Season One
- 14 Episodes. First broadcast (US): January 14 - May 26, 1976
- Producer: Kenneth Johnson
Starring: Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers and Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
| Title | Episode | First aired | Writer(s) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Home, Jaime1 | 1 | January 14, 1976 | Kenneth Johnson | Alan Crosland |
| Coming to terms with her memory loss, Jaime decides to move to Ojai to live with Steve's Parents, and settle down. She takes an apartment at their ranch and also gets a job as a schoolteacher. During a car accident, she uses her bionic abilities to get her out of trouble, but someone is watching. | ||||
| Cast: Martha Scott (Helen Elgin), Ford Rainey (Jim Elgin), Lee Majors (Col. Steve Austin), Dennis Patrick (Carlton Harris), Richard Lenz (Dr. Michael Marchetti), Roger Davis (Lt. Col. Tom Hollaway), Dee Timberlake (Karen Stone), Joe Rainer (Attendant), Christian Juttner (Teddy) | ||||
| Welcome Home, Jaime: Part Two | 2 | January 21, 1976 | Kenneth Johnson | Alan Crosland |
| Multi-millionaire Carlton Harris is keen to buy Jaime's services for his illegal purposes. Jaime agrees to meet him undercover in alliance with Oscar Goldman and the OSI. Jaime carries out a number of thefts of important scientific components, but Carlton is already making a deal to sell Jaime. However, she manages to catch Carlton and locks him and his buyers up until Oscar can arrest them. | ||||
| Cast: Martha Scott (Helen Elgin), Ford Rainey (Jim Elgin), Kip Niven (Donald Harris), Dennis Patrick (Carlton Harris), Gordon Jump (Charles Butler), Christian Juttner (Teddy), Bob Bralver (Sayers), Nick Pellegrino (Bailey), Alycia Gardner (Gwen), Kraig Metzinger (Joey) | ||||
| Angel of Mercy | 3 | January 28, 1976 | James D. Parriott | Alan J. Levi |
| Oscar sends Jaime to war-torn Costa Brava to try and find the trapped American Ambassador. To help her, he also sends pilot Jack Starkey. They make their dangerous journey through the desert, helped by a local boy. Eventually, they find the Ambassador and manage to escape in an abandoned airplane. | ||||
| Cast: Andy Griffith (Jack Starkey), Claudio Martinez (Julio), James Karen (George Morehouse), Jean Allison (Judith Morehouse), Bert Santos (Castro Beard), Robbie Rist (Andrew), Paul Berrones (Wounded Soldier), Alycia Gardner (Gwen), Robbie Wolcott (Mark) | ||||
| A Thing of the Past | 4 | February 18, 1976 | Kenneth Johnson | Alan Crosland |
| While on a school trip, Jaime and the kids are involved in a car accident. However, their bus driver helps Jamie and the children escape and he is declared a hero. This dredges up his past as years earlier he witnessed a high-profile murder. The two criminals are now out to get him. Jaime helps him, and with the help of Oscar, they manage to capture the murderers and bring them to justice. | ||||
| Cast: Lee Majors (Col. Steve Austin), Ford Rainey (Jim Elgin), Donald O'Connor (Harry Anderson), Don Gordon (Glen Morgan), Roger Perry (Mr. Stone), W.T. Zacha (Raines), Robbie Wolcott (Mark), Alycia Gardner (Gwen), Christian Juttner (Teddy), Lori Busk (Caroline), Brian Cutler (Major Don Mills), Mark Atkinson (Guard) | ||||
| Claws | 5 | February 25, 1976 | Sue Milburn | Phil Bondeli |
| Jaime is looking after an animal ranch for a friend. While there, one of the lions is accused by locals farmers of killing their livestock. Jaime investigates and discovers that it is a wild cougar. The farmer threatens to shoot the lion, but Jaime manages to convince them of the truth. | ||||
| Cast: Jack Kelly (Charles Keys), William Schallert (Bill Elgin), Mills Watson (Sheriff), Tippi Hedren (Susan Victor), Alicia Fleer (Katie), George D. Wallace (Rancher), Robbie Rist (Andrew), Robbie Wolcott (Mark), Sam Vlahos (1st Driver), Bob Basso (2nd Driver) | ||||
| The Deadly Missiles | 6 | March 3, 1976 | Wilton Denmark | Alan J. Levi |
| An illegal missile launch has occurred. Jaime goes to investigate on discovering that it seemed to have come from JT Connors' ranch - an old friend of hers. One of Connors' associates is responsible and threatens OSI with the launch of another missile, while holding Jaime and Connors to ransom. However, Steve Austin is on-hand and with his help, Jaime manages to prevent the launch. | ||||
| Cast: Lee Majors (Col. Steve Austin), Forrest Tucker (J.T. Connors), Ben Piazza (Warren Rayker), Howard McGillin (Staff Sgt.), Alicia Fleer (Katie), Christian Juttner (Teddy), Gary McLarty (1st Guard) | ||||
| Bionic Beauty | 7 | March 17, 1976 | James D. Parriott | Alan Crosland |
| Jaime goes undercover as Miss California in a beauty pageant. An important computer circuit has been stolen and the criminals plan to smuggle it out of the country via Miss Florida - the planted winner. However, Jaime is found out and, in order to keep an eye on her, she is announced the winner and is whisked away to be killed. Once in hiding, Jaime hits back and exposes the undercover crooks to Oscar and the circuit is returned. | ||||
| Cast: Bert Parks (Ray Raymond), Gary Crosby (Brady), Martha Scott (Helen Elgin), Helen Craig (Mrs. Belding), Cassie Yates (Sally Bartell), Charlotte Moore (Reporter), Henry Polic II (Man), Katie Hopkins Zerby (Miss Oklahoma), Lisa Parkes (Miss Tennessee) | ||||
