The Bionic Boy

Episode aired Nov 7, 1976
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

237

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Vincent Van Patten in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

Action Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi

In special two-hour show of "The Six Million Dollar Man", Andy Shefield has been injured in a landslide that also killed his controversial father. OSI chooses the youth to receive atomic/bio... Read allIn special two-hour show of "The Six Million Dollar Man", Andy Shefield has been injured in a landslide that also killed his controversial father. OSI chooses the youth to receive atomic/bionic implants that will restore his paralyzed legs. The result is superhuman strength in th... Read allIn special two-hour show of "The Six Million Dollar Man", Andy Shefield has been injured in a landslide that also killed his controversial father. OSI chooses the youth to receive atomic/bionic implants that will restore his paralyzed legs. The result is superhuman strength in those legs. Andy immediately uses this new power to do what he can to restore the good name ... Read all

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The bionic boy

Andy Sheffield, a once-athletic youngster living in a small Utah town, has been selected by an OSI computer to receive an implant to restore his paralyzed legs, which were injured in a landslide that killed his father - a controversial figure. The implant gives Andy great physical power as he sets out on a dangerous mission to clear his father's name.

This episode lacks action but makes it up with some good narrative, some good action from Patten as the boy who is given a chance to walk again and climb that mountain - the mountain scene in part two was the best part with the boy trying to clear his father's name - needlessly to say, Steve comes to the rescue.

Trivia
This was one of Greg Evigan's very first acting jobs. He got the job because the writer, Tom Greene, had written the character "Joe Hamilton" after a real person he knew in High School who was just as obnoxious. He showed a photo of the real "Joe Hamilton" from his High School Yearbook to Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Harve loved the look so much that he gave yearbook to the casting director and said: find someone who looks just like this!