The Six Million Dollar Man

Population: Zero - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Steve props himself against the back of the armored car with his arms folded and legs together stretched outwards to wait for the bad guys to drive up. When they do, Steve is now sitting on the rear bumper of the armored car with his legs spread and his hands on his knees.

Scott215

Survival of the Fittest - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When the passengers jump off the plane, a young man goes first, followed by a blonde woman. Suddenly, an older woman cuts in between them, and then the blonde woman jumps. In the next shot inside the plane, the young man is back onboard, and the entire sequence is repeated.

Sacha

Operation Firefly - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When the crocodile approaches Susan, the scene is set at dusk. However, when she falls into the water, it suddenly shifts to broad daylight. Then the light keeps switching randomly throughout the rest of the scene.

Sacha

Operation Firefly - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: As Doctor Abbott sits in a chair before Steve breaks through the window, Abbott's hand is by his head. The scene cuts; now he has an open book in his lap. Another scene cut, and the book is gone.

Scott215

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Day of the Robot - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When the helicopter chases Steve, there's a hole in the window where a gun protrudes in the close-ups - yet in the wide shots, the gun is gone and the hole is sealed. This alternates back and forth throughout the scene.

Sacha

Show generally

Factual error: There is no physical way that Steve Austin could perform most of his superhuman feats of strength in the ABC television series, due to the fact that they simply replaced his arm and legs, but didn't rebuild or reinforce the rest of his skeleton and muscles to handle the physical loads. Interestingly, author Martin Caidin (creator of Steve Austin in his novel, "Cyborg") actually did describe an incredibly complex whole-body rebuild that included vertebral reinforcement and ribcage and pelvis replacement, which was far more scientifically-accurate than the subsequent ABC television interpretation. ABC only accepted the series on the condition that it was less technical for their audience.

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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."

Charles Austin Miller

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