The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978): Season 4, Episode 7 - The Bionic Boy - full transcript
In special two-hour show of "The Six Million Dollar Man", Andy Shefield has been injured in a landslide that also killed his controversial father. OSI chooses the youth to receive atomic/bionic implants that will restore his paralyzed legs. The result is superhuman strength in those legs. Andy immediately uses this new power to do what he can to restore the good name of his father. Once he gets in over his head, Colonel Steve Austin comes to his aid.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
How was that?
Nice run.
60 miles an hour for 30 minutes
in this heat is a little more than nice.
Rudy's on the phone.
Oh.
How’d the run look on your estimates?
Great, Steve.
But we're cutting
the endurance test short.
Have Dr. Porter drive you to my lab.
Something wrong?
No. Quite the opposite.
Steve, I can't wait for you
to see what I've done.
The implant surgery!
You did it!
RUDY: It's only been two years since he
was paralyzed in that accident at the zoo.
Now look at him.
100 percent success.
That's fantastic, Rudy.
Congratulations.
Thanks. There's more.
We're ready to test it on a human being.
We've had the computer
running for the last 48 hours...
to find the ideal recipient
for the implants.
The subject has to be
paralyzed from the waist down...
with at least three percent
of the leg nerves functioning.
Paralysis must have occurred
within the last four years...
and from an accident,
not a disease, Steve.
If the implants work,
could they eventually be used...
to restore the use of limbs regardless
of how they were paralyzed?
That's our hope.
That's our dream.
You've found someone, haven't you?
Yeah.
He's the only one who fits
the requirements perfectly, Steve.
He's got above average
coordination and motor skills.
His general health is excellent.
His name is Andrew Sheffield...
he lives in Kanab, Utah.
And his personality and
psychological profile is normal.
He'll have the same problems I had
when you made me bionic, remember?
Well, his implants aren't
the same as your bionics...
but his psychological
problems will be similar, yeah.
After what you've been through, Steve,
no one would understand...
those problems better than you.
Right. You can help him overcome the fears
he'll have after the implant surgery.
Help him regain the confidence and
encourage him to get back on his feet again.
Okay.
Let me have all the facts on the implants.
All the possibilities. Good and bad.
FLIGHT COM:
It looks good at NASA One.
B- 52 >PILOT:
Roger.
BCS Arm switch is on.
FLIGHT COM:
Okay, Victor.
B-52 PILOT:
Landing Rocket Arm switch is on.
Here comes the throttle.
Circuit breakers in.
STEVE:
We have separation.
B-52 PILOT:
Inboard and outboards are on.
I'm comin' forward with the side stick.
FLIGHT COM:
Looks good.
PILOT:
Ah, Roger.
STEVE:
I've got a blowout in damper three.
SR-71 PILOT:
Get your pitch to zero.
STEVE:
Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!
B-52 PILOT: Correction. Alpha Hold is off.
Threat selector is emergency.
STEVE: Flight Com. I can't hold it!
She's breaking up! She's breaking...
ANNOUNCER:
Steve Austin. Astronaut.
A man barely alive.
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.
We have the technology.
We have the capability
to make the world's first bionic man.
Steve Austin will be that man.
Better than he was before.
Better, stronger, faster.
(MAIN TITLE THEME)
Feed it for you, mister?
No, thanks. I'm looking
for Andrew Sheffield's house.
Do you happen to know
where he lives?
Yes, but Andrew wouldn't be at home.
He'd be at the baseball game.
Practically the whole town's there.
Right down the road.
Thank you, ma'am.
(ALL CHEERING)
I wonder if you could help me.
Snow cones will be ready in a minute.
The machine broke down.
Sorry to hear about that.
You don't want a snow cone, do you?
No, I was looking for someone named...
(BASEBALL HIT, CROWD CHEERS)
Haha! Home run!
That Joe Hamilton kid's done it.
Tied up score!
UMPIRE: He's outta there!
(FANS ARGUE OVER CALL)
UMPIRE: Don't... don't hand me
any of that jive, Joe.
I'm the umpire, I called it out,
that's all there is to it.
He's out, I saw you get tagged.
The Stingers win 6 to 5.
Game's over!
COACH: Aw! Get out! What do you...
Can you beat that?
A perfect slide by Joe Hamilton of our home
team and our own umpire calls him out.
How can you dispute the call?
The umpire's right on the play.
He's a good umpire, just he never
gives a home team an inch.
You say you were looking for someone?
Yeah, Andrew Sheffield.
You found him. He's the umpire.
Come on, Mr. Craig!
Get back up on that
scoreboard and make it right!
Now for all of you
who are still non-believers...
I'll show you the slide marks
one more time.
Right there.
That's it. He's out!
He's a better writer
than he is an umpire.
He always writes up
the games for my paper.
He's a godsend to me.
I don't really know which
side of the ball is up.
Would you mind telling me
what you want with Andy?
Not just idle curiosity,
I also put out the local newspaper.
You're a terrible umpire,
you know that?
Face it, Joe,
you just can't slide.
I was safe and you know it.
You're getting old.
Have somebody else run
for you next time.
Hi.
Hey, nice going, champ.
You really told him.
You were right, you know.
He missed the plate by a mile.
By about an inch
and three quarters, to be exact.
Andy.
There's a fella here to see you.
Sure.
Hello, I'm Andy Sheffield.
Hello, Andy Sheffield,
I'm Steve Austin.
Steve Austin.
I've heard of that name.
Hey! You were an
All-American quarterback, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, in one game I remember
against, uh... against Tennessee...
you recovered five fumbles and you went
for touchdowns four out of the five, right?
It's nice of you to leave out the fact
that three of the fumbles were my own.
So, what's happening with you now?
I haven't seen your name with the pros.
I guess that was my problem, Andy.
I just couldn't hang on to the football.
Oh, come on. You would've made it big.
You were one heck of a runner.
I remember in one game
against Georgia Tech...
you carried the ball for 250 yards
in one game. A record for that year.
What are you, some kind of
a human sports encyclopedia?
It's my hobby.
Oh, I'm sorry.
These are my friends.
This is my friend, Judy Grant.
Hi, Judy.
And this is my sister, Valerie.
Nice to meet you.
My pleasure.
JOE: Hey, Andy!
Hey, we can't stay too long...
but I just wanted to tell you that there's
no hard feelings on your last call.
And I know you're really trying hard.
I'm sure you called it
just the way you saw it.
Yeah.
Mr. Fee says I've gotta start
football practice tomorrow...
so I've gotta get up pretty early.
Joe, I thought we had
a date going tonight!
Can't we just go for a sundae?
We won't stay late.
Ah, thanks anyway.
Joe.
Uh, would you young ladies mind
if I spoke to Andy alone?
BOTH: No.
Thank you.
You sure you wanna talk to me?
What's he here for?
I don't know.
I figured you for a Dodger scout.
Out here for a little look
at Joe Hamilton.
I'm afraid not, Andy.
I'm from Washington.
Well, what is it?
It's a little more complicated
than that, Andy.
Okay, give it to me straight.
All right.
The men I work with in Washington...
are involved in some very
unusual scientific developments.
Wait a second.
I couldn't have won a scholarship.
I mean, I got Cs in science.
No, seriously. What I'm gonna tell
you may sound a little far out.
Shoot. Go ahead.
Well, Andy...
we think there's an excellent chance
that we can make it possible...
for you to walk again.
(LAUGHS)
I'm going home to take a bath.
(LAUGHS)
(HORSES NEIGH)
I'm sorry that you had to make the trip
from Washington for nothing.
You don't understand. There's a
good possibility that he can walk again.
(LAUGHS)
Do you know how many times
we've heard that?
But this is different.
Yes, I know.
Hydrotherapy was different.
So was chemotherapy.
So was faith healing and the 20 other
different operations and techniques we tried.
We're talking about a new discovery...
by Dr. Rudy Wells,
the most brilliant scientist in this field.
Yeah, but it's still an experiment.
Why Andy? Isn't there somebody
else you can try it on?
We've entered hundreds
of factors into our computers...
to come up with the ideal subject.
Andy's the one that would give the technique
the maximum chance of success.
And what are those chances?
An even chance to walk again.
Yeah, which means
an even chance he won't walk.
You don't understand.
I've seen the suffering
that he goes through...
as each new hope fades away.
That's why I'm here.
To help him get through it.
However it turns out.
Yeah, but I don't want to put him through
another big disappointment again.
All right, Miss Sheffield.
I've heard your vote.
Now what about Andy's?
Look here, Colonel Austin.
I'm his sister.
I think I know what's best for him.
Do you? You think about it.
It's not you in that wheelchair.
You're right.
It's only fair that he hear
what you've got to say.
Come on in.
You can wait in the living room.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): Yeah, some of the guys
around town are making fun of me about it.
But I'm telling you, Andy...
I feel it, I know it.
The Red Clay Indian Burial Ground
is up there and we'll find it.
WOMAN (VO): He never should have taken
his son up to Haunted Mountain.
MAN (VO): They say he'll never walk again.
WOMAN (VO): Shh. He'll hear you.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): I'm telling you, Andy,
it's up there at Eagle's Point.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
(KNOCKING)
Andy?
Hey, what's the matter, champ?
I don't know.
It seems like every time
I get settled down...
and I get used to this...
somebody comes along
and they mess me up.
Why do they have to
keep bothering me?
I know.
I told him I was against it, but he still wants
to talk to you about it face to face.
Yeah. That's what I was afraid of.
Well, I just send him away, that's all.
The thing is, then
I'll always be wondering...
if this could've been it.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
I know.
Hey.
Hmm?
If my legs were working again...
I could go up to Haunted Mountain...
and prove to everybody
Dad was right.
Andy, I don't want to hear about
that mountain. Do you hear me?
Not one word.
Okay.
Colonel Austin?
Hello, Andy.
Nice collection of trophies
you have here.
What's this one for?
Track. High hurdles.
I won that one over Joe Hamilton, too.
That the big guy
you called out at home plate?
Yeah. Yeah.
Hard to believe, huh?
That I could've beaten Joe.
But I did.
I think I can give him a shot now.
Well, you know, if I didn't
walk on wheels, that is.
This your dad?
Yeah, yeah.
That picture was taken the day he was
made foreman of the grading crew.
That was just a couple months
before he died up at Haunted Mountain.
I'm sorry.
You know all those rocks and fossils
and old Indian relics in the living room?
Yeah, I saw them.
He collected them all.
Hey, I see you like Frank Gifford.
Yeah, yeah,
he's my favorite athlete.
I've seen the film when he played
with the New York Giants...
and they won the NFL
championship about ten times.
Loved to watch him play.
He just never stops charging.
He was that way in college, too.
You know Gifford?
I've played against him a few times.
You... you're kidding.
No.
Say, how would you like
an autographed football?
Yeah!
I'll see what I can do.
It's okay now.
What's okay?
I'm ready to hear your sales pitch now.
Come on.
Valerie might as well hear this, too.
STEVE: The Implants are fitted around
the nerves in the spinal canal.
They are connected to a power unit,
about the size of a double sugar cube.
One set of wires picks up the signal
coming down from the brain.
The unit just under the skin boosts the
power to stimulate the nerve to the muscles.
Is it a tough operation?
Well, I understand it's pretty complicated.
(EXPLOSION, HORSES NEIGH)
They're just blasting tree stumps
over at the McWhirter's.
He gets carried away sometimes.
I guess we're used to it.
I guess you can get used to anything.
Listen, Andy...
I know I'm asking you to make
a pretty tough decision.
But believe me, we wouldn't
want to do anything to hurt you.
Who am I kidding?
I wanna walk more than anything.
It's just that I have to be
honest with myself, I think.
I mean, I can accept the fact...
that I'll never be able to walk again.
But I don't know
if! can accept...
almost walking again.
(CLOCK TICKING)
You see, the last time...
last time I didn't whistle
a merry tune for months.
I don't know. The whole
thing sounds so great.
Maybe that's the problem.
It's too much to be real.
(EXPLOSION, HORSES NEIGH)
(HORSES NEIGHING, SCREECHING)
The fence is down.
The bull can get at the horses.
(BULL ROARS)
(HORSES NEIGH)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Hey! Hey!
Get back! Get back!
Hey!
Get back!
Get back in there!
(BULL GRUNTS)
There's some fence poles
on top of the lean-to!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
You just ran over 100 yards
in about four seconds.
No, it just seemed
like four seconds.
What about those high-jumps?
That fence is about five feet high!
And that lean-to is about 12 feet high.
How did you do it?
How could you have done that?
What are you?
I'm just like you, Andy, a human being.
Except I have some electronic
and mechanical parts.
You mean your right arm and your legs?
And my left eye.
That's incredible.
It was all done courtesy
of the government.
So it's what they call top secret.
You can't tell anyone.
You were injured in
an accident, too, like Andy.
I had to have all these replaced.
That's why you said you could
help him through the operation.
'Cause you've been
through it yourself.
If I had the operation,
would my legs be a strong as yours?
Afraid not, Andy.
They'll be normal strength.
And the whole thing would
be top secret, right?
No one will know about your implants.
It sure would be nice to kick a can
down the street again, wouldn't it?
Are you sure you want
to go ahead with it?
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay, Steve.
Okay, Andy.
Careful now.
Hold it. Hold it.
Put the REA. unit in room B.
No, no, no, no.
Cromar Mack Two in
the Operating Room.
How do you like
our little hospital?
It'll do just fine.
I want to thank you for
allowing us to work here.
My pleasure, Dr. Wells.
Tell you the truth, some of this
equipment scares the heck out of me.
My scrub nurse
will be flabbergasted.
I'll show you how everything works.
Uh...
Is there some place
we can talk in private?
You were talking about whether
to use our scrub nurse or yours.
I'm sure your scrub nurse
is competent, she'll be fine.
Dr. Penny, no one besides you
is to know about the implants.
Now if anybody asks any questions,
anything at all about it...
say something like it's a new,
spinal, surgical technique.
I understand.
Now, is surgery scheduled?
6:30 tomorrow morning.
Good.
I think we should go over
Andy's medical history.
If you don't mind,
it'll be quieter if we do it here.
That's a good idea.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): Up at Eagle's Point.
That's where I'll bet the cave is, Andy.
ANDY (VO): I can't wait for us to find it
to show everybody you're right.
It's good to know that someone
believes in you, Andy.
You ready?
ANDY: I'm ready.
(LOUD RUMBLING)
ANDY: Daddy! Daddy, I'm slipping!
Where are you?
Where'd you go?
Dad! Where are you?
My legs! My legs!
Andy.
Andy, wake up.
Wake up, Andy.
My legs!
It was just a dream.
Are you all right now?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.
I'm gonna be right outside
the door the rest of the night.
Just yell if you need anything.
That's better than a night light.
Get some sleep.
You got a big day tomorrow.
Okay.
Good night.
Thanks.
Sorry I'm late.
Oh, that's okay.
Would you like some coffee?
Oh, sure. Fine.
How's Andy?
Oh, he's just fine.
He had a little nightmare, though,
about his father, falling, his legs.
Yeah.
Last time he was in this hospital
was when he was rushed here...
from the accident
that paralyzed him.
You know, I know a little bit
about the accident...
but I'd really like to know
the whole story.
Oh, wow.
How can I start?
Well...
Start at the beginning.
Well...
For hundreds of years,
the Indians around here...
have told tales about the Red Clay tribe,
who were the first rulers of the southwest.
Supposedly, their burial ground is
in the mountains around Kanab...
although it's never been found.
Of course, nobody
believed that story.
But my father...
God bless him...
thought for sure that the burial ground
was up on Haunted Mountain.
That's the mountain
I passed on the way in.
Yeah.
One day an old college
professor told dad...
that if evidence of the
Red Clay tribe was found...
it could prove to be the missing link...
between the Indians in
the North and South America.
So from that day on, my Dad
climbed it every chance he got....
until everybody in town...
started calling him
Mr. Happy Hunting Ground.
But my dad still kept
searching that mountain.
That's when Andy was hurt, when he
went up the mountain with his dad?
Yeah.
My dad slipped on some loose rock
and Andy tried to hold him...
they both fell.
There was a horrible rock slide.
When they found my father,
he was... dead...
and Andy was paralyzed.
Most people thought it was
a pretty awful price to pay for...
a crazy dream.
But it was an accident, Valerie.
An accident.
I know.
You know, I'm really glad you're here to...
help us through this.
All right, now move it over.
Careful now.
We don't want a dislocation.
Yes, sir.
Grab the ball. Turn him.
DR. PENNY: The muscle's contracted.
RUDY: Fine.
Give me a couple of Kelly hemostats.
NASA: This is NASA One
calling ten seconds now.
STEVE: Ten seconds. Roger.
Zero. Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
Launch.
NASA: Okay, Steve.
Check your dampers, old buddy.
STEVE: They're not locked in too well.
Oh, she's really oscillating now.
NASA: Check your circuit breakers.
(RADIO CHATTER)
PILOT: Put your lights on and get out.
STEVE: No, I can handle it.
NASA: Don't take any chances, Steve.
STEVE: No sweat.
NASA: Move away out there.
Give him some room.
RADIO: Control, say that again.
Launch.
The vital signs are stable.
Fine.
All right.
We can make it fit now.
That's beautiful work, Dr. Wells.
Thank you, Doctor.
Ready for the implants.
That does it.
They fit beautifully.
All right, close him up.
Now all we have to do is
hope they work.
Everything stable?
Yes.
He's coming out of it.
Did I have the operation?
You sure did.
And it went sensationally.
Is he telling the truth?
You bet.
Val?
Val?
I'm right here, Andy.
You know, if you weren't
my sister, I'd kiss you.
Don't be silly.
I love you.
Andy, now get ready.
If the implants are working...
the adapters are going to pick it up
and it's gonna show it on the monitor.
Here's hoping for.
Turn it on.
(CLICKS BUTTON)
(CLICKS BUTTON FEW TIMES)
Are you sure the monitor
is functioning?
Think so.
You think so?
Didn't you check it?
It should be picking up a signal!
The implants are working!
Unless they aren't working.
They are.
I know they are!
There's something in this room
interfering with the monitor.
Oh, it's the clock.
No, it has to pick up
some transmission.
How about the radio?
It's off.
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)
The volume was turned down
but the radio was on.
Andy, that's a very bad habit.
(SHUTS OFF RADIO)
(LOUD BEEPING)
(GASPS, LAUGHS)
What... what is it?
Doc, pull the monitor.
Take a look, Andy.
STEVE: That's your legs talking.
They're awake!
(LAUGHS)
Colonel Austin.
It's a shame about that operation.
A shame?
We're all pulling for Andy.
You know that.
But, uh...
But what, Mr. Craig?
It's been three weeks.
Fishing, Mr. Craig.
Nice try.
Oh, and I put all those reference
books you asked for in a box...
and I'll bring them over
to the hospital later on today.
Andy, did you hear me?
I said I took all your international rule
books and threw them in Salt Lake!
Thanks.
Judy, you a good dancer?
What do you mean?
I don't like to have my toes stepped on.
And sometimes I swing
my partner too hard.
But I lead well.
Were you operated on
for your legs or for your head?
Judy, we're going to the dance.
