The Six Million Dollar Man didn't get a series finale, nor did most shows of this era.
Not only did The Bionic Woman get a series finale in this episode, it was of a meta quality that would be unusual even today.
Jaime Sommers died in her first SMDM appearance. The character wasn't intended to be permanent, and Wagner took the role to fulfill her contractual agreement with the studio.
Jaime was so well received that the character was retconned to have survived, and the new show was created, and the rest is history.
Since Wagner wasn't signing up to be lead of a show when she took that SMDM role, let alone one that would require her to be in most scenes, and let alone one that was immensely popular.
Wagner's life was altered overnight to a degree that certainly echoed that of Jaime being suddenly transformed into a cyborg, and suddenly being a most important asset to a powerful organization. In Jaime's case, the OSI, in Wagner's case Universal.
A great episode, one of the best of the SMDM franchise.
Not only did The Bionic Woman get a series finale in this episode, it was of a meta quality that would be unusual even today.
Jaime Sommers died in her first SMDM appearance. The character wasn't intended to be permanent, and Wagner took the role to fulfill her contractual agreement with the studio.
Jaime was so well received that the character was retconned to have survived, and the new show was created, and the rest is history.
Since Wagner wasn't signing up to be lead of a show when she took that SMDM role, let alone one that would require her to be in most scenes, and let alone one that was immensely popular.
Wagner's life was altered overnight to a degree that certainly echoed that of Jaime being suddenly transformed into a cyborg, and suddenly being a most important asset to a powerful organization. In Jaime's case, the OSI, in Wagner's case Universal.
A great episode, one of the best of the SMDM franchise.