The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Six Million Dollar Man Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Return of the Bionic Woman (1)
Sep 14, 1975
Steve 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
The Return of the Bionic Woman (2)
Sep 21, 1975
Steve 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 co
The Price of Liberty
Sep 28, 1975
Bitter 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
The Song and Dance Spy
Oct 5, 1975
Steve 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.
The Wolf Boy
Oct 12, 1975
When 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.
The Deadly Test
Oct 19, 1975
Steve 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.
Target in the Sky
Oct 26, 1975
Steve goes undercover as lumberjack 'Steve Parker' when a government agent goes missing after reporting a missile station near Wixted Lumber Camp.
One of our Running Backs is Missing
Nov 2, 1975
Running 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
The Bionic Criminal
Nov 9, 1975
Oscar and Rudy are performing a test on Barney Hiller to see if his bionic power can be turned on and off again when needed.
The Blue Flash
Nov 16, 1975
Steve Austin goes undercover as a longshoreman to investigate the disappearance of another OSI agent.
The White Lightning War
Nov 23, 1975
Several 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 unde
Divided Loyalty
Nov 30, 1975
Scientist 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.
Clark Templeton O'Flaherty
Dec 14, 1975
Somebody inside the OSI has been leaking top secret information and the trail leads to janitor Clark O'Flaherty.
The Winning Smile
Dec 21, 1975
Steve is investigating another security leak at the OSI and this time it leads to his and Oscar Goldman's favorite secretary, Peggy Callahan.
Hocus-Pocus
Jan 18, 1976
O.S.I. needs to get a stolen top-secret codebook back from elusive criminal and club owner Mark Wharton.
The Secret of Bigfoot (1)
Feb 1, 1976
Two geologist friends of Steve Austin disappear in Californa while placing earthquake sensors in the woods.
The Secret of Bigfoot (2)
Feb 4, 1976
Steve Austin has met a colony of space travelers living inside a California mountain.
The Golden Pharaoh
Feb 8, 1976
When Oscar assigns Steve Austin to protect the priceless Golden Pharaoh statue, they find it has already been replaced by a fake.
Love Song for Tanya
Feb 15, 1976
Oscar Goldman assigns Steve Austin to escort duty for Russian gymnast Tanya Breski.
The Bionic Badge
Feb 22, 1976
Atomic bomb components have been stolen over a series of thefts and Oscar suspects one old cop, Officer Banner of being involved.
Big Brother
Mar 7, 1976
When 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.