| Jaime's Mother | 8 | March 24, 1976 | Worley Thorne & Arthur Rowe | Leo Penn |
| Jaime meets a woman she believes to be her dead mother. The woman convinces her that she is and has been working as an undercover spy. However, the woman is in fact Chris Stuart, Jaime's mother's exact double and is now being hunted as a double agent. Jaime helps her regardless and stops the men chasing her and Oscar work with the Government to show leniency towards Chris. | ||||
| Cast: Martha Scott (Helen Elgin), Barbara Rush (Chris Stuart / Ann Sommers), Joseph George (Vic Boylin), Norma Connolly (Mrs. Noah), Sam Chew, Jr. (Mark Russell), Dan Barton (Henderson), Carlena Gower (Jaime as Little Girl) | ||||
| Winning is Everything | 9 | April 7, 1976 | James D. Parriott | Phil Bondelli |
| Jaime goes undercover in a desert drag car race to retrieve a Government cassette tape. She soon discovers that the Russian drivers are also looking for the tape. Jaime, along with her driver, manages to get the tape and put the Russians out of action. | ||||
| Cast: Alejandro Rey (Carlos Scapini), John Elerick (Tim Sanders), Nancy Jeris (Russian Woman), Frank Cala (Bartender), Rene Assa (Attendant), Stephen Coit (Man) | ||||
| Canyon of Death | 10 | April 14, 1976 | Stephen Kandel | Jerry London |
| A Native American student of Jaime's has hidden away in the desert where a top secret project is being worked on. They are testing an atomic-powered Flying suit, which is also being watched by enemy agents. Attempting to find him, Jaime gets caught but escapes in time to catch the enemy who has donned the suit during a test flight. | ||||
| Cast: Gary Collins (John Mallory) Guillermo San Juan (Paco), Don McGovern (Briggs), Paul Cavonis (Henderson), Dee Timberlake (Karen Stone), Annette Cardona (Elora Mitchell), Robbie Rist (Andrew), Jack Stauffer (Captain Phillips), James Ingersoll (Radio Man), Bill Conklin (General Fuller), Todd London (Stan) | ||||
| Fly Jaime | 11 | May 5, 1976 | Arthur Rowe and Mann Rubin | Barry Crane |
| Posing as a flight attendant, Jaime is undercover to protect Rudy who is on the flight with documents concerning a secret formula. However, the plane is hijacked by people trying to kidnap Rudy and crash lands on a deserted island. Jaime and Rudy hide for a time, are caught by the hijackers, but Jaime overpowers them and the pair are soon rescued. This episode is similar to "Survival of the Fittest," the second episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, in which it is Oscar (Richard Anderson), instead of Rudy, being targeted. | ||||
| Cast: Christopher Stone (Marlowe), Jerry Douglas (Connors), Spencer Milligan (Reed), Martin E. Brooks (Dr. Rudy Wells), Vito Scotti (Romero), Arline Anderson (Mrs. Griffith), Dick Valentine (Sam Diamond), Jim Raymond (Co-Pilot), John Zoller (Dr. Frankus), Joe Stefano (Captain), Larry Dunn (Radio Operator) | ||||
| The Jailing of Jaime | 12 | May 12, 1976 | Bruce Shelly | Alan Crosland |
| Delivering a decoding device, Jaime is unaware that she has delivered it into enemy hands. The following morning she is arrested and jailed for conspiracy and Oscar finds himself powerless against higher authorities. Jaime breaks out and discoveres that the enemy is the original creator of the device, who says it is worthless and has siphoned away the millions spent on it. Locked in a safe about to explode, Jaime gets him to admit what he's done and breaks them out of the safe. | ||||
| Cast: Barry Sullivan (Ellis Hatch), Philip Abbott (John Naud), Skip Homeier (J.R. Gregory), Anne Schedeen (Milly Wilson), Tom Bower (Ted Ryan), Ron Hayes (Carlson), Sam Chew, Jr. (Mark Russell), Ross Elliott (General Partridge), Walt Davis (MP), Jimmy Joyce (Guard), Scott Wells (Sheriff) | ||||
| Mirror Image | 13 | May 19, 1976 | James D. Parriott | Alan J. Levi |
| While on holiday, Jaime survives an attempt made on her life. Arriving back at OSI, she discovers that a woman, Lisa Galloway (also played by Wagner), has undergone plastic surgery to become her exact double. Galloway has fooled everyone and is stealing top secret documents. In a showdown between the two, Jaime proves who she is by using her bionics. | ||||
| Cast: Don Porter (James Courtney), Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Baxley (aka "Beaumont")), Terry Kiser (Matthews), John Fink (Perkins), Ford Rainey (Jim Elgin), Harry Wiere (Tipsy), Sam Chew, Jr. (Mark Russell), Fuddle Bagley (Bartender), Christopher Barrett (Intern) | ||||
| The Ghosthunter | 14 | May 26, 1976 | Kenneth Johnson and Justin Edgerton | Kenneth Johnson |
| Jaime goes undercover as a governess to Amanda, the daughter of a top scientist. Amanda declares that the house is haunted by her dead mother. However as supernatural events begin to occur, Jaime learns that it is actually Amanda herself who has telekinetic abilities. After events reach a climax, Jaime manages to calm her down and explains To Amanda what is causing all the disturbances. | ||||
| Cast: Paul Shenar (Alan Cory), Kristy McNichol (Amanda Cory), Bo Brundin (Emil Laslo), Merry Loomis (Nurse) | ||||
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