The Six Million Dollar Man
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Pilot Error - S2-E3

Continuity mistake: As the plane is plummeting, the cockpit alternates between an open, oil-splattered state in the close-ups and a closed, clean configuration in the wide shots.

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Steve Austin, Fugitive - S2-E22

Continuity mistake: The background behind Hopper while he is in the man lift changes from shot to shot. In the close ups of him in the man lift's basket, there is a striped wooden wall, but the long shot of the man lift in the raised position shows an open wooden railing behind it.

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The Seven Million Dollar Man - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When Barney opens the jail bars, there is a sudden cut accompanied by a change in camera angle. The deformation of the bars is inconsistent between the two immediate shots, with their bent shape differing noticeably across the cut.

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Nuclear Alert - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: After Steve kicks the aircraft door open, causing the cabin to depressurise, chaos erupts and violent airflow is evident. However, in the following shots, conditions inexplicably return to normal: there is no wind, no turbulence, and no sign of ongoing disruption.

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Burning Bright - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: While Oscar and Ted watch Steve run, Ted suddenly appears wearing a jacket that wasn't there before, and Oscar's dark grey jacket changes to a brown plaid one between shots.

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Run, Steve, Run - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When Steve's stuntman jumps onto the speeding pickup truck, the thug grabs him tightly—clearly to keep the stuntman from falling off. In the very next shot, however, the thug is suddenly gagging him.

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Run, Steve, Run - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When Steve jumps off his horse and tackles the man on the left, Steve's hat falls off—and so does the man's rifle. In the next shot, the hat is back on Steve's head and the rifle is back in the man's hands.

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Run, Steve, Run - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When Steve and Suzie ride together, he's wearing light grey boots. When her horse gets spooked, his footwear suddenly switches to flat shoes. And when he rescues Suzie, he's wearing light brown boots.

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The Coward - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: Steve and the instructor jump out of the plane and toss a third parachute attached to a duffel bag. However, in the wide shot, a third man (legs are visible so it's not the duffel bag) suddenly appears out of nowhere.

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Trivia: Longtime TV actor Lee Majors was extremely influential in the overall development of the "Six Million Dollar Man" series. Although he had already appeared in the 3 successful made-for-TV pilot movies in 1973, Majors was very skeptical of entering into a weekly series, and he wanted a guarantee that the show would not devolve into a campy superhero series (like "Batman"). Majors further stipulated that there should be no blood and no violent death on the show. Executive producer Harve Bennett, producer Kenneth Johnson, and ABC Television immediately agreed. Majors also thought the original "Six Million Dollar Man" theme song (sung by Dusty Springfield) was embarrassingly bad, so composer Oliver Nelson wrote the iconic instrumental theme for the series. Two years into the hit show, Majors then became concerned that his character, Steve Austin, would be perceived as gay because he never had an onscreen love interest; so Majors essentially demanded that a female character be added to fill that role. The producers complied without question. According to Lee Majors: "People were really getting to the point where it was like, 'When's this guy [Steve Austin] going to come out of the closet here?' That's when we brought in Lindsay Wagner to be the first love interest."

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