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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 259717" data-attributes="member: 23">The Six Million Dollar Man - Season FourThe Bionic Woman - Season TwoThe Return Of Bigfoot (Parts I and II) <img src="https://firebreathingdimetrodon.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bionicw0201.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 625px" />The 1976-77 season begins with an exciting formal crossover, and I must confess to feeling quite excited at seeing the telephone directory sized list of familiar names that make up the special guest-stars. There’s the former Girl From U.N.C.L.E./future Jennifer Hart; Sherriff Bracket from Halloween; the perky blonde one who replaced Valerie Harper when she was fired from her own self-titled series; Dynasty’s Rashid Ahmed; and Lurch from The Addams Family. Stefanie Powers seems like a world unto her own, since her character spends most of the two parter in isolation, communicating by Apple Watch while Sandy Duncan acts as her emissary in the real world. There’s a hazy romantic glow to all of Stefanie’s scenes which, along with her tendency to pout and constantly strike a pose while breathily whispering her lines makes it occasionally feel a little like we’ve stumbled into some soft sci-fi porn. Even a side-on view of her coming over all wan looks like she’s discovering her g-spot. It also means that many of her lines feel fraught with double-entendre, not least when she communicates with Steve and gently asks him “Have you found my Sasquatch?”Charles Cyphers is practically unrecognisable here compared with his most iconic role. He looks so much younger and far better looking here than he would just two years later. Possibly it’s down to his buzz haircut (which puts me in mind of Greg Sumner in late-Eighties Knots). But it could be the natty sequinned cravat. Speaking of hair and images, John Saxton sports a hipster beard here. But that’s not the big facial hair news. These episodes see the debut of Steve Austin’s bionic moustache. I’m not normally a fan of facial hair in general and moustaches in particular, but for some reason I really like it. It almost feels like he’s needed it all along. I don’t know why this is. Perhaps it’s partly because I’m most familiar with the first two seasons of SMDM, so this feels fresh and new. And it made its way into some of the merchandise and imagery from the series (the moustachioed Steve doll seems to be rarer and therefore more sought after than clean-shaven plastic Steve). Mostly, though, I’d say it’s because it adds to the Seventies-ness.More newness with the titles for the series. Jaime is now said to be 28 rather than 27. A different font is used for some of the text around bionic data. And Joe Harnell’s new theme closes the series. I have the Kill Oscar Parts I and III soundtrack, and it contains an unused Main Title version of this track, which apparently Joe kiboshed due to his friendship with Jerry Fielding who had fallen out of favour with Kenneth Johnson. The compromise can be seen in having Fielding’s original theme remain in place for the Main Titles. And I’m glad, as Fielding’s theme is the one I associate most strongly with the series (I have a gorgeous sweeping version by The Geoff Love Orchestra on CD, which I’d recommend as it’s a lovely piece of music). continued...</blockquote>

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