The Six Million Dollar Man
Dead Ringer
Season 5, Episode 18 · Aired 1978-02-13
Synopsis
Steve Austin is lead to believe through accidents and a psychologist (Margaret) that his spirit has left his body at a previous point in time when he died from the crash that lead to his bionics. Furthering this spiritual belief involves an office explosion, a seance, a spiritually possessed woman who tries to kill Steve with a fireplace poker, a car that drives itself and multiple ghost like appearances resembling Steve Austin. The plot thickens as Oscar informs Steve that two Russians are in town bent on capturing him, dead or alive, wanting the technology of his bionics. Soon Margaret vanishes in the woods when the ghost reappears and Steve runs to her rescue. All is revealed at a convergence at a cabin in the woods.
In the series
This episode is part of The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978) on ABC.
We can rebuild him — slow-mo bionics and the sound effect you can still hum.
Key cast
- Lee Majors as Col. Steve Austin
- Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
- Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells
- Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers