The BEST episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man season 4

Every episode of The Six Million Dollar Man season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man season 4!

"Steve Austin, astronaut, a man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first Bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster." 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 the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Ultimate Imposter
star
8.33
39 votes

#1 - The Ultimate Imposter

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1977

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...

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Carnival of Spies
star
8.17
30 votes

#2 - Carnival of Spies

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1977

Steve trails a East German scientist who fakes a heart attack at a conference, then goes to a traveling carnival located suspiciously close to the test flight of a new B-1 bomber.

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Death Probe (2)
star
8.14
29 votes

#3 - Death Probe (2)

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1977

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.

Directors: Richard Moder
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The Bionic Boy
star
8.14
22 votes

#4 - The Bionic Boy

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1976

Rudy develops a new form of bionics that can restore mobility to people who has been paralyzed. Andy Sheffield, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a previous accident, is selected as a prime candidate to test Rudy's new work and try to restore his ability to walk again.

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H+2+O = Death
star
8.03
31 votes

#5 - H+2+O = Death

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1976

Steve must infiltrate the deadly Omega spy ring as an underwater diving expert to thwart their theft of a device capable of separating the hydrogen and oxygen in water.

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The Privacy of the Mind
star
7.97
29 votes

#6 - The Privacy of the Mind

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1977

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.

Directors: James Lydon
Writer: Vanessa Boos
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Task Force
star
7.96
28 votes

#7 - Task Force

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1976

other characters: Jim (helicopter pilot) Steve goes undercover as Steve Ferguson, a hired mercinary, in order to infiltrate a ring of thieves attempting to steal a military missile called the Hornet.

Directors: Barry Crane
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Death Probe (1)
star
7.59
56 votes

#8 - Death Probe (1)

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1977

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 then Steve.

Directors: Richard Moder
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The Infiltrators
star
7.55
31 votes

#9 - The Infiltrators

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1977

Steve poses as an amateur boxer to get the goods on an infiltration ring targeting expatriate athletes.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
Writer: Sam Ross
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The Return of Bigfoot (1)
star
7.45
101 votes

#10 - The Return of Bigfoot (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1976

The alien race that Steve fought before (in "The Secret of Bigfoot") 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.

Directors: Barry Crane
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Nightmare in the Sky
star
7.43
23 votes

#11 - Nightmare in the Sky

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1976

Steve is present at the test flight of his friend Kelly Wood when she is shot down by a World War II 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.

Directors: Alan Crosland
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Fires of Hell
star
7.32
22 votes

#12 - Fires of Hell

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1977

A crooked trio manipulate a conservation group into halting an oil drill so they can get at the uranium underneath, and Steve is sent in disguised as a oil worker to find out what's up.

Directors: Ed Abroms
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U-509
star
7.25
20 votes

#13 - U-509

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1977

An ex-submariner from the English Navy 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.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
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Danny's Inferno
star
7.24
25 votes

#14 - Danny's Inferno

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1977

Danny, a 14 year old kid, inadvertently creates a source of chemical thermal energy source while trying to create a new fuel source for his toy rocket. When his chemicals are stolen from his garage laboratory, Steve and OSI must protect Danny and catch the thief before he sells it on the black market.

Directors: Cliff Bole
Writer: Tom Greene
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The Thunderbird Connection
star
7.21
28 votes

#15 - The Thunderbird Connection

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1976

To save the life of a young middle-eastern prince from rival factions, Steve goes undercover as a Thunderbird pilot and must smuggle him out of the country.

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The Most Dangerous Enemy
star
7.09
54 votes

#16 - The Most Dangerous Enemy

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1976

Steve and Rudy go to check up on a scientist, Cheryl Osborne, who was doing 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 into a psychotic and Steve must both stop him and find Osborne before it's too late.

Directors: Richard Moder
Writer: Judy Burns
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Kill Oscar (2)
star
6.91
32 votes

#17 - Kill Oscar (2)

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1976

This is part of a three part crossover with The Bionic Woman. 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. (originally aired as The Six Million Dollar Man, Season 4, Episode 6)

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To Catch the Eagle
star
6.89
18 votes

#18 - To Catch the Eagle

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/1977

A crooked Indian medicine man kidnaps two OSI scientists to protect his plan to sell radioactive ore, and Steve is sent to recover them.

Writer: Judy Burns
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A Bionic Christmas Carol
star
6.83
23 votes

#19 - A Bionic Christmas Carol

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1976

other characters: Sissy Crandall (Bob's other daughter) When Steve is sent to investigate problems with an OSI project contracted out to Budge Corp., he discovers the problem is that the corporation's owner, Horton Budge, is a cheap ""Scrooge"". Steve then uses the same strategy from the Charles Dickens classic.

Directors: Gerald Mayer
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The Return of Bigfoot (2)
star
6.77
22 votes

#20 - The Return of Bigfoot (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1976

In her efforts to save Steve's life, Jamie is confronted by Bigfoot.

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Vulture of the Andes
star
6.37
30 votes

#21 - Vulture of the Andes

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1976

Steve must stop a terrorist trying to blackmail the government.

Directors: Cliff Bole
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Double Trouble
star
5.75
51 votes

#22 - Double Trouble

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1976

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 after being X-rayed, the device is discovered. Steve is assigned to find out why he was implanted.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
Writer: Jerry Devine
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The Ghostly Teletype
star
4.40
5 votes

#23 - The Ghostly Teletype

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1977

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 a pair of twins seeking a cure for their rapid-aging disease, and the formula can provide them with what they need.

Directors: Tom Connors III