S2.E9

Act of Piracy

Episode aired Nov 29, 1974
TV-PG
48m

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Lee Majors and Lenore Kasdorf in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

Colonel Steve Austin is placing earthquake sensors on the ocean floor with Dr. Louis Craig of the US fishing boat Nesco. When the nearby country of Santa Ventura breaks of diplomatic relatio... Read allColonel Steve Austin is placing earthquake sensors on the ocean floor with Dr. Louis Craig of the US fishing boat Nesco. When the nearby country of Santa Ventura breaks of diplomatic relations with the U.S., a patrol boat captures the Nesco and severs the air hose to the diving b... Read allColonel Steve Austin is placing earthquake sensors on the ocean floor with Dr. Louis Craig of the US fishing boat Nesco. When the nearby country of Santa Ventura breaks of diplomatic relations with the U.S., a patrol boat captures the Nesco and severs the air hose to the diving bell Steve Austin is manning.

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Trivia
The patrol boat used in this episode is the same one, albeit with some modifications, that was used for scenes of the PT-73 underway in the high seas in the television sitcom, McHale's Navy and the two feature films based on the same series.

The modifications were done by an owner when the boat was sold by Universal after the cancellation of McHale's Navy.

Goofs
As the soldiers leave the dock in the small boat, the shadow of the camera is visible at the bottom of the screen.

Quotes
Ferndo Ferraga: Careless of them not to remain in international waters. Pitty. Ah, careless, careless, careless. Such an advanced oceanographic research vessel, such an emiment American scientist. An astronaut who walked on the moon, but soon will walk no more.

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The Diving Bell

Steve Austin(Lee Majors) is inside a diving bell in the ocean placing new earthquake detecting sensors on the bottom when the private research ship that brought him there is hijacked by a hostile military government that has just broken off relations with the United States, and the general in charge severs the lifeline to the diving bell, taking the crew hostage. Steve(of course) escapes and makes his way to shore in order to rescue his friends, but a traitor among them may endanger all their lives as they make their escape back home, where Oscar Goldman(Richard Anderson) awaits with naval assistance. Mediocre plot but still reasonably exciting.