I'm asking you for a date.
What dance?
The big summer dance and barbeque
down at Desavick's Lake.
You and me are going and dancing.
Andy, that's only a couple
of weeks away.
I know it's short notice.
But if no one else has asked you yet,
then I'm asking you.
How about that?
And I'm accepting!
Great!
What the heck did you do
with my reference books?
(LAUGHS)
Look at my legs!
What is it?
My... my legs!
My legs!
Well, it's about time.
What's happening?
Means it's time
you learned how to walk.
(ANXIOUS MUSIC)
I want you to put pressure on your legs.
The muscles are there.
Just use them.
Nah, I can't.
Why?
What do you mean, why?
I just can't do it.
Andy, we've been at this for eight days.
You should've been supporting
your weight by the second day.
Now come on. Try it.
I can't do it!
Yes, you can. You just won't.
I want you to stand up on your own!
I told you I can't do it!
Steve, I don't think it's
a good idea to push him.
You came here to watch, remember?
Not talk.
Now look, he is my brother.
Tomorrow at 11:00,
you and I work outside. Alone.
Now, Steve, it...
RUDY: Now, Steve...
You just gotta give it the right impulses.
Think hard.
You can move those legs.
Try, Steve, try.
It's all in your mind, Steve.
Just keep trying!
Okay, let's try it again.
I've tried. It doesn't seem to work.
Well, we keep trying until it does.
Now come on.
Easy.
Hey, Andy!
How you doing?
Hi, Joe.
Hey, looks like fun.
Oh, yeah. It is.
You should try it sometime, you know.
COLLEEN: Hey, Valerie tells me one
of these days you'll probably be walking.
Yeah.
Then you'll be twice as good
an umpire as you were.
Umpire? Oh, no.
I want to go out on the baseball team, the
football team, the tennis team, you name it.
Just like before.
That's the way to talk, Andy.
You forget, don't you?
Forget what?
All those trophies I won.
I won them beating you.
JOE: Oh, yeah. I remember.
JOE: Andy had some good days.
ANDY: Some good days?
Don't you remember, before the accident,
I beat you at everything. Everything.
I still would be beating him if...
Hey, that was then.
I mean, now is that you'll probably
be able to walk someday.
Now I'm the best athlete around here.
And now is me leaving this town
next year on a football scholarship.
No, no, no, buster.
That's not what now is.
I'll show you what now is.
This is now!
You did good, buddy.
It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Best athlete around, huh?
You just wait, Joe.
You just wait.
Someday, believe me...
you'll be feeling me at your heels,
believe me, I'm gonna pass you by.
That's the spirit.
Colleen?
Come on, let's go. We're gonna be
late for our dance committee.
Bye-bye, Andrew.
Three steps, Andy.
You took three steps!
I'm afraid.
Yeah, but you walked.
I fell down.
You'll probably fall down again
and again and again.
But somehow,
you got your legs to work.
You told Joe and Colleen
to come here today, didn't you?
Well, maybe.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks.
Okay, let's try it again.
(LIGHT POP MUSIC)
(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Steve. where's Andy?
Didn't he show up
for those tests?
No.
He took a ten second shower, got dressed,
and raced out of here for the hospital.
At least that's where
he said he was going.
Well, it's no big deal.
I've got to get back
to my lab tonight.
I can have Dr. Melville run
the tests tomorrow.
Yeah, but I wonder
why he lied about it?
Do you think maybe we've been crowding
him too much? Pressuring him.
He hasn't had much time alone
since, well, since the surgery.
I think it's something else, Rudy.
What do you mean?
I don't know exactly, buy there's
something going on with him.
I can see it in his eyes
every now and then.
Like what?
I don't know.
I've asked him about it,
I've asked him what's bothering him.
He doesn't want to talk about it.
Or at least not yet.
(HORN HONKS THREE TIMES)
Come on, Andy!
I'm late for my chores now!
ANDY'S DAD: That's where the Red Clay
bun'al cave must be, Andy.
Up at Eagle's Point.
I'll be back.
(RUMBLING)
I'll be back.
Hi.
Not bad for your
first day in town, huh?
I don't believe it.
It is the weirdest feeling
to see myself...
A reflection in the store
window standing up.
Every time I wanna move,
I keep feeling I have to do this.
Andy! I got something for you.
20 copies.
That oughta be enough
for your grandchildren.
Can you believe this?
Well, you earned it, Andy.
Thanks a lot, Vernon.
Appreciate it.
Not a bad looking picture
to have on the front page.
Hi.
Glad to see you out
of that chair, Andy.
Hey, thanks a lot Mr. Wheeler.
Thank you.
Thank you.
ANDY: I can't believe this.
"Kanab Boy Walks Once More."
Hi.
Nice having you walk
around town again, Andy.
Oh, well, thank you, ma'am.
Oh, thank you.
I appreciate it, Mrs. Berrywood.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
Real nice town you got here.
Yeah.
And you got one more
gift coming tomorrow.
What's that?
Oh, that autographed football
I promised you.
Fantastic.
Thanks.
There you are, Andy.
Would you like a couple more?
A couple more?
I figure three Gifford's would be
worth one OJ. Simpson.
(ALL LAUGH)
Hey, Andy.
Why don't you go loosen up?
Maybe we can talk Frank into showing
you some basic techniques in football.
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Would you hold this for me, Steve?
Thanks for coming, Frank.
You know, you sure couldn't tell
he was in a wheelchair a few weeks ago.
Rudy did a miracle.
What I wanna see is
how well his legs are working.
Good idea.
Hey, Steve, do you still have those
super powers you were telling me about?
Wait a minute, Frank.
That's supposed to be between you and I.
I gotta tell you.
Howard was putting me on
about a week ago.
Bragging about he knew everything
about everything and, uh...
I almost told him.
That's what I need,
is for Cosell to know about it.
No, I didn't.
ANDY: Come on, you guys!
Okay, Andy,
if Steve hasn't forgotten...
he's gonna show us some
broken field running.
And the important thing now is
to watch the way he shifts the ball...
from one arm to the other.
Keeps it away from the tacklers
and it's really important.
I got it.
Okay, I'll pretend like
I'm fielding a punt.
Why don't you guys be the
hands coming down the field.
Okay, good idea.
Andy, one other thing on this.
Don't commit yourself
to either direction.
Because if you do, he's gonna
cut inside... six points.
Right.
Spread out.
Okay, give it a try.
All right, take my best shot.
Here he comes, Andy.
Don't let him outside now!
