Episode

The Six Million Dollar Man: Sharks (1)

Name: The Six Million Dollar Man: Sharks (1)
Released: 1977-09-11
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Lindsay Wagner, Alan Oppenheimer

The Six Million Dollar ManSeason 51977-09-11

Overview

Steve is captured while investigating the unusual power failure of a nuclear submarine.

Details

Series: The Six Million Dollar Man
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1977-09-11
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

Sharks (1) is Episode 1 in Season 5 of The Six Million Dollar Man. It aired on 1977-09-11. The runtime is 50 min.

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Episode 2: Sharks (2) 1977-09-18 | 50 min A nuclear submarine is commandeered for the purpose of piracy and extortion. Steve investigates and is captured. To escape he must eluded trained sharks.

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Episode 3: Deadly Countdown (1) 1977-09-25 | 50 min Steve is on a mission involving a test satellite. But Steve becomes a target when the satellite is needed to gain control of a missile to be sold to a foreign power.

Episode 4: Deadly Countdown (2) 1977-10-02 | 50 min The daughter of Steve's friend, David McGrath, is kidnapped in order to force David to kill Steve. When the attempt on Steve fails, David confesses to Steve who then must rescue her.

Episode 5: Bigfoot V 1977-10-09 | 50 min Steve thought Bigfoot had returned to space. But when Bigfoot is seen and photographed by an anthropologist, Steve travels to her camp to investigate.

Episode 6: Killer Wind 1977-10-16 | 49 min Two locals join Steve when he attempts to rescue a group of students in a stalled cable car halfway up a mountain. They must rescue the students before a tornado gets to them, but one of the men is a criminal and the plan is put in jeopardy.

Episode 7: Rollback 1977-10-30 | 50 min Steve goes undercover, joining a roller derby team whose owner plans to acquire and sell top-secret information. When the owner discovers the ruse, he plants evidence to lead Steve in the wrong direction, and uses the distraction to go get the information.

Episode 8: Dark Side of the Moon (1) 1977-11-06 | 50 min Steve is sent to the moon to investigate an orbital shift which is causing major upheavals in the Earth's climate. It turns out the upheavals are caused by a deranged scientist working at an exploration post on a nearby asteroid.

Episode 9: Dark Side of the Moon (2) 1977-11-13 | 50 min Steve is captured on the moon and is forced to help the scientist, who believes he's found a new energy source, and who threatens nuclear devastation on Earth if Steve refuses.

Episode 10: Target: Steve Austin 1977-11-27 | 50 min Steve poses as a newlywed with another OSI agent to uncover who broke into headquarters in search of an atomic bomb. Travelling via RV, their prey discovers the RV has a nuclear power source of its own and attempts to turn the tables.

Episode 11: The Cheshire Project 1977-12-18 | 50 min Steve investigates his girlfriend's disappearance while she was piloting a new plane with anti-radar technology. He discovers one of the plane's technicians has been talking to a known trader of military secrets and starts the search for further clues.

Episode 12: Walk a Deadly Wing 1978-01-01 | 49 min Steve is assigned to gain the confidence of a scientist who has developed a weapon to capture soldiers non-violently, but refuses to hand over the plans to anyone for fear it could cause drastic results if used on a pilot in flight. As Steve begins to become his friend and acquire the weapon, the Russians inform the scientist they are holding his wife hostage and demand the device in trade for her safe return.