...

Original title : The Lost Island (1/2)
First Aired : 30.01.1978 (USA)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Mel Goldberg From a Story by Lou Shaw
Cast : Jared Martin (Torg), Robin Mattson (Da-nay), Alf Kjellin (Gerro), Anthony Geary (Arta), Terence Burk (Zandor), Robert Symonds (Jensen), Stephen Burleigh (Satellite Engineer), Kwan Hi Lim (Dr. Takeuchi), Don Pulford (Riga), Paul Deadrick (Ed), Thomas K. Fujiwara (Navigator), Keokeokalae Hughes (Saleslady), Tehani G.M.M.C. Galiza (Nurse)

The Story : While searching for a downed satellite in the Pacific, Steve rescues a young woman from drowning and from two pursuers, named Da-nay. In return for saving her life, she tells him that the satellite has landed on her island, which is protected by an impenetrable force field. She promises to lead him to the satellite if he does something for her. It seems that Da-Nay's island is inhabited by descendants of aliens, and is protected by a force field that makes it invisible from a distance. She will lead Steve to the satellite if he brings an immunity serum that is being developed in Hawaii to her. The serum is desperately needed because the island is being threatened by a man named Torg who is leading a revolt on the island. The people cannot flee to another island since they have no immunity against disease...
Note : This episode originally aired as a 2 hour TV movie, but airs as a 2 part episode in syndication.

Original title : The Lost Island (2/2)
First Aired : 30.01.1978 (USA)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Mel Goldberg From a Story by Lou Shaw
Cast : Jared Martin (Torg), Robin Mattson (Da-nay), Alf Kjellin (Gerro), Anthony Geary (Arta), Terence Burk (Zandor), Robert Symonds (Jensen), Stephen Burleigh (Satellite Engineer), Kwan Hi Lim (Dr. Takeuchi), Don Pulford (Riga), Paul Deadrick (Ed), Thomas K. Fujiwara (Navigator), Keokeokalae Hughes (Saleslady), Tehani G.M.M.C. Galiza (Nurse)

The Story : See previous episode.
Note : This episode originally aired as a 2 hour TV movie, but airs as a 2 part episode in syndication.

Original title : The Madonna Caper
First Aired : 06.02.1978 (USA)
Director : Herb Wallerstein
Writing credits : Gregory S. Dinallo
Cast : Bibi Besch (Countess Lysandra Korischeva), Len Birman (Chilton Kane), Bruce Glover (Viktor Bellushyn), Bob Hoy (Talbot), Rudy Challenger (Richard Tynan), Frank Parker (Guard Russell), Diana Webster (Undersecretary), Michael L. McManus (Guard Sims), Dominic Barto (Boyle), Jim Nolan (Templeton)

The Story : Countess Lysandra Korischeva needs to pick up a microdot, which has vital military information, that has been hidden on a painting in a museum. Steve is assigned to overcome the museum's security system so the countess can get the microdot. In the process, she switched a fake for the $5 million masterpiece, then sells it to crime lord Chilton Kane. When Oscar learns of the switch, he orders Steve to retrieve the real painting and put it in its rightful place before a Russian art expert visits and discovers the theft...

Original title : Dead Ringer
First Aired : 13.02.1978 (USA)
Director : Arnold Laven
Writing credits : Robert I. Holt From a Story by Charles Mitchell & Robert I. Holt
Cast : Linda Dano (Margaret Winslow), Leonard Stone (1st Man), Robert Karnes (Fire Captain), Melvin F. Allen (Delivery Man), George Peter Wilber (2nd Man)

The Story : Dr. Wells believes that Steve is having hallucinations after he reports that he has seen a black garbed spirit that looks just like him, staring at him. The figure watches for just a moment, then disappears. Steve is then referred to a respected para-psychologist, Dr. Margaret Winslow. She learns that Steve was technically dead for 32 seconds after his airplane accident. She then proceeds to tell him that he could be in serious danger. Many cases are on record where the spirit leaves the body as it dies and is unable to find peace if the body returns to life. The spirit seeks peace and the only way it can achieve that is for the body to be dead. It seems that the spirit will do anything to find rest. As Steve is leaving the doctor's office, the door is blown off its hinges by an explosion and fire ruches into the room...

Original title : Date with Danger (1/2)
First Aired : 20.02.1978 (USA) 07.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Rod Holcomb
Writing credits : Wilton Schiller & John Meredyth Lucas From a Story by Wilton Schiller
Cast : Robert Walker Jr. (Cloche/Bell), Luke Askew (Banner), Elaine Giftos (Emily), Noah Keen (Joe Canton), Hank Brandt (Fowler), Robert Hackman (Foreman), Nathaniel Christian (1st Courier), Bonnie Toman (Gloria), Eric Lawrence (O.S.I. Guard), Paul Tully (Ralph), William Wheatley (Janitor), Raymond (Bud), Davis (Pete)

The Story : Steve tries to prove the innocence of communications chief for the OSI, Joe Canton. His friend is accused of embezzlement and espionage. As Steve tries to read the computer's memory core, it self-destructs. Steve believes that an outside source may have changed the memory. The outside source is a computer who has gained control of the nation's money and all its secrets but all Steve finds is a partial phone number that leads him to the Datamate dating service. The business is owned by a computer programming whiz, Emily Patterson...

Original title : Date with Danger (2/2)
First Aired : 27.02.1978 (USA) 08.09.1988 (FRANCE)
Director : Rod Holcomb
Writing credits : Wilton Schiller & John Meredyth Lucas From a Story by Wilton Schiller
Cast : Robert Walker Jr. (Cloche/Bell), Luke Askew (Banner), Peter Mark Richman (Dr. Ellis), Elaine Giftos (Emily), Noah Keen (Joe Canton), Hank Brandt (Fowler), June Dayton (Psychiatric Nurse), James B. Smith (Col. Sumner), Jack Lukes (Non-Driving Policeman), Vincent Howard (Telephone Supervisor), William Wheatley (Janitor), Sal Ponti (Emergency Room Intern), Millie Berg (Ward Nurse)

The Story : Emily agrees to help Steve battle the computer which is determined to kill Steve. The computer hires a hit man but Steve escapes without any harm. He is then confined in a hospital as a dangerous psychotic, all because of a computer "error." The computer is out to kill any one who knows of its existence, that includes its builder and Emily Patterson. Steve must stop the computer before it destroys more lives and the world...

Original title : The Moving Mountain
First Aired : 06.03.1978 (USA)
Director : Don McDougall
Writing credits : Stephen Kandel
Cast : John Colicos (General Norbukov), Lisa Farringer (Andrea Mestrova), George Clifton (Santos), Paul Coufos (Walter), Michael Ebert (Erhardt), Beverly Kushida (Ishihara), Christian Vance (Radio Man), Andre Landzaat (NATO Officer), Keith Langsdale (Mishkin)

The Story : A USSR. mobile rocket launcher and US. self-guided missiles are stolen by terrorist leader Santos. Santos will use their threat to extort money to back his terrorist activities. Gen. Norbukov sends his best KGB agent, Andrea Mestrova, to retrieve their rocket launcher and in the process the US. missiles. Oscar gets Steve assigned to help Andrea retrieve the goods but Norbukov's idea will necessitate Steve's accidental elimination...