The Pal-Mir Escort
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| Production 41208 Original Airdate: October 4, 1974 | |||
 Salka Pal-Mir | |||
| Produced by Lionel E. Siegel and Joe L. Cramer | |||
| Written by Margaret & Paul Schneider | |||
| Directed by Lawrence Dobkin | |||
| Guest Cast | |||
| Guest Star(s) Anne Revere as Salka Pal-Mir Leo Fuchs as Av Ni | |||
| Special Guest Star(s) Alan Oppenheimer as Rudy Wells | |||
| Co-starring Nate Esformes as Chief of Security Shahvid Denny Miller as Stellen | |||
| With Virginia Gregg as Sarah Robert Rothwell as Helicopter Pilot Johnson John Landis as Michael Jamie Donnelly as Linda | |||
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The life of the lady Prime Minister Pal-Mir is in the hands of Steve Austin, who is her bodyguard as she travels to Tennessee to receive a bionic heart implant.
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[edit] Summary
Salka Pal-Mir, the Prime Minister of Eretz, is suffering from an acute myocardial infarction with papillary muscle necrosis. Even though certain drugs can temporarily restore Pal-Mir's vitality between attacks, her syndrome requires a heart transplant. Unable to locate a suitable donor, Dr. Rudy Wells plans to perform the first full scale bionic heart implant, thus offering her a thirty percent chance of survival. To convince the Prime Minister that Steve would make a suitable bodyguard, Oscar Goldman shows her film footage of Steve's bionic abilities. Shahvid, Pal-Mir's personal bodyguard, insists that she travel in secret, but all are unaware that he has placed a listening device in the room. Plans are made to use the mobile field unit, which is a bullet proof vehicle that is fully hospital equipped, to transport Pal-Mir and Dr. Av Ni. Left behind, Shahvid meets with two men who have been using a listening device to monitor her conversations. He tells them that she must not make it to the hospital, and that there must be no survivors.
As the Prime Minister travels to the research center located in Mountain Springs, Tennessee with her personal doctor and Steve, she explains to Steve that his approval is important to her because he symbolizes a modern American. While en route, Pal-Mir insists on helping a young couple whose van is stuck in the sand at the side of road. This allows the men that Shahvid contracted to narrow the distance between them and plan an ambush. Oscar, learning of the delay, orders that they not stop again. He then receives news from Rudy of a problem with the atomic power pack, which will cause a further delay. After stopping for some fresh farm fruit, a detour leads the mobile field vehicle through a rock slide. With Steve and Av Ni out to clear the area, the assailants take aim, killing Av Ni. Steve uses a rifle to make his way back to the safety of the vehicle, and after an ensuing chase, drives under the cover of trees. After finally subduing the assailants, and the arrival of the army, Steve returns to Pal-Mir to find her unconscious. Contacting Oscar, Steve volunteers the use of the power pack in his bionic arm to expedite the implant procedure. With the success of the operation, Pal-Mir admits to Steve that she was scared of the surgery.
[edit] Quotes
Linda: (After Steve bionically moves her van out the sand) Hey, it's out of the sand. How did that happen?
Pal-Mir: Meditation. Sometimes it works.
[edit] Trivia
- This episode features a brief cameo by director John Landis. In the scene with the girl whose van is stuck in a ditch, Landis plays the boyfriend who is "meditating" to free the van.
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 Pal-Mir on TV |
 The enemies of peace attack |
 Steve brings flowers to the recovering Prime Minister |
 Michael (John Landis) tries to meditate the van out of the ditch |
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[edit] Nitpicks
- The film footage of Steve's bionic strength that Oscar shows to Pal-Mir includes him bionically removing a pole from the ground as seen in Population Zero, as well as using his bionic arm to deflect a piece of falling steel debris while on Kamkov Island as seen in Doomsday, and Counting. However, because of the nature of the assignments, having film footage of these actions seems impossible.
