The Six Million Dollar Man
Date With Danger (1)
TV Flash files “Date With Danger (1)” as hour 99 of 101 in the TV Flash guide — The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978) on ABC, season 5, episode 19, aired 1978-02-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E19: listed hour 99 of 101 in the The Six Million Dollar Man guide, hour 19 of 21 in season 5. It aired 1978-02-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dead Ringer” (S05E18). Next is “Date With Danger (2)” (S05E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Cloche sends instructions to take over bank accounts, hiring an assassin to kill Steve Austin, blow up buildings, while trying to seduce his co-tenant. Cloche is also panting false information to frame what he is doing on his lookalike in the OS.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Date With Danger (1) sit in the The Six Million Dollar Man guide?
S05E19 is listed hour 99 of 101 — hour 19 of 21 in season 5, season 5 episode 19.
When did The Six Million Dollar Man S05E19 air?
Date With Danger (1) aired 1978-02-20 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…