The Bionic Woman (episode)
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| Production 41244 Original Airdate: 16 March 1975 | |||
 Jaime and Steve get reacquainted | |||
| Produced by Lionel E. Siegel Joe L. Cramer | |||
| Written by Kenneth Johnson | |||
| Directed by Richard Moder | |||
| Guest Cast | |||
| Guest Star(s) Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers Malachi Throne as Joseph Wrona | |||
| Special Guest Star(s) Martha Scott as Helen Elgin Allan Oppenheimer as Rudy Wells | |||
| With Ford Rainey as Jim Elgin Paul Carr as Timberlake Harry Hickox as John Ellerton Scott B. Wells as Doctor Jeremy Robert Brown as Boy Dana Plato as Girl | |||
| Uncredited Unknown actor as David Welsh | |||
| Broadcast Order | |||
| Season 2 | |||
| ← Previous | Next → | ||
| "The E.S.P. Spy" | "The Bionic Woman (Part II)" | ||
| Related episodes | |||
| "The Bionic Woman (Part II)" "The Return of the Bionic Woman" "The Return of the Bionic Woman (Part II) "Welcome Home, Jaime" "Welcome Home, Jaime (Part II)" | |||
- for other uses, see Bionic Woman (disambiguation)
"The Bionic Woman" is a story consisting of two episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man. It marks the debut of the Jaime Sommers character.
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[edit] Summary
Having completed a mission in Europe to retrieve a stolen $20 bill printing plate, Steve Austin takes some well earned leave and returns to his hometown of Ojai, California to buy a ranch and to visit his mother, Helen, and step-father, Jim. Whilst there he is reunited with his high-school sweetheart, tennis-pro Jaime Sommers. After years of not seeing each other Steve and Jaime discover they have strong feelings for each other and quickly fall in love. Following a tragic sky-diving accident that leaves Jaime near death, Steve pleads with Oscar Goldman of the OSI to save her life by replacing her shattered legs, her right arm and inner right ear with Bionic replacements. Oscar reluctantly agrees on the understanding that Jaime will have to do work for the OSI in the future. Jaime makes an excellent recovery following surgery and Steve asks her to marry him.
[edit] Deconstructed
[edit] Quotes
Joseph Wrona: I saw his face...
Timberlake: Who is he? How could he have gotten into the truck?
Joseph Wrona: I don't know. But if it takes me the rest of my life, I'll find him. And when I do, he's a dead man.
Steve Austin: (Steve's mom is stirring something up) Do I still get to lick the bowl?
Helen Elgin: (paying attention to something else) What dear?
Steve Austin: What kind of cake is this? (tastes a bit with his finger)
Helen Elgin: Eh? Oh! (tries to stop him)
Steve Austin: Ooh, gah, it's terrible!
Helen Elgin: (laughs) Of course it is, it's wallpaper paste.
Steve Austin: It's not bad for wallpaper paste. (laughs)
Girl: Boy, Jaime's the most important person that ever came out of our town. Except for that astronaut guy.
Jaime Sommers: What did you let them do to me?
Steve Austin: Look, I know how you feel.
Jaime Sommers: No you don't. Why did you let them do that?
Steve Austin: Jaime, trust me, please trust me.
Jaime Sommers: I don't want to be a freak!
Jaime Sommers: (having taken her first bionic step) That's one small step for Jaime.
Steve Austin: Don't kid yourself, that was a giant leap.
Jaime Sommers: Steve, do you think I'll be able to play the violin when my hand gets better?
Steve Austin: Well sure.
Jaime Sommers: Oh, that's so great, because I have never been able to play it before.
Steve Austin: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Jaime Sommers: And Rudy Wells and those bionic men put Jaime and Steve back together again.
Jaime Sommers: You know, it might not be so bad being the bride of Frankenstein.
Steve Austin: You thinking about getting married?
Jaime Sommers: No, actually, I was thinking eh, it might be kind of nice being bionic.
[edit] Trivia
- This is the last episode produced for season two but it was broadcast earlier.
- As Steve drives into Ojai, he passes a sign that reads: "Welcome to Ojai, home of American astronaut, Steven Austin." This is a rare "Steven" reference, but would be used in the next episode, as Joseph Wrona addresses him as "Colonel Steven Austin." Rescued scientist Dr. Losey also addresses him as "Steven" in The Winning Smile.
- Lee Majors recorded two original songs for the soundtrack of this episode: "Got to Get Loose" and "Sweet Jaimie"; the latter incorporates the Six Million Dollar Man theme.
[edit] Gaffes
Nitpicks
- When Steve paddles his canoe on the lake, he at first paddles to his left and to his right, as would be normal. After he spots Jaime, he paddles bionically to get to her, but only on one side. This should have made his canoe go in circles.
- When Jaime departs the tennis court to meet up with Steve, an establishing shot is used which shows her sliding her racquet into a leather carrying bag. When she embraces Steve, however, the bag is completely different.
[edit] Novelization
Plot elements from this episode were incorporated into the novelization Welcome Home, Jaime by Eileen Lottman (published in the UK under the title Double Identity and credited to "Maud Willis").
[edit] Home Video
- Main article: Home Video Releases
"The Bionic Woman" two-parter has the distinction of being, as of 2009, one of the only episodes of either series to be officially released to Home Video in North America. In 1978 MCA DiscoVision released this episode on Laserdisc in the US, under the title, The Bionic Woman, inviting ambiguity as to the contents. In the 1980s, Universal put out a VHS tape, again entitled The Bionic Woman and again containing the two-part Six Million Dollar Man episode. The tape is long out of print.
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[edit] Gallery
 Jaime first appears |
 Steve and Jaime at the lake |
 The skydiving accident |
 Steve and Helen receive the devastating news |
 Jaime after the accident |
 Steve convinces Oscar to make Jaime Bionic |
 Bionic surgery |
 Steve breaks the news to Jaime |
 Jaime trains |
 Their first Bionic run |
 Jaime ruptures a tennis ball |
 An ill omen |
