The Bionic Woman
The Return of Bigfoot (2)
TV Flash files “The Return of Bigfoot (2)” as a desk essential hour — The Bionic Woman (1976–1978) on ABC/NBC, season 2, episode 1, aired 1976-09-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 15 of 58 in the The Bionic Woman guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1976-09-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Ghosthunter” (S01E14). Next is “In This Corner, Jaime Sommers” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “The Return of Bigfoot (2)”. The Return of Bigfoot (2) is crossover crypto-spectacle with Jaime as the other half. Franchise essential, not a guest dish: slow-mo family hour shared without shrinking the lead.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Return of Bigfoot (2) sit in the The Bionic Woman guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 15 of 58 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Bionic Woman S02E01 air?
The Return of Bigfoot (2) aired 1976-09-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need The Six Million Dollar Man first?
Helpful for Jaime's introduction, not required for Wagner's hour. Oscar Goldman and crossovers connect the universe; this series stands as its own action hit.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Lindsay Wagner's Jaime Sommers flips the Six Million Dollar template with warmth, steel, and an Emmy in the bargain. Tennis pro, bionic rebuild, federal agent — female-led network action that stood alone in ratings and merch. Slow-mo franchise essential, not a side dish.
So about the group chat that still files Jaime Sommers as Steve Austin's girlfriend: tennis pro, bionic rebuild, federal agent — Lindsay Wagner flipped the Six Million Dollar template with warmth and steel, and the hour stood alone in ratings and merch. (I said spoiler-free. The franchise soap is gossip. The missions are the show.) The Bionic Woman (ABC/NBC, 1976–1978) ran three seasons, 58 episodes, after Jaime's introduction opposite Austin. Kenneth Johnson carried the language; Richard Anderson's Oscar Goldman…
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- Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers
Lindsay Wagner’s Jaime Sommers flipped The Six Million Dollar Man’s template into The Bionic Woman — tennis pro, federal agent, slow-mo franchise that stood alone in ratings and merch. Warmth, steel, family-hour cyborg adventure with its…
- Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
Richard Anderson’s Oscar Goldman handed the missions on The Six Million Dollar Man and kept the clipboard when The Bionic Woman stood alone — OSI as a two-show office, slow-mo as a national language. Lee Majors rebuilt; Lindsay Wagner…
- Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells
Martin E. Brooks’s Dr. Rudy Wells rebuilt the franchise from the lab bench — Steve Austin’s slow-mo origin on The Six Million Dollar Man, then Jaime Sommers’s stand-alone Bionic Woman hour. Oscar Goldman hands the missions; Wells hands…
- Lee Majors as Steve Austin
Lee Majors’s Col. Steve Austin made The Six Million Dollar Man a national slow-motion language — 1970s catalog cyborg adventure, better-stronger-faster as a family-hour religion. The Bionic Woman and The Fall Guy kept the jawline in…