Don't let him outside!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Come on, Steve. That isn't fair.
I had to do something.
You guys looked like
you were out for blood.
Anyway, Andy, that's broken field
running except for the bionics.
Why don't you give it a try? Okay?
Okay, that's far enough.
Okay now, Andy, remember how Steve
switched the ball from on arm to the other.
Okay, now.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Pretty good acting.
Nice of you to let him by.
I wasn't acting.
You're kidding.
No, that's one of the finest moves
anyone has ever put on me.
Why, is that a problem?
It could be.
That was perfect, Andy.
Just perfect.
Thanks.
I've seen your offense.
How about your defense?
I'll run a few patterns.
You try to cover me, huh?
All right.
I'll run a curl pattern, Frank.
Overthrow me.
I wanna see how well his legs are
and see how high he can jump.
Gotcha.
Hut one, hut two, hut three.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Now exactly normal power
in those legs, Andy.
They don't feel any different.
Andy, you must've jumped six feet.
What does that mean?
Oh, nothing to worry about.
We'll see how they react
the rest of the day.
Come on, Andy.
Let's throw a few.
STEVE: So it's just a normal adjustment.
Even the super jumping?
Well, it looks like it, Steve.
The computer projected
the possibility the leg nerves...
might react erratically to the
implants during this period.
He doesn't have any pain, does he?
No. No pain.
Well, that's the only thing
we have to watch for.
Now his legs are normal now, huh?
No other problems?
He seems fine now.
Okay, but I want to know
if it happens again, Steve, all right?
All right. I'll keep you posted.
Ask him about the football.
By the way,
he's been practicing football.
Is it all right to keep it up?
Sure. No reason not to.
Great, he'll love to hear that.
I'll talk to you later.
I'll check you later.
Come on.
You like those, Andy?
Yeah. Yeah, I do.
Good. I asked you to come by
because I want to give you a present.
I'll go get a pair that fits.
I just wanna tell you, I think you've
done a great job working with Andy.
Thank you.
But Andy did all the work.
Don't believe a word he says.
Now about those shoes.
What's your size?
Uh, about a nine.
Very good. Sit down.
I'll be right back.
Well, you're in luck.
We have one pair of nines left.
Here you go.
How does that feel?
Feels a little tight.
It's all so funny to hear
somebody say that to me.
They still feel a little tight.
Let me see a second.
Seems to be enough room for the toes.
Wiggle them around a little.
(LOUD RIP)
Terribly sorry.
This has never happened before.
But it is old stock.
Evidently the canvas
must've rotted away.
Oh, that's okay, Mr. Palmer.
We'll pick up the shoes
some other time.
Yes, right. Thank you.
Sorry.
Kick it as hard as you can, Andy!
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I'll get it!
That was a 100-yard punt
if it was a foot!
Steve, what's going on
with his legs?
Just a flare up of excess power.
Rudy says it's probably just the nerves
adjusting to the power pack.
Oh, well then it's
nothing to worry about.
Not if he hasn't had any pain.
Ow!
(EXHALES)
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
VALERIE: Feel all right, Andy?
You don't wanna overdo it.
No, I feel great.
No pain in the legs?
Nope, no pain.
That was really quite a punt.
I owe it all to great coaching.
I tell you, it's the most extraordinary
thing I've ever seen.
I told him... I said,
wiggle your toes, and zowie!
Something strange is
going on around here.
You're kidding.
No.
It's about time
you learned how to drive.
You were old enough last year.
Oh, great.
Come on, young fella, step in
and let's start with fundamentals.
All right.
Steve, come on.
(ENGINE STARTS)
Okay, let's change
places now, Andy.
I'm a Driver's Ed teacher
over at the high school.
Mailman during the summer
to make ends meet.
SAVANNAH: Things have gotten so hard...
I started up my own Driver's Ed business
when school let out.
That sounds like a good idea.
Oh yeah, I think I might even
continue it part time after school starts.
Can I start her up now?
Yeah, sure.
You got the fundamentals.
Just slow and easy.
Slow and easy. Okay.
First.
We just don't wanna
end up on the moon.
Steve's been there.
What'd you say?
I said Steve's been to
the moon, you know.
Oh, watch out!
(TIRES SCREECH)
What in tarnation?
What did you do?
I don't know. I just braked
like I was supposed to.
What are you?
Some sort of Superman?
Wait a minute.
Wasn't his fault.
Look at the floorboard.
Looks like tin foil.
Oh, you're crazy.
It's solid steel.
Wait, I'll show you.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(METAL CREAKING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
There. It looks like it was
all rusted through.
It's a wonder the whole
truck hadn't fallen apart.
I am sorry.
Your sister paid for
the whole ten lessons.
I'll tell you what I'll do...
I'll give you two extra ones.
You know.
Automatic transmission, hill parking.
All that sort of thing.
Thanks.
Are you positive his legs are that strong?
No, there's no mistake this time.
He put his foot right through
a piece of heavy metal.
It seems to be sporadic, but each time
it happens, his strength increases.
You'd better have Dr. Melville
test Andy's legs right away.
I had Dr. Melville test him.
At this moment, his legs are
five times normal strength.
Five times...
I'll be in Kanab in the morning.
All right, but just get here
as quickly as possible.
Come on, Bill, have I ever asked you
a favor once since college?
I'm getting the professional
Washington run around.
Yeah, now! understand most of it,
there's just one part that I'm stuck on.
Of course. Of course,
I'll keep it to myself.
Now let me tell you what
I've deciphered so far.
There's that "O", that stands for OS!
I've done plenty of research on them.
Yeah, then there's a bunch of numbers.
That's the catalog number of the equipment.
It's not important we know what it is.
Then there's a "G', that's for government.
An "ME", that's for medical equipment.
But then there's a "B".
Yeah, I can't figure that out.
What is it?
Bionics?
I never heard of it.
Yeah, can you fill me in a little?
RUDY: There it is, Steve.
It's a normal 16-year-old boy
with legs six times normal strength.
Then I was right.
The strength is increasing.
Right.
Any idea where it will stop?
No, not at the moment.
Andy, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you
to come back to Washington with me.
Why?
Well, we have better facilities there.
I'd like to study the problem.
Are you sure it is a problem?
Andy, I know you're enjoying
this increase of strength...
but it could create other problems.
Like what?
Well, the implant power pack for one.
It could malfunction
because of an overload.
You mean I could lose
my strength in my legs?
It's a possibility.
I'm only guessing.
I'll know more when
we take some tests.
Can't the tests just wait a while?
