The Worst Episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man

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6.0/10(186 votes)
#1 - Outrage in Balinderry
S2:E214/20/1975
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.
Director:Earl Bellamy
Writer:Paul Schneider
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Director:Earl Bellamy
Writer:Paul Schneider
6.2/10(156 votes)
#2 - The Ultimate Imposter
S4:E121/2/1977
Dr. Wells has a new project that involves the direct (and permanent) transfer of information to the brain of Joe Patton from a computer. However, Joe's girlfriend, Jenny, (another operative) expresses concern for Joe's safety.
Director:Paul Stanley
Writer:Lionel E. Siegel
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Director:Paul Stanley
Writer:Lionel E. Siegel
6.2/10(152 votes)
#3 - The Ghostly Teletype
S4:E223/13/1977
A top secret formula is wiped off it's page and Steve Austin is accused of swiping it. To prove his innocence, Austin seeks out the inventor of the formula and anyone who might benefit from it at such an early stage.
Director:Tom Connors
Writer:Wilton Schiller
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Director:Tom Connors
Writer:Wilton Schiller
6.2/10(144 votes)
#4 - Double Trouble
S4:E310/3/1976
When a nightclub comedian is hit by a car, the x-rays reveal an implant in his head that can control his actions. Oscar sends Steve to find out why and if the Russians are involved.
Director:Phil Bondelli
Writer:Jerry Devine
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Director:Phil Bondelli
Writer:Jerry Devine
6.3/10(237 votes)
#5 - Run, Steve, Run
S1:E134/26/1974
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.
Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Lionel E. Siegel
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Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Lionel E. Siegel
6.3/10(144 votes)
#6 - Dead Ringer
S5:E182/13/1978
Steve's brush with death is followed by visions that may be the work of a spirit.
Director:Arnold Laven
Writer:Robert I. Holt
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Director:Arnold Laven
Writer:Robert I. Holt

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6.4/10(183 votes)
#7 - Lost Love
S2:E131/17/1975
Steve consoles a woman, with whom he was once romantically involved, after her husband apparently dies in a plane crash.
Director:Arnold Laven
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Arnold Laven
Writer:Unknown
6.5/10(274 votes)
#8 - Operation Firefly
S1:E32/1/1974
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.
Director:Reza Badiyi
Writer:Sy Salkowitz
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Director:Reza Badiyi
Writer:Sy Salkowitz
6.5/10(210 votes)
#9 - The Pioneers
S2:E29/20/1974
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.
Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:Unknown
6.5/10(177 votes)
#10 - The Wolf Boy
S3:E510/12/1975
When Kuroda is asked to track down a wolf boy roaming the island forests of Hoyoko, Japan, he asks for only one man to help him: his friend Col. Steve Austin.
Director:Jerry London
Writer:Judy Burns
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Director:Jerry London
Writer:Judy Burns
6.5/10(158 votes)
#11 - The Song and Dance Spy
S3:E410/5/1975
Steve is assigned to keep an eye on his college buddy, the entertainer John Perry. Oscar suspects the singer of being a courier for an espionage ring.
Director:Dick Moder
Writer:Jerry Devine
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Director:Dick Moder
Writer:Jerry Devine
6.5/10(136 votes)
#12 - Rollback
S5:E710/30/1977
Steve goes undercover, joining a roller derby team whose owner plans to acquire and sell top-secret information. When the owner discovers the ruse, he plants evidence to lead Steve in the wrong direction, and uses the distraction to go get the information.
Director:Don McDougall
Writer:Steven E. de Souza
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Director:Don McDougall
Writer:Steven E. de Souza
6.6/10(205 votes)
#13 - Sharks (1)
S5:E19/11/1977
Steve is captured while investigating the unusual power failure of a nuclear submarine.
Director:Alan J. Levi
Writer:Arthur Weingarten
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Director:Alan J. Levi
Writer:Arthur Weingarten
6.6/10(185 votes)
#14 - The Cross-Country Kidnap
S2:E121/10/1975
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.
Director:Christian Nyby
Writer:Ray Brenner
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Director:Christian Nyby
Writer:Ray Brenner
6.6/10(170 votes)
#15 - A Bionic Christmas Carol
S4:E1012/12/1976
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.
Director:Gerald Mayer
Writer:Wilton Schiller
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Director:Gerald Mayer
Writer:Wilton Schiller
6.6/10(167 votes)
#16 - Love Song for Tanya
S3:E192/15/1976
Oscar Goldman assigns Steve Austin to escort duty for Russian gymnast Tanya Breski.
Director:Phil Bondelli
Writers:David H. Balkan, Alan Lynn Folsom
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Director:Phil Bondelli
Writers:David H. Balkan, Alan Lynn Folsom
6.6/10(157 votes)
#17 - Divided Loyalty
S3:E1211/30/1975
Scientist Leon Jackson defected to the Soviet Union for the love of a woman but now wants to return to the states with his son Alex.
Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writers:Terrence McDonnell, Jim Carlson
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Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writers:Terrence McDonnell, Jim Carlson
6.6/10(151 votes)
#18 - The Lost Island
S5:E161/30/1978
While searching for a fallen satellite in the Pacific, Steve rescues a drowning victim who turns out to be an alien. She offers to help him acquire the satellite, which has landed on her race's invisible island. However, many of the island's populace in fear of a revolution, yet are unable to leave due to a lack of an immune system to Earth illnesses. Steve must get an experimental serum for her before she will help him.
Director:Cliff Bole
Writers:Mel Goldberg, Lou Shaw
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Director:Cliff Bole
Writers:Mel Goldberg, Lou Shaw
6.7/10(208 votes)
#19 - Pilot Error
S2:E39/27/1974
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.
Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Edward J. Lakso
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Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Edward J. Lakso
6.7/10(199 votes)
#20 - Taneha
S2:E162/2/1975
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.
Director:Earl Bellamy
Writer:Margaret Armen
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Director:Earl Bellamy
Writer:Margaret Armen
6.7/10(197 votes)
#21 - The Midas Touch
S2:E711/15/1974
When Oscar disappears, Steve investigates a lead involving a government-operated gold mine.
Director:Bruce Bilson
Writers:Lester Wm. Berke, Donald L. Gold
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Director:Bruce Bilson
Writers:Lester Wm. Berke, Donald L. Gold
6.7/10(163 votes)
#22 - Big Brother
S3:E213/7/1976
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.
Director:Cliff Bole
Writer:Kenneth Johnson
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Director:Cliff Bole
Writer:Kenneth Johnson
6.7/10(161 votes)
#23 - The Deadly Test
S3:E610/19/1975
Steve Austin is on reserve duty at Edwards Airforce base when an attempt is made on Prince Sakari of Kutan, who is studying to be a jet pilot there.
Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:James D. Parriott
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Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:James D. Parriott
6.7/10(145 votes)
#24 - Carnival of Spies
S4:E182/13/1977
A scientist covers up his sabotage of a B-1 Bomber experiment.
Director:Dick Moder
Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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Director:Dick Moder
Writer:Robert C. Dennis
6.7/10(145 votes)
#25 - Sharks (2)
S5:E29/18/1977
A nuclear submarine is commandeered for the purpose of piracy and extortion. Steve investigates and is captured. To escape he must eluded trained sharks.
Director:Alan J. Levi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Alan J. Levi
Writer:Unknown