03x01 - The Return of the Bionic Woman: Part 1

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ANNOUNCER:
Last on The Six Million Dollar Man...

Steve Austin was reunited with his
childhood sweetheart, Jaime Sommers.

When she was severely injured
in a tragic accident...

Steve persuaded Oscar Goldman...

to make Jaime into the world's
first Bionic Woman.

Steve and Jaime were planning to many,
but then something went wrong.

No!

[LOUD CRASH]

RUDY:
Jaime's body is rejecting her bionics.

We've gotta operate immediately.

[YELLS]

What happened?

I don't know.
It's like she just went out of her head.

ANNOUNCER: Jaime was driven
to near madness from intolerable pain.

Steve pursued her into the night.

Steve?

Oh, Steve!

[GASPING]

Jaime!

Doctor, we're losing her.

NURSE:
She's still slipping, Rudy.

DOCTOR:
Respiration is only two per minute.

She's fading.

NURSE: Heart rate dropping rapidly.
Blood pressure falling off already.

RUDY:
Oh, dear God.

She's got a massive cerebral hemorrhage.

NURSE:
No reaction with the adrenaline.

DOCTOR:
Respiration is still dropping.

NURSE:
Vital signs are going.

DOCTOR:
How's the line voltage?

RUDY:
It's off.

If she could be conscious, she would be.

NURSE:
Pulse down too. I can't find it.

ANNOUNCER: To Steve Austin
and the world, Jaime was dead.

But was she?

ANNOUNCER:
Now... The Return of the Bionic Woman
on The Six Million Dollar Man.

FLIGHT COM:
It's looks good at NASA One.

B- 52 ]PILOT:
Roger.

BCS Arm switch is on.

FLIGHT COM:
Okay, Victor.

B-52 PILOT:
Landing Rocket Arm switch is on.
Here comes the throttle.

Circuit breakers in.

STEVE:
We have separation.

B-52 PILOT:
Inboard and outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward with the side stick.

FLIGHT COM:
Looks good.

PILOT:
Ah, Roger.

STEVE:
I've got a blowout in damper three.

SR-71 PILOT:
Get your pitch to zero.

STEVE:
Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!

B-52 PILOT: Correction. Alpha Hold is off.
Threat selector is emergency.

STEVE: Flight Com. I can't hold it!
She's breaking up! She's breaking...

ANNOUNCER:
Steve Austin. Astronaut.

A man barely alive.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

We have the capability
to make the world's first bionic man.

Steve Austin will be that man.

Better than he was before.

Better, stronger, faster.

[MAIN TITLE THEME]

OSCAR: We'll be at the drop zone
in a couple of minutes.

You look a million miles away.

I was just thinking of...
somebody.

Anybody I know?

No, not anymore.

So, finish telling me.

These two underworld families
are going into business together.

Yes.

One of the families has stolen
some top classified materials.

The other has stolen
some top military equipment.

But they need each other
to make it pay off.

That's right.
They're very suspicious of each other.

If anything goes wrong,
they'll be at each other's throats.

So I need to make sure
something does go wrong.

Right, and our security will remain intact.

And hopefully... and hopefully,
they'll start sh**ting at one another.

Okay. I got it.

What about the equipment?
Do I need to get it out?

No. We've got the plans.

All I want you to do is blow it up.

Have you got the plastic expl*sives?

Right here.

Steve...

You're not gonna say be careful,
are you?

Good luck, pal.

[MILITARY MUSIC]

[BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT]

Chester.

Abe.

You got the merchandise?

You got the papers?

[BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

I should a known better
than to trust you.

Trust me? What about you?

Get out of here.
Come on, get in that car.

Must be one of Abe's men.
Let's get out of here.

[MOANS]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

Mayday, Oscar. Get that chopper in here!

I'm northwest of the fire.
My legs are gone.

OSCAR: Pilot's gonna have to set down
right on top of you.

Hang on, pal.
The cavalry's coming.

That ain't all who's coming.

I don't know which one
of Abe's men you are...

but you've picked the wrong family
to interfere with.

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[g*n CLICKS]

OSCAR:
This is Goldman. Code Snow White.

Notify Rudy Wells of our
approximate arrival in Washington D. C.

Austin is seriously injured.

I want a surgical team ready
to perform bionic surgery...

when we get there.

Out.

RUDY:
It was dangerous to bring him here.

OSCAR: I know what all the problems are,
but we have no choice.

Look at the legs.

