The Bionic Woman (1976–1978): Season 3, Episode 2 - The Bionic Dog: Part 2 - full transcript

Jaime and Max have fled to the Sierra Nevada mountains and take refugee with an old flame of hers, forest ranger Roger Grette. She finally deduces that Max is not suffering from bionic breakdown, but has a fear of fire instead. During one such panic attack, Max breaks loose and runs straight into a forest fire.

NARRATOR: Last week,
on The Bionic Woman...

RUDY: Maximilian was our first bionic creature.
(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

He was the fastest animal alive.

JAIME: Was?

Well, why wasn't I told about him?

Are you guys hiding something from me?

For the past two weeks,

Max has taken a nosedive
in every measurable way.

Rudy is afraid that Max is experiencing a new kind
of bionic rejection.

I mean, he thinks this
could happen to me, huh?

It can't be rejection.



If I... HI could get him out there and show him
how much fun bionics could be,

I know I could get him to use them.

The answer's no.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

JAIME: That's a boy, Max.
- Come on! We'll show them. Come on!

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

If you could've seen him running and jumping
with me bionically...

How? Look at him!
(MAX BARKING)

The bionic rejection
is driving him crazy.

RUDY: I'm going to put Max away.

Well, what are you gonna do when
I start to reject?

Are you gonna put me away, too?

RUDY: Where do you think she took him?

OSCAR: Ojai.



Don't make a bad boy scout, do I, Max?

JAIME: Hey, [don't know what made Max go crazy
before, but he's fine now.

(GROWLING)

(WHIMPERING)

(BARKING)

JIM: Max!

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

JAIME: Max!

I'm sorry, Jaime. I've got to call
the state police.

No.

Max! Come back!
(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

NARRATOR: And now, for the conclusion
of The Bionic Dog

on The Bionic Woman.

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(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

POLICE RADIO: All units, we have just received an
APB from Ventura County.

Be on the look-out for a Jaime Sommers.

Female, blonde, late twenties.

Traveling with a German Shepherd dog.

[Locate and refer information to the OS]
on priority 6 basis.

However, if the dog attacks, shoot to kill.

Hi, Harry.

TRUCKER: Hey, lady.
- We're here.

Lady?

Here you are.

Oh.

Come on, Max.

They keeping you much busy, John?

Nah.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Got an APB on a couple of
runaways from down south,

but I don't expect they'll get up this far.

They might.
Weather's nice.

Stay, Max.

How's by you?
Can't complain.

If I do, nobody listens.

OFFICER: That's how I feel. Mmm-hmm.
On the run?

HARRY: You tell Betsy to stop by anytime.
TRUCKER: Yeah.

I've been there too. Glad to get the invitation.
See you around.

We”, tell grandma howdy.
HARRY: Will do.

There, he's leaving now.

(SIGHS WITH RELIEF)

Thank you.

Nothing to it. You got any
friends around here?

Well, I hope so.
I used to.

Used to?

I hope you find them.

Thanks.

Goodbye.
Bye.

Come on. Let's go. Bye.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(FOLK MUSIC PLAYING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(SHEEP BLEATING)

Look at that, Max.
Aren't they beautiful?

Okay, come on, let's go.

Well, Max, let's hope this old friend
is still friendly.

MAN: Come on in, Harry.
I'm in the kitchen.

Harry?

Sometimes I can't believe you.

Half the time you barge right in,
the other half you pretend...

You're a gentleman.

Hello, Roger.

Uh...

Come on in.
Thank you.

Stay. No, no,
it's okay.

It's okay?
Yeah.

Animals are considered
people around here.

Okay.

ROGER: It's been...

It's been a long time.

It has.

Can I get you a cup of coffee
or something?

Oh, yeah, I'd love some. Would you mind putting
just a little...

Teaspoon of cocoa in it.

Yeah. You remembered.

You hungry?

A little.

Okay, I got some stuff going.

What brings you up here anyway?

Oh, we were just passing through.

Didn't hear your car.

Well, we walked up from the bottom
of the hill.

Max wanted to stretch his legs and so I
ran along with him.

Here you are.
It's fresh,

it's hot.
Thank you.

Uh...

Roger, I would like to apologize for
the way that I left.

It wasn't easy for me either.

I don't blame you.

The tennis circuit is a lot more exciting than
anything that's happening around here.

Most of the time it's downright dull.

Well, I could've been a little more
mature about it

and discussed it with you before I left.

