Angel of Mercy
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| Production 44403 Original Airdate: 28 January 1976 | |||
 Jaime, the medic | |||
| Produced by Kenneth Johnson | |||
| Written by James D. Parriott | |||
| Directed by Alan J. Levi | |||
| Guest Cast | |||
| Guest Star(s) Andy Griffith as Jack Starkey | |||
| Co-starring Claudio Martinez as Julio James Karen as George Morehouse Jean Allison as Judith Morehouse | |||
| With Bert Santos as Castro Beard Robbie Rist as Andrew Paul Berrones as Wounded Soldier Alycia Gardner as Gwen Robbie Wolcott as Mark | |||
| Broadcast Order | |||
| Season 1 | |||
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Jaime Sommers is sent to Costa Bravo with helicopter pilot Jack Starkey to rescue the American ambassador.
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[edit] Summary
Helicopter pilot Jack Starkey resents the presence of Jaime Sommers on a rescue mission because she is a female, but she soon proves herself to the pilot. The rescue becomes complicated when the ambassador's wife is trapped in a collapsed building at the Vector 4 Depot. Jaime and Jack are soon joined by a local boy, Julio whose parents were killed by the guerrilla soldiers.
[edit] Deconstructed
[edit] Quotes
Oscar: Do you realize how much money we could make if I patented you as a household tool?
Jaime: It would be a lot safer too.
Jaime: It's not the mission - I'll do that. It's the part about being a nurse. Oscar, I can't even put on a bandaid!
Oscar: Oh, I don't think there'll be any doctoring, Jaime. Now, here's a uniform.
Jaime: Uh-huh, and a first aid manual?
Oscar: We'll be arriving at Costa Bravo in about - oh, two hours, and you'll have plenty of time to just... uh... cram.
Jaime: Let's hope that the teacher can cram a lot better than her kids. (starts reading the first aid manual) "How to stop arterial bleeding"? Oh, Oscar... I... I... (covers her face)
Oscar: (laughs and gives her a hug) You're going to make it, pal.
Jaime: You're nuts.
(Oscar and Jaime watch a helicopter fly erratically overhead).
Jaime: Is that my pilot?
Oscar: His name is Jack Starkey, and he's the finest helicopter pilot alive.
Jaime: Yeah? Who says?
Oscar: He says.
Jaime: (sarcastically) Oh, good.
Jaime: Well I don't know what you're worried about, Starkey.
Starkey: Bullets, mostly.
Jaime: Well nobody's gonna shoot at a medical team.
Starkey: No, they'll give us Hershey bars, right? Wrong.
Starkey: I admire your courage, Sommers. I'm not so sure about your brain.
Starkey: Well, we can't take [Julio] with us. The kid can barely walk; he'll slow us down.
Jaime: I'll carry him.
Starkey: You'll what?
Jaime: He can ride on my shoulders.
Starkey: You'll never make it; your legs aren't strong enough.
Jaime: Well, then, you carry him.
Starkey: Me carry him? Not in a blue moon, a month of Sundays, or till Biloxi, Mississippi freezes over, am I walking through the jungle with a kid on my back, and that's final!
(Camera pans up to show Julio riding on Starkey's shoulders).
Jaime: How're your legs holding up?
Starkey: Fine. Good exercise.
(Julio pulls the snake that Jaime killed earlier out of his bag).
Jaime: You eat those?
Julio: Si. Good meat, but they are hard to catch. You killed it, so half belongs to you. (gestures towards Jaime)
Jaime: (jumping back) Uh... Julio... finders, keepers, honey. It's all yours.
Julio: Gracias. Since you don't want it.
Starkey: We're gonna have to hide in the jungle.
Jaime: The jungle? What happened to the plane?
Starkey: It's hopeless. It's got pretzels for landing gear.
Jaime: (fixes the landing gear of the plane) Okay, now does that do it?
Starkey: How'd you do that?
Jaime: Starkey, get these blocks outta here, get in the plane, and I'll go get the others.
Starkey: Well, maybe I should...
Jaime: (exasperated) Starkey...
Starkey: (quickly) Yes, ma'am.
Starkey: Sommers, we got a problem. the engine won't turn over; the battery's dead.
Jaime: Well, what if I spin the propeller?
Starkey: Aw, you can't - it's too heavy. You... (looks at Jaime, who shoots him a dirty look) On second thought...
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Opening Credits
- The Bionic Woman theme song that is played during the opening title/credits was changed from its first version in Welcome Home, Jaime (Part II). The first version had included a rather fast beat of drums being played throughout the theme. This newer version is the more recognizable of the two.
[edit] Continuity
- The scene shown outside of the Ventura Air Force Base at the beginning of the episode, in which the school bus arrives, is also used in the next episode A Thing of the Past. As the bus turns to enter the Base, Donald O'Connor, who plays bus driver Harry Anderson, can clearly be seen driving the bus.
[edit] Character
- The phone number listed on the phone in Jaime's classroom is 555-2368. This is the same phone number listed on the phone in her apartment.
[edit] Story
- This episode establishes Jaime's hatred of snakes, a story element which is used several times throughout the series (Fly Jaime, Doomsday Is Tomorrow (Part II), Once a Thief).
[edit] Gaffes
[edit] Gallery
 Ambassador Morehouse and wife, trapped beneath 4 tons of rubble at Vector 4 Depot |
 Guerrillas in hot pursuit of the escape plane |
 Aboard an old aircraft, praying for liftoff! |
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