The Six Million Dollar Man Season 1 episode 1

The Six Million Dollar Man Season 1 episode 1

Season 1

30 Jun. 1974

Population: Zero

The entire population of the small town of Norris has been knocked out by an unknown sonic device. Against Oscar Goldman's orders, Steve Austin insists on investigating because he knew a lot of the town's 23 inhabitants during his high school years.

25 Jan. 1974

Survival of the Fittest

Oscar Goldman becomes a target for several conspirators who want to stop him from negotiating with the Russians. As he and Steve Austin fly back to Washington aboard a military aircraft, the plane is caught in a storm and has to crash land on an island in the Pacific. Amongst the survivors are the very men who are planning to kill Oscar.

1 Feb. 1974

Operation Firefly

Word reaches Oscar Goldman that Dr. Samuel Abbott, who has spent years perfecting a portable laser projector, is missing. Steve Austin travels to Spain to meet Abbott's daughter Susan, who just happens to share a strong bond with her father by way of ESP. With this connection guiding them, they journey into the Everglades together on a rescue mission.

8 Feb. 1974

Day of the Robot

To steal a top-secret anti-missile device a Major is kidnapped and replaced with a robot, prompting Steve to discover the impostor and keep the device from being stolen and sold to the highest bidder.

22 Feb. 1974

Little Orphan Airplane

Col. Steve Austin is dispatched to Africa to find and rescue U.S. pilot Josh Perkins who recently made a crash landing there and carries a valuable roll of film.

1 Mar. 1974

Doomsday, and Counting

Steve accompanies his Russian cosmonaut pal Vasily Zhukov to Kamkov Island, USSR territory. There Zhukov's girlfriend is trapped underground because of an unexpected earthquake. When Zhukov discovers his American friend has bionic enhancement's he talks Steve into manning a two man rescue mission. Unfortunately, they soon find out the quake has set of a nuclear self-destruct weapon.

8 Mar. 1974

Eyewitness to Murder

Leaving a restaurant around midnight, Steve Austin witnesses a murder and gets a good look at the sniper thanks to his bionic eye. Oscar objects to Austin's involvement in the case until it transpires the actual target that night was attorney Lorin Sandusky.

15 Mar. 1974

Rescue of Athena One

Steve Austin has been assigned to train America's first female astronaut Major Kelly Wood. On her maiden-flight, a sudden explosion damages the Athena 1 and injures Kelly's co-pilot Osterman. Austin heads the rescue-team and follows her up to Skylab, only to find his bionic replacements malfunctioning in outer space.

29 Mar. 1974

Dr. Wells Is Missing

Rudy Wells is kidnapped on a trip to his old study grounds. Luckily Steve Austin has some time off and follows Rudy unannounced to Innsbruck, Austria. The trail soon leads to the wealthy Tucelli family, who want to force Dr. Wells to give up the secret of constructing a bionic man.

5 Apr. 1974

The Last of the Fourth of Julys

A mercenary-for-hire plans to assassinate several world leaders at a summit using a high powered laser beam that will bounce off a satellite unless Col. Steve Austin can infiltrate his base and stop the mastermind before he sets his plan into motion. Of course it involves a bit of a challenge: Steve has to be fired onto the villain's island lair inside a torpedo casing, climb a dangerous precipice, vault a 30-foot high electrified fence and break into a secure compound. And then, of course, there's all the villain's henchmen to defeat...not to mention his deviously ...

12 Apr. 1974

Burning Bright

Astronaut Josh Lang has been acting even more far out than usual after being affected by a mysterious electrical field during his last spacewalk. Lang's friend and colleague Steve Austin is called in to evaluate his sanity. Steve soon realizes there is a method to Josh's madness, as he develops strange powers of the mind that can make dolphins and men do his bidding.

19 Apr. 1974

The Coward

'My Little Girl', an airplane missing since World War II has been uncovered in the Himalayas thanks to a recent earthquake. Steve Austin is tasked to retrieve the important documents the plane was carrying. However, for him this assignment is more personal: the pilot was his father, Carl Austin, who some claim bailed out at the last moment, never to be seen again.

26 Apr. 1974

Run, Steve, Run

Dr. Jeffrey Dolenz, the infamous robot maker, has been hired to build a team of robots to rob Fort Knox. He refuses to start working however, until he's discovered the secrets of the bionic man who defeated his first robot. Therefore he spends his sponsor's money and time following Steve Austin, who is taking a well deserved rest on an Utah ranch.


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Where can I watch Six Million Dollar Man episodes?

The Six Million Dollar Man, an adventure series starring Lee Majors, and Richard Anderson is available to stream now. Watch it on NBC, USA Network, Telemundo, SYFY, Bravo, OXYGEN or E! on your Roku device.

What was the first Six Million Dollar Man episode?

Episode 1The Six Million Dollar Man / First episodenull

Who played the Russian gymnast on The Six Million Dollar Man?

Cathy Rigby.

Is The Six Million Dollar Man a Cyborg?

The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a cyborg working for the OSI starring Lee Majors as Steve Austin. The show was based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin. It was initially aired on the ABC network for five seasons between 1974 to 1978, following three television pilot movies in 1973.