Look at the knee joints.

RUDY:
Oh, my God.

OSCAR: We'll just have to take
the necessary precautions.

He's unconscious anyway.

Get him to OR.

[BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT]

STEVE: Jaime...

RUDY:
Get him in the elevator.

STEVE: Jaime...

STEVE: Jaime.

Jaime?

Steve...

Steve, now take it easy.

Rudy...

That's right.

Where's Jaime?

I saw Jaime.

You've been under a great deal
of sedation, Steve.

But I saw her.

You've been delirious
for three days, Steve.

Your legs were badly damaged.

We were... we were
worried about you, pal.

It's gonna take you a while
to recuperate, but you're gonna be fine.

I'm sorry I messed up on the mission.

Knock it off, will ya?

The equipment was destroyed...

Collins and Goddard
are blaming each other.

You did fine.

You did real fine.
Now take care of yourself, will you?

Get plenty of rest, you hear?

We'll look in on you tonight, alright?

Jaime.

It may not have affected my eyesight...

but, boy, my legs must've
really got chewed up.

Yeah, they were.

We had to use a carload
of components to rebuild 'em.

I'll send you the bill in the morning.

Wait a minute.
I'm still under warranty, you know.

Well, you were about due for your


How long will I be in the shop?

I'm not sure.

You could be on your feet
by next week.

You know, Doc.
Yeah?

Tell me something.
What?

And I want it straight.

Will lever be able to run


Sure you will.

Eventually, but not for a while,
and even then, not very far.

And listen, I know you, so don't push it.

You hear?

I gotcha.

Okay.

I've got to go in now.
You wanna come?

No, I think I'll tool around
out here a while.

Okay. I'll see you later.

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

[CHIMES]

[CHIMES]

[BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[WHEELS SQUEALING]

Hold it!
Hold it!

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

Steve.

What's going on? The guard said
you practically knocked the door down.

Oscar, I saw her again.

Saw who?

Jaime.

She was in that bed.

You've been under a lot of strain, fella.

[HEROIC MUSIC]

Pardon me, but, uh...

I'm looking for Colonel Austin.
He's not in his room.

No, he was feeling much better
and decided to go for a morning jog.

You know, he's not supposed to leave
without checking with Dr. Wells or myself.

He didn't want to bother you.

Did you happen to know
which way he was heading?

Yeah, he said he was going
to the countryside over in...

Quad rant Two?
Yeah.

This is Oscar Goldman.
Get me base security, please.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT]

Jaime.

OS CAR: What is it?

You sit down, Oscar.
I want to talk to you.

Now tell me where she is.

I saw Jaime today, alive, talking.

Now I thought she was dead.
You all let me believe she was dead!

You've got five seconds
to tell me what's going on...

or I'm gonna start using this bionic arm
you two gave me...

and throw you both through these walls.

Steve, you don't under...

Don't start the training number with me,
Oscar! I know what I saw!

Steve, listen to me.

Five seconds.

One, two, three...

four...

Alright.

It's... It's Jaime.

She is alive.

Well then, what happened in that
operating room when I watched her die?

What kind of game
are you all playing with me?

No game.
No game, Steve.

Jaime did die in that operating room.

By medical definitions,
her life functions terminated.

Well then, what happened?

I'll tell you.

[FLAT LINE TONE]

RUDY: When you were saying
your last good-byes to Jaime...

we were approached by one of my
young assistants, Dr. Michael Marchetti.

I was up in the theater,
I saw what happened.

Rudy, I think I can save her.

Maybe you weren't watching closely...

but Jaime's dead, Michael.

Look, Rudy, the cryogenic research
I've been doing...

Michael, it's years away.

No, it's not! It works.
Let me try to save Jaime.

She's dead, pal.
She's dead.

Look, where's the line drawn?

The heart steps but the brain
keeps functioning...

till the lack of oxygen won't allow it to.

It keeps working
for several minutes sometimes.

These minutes, we're wasting now!

Is there anything to what he says?

Of course, there is. I've hit 90% success
with the rhesus monkeys.

This is a human being.
It's such a radical procedure.

Radical? He just said Jaime's dead.
She's certainly got nothing to lose.

Please, will you let me try?

Please!

Alright, let's try.

Better tell Steve.

So you never told me, Oscar.
Why? Why?

Try to understand.
It was an incredible long shot.

You saw her die once already.

Steve, we didn't know
if she was gonna live.

It was most intricate, the most complicated
surgery I've ever been a part of.

[FLAT LINE TONE]

RUDY:
We did as Michael had said.

Working at an impossible pace.

The heart-lung machine
was attached to Jaime...

to keep her blood oxygenated...

and to try to ward off brain damage.

Michael prepared
the cryogenic biochemistry.

We hoped to maintain
Jaime's cerebral cell integrity...

with nominal side effects...

until her normal circulation
could be restored.

We lowered the temperature in the OR...

until our fingers were getting numb.

While we worked to relieve
the cerebral hemorrhage...

Michael administered
his cryogenic therapy.

A cooling agent to further ret*rd
the body's metabolism...

combined with powerful anti-toxins
to ward off cellular damage.

I've never been more proud of my team.

We knew we would be on the threshold of
a whole new era in medical science...

if Michael's theories were successful,
if Jaime came back to life.

And now, we were ready for the final test.

[DEFIBRILLATOR CLICKS]

We watched her heart start again.

[STEADY BEEP]

[JAIME BREATHING HEAVILY]

We were jubilant!

And I would have been too,
if I'd had just been told.

I can't believe that you two...

Steve, she was very unstable,
she was in a coma for a long time.

Rudy and Michael almost lost her
on five separate occasions.

We didn't know what kind of
brain damage might have occurred.

She could have been a vegetable
when she woke up.

If she woke up.

But that's why I should have been there!

Why!?
To watch her die all over again?

She didn't die!

But what if she had?

We were trying to save you
the t*rture of that.

Don't you think I'm a big boy, Oscar?
Isn't that my decision to make?

Then why don't you start acting like one?

Just tell me where she is.

Steve, she only regained
consciousness two days ago.

I don't care when,
I wanna see her now.

She's only vaguely conscious.

We don't know exactly
what her condition is.

There appears to be no brain damage.
We're not sure.

We've only asked her
half a dozen questions.

You can't go storming in there!

Alright, alright.

Oscar, just...

Rudy, just let me see her.

Just to say hello.

Please.

Okay, I'll take you to her.

Jaime?

Jaime.

Who are you?

OSCAR:
I'm sorry, Steve, we all are.

We were afraid that this might happen.

What happened to her?

RUDY: Well, Michael's cryogenic
therapy did save her life...

and managed to prevent
major brain damage...

but apparently there was some.

Brain damage.
Yeah.

When she regained consciousness
two days ago...

we found that her motor functions
were intact...

as was Broca's area 44,
the frontal lobes.

The language center.

But now the electro
metabolic print-out shows that...

there was some cellular damage
to the temporal lobes...

which store and control
the bulk of her past memory.

Is it all gone?

A clean slate.

Whatever memory she has now
began two days ago...

when she awakened
to find Michael with her.

How is she?

She's resting.

We planned to keep Michael's surgery
a secret as long as Jaime was in a coma.

To spare you losing her again.

We'd hoped to bring you good news.

I know you all meant well.

I appreciate what you did for Jaime,
especially you, Michael.

We understand.

Well, I guess I'm gonna have to hear
the answer sooner or later.

Will her memory ever return?

No.
Maybe.

What does that mean?

I guess what it means is
we're just not certain.

There's still a remote possibility that
some fragments of her memory...

may be stored in cells adjacent
to the damaged area.

But the odds are against it...

and may take a great deal of time
to show up if it happens at all.

Are you going to try to
stimulate her memory?

Perhaps so.

A little bit further down the line.

We can't do too much too soon.

There's a certain amount
of danger involved.

Danger?

Yeah. We feel that...


feel that if we attempt to stimulate
Jaime's memory of the past...

we may re-stimulate
the sensations of pain she felt...

from the hemorrhage that k*lled her.

That almost k*lled her.

Anyway, if Rudy's right,
Jaime could be severely traumatized...

if we try to stimulate her memory too much.

What about Steve's relationship
with Jaime?

Maybe we ought to tell her.
Might help.

Ah, it might, but it might be
the worst thing we could do.

Most of Jaime's most intense memories
are linked directly to Steve.

But he's the closest one to her.

He was gonna marry her.
He's in love with her.

Might work.

But if Rudy's right...

Look, we all know how much
Steve loves Jaime...

how much he'd love to go to her
and tell her who he is...

what they were to each other...

and have everything magically
return the way it was.

But I can't honestly say it won't
hurt Jaime more than help.

Then it's best that she doesn't
know anything about us.

What we shared.

