The Bionic Woman (1976)
In 1975 Lindsay Wagner made a guest appearance on 'The $6 Million Dollar Man' as perfect female companion for Steve Austin - Jaime Sommers. After a tragic skydiving accident, Jaime also received Bionic replacements. She and Steve planned to be married, but it came to pass that Jaime's body rejected her new limbs and she died. ABC realized how phenomenally successful Lindsay Wagner's portrayal of Jaime Sommers had become. So, they brought her back to life and spun her off into her own series - 'The Bionic Woman'. It debuted in January 1976 and was an immediate hit. The series ran on ABC for two seasons, and was picked up by NBC for its final season.
Jaime learns that a bionic prototype was applied to a German Shepherd six years earlier. Every defect that Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers have suffered from over the years, Maxamillion (whose bionics cost a million dollars) suffered from first. Now Max is acting lifeless and depressed and Rudy Wells is planning to put the dog down. So, Jaime takes it upon herself to prove Max still has the will to live.
Jaime and Max have fled to the Sierra Nevada mountains and take refugee with an old flame of hers, forest ranger Roger Grette. She finally deduces that Max is not suffering from bionic breakdown, but has a fear of fire instead. During one such panic attack, Max breaks loose and runs straight into a forest fire.
The son of the renegade scientist, Dr. Franklin, plots his revenge by reactivating Jaime Sommers' greatest enemies, the Fembots.
Carl Franklin has managed to launch the stolen energy ray into space and now demands that the three people he holds responsible for his father's death be handed over to him. They are: Oscar Goldman, Dr. Rudy Wells and Jaime Sommers.
Oscar asks Jaime to keep an eye on OSI computer expert Billy Cole who spends all his spare time competing in rodeo competitions. Cole has developed a Minerva code but has neglected to write any of hit down, and foreign powers want to make sure the code goes down with Cole during his latest competition.
Jaime Sommers is on a mission in Africa to stop dictator Azzar from rigging the elections. She hires Harry Walker and his WWII half-track 'The Princess' to transport her through the jungle.
Jaime is in West Germany on the trail of a stolen computer tape. She crosses the Iron Curtain with the help from motorcycle stunt man Evel Knievel, though she refuses to believe he is who he claims to be.
Oscar's secretary Peggy Callahan introduces Jaime Sommers to her new boyfriend John at his hair salon. Jaime then overhears Callahan spilling classified OSI information while having a wash and a set. Sommers in turn tells Oscar Goldman not to trust his secretary any longer although Callahan insists she's innocent. Jaime decides to visit John's salon to find what exactly is going on there.
Jaime is on a mission to rescue Doctor Arlo Kelso and his son Sandor from behind the Iron Curtain. Things become complicated when Sandor falls in love with her.
Bionic canine Max is kidnapped by foreign agents just when Jaime is incapacitated because of a bionic check-up.
Oscar Goldman asks retired OSI agent Terrence Quinn to help catch his long time Sovjet nemesis Vanovic. Jaime Sommers is brought in to accompany Quinn on his mission.
Jaime enrolls in college to find a computer hacker who's been raiding several bank accounts, including the OSI.
While Oscar is overseeing an attempt to save the ozone layer, OSI agent Chris Williams goes on a dinner date with Jaime Sommers. They both end up caught in a mysterious underground pyramid made by intelligent aliens ages ago. The sentinel has just awoken because Oscar's experiment could be harmful to his people and they in turn might retaliate against Earth.
During a meeting with Soviet ambassador Zuhkov, both he and Jaime Sommers are poisoned. As Chris Williams and Max race to find Dr. Rudy Wells, Jaime lays dying unless she reveals Oscar Goldman's top secret location.
Rudy Wells and fellow OSI operative Ray Fisk are abducted by a bright red flying saucer near the underground laboratory specializing in UFO sightings known as 'The Barn'. Jaime Sommers decides to investigate and runs into nosy reporter Casey.
A satellite inexplicably crashes down in a lake near Ojai. Jaime Sommers is first on the scene and discovers a young girl named Aura who claims to be from another planet. Aura explains she is a princess from the planet Zorla and is being pursued by trackers from the planet Ulo.
Dr. Henry Klempt has isolated a frequency that makes sharks attack anything or anyone he wants. When Jaime Sommers joins a diving team that is deploying a submarine detection system, she becomes the first human test subject of this 'deadly music'.
When Oscar learns some men are investigating Jaime, he lures her into OSI HQ under the pretense of a mission. Callahan is tasked to take care of Max at Jaime's carriage house, only to fall victim to the kidnappers who mistake her for Jaime.
Jaime's native American soul mate Tommy Littlehorse is electrocuted and left for dead during a break in at the OSI labs. Since he was one of the few people with access to the top secret Rosebud project, suspicion falls on the comatose Littlehorse. However, Jaime is certain of his innocence and begins to receive visits from Tommy's out of body spirit form.
Middle Eastern king Kusari is visiting New York and Jaime Sommers poses as his new social secretary to foil an assassination plot. Unfortunately the foreign agents recognize Jaime and try to get rid of her. Sommers teams up with the chief of protocol Sam Sloan, who also happens to be a self indulgent lady killer. Sloan comes to think the assassination attempts are meant for him because of his gambling debts.
Jaime Sommers assumes the identify of criminal Blondie Malone to find a couple of stolen currency plates. She teams up with Petie 'The Weasel' Regan, who is the only person that can identify the culprit, Frank Boylan. Together they head for Hidalgo, a safe haven for criminals in Central America.
Jaime Sommers has decided to retire from the OSI. The powers that be go over Oscar Goldman's head and want to put her in a special compound for retired agents because they see her bionics as government property. As Oscar breaks the news to Jaime, he tells her to make a run for it. When she does, she is immediately branded a fugitive wanted by the government.
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Richard Anderson | Oscar Goldman |
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Lindsay Wagner | Jaime Sommers |
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Martin E. Brooks | Dr. Rudy Wells |
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Bracken | Maximillian |
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Jennifer Darling | Peggy Callahan |
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Christopher Stone | Chris Williams |
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Henry Kingi | Mango |
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Sam Chew Jr. | Mark Russell |
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Linda Wiser | Sarah |
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Lee De Broux | Will Tyler |
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Peter Mark Richman | Col. Dubnov |
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Franklin Ajaye | Benny Jeffries |
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John Houseman | Dr. Franklin |
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Raymond St. Jacques | Azzar |
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Ford Rainey | Jim Elgin |
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Regis Cordic | Roger Fowler |
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Stanley Brock | Stage Manager Bill |
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James Olson | Rod Kyler |
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Melinda O. Fee | Tami Cross |
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John Reilly | Hober |
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Nancy Bleier | Gina |
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Michael Burns | Carl Franklin |
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Jeannie Wilson | Nancy |
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Al Hansen | Trucker |
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Lisa Moore | Ellen Andrews |
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