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The Six Million Dollar Man : Season 3
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Air date: 14 Sep '75 - 23 episodesThe third season of The Six Million Dollar Man was a period of major change for the show, running for 21 episodes from the Fall of 1975 to the Spring of 1976. Jaime Sommers would return and gain her own series, while Martin E. Brooks would replace Alan Oppenheimer (who would nevertheless reprise the role one last time this season) as Dr. Rudy Wells and what may be the series’ most famous episode would air, The Secret of Bigfoot. A slight alteration to the mix would be the only change to the show intro, while Steve's bionic sounds would add a few new ones for jumping. Both Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner would appear on one another's shows six times after her appearance in the premiere (for a complete list of joint appearances, refer to the Crossovers article). Tragedy would strike the show in late October 1975 as series composer Oliver Nelson passed away suddenly of a heart attack. The show continued to use music composed by Nelson throughout the Season, but as time wore on, new material was exhausted. Reuse, or "tracking" of Nelson's Season 3 work was done for some remaining episodes. After several new composers were hired later in the Season, beginning with "The White Lightning War," the show would settle on J. J. Johnson the following Season, but Nelson's theme and musical legacy would continue to guide the show's music for the remainder of its run. Replacing producers Lionel E. Siegel and Joe L. Cramer would be Kenneth Johnson, the creator of The Bionic Woman. Siegel wo
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List of Episodes (23)
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1. The Return of the Bionic Woman
14 Sep '75Steve Austin's bionic legs are heavily damaged during a mission and while recuperating at Dr. Rudy Wells' hospital, he catches a glimpse of his fiancée Jaime, Sommers still alive but recuperating.
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2. The Return of the Bionic Woman: Part 2
21 Sep '75Steve Austin takes the recuperating Jaime Sommers to their hometown of Ojai in an attempt to jog her memory. Unfortunately this only results in her getting violent headaches and confusing flashbacks.
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3. The Price of Liberty
28 Sep '75Bitter explosive expert Robert Meyer arranges for the Liberty Bell to be stolen, rigs it with three bombs and demands five million dollars. Complications mount up and Steve Austin is forced to ask imprisoned bomb expert Linstrom to help defuse Meyer's handiwork.
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4. The Song and Dance Spy
05 Oct '75Steve is assigned to keep an eye on his college buddy, the entertainer John Perry. Oscar suspects the singer of being a courier for an espionage ring.
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5. The Wolf Boy
12 Oct '75When Kuroda is asked to track down a wolf boy roaming the island forests of Hoyoko, Japan, he asks for only one man to help him: his friend Col. Steve Austin.
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6. The Deadly Test
19 Oct '75Steve Austin is on reserve duty at Edwards Airforce base when an attempt is made on Prince Sakari of Kutan, who is studying to be a jet pilot there.
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7. Target in the Sky
26 Oct '75Steve goes undercover as lumberjack 'Steve Parker' when a government agent goes missing after reporting a missile station near Wixted Lumber Camp.
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8. One of our Running Backs is Missing
02 Nov '75Running back Larry Bronco is kidnapped on the day of an important game, but his good friend Steve Austin uses all his bionic powers to make sure Bronco makes it to the game in time.
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9. The Bionic Criminal
09 Nov '75Oscar and Rudy are performing a test on Barney Hiller to see if his bionic power can be turned on and off again when needed.
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10. The Blue Flash
16 Nov '75Steve Austin goes undercover as a longshoreman to investigate the disappearance of another OSI agent.
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11. The White Lightning War
23 Nov '75Several agents from the U.S. Treasury Department have died from snake bites while investigating an illegal moonshine ring in Morgantown, Georgia. Steve Austin volunteers to go undercover and pose as the leader of a rival gang.
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12. Divided Loyalty
30 Nov '75Scientist Leon Jackson defected to the Soviet Union for the love of a woman but now wants to return to the states with his son Alex.
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13. Clark Templeton O'Flaherty
14 Dec '75Somebody inside the OSI has been leaking top secret information and the trail leads to janitor Clark O'Flaherty.
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14. The Winning Smile
21 Dec '75Steve is investigating another security leak at the OSI and this time it leads to his and Oscar Goldman's favorite secretary, Peggy Callahan.
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15. Episode 15
11 Jan '76
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16. Episode 16
11 Jan '76
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17. Hocus-Pocus
18 Jan '76O.S.I. needs to get a stolen top-secret codebook back from elusive criminal and club owner Mark Wharton.
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18. The Secret of Bigfoot
01 Feb '76Two geologist friends of Steve Austin disappear in Californa while placing earthquake sensors in the woods.
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19. The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 2
04 Feb '76Steve Austin has met a colony of space travelers living inside a California mountain.
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20. The Golden Pharaoh
08 Feb '76When Oscar assigns Steve Austin to protect the priceless Golden Pharaoh statue, they find it has already been replaced by a fake.
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21. Love Song for Tanya
15 Feb '76Oscar Goldman assigns Steve Austin to escort duty for Russian gymnast Tanya Breski.
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22. The Bionic Badge
22 Feb '76Atomic bomb components have been stolen over a series of thefts and Oscar suspects one old cop, Officer Banner of being involved.
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23. Big Brother
07 Mar '76When Steve Austin agrees to some promotional work for a friends' Big Brothers organization, he soon takes a difficult youth named Carlos Delgado under his wing.
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