Would've made it worse.
Like pulling a Band-Aid off.

Honest.

Jaime,

I'm glad you're here.

Okay.

I used to have a Shepherd when I was a kid,
out in the country.

I ever tell you about him?
Mmm-mmm.

Lobo.

Yeah, you're a good boy.

Yes, you are.

He was really something special.

No matter where Lo was,
he had this kind of, um...

Energy with him, you know?

He had an ability

to look into things,
to see through them

to what was essential.

Real.

(ROGER CHUCKLES)

I guess that I

learned more from life
from him than anybody.

How to discover it.
Enjoy it.

I loved that dog.

(WHINING)

Shh... Max.

POLICE RADIO: All units,
the 08/ has ordered us

to intensify the search
for the girl and dog.

They think she might have hiked up
Route 6 to our area.

Search all truck stops
and other rest areas.

Get at it.
Report in regularly.

Max?

That's okay.
He's right here.

I fed him a little while ago.

(CHUCKLING)
He ate like a horse.

Runs like one, too. How long have
I been asleep?

Uh... Seven hours.

Really?
Mmm-hmm.

I guess you were tired.

Yeah, so was Max.

Well, you definitely have not lost your touch,
Mr. Grette.

A fireside dinner and everything, hmm?

Oh, this is just candlelight.

You see, this time of year, the forest is a great
big tinderbox,

and we can't risk a hot cinder going
up the flue, can we?

Well, you always were
the cautious type.

Can I help?

No, this one's on me.

Oh, come on now,
I can do something.

Okay, you can light the candles.

The matches are right there.

I'll get the lights.

Not fair.

All is fair.
Not fair.

All is fair.

Okay.
Here, let me help you.

One.

Come on.

Two.

Hello...

Come here.

(MAX BARKS)

Max? What's wrong?

Come on.
It's okay.

He's just jealous.

Lobo used to get that way sometimes.

Okay.

(BARKING)

Max, what's the matter with you?

ROGER: I gotta get the steaks.

Okay.

(BARKING)

Max, what's the matter
with you, huh?

(BARKING)

(WHINING)

Okay, here we go. It's the specialty
of the house, Steak Diane.

Diane? What happened
to Steak Jaime?

Okay, Steak Jaime.

(MAX WHINING)

(MAN LAUGHING)

(BARKING)

Max!
(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Max!

ROGER: What the heck?

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Max, come back here.

He's gone.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

That is the strongest
dog I've ever seen.

Will you look at that? He pulled the screws
right out of the frame.

Max was staring at that candle, Roger.
It was the flame.

Hmm?

Jim was building a fire.

It's fire, fire.
That's what it is.

That's what it's been all this time.

I don't understand.

Max was caught in a lab fire when
he was a little puppy.

And that's what's been making him so crazy all the
time. It's his fear of fire.

I mean, you saw the flames from
the steaks made him run.

And is he what's been
making you run?

What?

I know about the APB. They called.

They said that Max was dangerous
and that if he attacked,

to shoot to kill.

"Shoot to kill"?

Oh, I don't believe it.

What's the matter with them?
What about you?

Why didn't you turn us in?
Why didn't you say something?

You could've... Wait a minute,
now wait a minute...

I'm trying to help you.

Honest.

(SOBS)

I'm sorry, Roger.
I'm sorry.

Oh, it's...

It's just so ridiculous, I mean, "Shoot to kill."
Do you know how silly that is?

Hey, you know, I've got to call
Oscar and Rudy.

They might still be at my house.

Who are they? And what's this
about the O.S.I.?

Can you tell me what's going on here?

I can't tell you much about it.

Max is a very special dog
and he's got a problem.

He hates fire. He's scared
to death of it.

Now, if I can just convince Oscar
and Rudy... Hello?

Oscar?
Jaime?

Where are you?
Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Listen, I'm staying with a friend of mine
up in the Sierras.

We're at the ranger station
above Hardin Corner.

I was really worried about you.

Jaime, we're sorry. All of us are sorry
that you had to run.

Things got so out of hand.

Yes, I know. It's okay.

Now, look, I'll tell
you what you do.

Bring Max back here and we'll see
what can be done.

Well, I can't. See, he ran away
again tonight.

What? But I know why
he did it, Oscar.

It's fire. That's what it's been
all this time.

It's fire.

I mean, that's what made him charge out
of the coach house.

That's what made him
run away tonight.

Well, Jaime, we can't be sure until we
run some tests.

I am sure.

