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The Best Episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man

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The Best Episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by...

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  1. Background image for Pilot Error
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Pilot Error

    S2:E3

    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.

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  2. Background image for The Last Kamikaze
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Last Kamikaze

    S2:E14

    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.

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    Director:Dick Moder
    Writer:Judy Burns
  3. Background image for Steve Austin, Fugitive
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Steve Austin, Fugitive

    S2:E22

    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.

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    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Target in the Sky
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Target in the Sky

    S3:E7

    Steve goes undercover as lumberjack 'Steve Parker' when a government agent goes missing after reporting a missile station near Wixted Lumber Camp.

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  5. Background image for The Bionic Criminal
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Bionic Criminal

    S3:E9

    Oscar and Rudy are performing a test on Barney Hiller to see if his bionic power can be turned on and off again when needed.

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  6. Background image for Stranger in Broken Fork
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Stranger in Broken Fork

    S2:E10

    An electrical short in Steve Austin’s bionic wiring causes him to crash land a plane in Colorado. Suffering from complete amnesia, he is taken in by a psychologist who is operating a home for the mentally depressed. Some locals in the town of Broken Fork do not want this home for “crazy” people in their community, and use strong-arm tactics to force it to move. Steven Austin gets embroiled in the controversy, amazing both himself and all witnesses with his seemingly inexplicable superhuman strength. As he searches for his true identity, Oscar Goldman leads a team trying to find his forgetful friend before his faulty wiring becomes fatal.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Big Brother

    S3:E21

    When Steve Austin agrees to some promotional work for a friends' Big Brothers organization, he soon takes a difficult youth named Carlos Delgado under his wing.

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  9. Background image for The Thunderbird Connection
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Thunderbird Connection

    S4:E9

    Steve's mission is to rescue an Arab prince who's going to be killed by someone who wants to be King. So Steve joins a fighter jet group called the Thunderbirds that perform aerial maneuvers. But when Steve suffers dizziness when he reaches certain altitudes, Rudy says they can treat it but it'll take time. And they need to rescue the prince so Steve tries to stay at low altitudes. **This two-hour episode was broken into two parts for syndication.**

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  10. Background image for Death Probe (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Death Probe (1)

    S4:E13

    When an object tracks across the sky and lands in a remote area in Wyoming, Oscar and Steve arrive on the scene and find that a Russian space probe built to withstand the extreme Venus environment has crash landed on earth and is out of Soviet control. It's up to Steve to try to stop the probe from destroying a nearby town.

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  11. Background image for Day of the Robot
    7.7/10(299 votes)

    #10 - Day of the Robot

    S1:E4

    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.

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  12. Background image for Population: Zero
    7.2/10(338 votes)

    #11 - Population: Zero

    S1:E1

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Last of the Fourth of Julys
    7.1/10(206 votes)

    #12 - The Last of the Fourth of Julys

    S1:E10

    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.

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  14. Background image for The Coward
    7.1/10(208 votes)

    #13 - The Coward

    S1:E12

    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.

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  15. Background image for Dr. Wells Is Missing
    7.0/10(202 votes)

    #14 - Dr. Wells Is Missing

    S1:E9

    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.

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  16. Background image for Kill Oscar (II)
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Kill Oscar (II)

    S4:E6

    With Jaime Sommers critically injured, Steve Austin races to Dr. Franklin's secret hideout to find the kidnapped Oscar Goldman. Austin plans to rescue his friend and boss despite Oscar's own orders to kill him lest he spill state secrets. The crossover starts on The Bionic Woman S02E05 Kill Oscar (I). It continues on The Bionic Woman S02E06 Kill Oscar (III).

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    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:W.T. Zacha
  17. Background image for A Bionic Christmas Carol
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - A Bionic Christmas Carol

    S4:E10

    After an accident at a NASA contractor, Steve uses his bionic abilities to convince the gruff, penny-pinching head of the company to change his callous ways.

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  18. Background image for Survival of the Fittest
    6.9/10(248 votes)

    #17 - Survival of the Fittest

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Little Orphan Airplane
    6.9/10(209 votes)

    #18 - Little Orphan Airplane

    S1:E5

    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.

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  20. Background image for Eyewitness to Murder
    6.9/10(200 votes)

    #19 - Eyewitness to Murder

    S1:E7

    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.

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  21. Background image for Doomsday, and Counting
    6.8/10(205 votes)

    #20 - Doomsday, and Counting

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Jerry Jameson
  22. Background image for The Rescue of Athena One
    6.8/10(215 votes)

    #21 - The Rescue of Athena One

    S1:E8

    When America's first female astronaut (guest star Farrah Fawcett) runs into trouble, Steve tries to help, but discovers that his powers are limited by space travel.

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  23. Background image for Burning Bright
    6.7/10(244 votes)

    #22 - Burning Bright

    S1:E11

    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.

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    Director:Jerry London
  24. Background image for Operation Firefly
    6.5/10(231 votes)

    #23 - Operation Firefly

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Reza Badiyi
  25. Background image for Run, Steve, Run
    6.3/10(196 votes)

    #24 - Run, Steve, Run

    S1:E13

    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.

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  26. Background image for Return of the Robot Maker
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Return of the Robot Maker

    S2:E15

    Doctor Dolenz returns and kidnaps Oscar, replacing him with a lookalike robot in an attempt to steal the formula for a new energy source.

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    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:Mark Frost

Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot Error" is the best rated episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Jerry Jameson and written by Edward J. Lakso, it aired on 9/27/1974. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Last Kamikaze".