I think so.

Anyway, think how uncomfortable
it'd make her...

trying to make small talk to a guy
she was going to marry...

and doesn't even remember anymore.

Just wouldn't be fair to her.

How about you, pal?
How will it be for you?

I'll be all right.

I think the most important thing now
is to get Jaime back on her feet.

MICHAEL: I agree.

Tell me something, Michael.
What's Jaime like?

She's... Jaime.

But with no memory.

OSCAR: Steve, we have to get you
back into shape.

We have to work on those legs.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

Only 30 feet.

Yeah, well, I guess
I'm just not concentrating.

[BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT]

Come on, let's get back to work.

You gotta get those legs in shape.

Keep your mind on your work.

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

OSCAR:
I need your help, pal.

Jaime's strength is coming back.
All of it.

Is she aware that... of her bionics?

Vaguely.

I'd like you to talk to her.

Try to make her understand...

so she can get off on the right foot.

Sure, I'll do anything I can.

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

MICHAEL:
Mmm-hmm.

Hi, Michael.

Hi.

That's pretty incredible, isn't it?

Yes, it is.

Are there many people
who are bionic?

Only you and Steve.

Who's Steve?

Lam.

I'm Steve.

Hi.

Haven't I seen you before?

It was a few days ago.

Yeah, a few days ago.

Right, you walked in
just as I was waking up.

And you looked at me so strangely.

Yeah, well it was a shock learning
that you were still alive.

Mmm.

Well, I wouldn't be
if it weren't for Michael.

Did you know me before?

Were we friends?

Yeah, we were friends.

And you're bionic?

Would you show me?

Oh, please. I mean, it's wonderful,
but it scares me a little too.

I guess I'd just feel more comfortable
knowing there someone else like me.

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

Yep. That's bionic.

Okay, kid, you're in.

Thanks.

Well, I'll let you two get acquainted.

You'll be around, yeah?

Always.

[ROMANTIC MUSIC]

I still feel a little strange
around new people.

I understand.

It's all just so incredible.

All of a sudden, just here I am.

It must be hard for you.

Yeah...

but, it's all so fresh, too.

Every time
see something new,
or touch something...

or I meet a new person...

it just makes me want more.

And I want to look back, too.

I wanna know who I was,
where I came from.

But it's a little frightening, too.

It's like something's haunting me.

I know you were in a lot of pain.

Maybe that's it.

All I know is that it's, um...

It's very uncomfortable to think about.

Michael says that it could even be physically
dangerous if I dwell on it, so...

[CHIMES]

What's the matter?

I don't know.

[CHIMES]

Are you alright?

How long have you been bionic?

About three years.

Oh.

Well, you know, sometimes I feel like, uh...

I feel like a little kid
with a new toy.

Other times I just feel like...
I don't know.

I do.

Yeah... I guess you do.

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

But what does that make me?

It makes you like me.

Yeah.

You know, Michael's sweet,
and I'm very fond of him...

but you and
, Steve,
we're kinda special, I guess.

And...

I'm gonna need you
to help me adjust.

Um, help me be bionic.

YOU can count on me.

You'll be my friend?

I'll be your friend, Jaime.

Good.

[CHIMES]

['70'S POP SONG]

J‘ It's been fun, lots of laughs, Jaime J‘

I It always is when friends meet again I

I But lately, it's gone flat for me, Jaime J‘

J‘ I don't like seeing you now and then I

J‘ Our friendship is finished I

J‘ That's true J‘

I But there's hope,
a way to make it through I

J‘ Because, sweet Jaime,
I love you I

J‘ I never wanna say goodbye to you I

J‘ Sweet Jaime, I'll love you foreverJ‘

J‘ I know we'll never part I

J‘ I love you like I loved no otherJ‘

I Make room for me in your heart I

[LOUD WHIRRING]

What's the matter?

I don't know, I guess I just got
a little headache for a second.

Maybe I've get water
in my bionic ear.

Better get it out
before you rust.

Huh?

Oh, look over there.

He's so cute
when he frowns, isn't he?

Well, I wouldn't say that.

Well, I would.

I'm glad you're my friend, Steve.

I don't really have anybody else
to talk to about Michael.

You know, like a girlfriend or somebody.

Sometimes I just want to gobble him up.

Other times
feel like I have this, uh...

like I have somebody else.

Or I did have, anyway.

I don't know.

How'd I do, coach?

Want the truth,
or you want me to be polite?

