The Six Million Dollar Man
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Nuclear Alert - S2-E1

Revealing mistake: The two baddies run towards the truck: one jumps into the driver's seat, while the other runs around the vehicle towards the passenger side, where he later appears. However, if you watch the bottom of the truck, his legs and shadow can be seen running away from the vehicle, contradicting his subsequent position. (00:22:01)

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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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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: Only mentioned in one episode early in the series, Steve Austin's least-referenced superhuman power was his ability to hold his breath for extraordinary lengths of time. Steve's phenomenal breath-holding ability was due to the fact that, even though he had two normal lungs, he had a much smaller circulatory system than a normal human being. Also, the Steve Austin in Martin Caidin's original book, "Cyborg," had an entire array of weapons, flares, communications gear, retractable swim fins, and scuba tanks built into his bionic body.

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