The Six Million Dollar Man
Welcome Home, Jaime (2)
TV Flash files “Welcome Home, Jaime (2)” as hour 50 of 101 in the TV Flash guide — The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978) on ABC, season 3, episode 16, aired 1976-01-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E16: listed hour 50 of 101 in the The Six Million Dollar Man guide, hour 15 of 22 in season 3. It aired 1976-01-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Winning Smile” (S03E14). Next is “Hocus-Pocus” (S03E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After going through another operation, Jaime Sommer's memories are slowly resurfacing. Now she is ready to move back to Ojai and live near her foster parents, Jim & Helen Elgin. Oscar Goldman arranges a job for her as a teacher at the Ventura Air Force base school but Jaime also insists on taking on missions of the OSI.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Welcome Home, Jaime (2) sit in the The Six Million Dollar Man guide?
S03E16 is listed hour 50 of 101 — hour 15 of 22 in season 3, season 3 episode 16.
When did The Six Million Dollar Man S03E16 air?
Welcome Home, Jaime (2) aired 1976-01-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need the Cyborg novel first?
No. The ABC series is the pop version of Martin Caidin's book. The rebuild monologue and slow-mo action are the television language.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Lee Majors's Steve Austin gets rebuilt better, stronger, faster, and slow-motion sound design becomes a national language. Martin Caidin's Cyborg as ABC family-hour cyborg adventure, Oscar Goldman handing missions, Jaime Sommers waiting in the wings. Bionic franchise origin, merch included.
We can rebuild him — better, stronger, faster — and the rebuild monologue is still the series' real opening credit. Lee Majors's Steve Austin, a barely surviving astronaut turned bionic federal operative, slow-mo'd through ABC's The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978), from Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg, for five seasons and 101 hours. Kenneth Johnson's high-concept action made telescopic zoom vision and distinctive sound design a kids' gateway. Richard Anderson's Oscar Goldman handed OSI missions; Martin E.…
Filed against
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- Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
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- Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells
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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…