S2.E22

Once a Thief

Episode aired Mar 16, 1978
TV-PG
47m

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Lindsay Wagner in The Bionic Woman (1976)

After small time burglar Inky is thwarted by Jaime, he decides to prove he did not imagine her bionic powers by filming her doing super human feats. This in turn gives him the idea to blackm... Read allAfter small time burglar Inky is thwarted by Jaime, he decides to prove he did not imagine her bionic powers by filming her doing super human feats. This in turn gives him the idea to blackmail her into helping him pull one big score: a bank robbery.After small time burglar Inky is thwarted by Jaime, he decides to prove he did not imagine her bionic powers by filming her doing super human feats. This in turn gives him the idea to blackmail her into helping him pull one big score: a bank robbery.

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6.3/10

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Trivia
This was the last original episode to be broadcast on ABC.

Goofs
When Jaime jumps back down off the roof after straightening the bent TV antenna mast, she lands behind a low white solid-walled fence (which is there to hide the safety air-bag for cushioning Lindsay Wagner's stunt double's fall), yet in the next shot, there is a clear view of her landing on the ground, with no fence in the foreground.

Quotes
Oscar Goldman: [reading from a file] He's not wanted for anything now, but he's gone down on grand theft twice. The last time he was caught because a... because a monkey triggered the burglar alarm?
Jaime Sommers: [laughing] I'll believe that!

Connections
References Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1939)

Soundtracks
Don't go breaking my heart
(uncredited)
Composed by Elton John
Written by Carte Blanche Duet
Instrumental

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2/10

Hate to say it but the worst episode ever

I know the third series of The Bionic Woman has it's critics but I'm glad that they made it just so that this abomination of a story wasn't the last ever episode. There may have been some mileage in a 'someone discovers the secret of Jaimes bionics and uses it to blackmail her' story, but this was just awful. The funny bits aren't funny, the human and emotional parts have no resonance whatsoever and the dialogue - even allowing for this being made in the mid seventies - is at times excruciating. Lindsay tries her hardest to make it work but there is no saving this and it is the only episode I've seen so far that I know I will never watch again. A really disappointing end to what was a very solid 2nd season of the show.