I mean, I can prove it to you
when I get back there.

Look, will you please... Just call off the APB,
okay, before somebody shoots him.

Will you at least do that for me?

Of course, babe, but...

I've got to get out there and start
looking for Max now.

Would you tell Helen and Jim I'm okay
and that I love them, huh?

I will. Take care of yourself.

Call off the APB. Jim, how far is
Hardin Corner from here?

Well, it's an all-night drive.

Well I better get going.

What happened?

Max is running wild in the Sierras.

(WOLF HOWLING)

(SHEEP BLEATING)

(WOLF HOWLING)

(WOLF HOWLING)

(BLEATING)

(WOLF SNARLING)

(SHEEP BLEATS)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(WOLF BARKING)

(BARKING)

Hey. Hey!

(BOTH SNARLING)

(SHEEP BLEATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

What's going on out there?

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(SNARLING)

(WOLF WHINING)

(COCKING GUN)

Gotcha, you bloodsucker.

(GUN FIRES)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Roger?

Just a second.

Hey, I thought I heard
a gunshot out there.

That's probably old Harley
chasing off a wolf.

Here, let's go.

(RADIO BUZZING)
Oh.

Hardin Mountain.
Go ahead.

Roger? This is Harley down
by the northwest meadow.

Harley, make it quick, will you?
I'm on my way out.

Well, I just had this big dog kill
one of my sheep.

A German Shepherd.
I winged him.

I thought you'd want to know.
He's heading up your way.

A German Shepherd? Now, are you sure
it wasn't a wolf?

(CHUCKLING) Oh, heck no.
I saw him clean as day. He was a big fella.

I'm going after him now.

[I'm gonna see if] can finish him off.

Harley?

Harley, come in.

(SHOUTING)
Harley!

Roger, that couldn't
have been Max,

'cause he wouldn't attack a sheep herd.

That doesn't matter now.
The important thing

is we get to him before Harley does.

Come on, let's go.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(WHINING)

(WHIMPERING)

JAIME: Max?

Max, here, boy.
Max!

Max?

(SCREAMS)

(BARKING)

Believe me, he's more
frightened than you are.

Yeah.

Well, now we know who killed the sheep, huh?

He's got some bad bites on him, too.
Maybe he's been in a fight.

With Max?

Yeah, I think so. Come on,
let's go this way. Max!

Max!

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(MAX WHINING)

(WHINING)

Roger, come here. I heard something
down over there.

I don't hear anything.

I do. Come on. Trust me.

(WHINING)

(RIFLE COCKING)

Gotcha.

(BARKING)

Ahh!
(GUN FIRES)

(GROANING)
My foot. It's got my foot.

(CRYING)
It's got my foot.

Stay away from me!

Help. Somebody please help me.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Come on, dog.
Leave me be.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Nice dog. Good doggie.

Now, you know I didn't mean you no harm.

Oh... Oh, don't...
Don't eat my foot.

Hey, please, don't eat my...
Don't eat my foot!

No, please. I need it!
Please... (CRYING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

I don't believe...

What kind of dog are you?

(CIRCUITS BEEPING)

(HOWLING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Fire! Oh, no,
got to get out of here.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

I heard something right over here.

Oh, my God.

JAIME: Oh, wow. Is it bad?

Forest as dry as it is now... Come on, I've got
to get back to the station.

Okay.

Max! Come on, baby.

It's Jaime. It's Jaime.
(BARKING)

Jaime, stay away from him. There's something wrong
with his jaw.

It's Jaime, come on.

Jaime, stay back. Look out!

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

I gotta go after him.

But the fire's spreading that way.
Don't be stupid.

Look, Roger, you said that to me when I wanted to
go on the tennis circuit.

It didn't do any good then, and it's not
gonna do any good now.

Jaime...
Please listen.

Now you've got to go stop
that fire, right?

Okay, I have to go find Max.
Please understand.

WILL: Skylift Two,
this is Fire Boss.

How's it look to you?

PILOT: Not good, Bill. It's running wild
up the mountain.

All right, pull out and get another load.

PILOT: Gotcha, Bill.

Hardin Mountain,
this is Fire Boss.

Roger, are you there?

Yeah, I'm here, Will.

WILL: How's it looking?

ROGER: Worse than '74.

The lines have been pushed back twice.

To tell you the truth, you know, we could
use some relief

WILL: That's a laugh.
I'll call you when.

Willy, I'm serious.
Now, we're all about to drop.