Oh, be polite.

You did very fair.

Steve was holding back
to make you look good.

Well, why don't you get in...
Hey! No!

Come on, Michael.
I wanna see how you do!

No!

Stay in there and work.
Ten laps.

Michael?

Yeah, Steve?

Mind if I asked you
a personal question?

No.

What're your intentions about Jaime?

Intentions?

Well, obviously you know
she like you a lot.

Yes, but would you like
my medical opinion?

What do you mean?

I mean that Jaime is showing
all the symptoms...

of the classic
patient-doctor infatuation.

Doctor saves woman's life, woman looks
at doctor with amazement, admiration...

kind of a desire.

How does doctor look at woman?

Listen, Steve, I'd be a liar if I didn't tell you
find Jaime incredibly attractive.

Her mind is quick, her wit is sharp
and she's a lovely woman.

Yeah, I know.

And I know what you two shared before...

how hard this must be on you,
her loss of memory of what you two had.

But she's a new woman now.

Right, she's trying to adjust
to a whole new life.

Which I may not fit into.

Which neither of us may fit into.

Look, Steve, I'm not going to go out
of my way to undermine any relationship...

that you two might have had.

At the same time...

I'm not blind to how terrific it would be
to have her around a whole lot.

Yeah, tell me about it.

I guess we'll just have to let
nature take its course...

and see which way she goes.

Yeah.

No. Ten more laps.

['7OS POP MUSIC]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[LOUD WHIRRING]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

You decent?
Go away.

What?

I'm on strike today
and there's no work.

Hey, now. Wait a minute.

We're supposed to go for a run
before breakfast, you know.

I don't wanna work.
I wanna play.

Hey! Come on.
Get up from there.

You come on.

What's the matter with you?

Nothing's wrong with me.

I wanna play.

Wait a minute.
Come on.

I just...
What? Knock it off.

I don't want more.

Alright, you asked for it.

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

Hey!

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[BIONIC SOUND EFFECT]

[LOUD WHIRRING]

Did I hurt you?

[CHIMES]

You alright?

What's the matter?

I don't know.

Steve, sometimes I feel like
I'm just on the edge of remembering...

and then it hurts...

and it's so frustrating,
cause
...

It's driving me crazy.

Isn't there anything they can do?

Suppose we take her back
to her hometown.

Take her to Ojai?

No, I think that would be
asking for trouble.

But you can hear how
distressed she's getting.

I think we ought a try to stimulate
her memory a little bit.

Try to find out once and for all
if her memory has a chance of returning.

Michael, you're not...

You're not trying to push
Jaime into this...

just to resolve something
between you and Steve?

Oh, come on, Rudy.
Michael wouldn't do that.

Alright, alright. I'm sorry.

I told you before, by attempting
to stimulate Jaime's memory...

we could bring back the pain
that she felt so intensely.

How about this?
What about Steve taking her?

You know, just a casual visit.
It's his hometown too.

That's good.

It'll be better if Jaime didn't know
what we were trying.

And if she begins to
react dangerously...

he can take her
to the air base hospital there.

Alright, suppose,
just suppose...

somebody comes up
on the street and recognizes her.

We'll have to avoid that.
Keep her off the streets.

Keep the whole thing controlled.

I don't know, Oscar.
I wouldn't,
...

I just don't think this is a good idea.

Listen, it's worth a try.

Jaime's upset.
She's told us that.

Besides, you stand to gain the most
if her memory recovers.

Oh, I know.
Believe me, I know.

All I'm concerned about is Jaime.

I just hope going back to Ojai
doesn't do her more harm than good.

What's Ojai like?

Oh, it's a sleepy, beautiful little town
up the coast of California.

Why are we going there?

Rudy and Michael thought a change
of scenery might do you some good.

You sure that's the only reason?

All set?
Yes.

Michael, are you going to come up?

Yes. Very soon.
Don't worry.

Okay.

RUDY: Steve.

It's important you keep her isolated
from people who might tell her too much.

Could be damaging.

Don't worry.

We'll be at the Air Force hospital
tomorrow, Steve.

Right. Part of our staff's already there...

so if there's a dangerous reaction
or trauma...

Anything happens,
I'll have her in that hospital so fast...

it'll make your head spin.

Hey, pal.

Maybe this trip will help
bring Jaime back to you.

Yeah, I know.

It could push her further away.
Maybe forever.

I guess we'll all find out together,
won't we?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[END THEME MUSIC]