The Six Million Dollar Man
The Lost Island
TV Flash files “The Lost Island” as hour 96 of 101 in the TV Flash guide — The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978) on ABC, season 5, episode 16, aired 1978-01-30, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E16: listed hour 96 of 101 in the The Six Million Dollar Man guide, hour 16 of 21 in season 5. It aired 1978-01-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Return of the Deathprobe (2)” (S05E15). Next is “The Madonna Caper” (S05E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Season 5 episode 16 The Lost Island is actually two episodes, part 1 and part 2. In part 1: the OSI agency loses one of its satellites, which crashes on a remote ocean island, and is now cracked and leaking neutron radiation which is negatively affecting the other-worldly humanoids that inhabit the island and electromagnetically cloak it in invisibility. A decision is made by the aliens to send Da Nay, a young alien woman, to the U.S. to find and bring back a serum that will boost the aliens' immunity and thus allow all the aliens to leave the island and survive with the human population. In part 2: Da Nay (Robin Mattson, who plays Heather Webber from the "General Hospital" soap opera) obtains the serum and returns to the island, where Steve Austin has found a way in past the protective barriers. Spoiler: Torg (Jared Martin, who plays Dusty Farlow on "Dallas:), one of the radiation-influenced young male aliens who feels a somewhat barbaric attraction to Da Nay, turns monstrously evil from the radiation, as do other exposed aliens. Steve Austin learns how to use the same radiation to reverse the process and restore the unity of the aliens. Steve and the satellite are recovered, and the alien race are once again kept secret and cloaked in invisibility.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Lost Island sit in the The Six Million Dollar Man guide?
S05E16 is listed hour 96 of 101 — hour 16 of 21 in season 5, season 5 episode 16.
When did The Six Million Dollar Man S05E16 air?
The Lost Island aired 1978-01-30 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.…
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