Hey, look, we could all use some help.
You'll be the first to know when we get some.

Fire Boss out.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Max?

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(MAX WHINING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(MAX BARKING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

PILOT: Skylift to Fire Boss.

Fire Boss, go ahead.

PILOT: Bad news. The wind
is starting to shift.

WILL: What's it doing?

PILOT: Blowing the burn up around the top.
It's just a big circle of flame.

The mountain's closed in.

Look, Tyler, we really do
need some relief up here.

WILL: Roger?
- What's wrong?

Look, I'm telling you,
we need some people.

I don't have any people to give you.

Look, I got to get out of here.

Roger, what are you talking about?

Look, my girl is out there
in the middle of it.

Willy, I've got to go get her.

You'll do more to help
her where you are.

Look, I don't see it that way.

I lost her one time and I'm not about
to lose her again.

Rog! Rog!

Rog! One of you guys watch
the radio for me, will you?

I'm going out.

FIRE RADIO: ...east west,
car to car and operations.

Get that shiny piece
of junk out of here.

This is a fire camp not a rest stop.

I'm Oscar Goldman, of the Office
of Scientific Intelligence.

This is my associate,
Dr. Rudy Wells.

I don't care who you are.

My best ranger just deserted his post,

and I'm in no mood to fool with spies.
Now get out.

I'm sorry to trouble you, but this is a matter
of national security.

Now, we're looking for a young woman and a dog.
A German Shepherd.

They're supposed to be staying at the ranger
station. Have you seen them?

No. But I know where they are.

That ranger I was just telling you about
went in after them.

Well, where are they?

Up there.

In the middle of the fire.

OSCAR: Jaime...

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BARKING)

Max? Max!

(MAX BARKING)

Jaime!

Max. Max.

(BARKING)

(CIRCUITS BEEPING)

Hi, baby, it's me.

Now, come on now. It's your jaw
that's making you hurt.

I can help you, honey.
(BARKING)

Come on.

Max. I can help you.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Okay.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)
Max, no!

No, Max.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(WHIMPERING)

(BEEPING STOPS)

WILL: Skylift Two,
this is Fire Boss.

Any sign of the girl and the dog
on your last pass?

PILOT: Negative,
and don't hold your breath.

Right now that sector's
hotter than a bakery oven.

Jaime!

(WHINING)

Jaime!

Max! Here, Max!

Jaime!

(BARKING)

Max...

Jaime.

It's okay, Max.
Jaime, come here. Jaime.

Max, no...

It's all right, it's all right.
It's all right.

It's okay.

No, it's all right now.
It's all right.

Okay. Okay.

Oh, my.

My head hurts.

What happened to you?

Max attacked me.
And he got my arm.

Jaime!

Oh, I'm sorry, Roger, I...

I didn't want you to see this.

Not all of me is like this,
you know. Just parts.

ROGER: Well, what is it?

It's bionics. I'll tell you
about it later.

Max, too then?

Yeah.

That's why he was running from me.

Apparently, when they shot him,

it caused a short circuit
in his jaw.

And I guess the electricity or something
was affecting his mind.

I jerked on a couple of wires when
he jumped on me.

And I guess that did it.

It's getting hot!

Take that thing off. I've got a coat
for you right here.

Are we going to get out of here, Roger?

Maybe.

There's a steam engine at the old logging camp.
They used to use it for tourism.

It's just over the rise. Maybe we can get
it to run. Come on, it's worth a shot.

WILL: See anything?

PILOT: Nothing yet. - The north woods
is going up something fierce.

I'm going to make a pass
over the logging camp.

Easy. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Max.

Okay.

What are we going to do about that car?

We'll push it if we can get this
old horse to run.

Everything seems to be okay.

(GRUNTS)

Oh, I spoke too soon.
The deadman's stuck.

That's an encouraging
name. What is it?

You have to hold it back while the train's going,
or it comes to a stop.

It was in case...

In case the engineer
turned into a dead man?

Let me try.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

There you go.
See, it's easy.

You'd be surprised at what else I can do.

I'm afraid to ask.

Come on, give me a hand
with this fire here.

Roger, there's a helicopter.

Hello! Hey!

ROGER: (WHISTLES)
- Hey, down here.

Hey, down here.

JAIME: Oh,
he's pulling away.

Well, he couldn't have landed anyway.

Come on, stoke it up.

PILOT: I'm sorry, Bill,
but it's too hot to land.

WILL: I understand,
Skylift Two.

