Kill Oscar
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| Production 45410 Original Airdate: 27 October 1976 | |||
 Fembots in their "hives" | |||
| Produced by Kenneth Johnson | |||
| Teleplay by Arthur Rowe | |||
| Story by Arthur Rowe Oliver Crawford | |||
| Directed by Alan Crosland | |||
| Guest Cast | |||
| Guest Star(s) John Houseman as Dr. Franklin Jack Colvin as Baron Constantine Jennifer Darling as Peggy Callahan Corinne Michaels as Lynda Wilson Jack L. Ging as Jack Hanson | |||
| Special Guest Appearance Lee Majors as Col. Steve Austin | |||
| Co-starring Janice Whitby as Katy | |||
| With John Dewey-Carter as Rawlins James R. Parkes as Guard Don Fenwick as 1st Agent Larry French as 2nd Agent | |||
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| "Road to Nashville" | "Kill Oscar (Part III)" | ||
| Related episodes | |||
| "Kill Oscar (Part II)" "Kill Oscar (Part III)" "Fembots in Las Vegas" "Fembots in Las Vegas (Part II)" | |||
In a 3-part crossover beginning in The Bionic Woman, continuing in The Six Million Dollar Man, and concluding back on Bionic Woman, former OSI scientist, Dr. Franklin plots to kidnap Oscar Goldman as part of a scheme to obtain an experimental weather control device. Meanwhile, Jaime Sommers tests her mettle against Franklin's fembots.
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[edit] Summary
Dr. Franklin, a former OSI scientist and android maker, receives a visit from Russian finance minister Baron Constantine who came to America in answer to Franklin’s request of an additional funding for his special project. The Russians are eager to get their hands on a classified OSI Weather Control Device capable of inducing climatic change. Constantine was sent to Franklin's hidden complex to assess the progress made so far with their investment.
[edit] Quotes
Callahan: Rudy did send for you. He's waiting in his office.
Jaime: Oh, yeah? Why?
Callahan: Maybe it's your heel alignment? He could balance your toes.
Rudy: I've developed some sonic techniques that are really revolutionary.
Jaime: I'm not so sure I want a revolution going on in my ear.
Rudy: If these tests prove out my theory, we'll be able to communicate in ultrasonic ranges. Nobody'll hear it but you and Doberman pinschers.
Jaime: Uh... Rudy, now you know I love you, but... uh... if you think I'm gonna come running every time you blow a dog whistle, you're out of your mind.
Steve: We definitely should have a bet on this game - and I have a pretty good idea on what the price should be...
Jaime: You think you can give me a hint without us getting arrested?
Lynda Fembot: Jaime? Mr. Goldman called to cancel your lunch. He left about half-an-hour ago. He had an emergency conference at the State Department.
Jaime: What is this? All my men - they tell me how much they like me, and then nobody'll stick around to feed me?
Dr. Franklin: Yes, the girl is valuable. But, my Fembots can do anything she can.
Baron Constantine: Not quite. As a human being she can think for herself.
Dr. Franklin: Since when is thinking for herself an asset… in a woman?
(After Oscar's orders have been played back)
Rudy: You aren't even going to consider doing that.
Hanson: It's his decision - and he's the best judge.
Jaime: You're out of your mind.
Hanson: Perhaps. Look, I don't like doing this, but I know exactly what he meant by "modern interrogation" so I'm sorry, but - when we find out where they're holding him, we will utilize all of our resources to carry out Oscar Goldman's wishes.
Jaime: (looking down at the pavement beneath Callahan's fourth-story bedroom window) I'm not that bionic.
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[edit] Trivia
- Contains the shortened main title sequence.
- For syndication, the shortened Jerry Fielding main title is replaced with a standard-length sequence and scored by second season regular composer, Joe Harnell.
- This three part episode marks the last crossover until the reunion movies.
- This episode reunites Lindsay Wagner with John Houseman, the actor who played her father in the 1973 film The Paper Chase.
[edit] Gaffes
[edit] Continuity
- When Dr. Franklin unmasks the first Fembot, Katy, her scarf has moved. The knot, which was on the left side, is now in the middle.
- After a lightning bolt strikes Steve's arm, the char mark disappears then reappears.
- When the Linda Fembot first takes over for Lynda, she is seen in her office watching Rudy Wells in the lab and she is wearing a tan dress. The next day, she is again seen in the office sitting at her desk, wearing the same dress as the afternoon before. The shots of the Lynda Fembot at her desk were recycled.
- The shot of Franklin's van delivering the Lynda Fembot to OSI is reused later when the van arrives at OSI to kidnap Oscar Goldman. In the first shot, the van drives down the street and makes a left turn into the OSI parking lot. In the second use, the van drives down the same street (the cars are the same days later), and then there is a cut to the van making a right turn into the OSI lot. Also, there is a shot of the Katy Fembot crouching behind the driver's seat the first time the van arrives. This shot is recycled during the second time the van arrives. She's wearing the same outfit.
[edit] Visual
- In the scene where Callahan is on the phone with her mother, the boom can be seen hanging over her head.
[edit] Nitpicks
- In the morning, Callahan explains that she feels overworked and pressured, and that the pace of her job is driving her bananas. Yet in the afternoon, she has the time to casually chat with her Mom on the phone.
- During the fight in Callahan's apartment, the Katy fembot is wearing a wedding band on her left ring finger. Do fembots get married?
- During the fight in Callahan's apartment, when the unmasked Katy fembot goes to rip the pipe off of the radiator, she appears to fumble for it.
- After Jaime considers the height of her jump, why doesn't she just walk along the ledge and hop over to the next building?
