The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 3

When TV Was Original and Worth Watching
I could not wait for the Six Million Dollar Man to come out on DVD. Like most 40-50 year olds, this was my favorite series when growing up in the 70's. Sure the special effects are not all CGI and glossy like they are today, but they're not bad for the time and heaven knows even the worst stript and plot for TSMDM is ten times better than half of the sci-fi trash that is put out there now days. Lee Majors was made for the role and may be more assoicated with it than just about any actor could be with a role. I agree with most that season Two was probably better overall, but this is the first season we all got to see Steve Austin take on that other 70's icon "Bigfoot". That alone makes this five stars. Harve Bennett was on top of his game when producing this series and Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman may be as famous for that role as Majors was with Austin. I will not bore you with episode lists and views on each one, but I will say if you love sci-fi and if you grew...

BIGFOOT WAS SCARY
I too, along with all the other posters here, remember the Bigfoot episodes the most, as a 7 or 8 year old at the time this season came out. I remember thinking how real it was, I had no idea there was a man in a suit. To me it was REAL!! I remember watching while sitting on the floor with my back to the couch, in between my dad's legs and holding on to one of his calves terrified. YET I couldn't look away!! I watched but knew I was safe with my dad. And that long tunnel, oh man, THAT was creepy as hell as a child. But they were great episodes, the first time and then again the 2nd time Bigfoot appeared later in the series. The Bigfoot episodes were so great, many, if not most of the other episodes are rather forgettable but still fun to watch. The Sonny Bono episode was totally weird and laughable. But I still love the show. STEVE WAS DA MANNNNN!!!!

Takes me back to memory lane!
This 1975-76 Season was awesome along with the fact that THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN ran on ABC for 4 years and was based on a novel Cyborg by Marty Caiden and referred to a former astronaut Col. Steve Austin(Lee Majors)who nearly died after being seriously injured on a mission and gets rescued by Agent Oscar Goldman(Richard Anderson)from the Office of Scientific Intelligence and gets rebuilt by Dr. Rudy Wells(Martin E. Brooks)with surgical bionic implants very similar to his love-interest Jamie Sommars(Lindsay Wagner)on its spin-off series THE BIONIC WOMAN which premiered on ABC in the Winter of 1976.

As a result Steve's bionic capabilities, Steve had an infrared left-eye kind of like Jamie had an amplifying right-ear, plus Steve and Jamie would often team up together on cases in crossover episodes of both THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and THE BIONIC WOMAN.

Lee Majors had opened the minds and hearts of audiences all across the world to an era when we were starving...

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