Two astronauts called David Tate(played by Mike Farrell) and Nicole Simmons(played by Joan Darling) are engaged in an OSI experimental cell regeneration project while in suspended animation. Unfortunately, their capsule crashes, leading to an overdose of the serum given to David, causing him to revert to a primitive state with super-human strength. Steve Austin(Lee Majors) is sent in along with Dr. Rudy Wells(Alan Oppenheimer) to investigate and solve the problem, while trying to prevent angry locals from killing David before he is cured...assuming of course he can. Interesting if thin episode doesn't really amount to much, despite it's potential.
4 Reviews
Good and thoughtful episode
coltras355 September 2023
Under the watchful eye of his supremo Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson ), Steve Austin (Lee Majors) investigates the case of a crashed space capsule containing a very strange cargo.
Inside the capsule, scientist David Tate experiments in space with a cell regeneration serum designed to awaken cryogenically frozen patients, he is accidentally injected with too much serum. When the space capsule crashes, he begins terrorizing the countryside and Steve must hunt him down.
This episode touches upon the lengths scientists will go to achieve something and that many errors can occur before it comes to fruition - in this case the error occurs in a scientist who takes too much cell regeneration serum and goes berserk, breaks free from his capsule, traipses around, growling like he's the Incredible Hulk without being green ( he looks more like Grizzly Adams), scares the campers, riles up the sheriff and has a tense showdown with the Bionic Man. Much sympathy is shown by Austin to the Serum Man as he was an experiment too.
Inside the capsule, scientist David Tate experiments in space with a cell regeneration serum designed to awaken cryogenically frozen patients, he is accidentally injected with too much serum. When the space capsule crashes, he begins terrorizing the countryside and Steve must hunt him down.
This episode touches upon the lengths scientists will go to achieve something and that many errors can occur before it comes to fruition - in this case the error occurs in a scientist who takes too much cell regeneration serum and goes berserk, breaks free from his capsule, traipses around, growling like he's the Incredible Hulk without being green ( he looks more like Grizzly Adams), scares the campers, riles up the sheriff and has a tense showdown with the Bionic Man. Much sympathy is shown by Austin to the Serum Man as he was an experiment too.
Good
chuckscarcorral4 August 2019
Steve Austin and the human experiments
friendsfor018 November 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Another excellent and outstanding episode from the early second season.The plot is quite good not only because of full action but also for the message the writer wants to transmit.A new experiment is conducted by Rudy wells and Oscar Goldman (the first was the creation of a bionic man)with two scientists:David Tate and Nicole Simmons. They develop a cell regeneration serum that eliminates the problems encountered when a subject is resuscitated from cryogenic suspension.However the space capsule where they are conducting their experiment crashes and Dave is accidentally injected with an overdose of the serum which causes him to experience an incredible surge of power and violent seizures.I think this is the second time where a government department with no intentions because of an accident creates "superhumans"(episode "burning bright" from the first season, without considering Steve Austin that was a especial project). I couldn't see this episode the first time because I was too young but what I remember is just a segment(TV clip)and I got really impressed and scared seeing a capsule and someone shouting without seeing him hitting and opening the capsule hatch with super strength listening to and odd melody. Later on in the last eighties and early nineties I could appreciate it wholly.Even now,even though It is old I can not get tired of watching it in 2007.Full action in the whole episode and of course the final battle between Steve Austin and David Tate is something delightful.Steve doesn't want to harm Dave but hes willing to kill him so Steve has to defend himself.A real match: Steve"s bionics and a man affected with an overdose of a serum that increases his mental and physical skills 100% giving him super strength and other abilities but feeling insane.The music is good and we hear the bionics sound effect a few times during the battle(almost not used during the first and second season).The bionic sound also matches Dave"s super strength.At the end a good dialog is held between Oscar and Steve.Is Oscar Goldman and his department guilty of killing a man in the name of the human progress?-I think we can save and answer this question even today with people who sacrifice themselves to get something for our prosperity.That is the reason to be pioneers.
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