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"In This Corner, Jaime Sommers"
Series The Bionic Woman
Season 2, Episode 2
Bionic Woman 2x02 001
Air date September 29th, 1976
Writers Robert McCullough; Kenneth Johnson
Director Alan Crosland
Producers Harve Bennett; Kenneth Johnson; Craig Schiller
Starring Lindsay Wagner; Richard Anderson; Martin E. Brooks
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"In This Corner, Jaime Sommers" is the second episode of season two of the 1970s sci-fi/action series The Bionic Woman. It is the sixteenth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Alan Crosland and written by Robert L. McCullough and Kenneth Johnson. It first aired on the ABC network on September 29th, 1976. In addition to the main cast, this episode features guest appearances by Norman Fell as Milt Bigelow, Marcia Lewis as Amazon April Armitage, and Marj Dusay as Doctor Brandes. This is the episode where Jaime Sommers has to go undercover as a professional wrestler in order to find a missing OSI agent named Wayne Haley.

Synopsis[]

Cast[]

Principal Cast[]

Actor Role
Lindsay Wagner Jaime Sommers
Richard Anderson Oscar Goldman
Martin E. Brooks Doctor Rudy Wells

Guest Stars[]

Actor Role
Norman Fell Mel Bigelow
Marcia Lewis Amazon April Armitage
Marj Dusay Doctor Brandes

Co-Stars[]

Actor Role
Marcia Shapiro Mad Mary Maddox
Lew Palter Announcer
Bill Keene Mister Epstein
Brett Dunham Wayne Haley
Bill Conklin Spectator
Margaret Shocklee Esther Chambers, the Spider Lady
Gene LaBell Referee
Sandy Parker Battling Betty Madison

Notes[]

Background information[]

  • This episode is production code number 45416.

Credits[]

  • According to the full cast list for this episode at IMDB, Sandra Lee Gimpel plays the role of Fabulous Franzi Fonzo. As she is uncredited in the episode itself, her name is not included in the above cast list.
  • Director of photography Gene A. Talvin is credited as Gene Talvin in this episode.
  • Editor Alan C. Marks is credited as Alan Marks in this episode.
  • Art director Charles R. Davis is credited as Chuck R. Davis in this episode.
  • Set decorator Gary Moreno is credited as Gary J. Moreno in this episode.
  • Assistant director Tom Blank is credited as Thomas Blank in this episode.

Allusions[]

  • Joe Frazier was an American professional boxer, Olympic gold medalist and Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981.
  • Jaime Sommers compares her wrestling attire to looking like Pocahontas. Pocahontas was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him.

Trivia[]

Home Video[]

  • This episode is included in the Bionic Woman: Season Two DVD boxset collection.

Quotes[]

  • Oscar Goldman: Jaime, listen to me. Wayne Haley has disappeared trying to tell us something important. Now, you're the only female OSI agent that can handle this case!

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  • Jaime Sommers: Mad Mary? Amazon April and the Spider Lady? Oh boy... average girls next door holds for a stick of gum.

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  • Jaime Sommers: I'm telling you, Jimmy, Battling Betty, she's gonna get the axe tonight. She's really is gonna get the axe tonight. And if you're out there watching, sweetheart, I got a rhyme for ya: If you show up tonight, you can trust that you're gonna eat my dust when I break you in half everybody's gonna laugh and say bashful battling Betty's a bust!

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  • Jaime Sommers: I don't suppose you'd consider putting Steve in a dress, huh?

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See also[]

The Bionic Woman

The Six Million Dollar Man

External Links[]



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