The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
The Return of Bigfoot (I)
Sep 19, 1976
Steve Austin becomes a suspect after series of burglaries that can only be accomplished with bionic strength are committed. As Austin begins to have vague memories of his encounter
Nightmare in the Sky
Sep 26, 1976
When an Aircraft mysteriously disappears in a test flight, Steve's friend Kelly Wood becomes the prime suspect, since she was the one driving the plane at the time. But for some re
Double Trouble
Oct 3, 1976
When a nightclub comedian is hit by a car, the x-rays reveal an implant in his head that can control his actions. Oscar sends Steve to find out why and if the Russians are involved
The Most Dangerous Enemy
Oct 17, 1976
Steve and Rudy go to check up on scientist, Cheryl Osborne, who was performing research on chimpanzees but who has ceased communications. When they arrive they find something has d
H+2+O = Death
Oct 24, 1976
A remarkable new underwater breathing device with bigger implications and powered by nuclear fusion attracts the attention of a dangerous spy network. With an invented identity as
Kill Oscar (II)
Oct 31, 1976
With Jaime Sommers critically injured, Steve Austin races to Dr. Franklin's secret hideout to find the kidnapped Oscar Goldman. Austin plans to rescue his friend and boss despite O
The Bionic Boy
Nov 7, 1976
In special two-hour show of "The Six Million Dollar Man", Andy Shefield has been injured in a landslide that also killed his controversial father. OSI chooses the youth to receive
Vulture of the Andes
Nov 21, 1976
Steve poses as a member of the US team in a sailplane meet to stop terrorists.
The Thunderbird Connection
Nov 28, 1976
Steve's mission is to rescue an Arab prince who's going to be killed by someone who wants to be King. So Steve joins a fighter jet group called the Thunderbirds that perform aerial
A Bionic Christmas Carol
Dec 12, 1976
After an accident at a NASA contractor, Steve uses his bionic abilities to convince the gruff, penny-pinching head of the company to change his callous ways.
Task Force
Dec 19, 1976
Steve goes undercover to thwart a plot by disgruntled ex-military men to steal a new missile.
The Ultimate Imposter
Jan 2, 1977
Dr. Wells has a new project that involves the direct (and permanent) transfer of information to the brain of Joe Patton from a computer. However, Joe's girlfriend, Jenny, (another
Death Probe (1)
Jan 9, 1977
When an object tracks across the sky and lands in a remote area in Wyoming, Oscar and Steve arrive on the scene and find that a Russian space probe built to withstand the extreme V
Death Probe (2)
Jan 16, 1977
With time running out, Steve must do anything he can to disable the Russian space probe in spite of the fact that it is virtually indestructible and has numerous inventive capabili
Danny's Inferno
Jan 23, 1977
A boy experimenting with chemicals accidentally stumbles onto a thermonuclear reaction, creating a dangerous and powerful power source. A corrupt fire chief and some unscrupulous i
Fires of Hell
Jan 30, 1977
An experimental process to bring played out oilfields to life is jeopardized by mysterious fires. Steve Austin must discover who is sabotaging the project and why.
The Infiltrators
Feb 6, 1977
Oscar has Steve pose as a boxer to try and figure out what a ring of expatriate athletes intends to steal in Washington.
Carnival of Spies
Feb 13, 1977
A scientist covers up his sabotage of a B-1 Bomber experiment.
U-509
Feb 20, 1977
When a sub is seen off the coast. It appears to be an old German U-Boat from World War II. A message is sent saying that unless their demands are met, they will kill thousands of p
The Privacy of the Mind
Feb 27, 1977
A top neuroscientist is asked to do a bit of moonlighting work by one of his assistants. Eyebrows are raised when the unknown client is willing to pay one million dollars up front.
To Catch the Eagle
Mar 6, 1977
An Indian Chief who is also a trained scientist discovers an ore on the reservation that can be a great source of power. So Oscar sends two men to check it out but they vanish. So
The Ghostly Teletype
Mar 13, 1977
A top secret formula is wiped off it's page and Steve Austin is accused of swiping it. To prove his innocence, Austin seeks out the inventor of the formula and anyone who might ben