The Bionic Woman
Rancho Outcast
TV Flash files “Rancho Outcast” as hour 57 of 58 in the TV Flash guide — The Bionic Woman (1976–1978) on ABC/NBC, season 3, episode 21, aired 1978-05-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E21: listed hour 57 of 58 in the The Bionic Woman guide, hour 21 of 22 in season 3. It aired 1978-05-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Long Live the King” (S03E20). Next is “On the Run” (S03E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jaime teams with a crook to find a counterfeiter hiding in a Central American town full of gangsters and cutthroats.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rancho Outcast sit in the The Bionic Woman guide?
S03E21 is listed hour 57 of 58 — hour 21 of 22 in season 3, season 3 episode 21.
When did The Bionic Woman S03E21 air?
Rancho Outcast aired 1978-05-06 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.
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Filed against
- Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers
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- Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
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- Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells
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- 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…