Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger and more resilient than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.
And build him they do, but the lead up to Steve getting rebuilt is thoughtfully done with Lee Majors expressing anguish over his injuries, even suicidal, and Oscar ( here played by Darren McGavin) is a much colder character who expects Austin to push himself to the limit in his new robotic get-up. It's a solid pilot to a great series, is quite serious, introspective and intelligent.
And build him they do, but the lead up to Steve getting rebuilt is thoughtfully done with Lee Majors expressing anguish over his injuries, even suicidal, and Oscar ( here played by Darren McGavin) is a much colder character who expects Austin to push himself to the limit in his new robotic get-up. It's a solid pilot to a great series, is quite serious, introspective and intelligent.