Series Description

The Bionic Woman TV show was a sci-fi series. Jaime Sommers, tennis pro and recently reunited childhood sweetheart of Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar Man), has a life threatening accident. Steve begs Oscar Goldman (his boss) to give her the bionics she needs in order to live. She gets them but must agree to work for the government too in order to justify the cost. Also, Jaime has amnesia and can't even remember Steve! She gets violent memory flashbacks usually when she sees him which make her body want to reject her bionics. She decides that she needs to get away from past memories and moves in with Steve's mother and stepfather in California. Being an honest woman, she decides that her bionics would make it unfair for her to continue playing professional tennis so she gives that up and becomes a teacher, and of course, a government agent!

Cast Members:

Lindsay Wagner .......... Jaime Sommers
Richard Anderson ........ Oscar Goldman
Martin E. Brooks ........ Dr. Rudy Wells
Lee Majors .............. Steve Austin
Sam Chew Jr. ............ Russell
Ford Rainey ............. Jim Elgin
Martha Scott ............ Helen

Trivia:

Jaime Sommers received her Bionics due to a devastating sky-diving accident. The parts that were repaired were both legs, one arm and one ear.

Richard Anderson got to portray the part of Oscar Goldman on two networks at one time! When ABC dropped the Bionic Woman, NBC picked it up and Richard got to be on that series and also still appeared on the Six Million Dollar Man still airing on ABC!

Lindsay Wagner appeared in the Pilot episode of "The Rockford Files" called "Backlash of the Hunter". Fourteen episodes later she appeared on the show again in the episode entitled "Aura Lee, Farewell".

Both Jaime and Steve work for the "OSI - Office of Scientific Information".

The city that Jaime moves to in the introductory episodes is Ojai, California. She moved there to live with Steve Austin's Mother and Stepfather who were also her legal guardians from age 16 when her parents died in an auto accident.

Lee Majors first appearance on the big screen was in the 1964 movie "Strait-Jacket" with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker and Leif Erickson. It must have been a fairly small part, however, as his name doesn't even appear in the credits.

The idea for The Bionic Woman TV show started with Frank Price (Head of Universal's TV Division) wanting to make the part of Steve Austin in the Six Million Dollar Man relate better to the average viewer and expand the audience. This resulted in Kenneth Johnson writing a couple of episodes called "The Bionic Woman - Parts 1 & 2) giving Austin a love interest and enabling him to show more of his "human" side. Then after the huge success of those episodes, Fred Silverman (Director of ABC Programming) pushed to "spin-off" the new series.

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Series Setup Episodes From The Six Million Dollar Man:

The Bionic Woman - Part 1 (3/16/1975)
The Bionic Woman - Part 2 (3/23/1975)
The Return Of The Bionic Woman - Part 1 (9/14/1975)
The Return Of The Bionic Woman - Part 2 (9/21/1975)

The First Season

1... Welcome Home Jaime - Part 1 (1/14/1976)
2... Welcome Home Jaime - Part 2 (1/21/1976)
3... Angel Of Mercy (1/28/1976)
4... A Thing Of The Past (2/18/1976)
5... Claws (2/25/1976)
6... The Deadly Missiles (3/3/1976)
7... Bionic Beauty (3/17/1976)
8... Jaime's Mother (3/24/1976)
9... Winning Is Everything (4/7/1976)
10. Canyon Of Death (4/14/1976)
11. Fly Jaime (5/5/1976)
12. The Jailing Of Jaime (5/12/1976)
13. Mirror Image (5/19/1976)
14. The Ghosthunter (5/26/1976)

The Second Season

15. The Return Of Bigfoot - Part 1 (9/22/1976)
16. The Return Of Bigfoot - Part 2 (9/29/1976)
17. In This Corner, Jaime Sommers (10/6/1976)
18. Assault On The Princess (10/13/1976)
19. Road To Nashville (10/20/1976)
20. Kill Oscar - Part 1 (10/27/1976)
21. Kill Oscar - Part 2 (10/27/1976)
22. Kill Oscar - Part 3 (11/3/1976)
23. Black Magic (11/10/1976)
24. Sister Jaime (11/24/1976)
25. The Vega Influence (12/1/1976)
26. Jaime's Shield - Part 1 (12/15/1976)
27. Jaime's Shield - Part 2 (12/22/1976)
28. Biofeedback (1/12/1977)
29. Doomsday Is Tomorrow - Part 1 (1/19/1977)
30. Doomsday Is Tomorrow - Part 2 (1/26/1977)
31. Deadly Ringer - Part 1 (2/2/1977)
32. Deadly Ringer - Part 2 (2/9/1977)
33. Jaime And The King (2/23/1977)
34. Beyond The Call (3/9/1977)
35. The DeJon Caper (3/16/1977)
36. The Night Demon (3/23/1977)
37. Iron Ships And Dead Men (3/30/1977)
38. Once A Thief (5/4/1977)

The Third Season

39. The Bionic Dog - Part 1 (9/10/1977)
40. The Bionic Dog - Part 2 (9/17/1977)
41. Fembots In Las Vegas - Part 1 (9/24/1977)
42. Fembots In Las Vegas - Part 2 (10/1/1977)
43. Rodeo (10/15/1977)
44. African Connection (10/29/1977)
45. Motorcycle Boogie (11/5/1977)
46. Brain Wash (11/12/1977)
47. Escape To Love (11/26/1977)
48. Max (12/3/1977)
49. Over The Hill Spy (12/17/1977)
50. All For One (1/7/1978)
51. The Pyramid (1/14/1978)
52. The Antidote (1/21/1978)
53. The Martians Are Coming, The Martians Are Coming (1/28/1978)
54. Sanctuary Earth (2/11/1978)
55. Deadly Music (2/18/1978)
56. Which One Is Jaime? (2/25/1978)
57. Out Of Body (3/4/1978)
58. Long Live The King (3/25/1978)
59. Rancho Outcast (5/6/1978)
60. On The Run (5/13/1978)

Reunion TV Movies:

Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
The Bionic Showdown
Bionic Ever After?