I don't want to risk it, Andy.
Is there a chance that you'll find out
that the implants will fail?
Yeah. There's always that chance.
Then can't it wait awhile?
Please, Dr. Wells.
There are three things
I want to do first.
Andy, are they really
that important to you?
Yeah, they are to me.
You see, I promised Judy
I'd take her to the dance this afternoon.
And I'm playing a football game
against Joe Hamilton tomorrow morning.
You said three things.
Uh, yeah. I only meant two.
What do you say, Rudy?
I'll be with him all the time.
Have you had any pain?
No. No. None whatsoever.
The increase in strength is harmless
in itself unless it causes pain.
Then we'll know there's
a dangerous overload...
which must be taken care of immediately.
So, Andy, if I let you go to the dance
and play in the game...
do you promise to report if there's any pain?
Even the slightest twinge?
I promise.
Okay. You have until noon tomorrow.
Thanks.
(COUNTRY FIDDLE PLAYING)
(FOUR HORN HONKS)
Hey, buddy!
ANDY: Hi.
Hey, I hope I didn't scare you.
No.
Hey, looks like we're gonna have a good
audience to watch us dance, eh?
I don't know what you mean by audience,
because I'm gonna be dancing, too.
Oh, yeah?
That's... that's great.
You just don't get it through
your head that I'm okay now, do you?
Look, I'm really glad to see
that you're walking.
I'm not only walking,
I'm playing in the game tomorrow.
Hey, that's a tackle game, Andy.
Yeah, I know.
It's been a long time since
you played tackle ball, Andy.
I know.
Four years to be exact.
Okay.
Ah, Colleen. Colleen.
Yes?
Can I have the first slow dance?
Okay.
Sure, Andrew.
HOEDOWN CALLER: Order me a square!
J‘ I'll jump up and never come down J‘
J‘ Swing your honey, go round and round J‘
J‘ Any old way but upside down J‘
J‘ Now bow to the partners, corners all J‘
J‘ Circle to the left, go round the hall J‘
J‘ Circle to the left J‘
I didn't know you square danced!
Neither did I!
J‘ Walk all around the left end, ladies J‘
J‘ Seesaw around and bring a little toe J‘
J‘ Nowturn the corner... J‘
(SINGS IMPROV HOEDOWN)
(SONG ENDS, APPLAUSE)
(SLOW MUSIC STARTS)
Hi. You promised me
the first slow dance.
Oh, that's right, Andrew.
I have danced with
five men and now this.
I'm in my eighth heaven!
What happened to seven?
Oh, there was too many people there.
Can I have the next dance, too?
Oh, I'm really flattered, Andrew,
but I think one will do it.
What do you mean?
I just wanted to make Joe jealous.
I mean, I know he likes me,
never hurts to keep a guy on his toes.
Yeah. Yeah.
Listen, uh, thanks for the dance, okay?
Hey.
Are you a Taurus?
I don't know. I must be.
You see, I once thought
I had a crush on you.
Well, it would serve me right if you danced
every dance with somebody else, you knew.
(SONG ENDS)
(NEW SLOW SONG PLAYS)
I wish I could go back to
Washington with Andy...
but there just isn't anybody
who could handle the horses.
We'll take good care of him.
I know you will.
He'll probably be back
in about a week.
Will you be coming back with him?
I don't know.
I really shouldn't let you
hold me so close.
Why?
Because I'm getting used to it.
And things don't last.
How was she?
Like dancing with a tube of toothpaste.
You still want me to dance
with somebody else?
No, no.
Matter of fact, after all these
years of knowing you...
I think I'm beginning to appreciate you.
Looks great, huh?
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
Andy, what is it?
Do your legs hurt, Andy?
No, no. Uh...
It's just these, you know,
these tight fitting shoes.
How you doing, Andy?
Uh, uh... Great!
Everything's great, Steve.
Thank you.
Good. Good.
What were you doing up
at Haunted Mountain?
How did you know about that?
Chris said he saw you when
he came back from his uncle's.
Well, what... what were you doing?
Never mind.
But, Andy, that mountain's dangerous.
You shouldn't go there
after what happened...
I told you to be... Be quiet.
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
Uh, excuse me.
Vernon says
he needs to talk to you.
Vernon? Where is he?
He's there.
What is it, Vernon?
I thought you ought to see this
before the paper comes out tomorrow.
I can't believe that
you'd do this to Andy.
In a way, it's more important
than my friendship with Andy.
Do you realize what you'll do
by releasing this information?
It's news, Val. Big news.
Just thought I'd give you fair warning.
Well.
You can publish that if you want to...
but give Andy a break.
How can I do that?
We're leaving for Washington
right after the football game tomorrow.
Hold off printing that story
until the day after tomorrow.
So Andy can get out of town
before you label him a freak.
I guess I can do that.
VALERIE: I'm gonna
have to tell him, Steve.
When I heard about it,
I couldn't believe it.
Try to understand, Andy...
I thought we were friends.
We are.
I mean, I wrote all those sports
articles for your paper for no charge.
And when I was walking
down the street...
you gave me all those copies that day.
I don't understand, Vernon.
Look, Andy, it's got nothing
to do with you personally.
Are you crazy or something?
Do you know how long it took
for Dr. Wells...
Steve, and hundreds of other people
to work to the point where I can walk again?
That's fine, but they're
making you into a robot.
You don't know what you're talking about!
These are my legs!
Mine!
All he did was get them working again!
It's news, Andy.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I thought I'd find you here.
You see what he did?
You know what he's
gonna put in his paper?
Yeah, I heard all about it.
Let's go.
What do you mean?
Come on, let's go.
It's... it's just like before.
What do you mean, pal?
Vernon. Vernon and his newspaper.
See, my father...
My father told Vernon where the burial
grounds of the Red Clay tribe were.
On Haunted Mountain.
So when my dad
and I went up there...
the accident happened.
He was killed.
Killed my father.
Vernon made it seem like
it was my father's fault.
That he was killed and I was hurt.
Vernon is an insensitive man.
That's right.
That's right.
Believe me...
I'm gonna make him
eat his words.
All right.
But right now you've got
a football game to play, remember?
Let's go.
Okay, we got six men on each side.
Let's flip the coin.
What do you want?
Heads.
Okay.
All right, okay. Tails.
We'll receive the ball.
Come on, let's go.
(FAN CHATTER)
(WHISTLE)
Ready?
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(FANS CHEER)
(GROANS)
(COLLEGE FIGHT SONG PLAYS)
(WHISTLE)
That's the way, Andy!