Fire Boss out.

One of the choppers just spotted some movement
at the logging camp.

I'll lay odds it's them. Can the chopper
get in and get them?

No, it's too much flame. But there's an old
steam engine up there.

Now, if they can get it started, and the tracks
haven't burnt out yet,

they just might be able to ride it down.

Anyway we can help?

Yes, we can meet them up
by the fire break.

Come on.
Let's go.

(WHINING)

Okay, baby. We'll be out of here
in just a minute.

You ready, Ace?

I haven't heard that
in a long time.

(TOOTING)

All right!
Here we go.

ROGER: Come on,
let's go. Come on.

Let's go.

Go!
ROGER: Come on!

Come on.
What's wrong?

We're pushing too much weight.

Well, maybe it just needs a little help, huh?

Like another locomotive.
Where you going?

Open the throttle.

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

(STEAM ENGINE RUNNING)

Can I ask you how you did that?

No.

(ROGER COUGHING)

The smoke's getting heavy.

(JAIME COUGHING)

(BARKING)
JAIME: I know it's hot.

(ROGER COUGHING)

You guys and Roger...

She must be something
very special.

She is.

What are their chances?

It depends on how hot it is. How long
the tracks hold out.

ROGER: Here comes a hot spot.

JAIME: (COUGHING)
- Are we going to make it?

ROGER: (COUGHS) - Maybe, if we don't die
of smoke inhalation first.

(BOTH COUGHING)

(WHIMPERING)

(COUGHING)

JAIME: Hey,
thanks, Max. (COUGHS)

(ROGER COUGHING)

WILL: This is it!

OSCAR: Can we get through?

Maybe.

But I'm not going to risk
sending anyone in,

until I know that train
is on the other side.

(COUGHING)
I can't breathe.

I can't breathe.
(COUGHS) Jaime...

The deadman...

(COUGHS)

(ROGER'S VOICE)
Well, this deadman had to be held back.

(COUGHING)

(MAX WHINING)

(WHIMPERING)

(BARKING)

Did you hear something, Oscar?

I thought I heard a dog barking.

WILL: Somebody, get on the radio. See
if the chopper can spot them.

It's only the fire, Rudy.

(MAX WHINING)

(COUGHING)

Max? (GROANING)

Max, did you hear that?

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

WILL: You guys go down the road

and see if there might be another way in.

Go... (COUGHS) Go get... (COUGHS) Go get them,
Max. Go on and get them.

(WHINING)

Go get them.
Go get them, Max.

(BARKING)

Go get them, Max.

(WHIMPERING)

(COUGHS)

(BARKING)

(BIONIC POWERS ACTIVATING)

Max!

(BARKING)
Max, where's Jaime?

(BARKING)

Let's go!

All right, get that line over here.
We're going through.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

(ALL CLAMORING)

(BARKING)

Get him out!

RUDY: Smoke inhalation. It looks bad.
I need oxygen.

Grab her.

Easy now. Easy.

Over here.
Give me oxygen.

I've got her.

Get that mask out.

Hurry. Hurry.

Max...

Max, I'm sure your licks are beneficial, but the
oxygen will do her more good.

WILL: Come on, deep breaths.
Breathe.

That's it. That's it, breathe.

That's it. There she goes.
There she goes.

(MOANING)
Max.

Good boy, Max. Good boy.

WILL: There,
she's gonna be okay.

Good boy, Max.
Good boy.

PILOT: It looks pretty clean, Bill.

Everything seems to be under control.

WILL: That's terrific.

What are you hanging around for?
Go on home.

PILOT: I thought you'd never ask. I'm out.

...was sparking.

And then he jumped over me
and he ate my gun.

Solid steel.
He ate it...

I thought you'd like to know,
it's under control.

I'm relieved.
Thanks.

Oh, and, Rog?

Yeah?

She's worth it.

Yeah, I know.

Rudy, what's gonna happen to Max now?

Oh, I guess I'll become
a dog shrink

and I'll try to help Max
overcome his fear of fire.

Not in the lab, huh?

Not in the lab.

Well, where will you keep him?

After he's gotten over it.

We're not sure. We might give
him to Jaime.

Or a certain forest ranger's cabin?

(CHUCKLING)

That's a good idea.

Except I get visiting privileges,
you know.

That's the idea.

OSCAR: We'll consider it.

But the final decision
is up to Max.

Isn't that right, Max?

Max?

Shh... He’s tired.

(MAX WHINES)