The WORST episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man
Every episode of The Six Million Dollar Man ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man!
"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
#1 - 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.
#2 - Big Brother
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1976
Steve becomes a Big Brother to an unruly Spanish teenager.
#3 - Outrage in Balinderry
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1975
Revolutionaries kidnap the wife of the US Ambassador to the nation of Balinderry. In exchange for her release the revolutionaries want the fellow revolutionaries that are imprisoned to be freed. With the help of Julia Flood, his liason with the kidnappers, Steve attempts to rescue the ambassador's wife.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Walk a Deadly Wing
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/1/1978
Steve is assigned to gain the confidence of a scientist who has developed a weapon to capture soldiers non-violently, but refuses to hand over the plans to anyone for fear it could cause drastic results if used on a pilot in flight. As Steve begins to become his friend and acquire the weapon, the Russians inform the scientist they are holding his wife hostage and demand the device in trade for her safe return.
#6 - Vulture of the Andes
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1976
Steve must stop a terrorist trying to blackmail the government.
#7 - Clark Templeton O'Flaherty
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1975
Steve investigates a friend accused of stealing secret documents.
#8 - The Song and Dance Spy
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1975
When Oscar suspects rock star John Perry, Steve's friend and former college roomate, of carrying top-secret information, Steve assigned to watch him and hopefully prove his innocence.
#9 - One of Our Running Backs is Missing
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1975
Football player Larry Bronco is kidnapped as part of a plan to make his team lose and generate a fortune for his abductors, who have wagered heavily on the game. Steve determines to find him before the start of the game.
#10 - Act of Piracy
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1974
While Steve is helping a science team place earthquake sensors on the ocean floor, their boat is notified that neighboring Santa Ventura has broken off diplomatic relations with the US. Before their boat can leave the area they are captured by a patrol boat.
#11 - Stranger in Broken Fork
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1974
Steve gets amnesia when his plane crashes in the mountains. Steve is caught in the middle of a local dispute, when a local woman helps him.
#12 - Pilot Error
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1974
When an accident causes Steve temporary blindness and the plane he is on, which is carrying a Senator and his aides crash lands in the desert, he must lead them to safety.
#14 - The Coward
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/1974
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, leaving the rest of the crew to die.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Look Alike
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1975
While Steve's away on vacation, a man who has been surgically altered to resemble Steve, goes into Oscar's office and photographs every classified material there is. Someone tries to kill Steve but Steve evades them. Steve returns just as Oscar and the false Steve are leaving a secret facility, which he photographed. The imposter tries to run away but is run over by a car. Steve then decides to assume his identity so that he can recover what he photographed.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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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#21 - Rollback
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1977
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.
#22 - The Golden Pharaoh
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1976
Steve enlists the aid of a larcenous beauty to help him retrieve a priceless statue.
#23 - Burning Bright
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/1974
When Steve's astronaut friend is impaired after being exposed to an electrical field while in space, and his condition deteriorates, Steve must find him and take him to a facility so he cannot harm himself.
#24 - Killer Wind
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1977
Two locals join Steve when he attempts to rescue a group of students in a stalled cable car halfway up a mountain. They must rescue the students before a tornado gets to them, but one of the men is a criminal and the plan is put in jeopardy.
#25 - 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.