That's the way!
How's it going?
Oh, it's fine. He's doing great.
Hut!
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Come on! Go Andy!
Come on!
Hey, that was dumb luck, buster.
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
What? Now! suppose
you're gonna play sick and quit?
Come on.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
How'd I do?
VALERIE: Oh, that was fantastic, Andy.
Just fantastic!
Great going, Andy.
It was a beautiful run, Andy.
Hey, don't get lost after the game.
We got a plane to catch
to Washington, you know.
But, Steve...
I'm sorry, Andy, but that's
the way it's gotta be.
Okay. I guess you're right.
(WHISTLE)
Mal, go on in for me, all right?
Me?
Yeah, you.
You kidding?
No, I'm serious.
Listen. If anybody asks you
where I went, tell them, uh...
Tell them I went home, all right?
But, Andy, I'm not that good.
Please do it for me?
Okay, Andy.
Great. Thanks.
(WHISTLE)
(FANS CHEERING)
Hi, Rick!
You going up towards
Haunted Mountain?
You bet.
I'm going right by there. Hop in.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): I'm telling you, Andy,
it's up there at Eagle's Point.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Hike!
(FANS CHEERING)
If Andy doesn't get back
in the game, well...
Mal, did Andy ask you
to substitute for him?
Yeah, I told him
we shouldn't have, but...
Where did he go?
He said he was going home.
Thanks, Mal.
Andy's gone home.
Home?
That's impossible.
We would've seen him.
Our house is over there.
Where else could he have gone?
He could've gone to Haunted Mountain.
He was there a few days ago.
Oh, my God.
Are you sure, Judy?
I'm pretty sure.
Something else
I think I better tell you.
I think he was having
some pain at the dance.
In his legs?
Uh-huh. He said it was just tight shoes,
but I'm sure it was his legs.
I'm gonna head up to Haunted Mountain.
You get the county Sheriff.
Have him get a helicopter up there
and start searching for Andy.
Right.
RUDY: Just try to get to him
before those implants backfire, Steve.
They could do a lot of damage.
I'll get things set up here.
Bye.
Notify Dr. Mellville and Penny to prepare
for emergency surgery for Andy Sheffield.
I'm afraid we're gonna need it.
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): Eagle's Point.
That's where it must be, Andy.
Eagle's Point.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(RUMBLING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Dad couldn't have been wrong.
I've gotta get up there.
I've gotta get up to Eagle's Point.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
I gotta find it!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(ECHOING)
Andy!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
(GROANS)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): I know it's there.
I just know it's there.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): It's a sacred place, Andy.
Where the Indians bury their dead.
There must be caves up there.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): That's what
the Red Clay tn'be did, Andy.
They covered their
bun'al cave with trees...
so the spirit of the wind couldn't find it.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Andy!
Steve!
(PANTING)
It's all right, Andy.
It's all right.
You're safe now.
I'll take you home.
Steve...
Your legs have given out on you,
haven't they, Andy?
My father was right!
He was right!
Look. Look!
Here it was all that time.
Hidden from everybody.
The burial ground to the Red Clay Indians!
My father was right!
He was right, Andy.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(MACHINES BEEPING)
(FAST BEEPING)
RUDY: How are his vital signs?
He's shocky.
Give him the blood.
I... I never knew.
I... I never knew that he still...
needed to prove so much to the town.
Dad was right.
Well, he's done it and it's over.
He's gonna be able
to walk, isn't he, Steve?
I don't know.
But you promised that
if the implants work...
Valerie, there was no way
of anticipating the effects of the overload.
Andy was supposed to tell us the moment
he felt any pain. He didn't do that.
His legs collapsed.
I don't know whether Rudy can save the
implant nerve connections or not.
But, Steve...
His condition is stable.
The legs are neutralized.
He's gonna be all right.
Here are some extra copies.
Gotta keep those
grandchildren informed.
And as far as that
other story goes...
Thanks, Vernon.
Uh, Steve told me
you're not gonna print it.
Nothing to thank me for.
Vernon?
Hmm?
Don't go.
Thanks, Andy.
Hey, Happy Birthday, Andy!
Hey, Joe! Thanks!
That's some headline, isn't it?
Yeah, it sure is.
When can you tell the public
about the implants?
Not until we can make them work
on someone besides Andy.
May take several years.
I hear that you're leaving tomorrow.
Where do you hear these things?
Everybody knows everything
about everybody in this town.
Well, Dr. Melville's going.
And a friend of mine who's having
her appendix out tomorrow called...
and said she saw them packing up
a lot of the equipment.
Not all the equipment.
We're leaving some of it with
Dr. Penny to work with Andy.
And, uh, well, I might just
stay around a little longer.
Oh!
I hate to interrupt the hug,
but I have something for you.
It's beautiful, Mrs. Moapa!
Hey, gang! The cake's here!
Well, we've already sang
Happy Birthday...
since we thought that the cake
was never gonna get here.
So why don't we light the candles
and Andy, you make a wish.
Uh, don't light the candles yet.
Steve, can I get out of this now?
Sure, you've had your
five hours rest for the day.
Come on,
let's light the candles!
ANDY: Uh, please, please don't.
You see, then I'll have to blow them out.
And when you blow out candles
and you have to make a wish.
I can't wish for anything more
than I have here right now.
So let' sjust eat the cake, okay?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
(END THEME MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
How was that?
Nice run.
60 miles an hour for 30 minutes
in this heat is a little more than nice.
Rudy's on the phone.
Oh.
How’d the run look on your estimates?
Great, Steve.
But we're cutting
the endurance test short.
Have Dr. Porter drive you to my lab.
Something wrong?
No. Quite the opposite.
Steve, I can't wait for you
to see what I've done.
The implant surgery!
You did it!
RUDY: It's only been two years since he
was paralyzed in that accident at the zoo.
Now look at him.
100 percent success.
That's fantastic, Rudy.
Congratulations.
Thanks. There's more.
We're ready to test it on a human being.
We've had the computer
running for the last 48 hours...
to find the ideal recipient
for the implants.
The subject has to be
paralyzed from the waist down...
with at least three percent
of the leg nerves functioning.
Paralysis must have occurred
within the last four years...
and from an accident,
not a disease, Steve.
If the implants work,
could they eventually be used...
to restore the use of limbs regardless
of how they were paralyzed?
That's our hope.
That's our dream.
You've found someone, haven't you?
Yeah.
He's the only one who fits
the requirements perfectly, Steve.
He's got above average
coordination and motor skills.
His general health is excellent.
