Bionic Ever After?
The long-overdue wedding of Steve and Jaime is put in doubt.
Bionic Ever After? is a made-for-TV sci-fi action film that aired on CBS on November 29, 1994. It brings back the main cast from the 1970s series *The Six Million Dollar Man* and its spin-off *The Bionic Woman*, including Lee Majors as Steve Austin, Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman, and Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells. New characters include Kimberly Harmon/Haviland (Farrah Forke), Carolyn MacNamara (Anne Lockhart), John MacNamara (Alan Sader), and Miles Kendrick (Geordie Johnson). The story centers on Steve and Jaime’s long-awaited wedding, which is jeopardized when Jaime’s bionic systems begin to fail and Steve gets caught in a tense hostage situation. This is the third and final reunion movie featuring most of the original actors, following *The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman* (1987) and *Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman* (1989).
Jaime Sommers counsels OSI agent Kimberly Harmon, who is traumatized from a recent mission and asks Jaime to help her leave the OSI. Jaime tells Oscar Goldman that Kimberly is not ready for an upcoming assignment and needs recovery time. On her way to meet Steve at his boat, Jaime’s bionic ear malfunctions, painfully amplifying sounds. They discuss wedding plans. Later, during a bionic racquetball game, Jaime’s right hand gives her trouble, letting Steve win for the first time. That night, as Jaime lies immobile in bed, someone replaces a chip in her bionic right arm with a new one labeled "Phase 2."
At the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, Oscar visits Ambassador John MacNamara and his wife Carolyn, who are preparing a ball for tennis star Astaad Rashid. Oscar declines to stay, citing his role as best man at Steve and Jaime’s wedding. On the day of the ball, an armed team led by Miles Kendrick infiltrates the embassy, taking the ambassador, his wife, and guests hostage. They deploy a Scud missile with a nuclear core aimed at the city as insurance and demand Rashid be handed over.
Back in Washington, Jaime tells Oscar her bionic systems are failing and she worries about the impact on Steve and their wedding. The conversation is interrupted by news of the embassy attack. During a counseling session with Kimberly, Jaime collapses and is rushed to the hospital. Dr. Rudy Wells tells Steve that Jaime may have neurological damage and might
- Original air date
- November 29, 1994
- Network
- CBS
- Genre
- Science fiction action
- Director
- Not specified in source
- Starring
- Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Farrah Forke, Martin E. Brooks
- Nielsen ranking
- #29 for the week, 18.0 million viewers
Lore & Background
In the film, Jaime Sommers is counseling OSI agent Kimberly Harmon, who is traumatized from a mission. Jaime's bionic systems begin to fail—her ear malfunctions, her hand gives her trouble during a racquetball game, and she later collapses. Dr. Rudy Wells discovers a computer virus has infiltrated her bionic systems and shuts down her power supply to replace infected chips. Meanwhile, Steve Austin is caught in a tense hostage situation at the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, where mercenary Miles Kendrick has taken the ambassador and guests hostage and deployed a Scud missile with a nuclear core.
Reader's Guide
Bionic Ever After? serves as the concluding chapter of the reunion film trilogy that brought back the iconic bionic characters from the 1970s. The film's plot centers on the wedding of Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers, a long-awaited event for fans of the original series. It introduces new characters such as Kimberly Harmon (later revealed to be Kimberly Haviland, daughter of a disgruntled bionics researcher) and Miles Kendrick. The film received a Nielsen rating of 18.0 million viewers, ranking #29 for its week. It was later included in DVD and Blu-ray collections of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman complete series sets.
Did You Know?
- During development, the movie was titled Bionic Breakdown, referring to the subplot involving Jaime's failing bionics.
- Dave Thomas, founder of the Wendy's fast food chain, appears uncredited as one of the hostages held in the embassy basement.
- The film features a cameo by Lee Majors II, son of Lee Majors, as an OSI agent.
- The movie originally aired on November 29, 1994, on CBS.
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