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"Burning Bright"
Series The Six Million Dollar Man
Season 1, Episode 11
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Air date April 12th, 1974
Writers Del Reisman
Director Jerry London
Producers Harve Bennett; Sam Strangis; Donald R. Boyle
Starring Lee Majors; Richard Anderson
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"Burning Bright" is the eleventh episode of season one of the sci-fi/action series The Six Million Dollar Man. This episode was directed by Jerry London and written by Del Reisman. It first aired on ABC on Friday, April 12th, 1974. In this episode, an astronaut named Josh Lang, a friend and colleague of Steve Austin's comes back from a spacewalk after suffering from a strange, electrical charge. Steve notices that Josh is acting extremely peculiar, but things grow more intense as Austin learns that his friend has now developed increased psychokinetic abilities, including the power to mentally control the minds of dolphins and human beings. As his mental condition continues to deteriorate however, Steve must find a way to restrain him for his own protection.

Cast[]

Principal Cast[]

Actor Role
Lee Majors Colonel Steve Austin
Richard Anderson Oscar Goldman

Guest Stars[]

Actor Role
William Shatner Josh Lang
Warren Kemmerling Ted Haldane

Co-Stars[]

Actor Role
Quinn Redeker Calvin Billings
Rodolfo Hoyos Ernesto Arruza
Anne Schedeen Tina Larson
Joseph di Reda 1st deputy
Ron Stokes 2nd M.P.
Aaron Mitchell 2nd deputy
Chas. Floyd Johnson 3rd M.P.
Trent Dolan Technician
Mary Rings Millie

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Production code number: 40020
  • The footage at the beginning of this episode is of Ed White's spacewalk during 1965 Gemini 4 mission. He was the first American to walk in space and was later killed in the Apollo 1 fire. [1]
  • The character of Josh Lang is played by veteran Star Trek actor William Shatner. Series star Lee Majors and Shatner will reunite thirty-seven years later as rivals against one another in the "Well Suitored" episode of the sitcom series $#*! My Dad Says.
  • Tonaly, this episode is very similar to the season one episode of Star Trek entitled "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Aside from both episodes featuring William Shatner, they also both explore the plot device of a man given great power after being exposed to intense electromagnetic radiation. In Star Trek, the man's name was Gary Mitchell and he was played by Gary Lockwood. In each episode, both men are forced into a conflict with their closest friend and die as a result of their growing power ultimately consuming them. In both episodes, the men are given "hero's" funerals.

See also[]

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Bionic Woman

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