His name is Andrew Sheffield...
he lives in Kanab, Utah.
And his personality and
psychological profile is normal.
He'll have the same problems I had
when you made me bionic, remember?
Well, his implants aren't
the same as your bionics...
but his psychological
problems will be similar, yeah.
After what you've been through, Steve,
no one would understand...
those problems better than you.
Right. You can help him overcome the fears
he'll have after the implant surgery.
Help him regain the confidence and
encourage him to get back on his feet again.
Okay.
Let me have all the facts on the implants.
All the possibilities. Good and bad.
FLIGHT COM:
It looks good at NASA One.
B- 52 >PILOT:
Roger.
BCS Arm switch is on.
FLIGHT COM:
Okay, Victor.
B-52 PILOT:
Landing Rocket Arm switch is on.
Here comes the throttle.
Circuit breakers in.
STEVE:
We have separation.
B-52 PILOT:
Inboard and outboards are on.
I'm comin' forward with the side stick.
FLIGHT COM:
Looks good.
PILOT:
Ah, Roger.
STEVE:
I've got a blowout in damper three.
SR-71 PILOT:
Get your pitch to zero.
STEVE:
Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!
B-52 PILOT: Correction. Alpha Hold is off.
Threat selector is emergency.
STEVE: Flight Com. I can't hold it!
She's breaking up! She's breaking...
ANNOUNCER:
Steve Austin. Astronaut.
A man barely alive.
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.
We have the technology.
We have the capability
to make the world's first bionic man.
Steve Austin will be that man.
Better than he was before.
Better, stronger, faster.
(MAIN TITLE THEME)
Feed it for you, mister?
No, thanks. I'm looking
for Andrew Sheffield's house.
Do you happen to know
where he lives?
Yes, but Andrew wouldn't be at home.
He'd be at the baseball game.
Practically the whole town's there.
Right down the road.
Thank you, ma'am.
(ALL CHEERING)
I wonder if you could help me.
Snow cones will be ready in a minute.
The machine broke down.
Sorry to hear about that.
You don't want a snow cone, do you?
No, I was looking for someone named...
(BASEBALL HIT, CROWD CHEERS)
Haha! Home run!
That Joe Hamilton kid's done it.
Tied up score!
UMPIRE: He's outta there!
(FANS ARGUE OVER CALL)
UMPIRE: Don't... don't hand me
any of that jive, Joe.
I'm the umpire, I called it out,
that's all there is to it.
He's out, I saw you get tagged.
The Stingers win 6 to 5.
Game's over!
COACH: Aw! Get out! What do you...
Can you beat that?
A perfect slide by Joe Hamilton of our home
team and our own umpire calls him out.
How can you dispute the call?
The umpire's right on the play.
He's a good umpire, just he never
gives a home team an inch.
You say you were looking for someone?
Yeah, Andrew Sheffield.
You found him. He's the umpire.
Come on, Mr. Craig!
Get back up on that
scoreboard and make it right!
Now for all of you
who are still non-believers...
I'll show you the slide marks
one more time.
Right there.
That's it. He's out!
He's a better writer
than he is an umpire.
He always writes up
the games for my paper.
He's a godsend to me.
I don't really know which
side of the ball is up.
Would you mind telling me
what you want with Andy?
Not just idle curiosity,
I also put out the local newspaper.
You're a terrible umpire,
you know that?
Face it, Joe,
you just can't slide.
I was safe and you know it.
You're getting old.
Have somebody else run
for you next time.
Hi.
Hey, nice going, champ.
You really told him.
You were right, you know.
He missed the plate by a mile.
By about an inch
and three quarters, to be exact.
Andy.
There's a fella here to see you.
Sure.
Hello, I'm Andy Sheffield.
Hello, Andy Sheffield,
I'm Steve Austin.
Steve Austin.
I've heard of that name.
Hey! You were an
All-American quarterback, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, in one game I remember
against, uh... against Tennessee...
you recovered five fumbles and you went
for touchdowns four out of the five, right?
It's nice of you to leave out the fact
that three of the fumbles were my own.
So, what's happening with you now?
I haven't seen your name with the pros.
I guess that was my problem, Andy.
I just couldn't hang on to the football.
Oh, come on. You would've made it big.
You were one heck of a runner.
I remember in one game
against Georgia Tech...
you carried the ball for 250 yards
in one game. A record for that year.
What are you, some kind of
a human sports encyclopedia?
It's my hobby.
Oh, I'm sorry.
These are my friends.
This is my friend, Judy Grant.
Hi, Judy.
And this is my sister, Valerie.
Nice to meet you.
My pleasure.
JOE: Hey, Andy!
Hey, we can't stay too long...
but I just wanted to tell you that there's
no hard feelings on your last call.
And I know you're really trying hard.
I'm sure you called it
just the way you saw it.
Yeah.
Mr. Fee says I've gotta start
football practice tomorrow...
so I've gotta get up pretty early.
Joe, I thought we had
a date going tonight!
Can't we just go for a sundae?
We won't stay late.
Ah, thanks anyway.
Joe.
Uh, would you young ladies mind
if I spoke to Andy alone?
BOTH: No.
Thank you.
You sure you wanna talk to me?
What's he here for?
I don't know.
I figured you for a Dodger scout.
Out here for a little look
at Joe Hamilton.
I'm afraid not, Andy.
I'm from Washington.
Well, what is it?
It's a little more complicated
than that, Andy.
Okay, give it to me straight.
All right.
The men I work with in Washington...
are involved in some very
unusual scientific developments.
Wait a second.
I couldn't have won a scholarship.
I mean, I got Cs in science.
No, seriously. What I'm gonna tell
you may sound a little far out.
Shoot. Go ahead.
Well, Andy...
we think there's an excellent chance
that we can make it possible...
for you to walk again.
(LAUGHS)
I'm going home to take a bath.
(LAUGHS)
(HORSES NEIGH)
I'm sorry that you had to make the trip
from Washington for nothing.
You don't understand. There's a
good possibility that he can walk again.
(LAUGHS)
Do you know how many times
we've heard that?
But this is different.
Yes, I know.
Hydrotherapy was different.
So was chemotherapy.
So was faith healing and the 20 other
different operations and techniques we tried.
We're talking about a new discovery...
by Dr. Rudy Wells,
the most brilliant scientist in this field.
Yeah, but it's still an experiment.
Why Andy? Isn't there somebody
else you can try it on?
We've entered hundreds
of factors into our computers...
to come up with the ideal subject.
Andy's the one that would give the technique
the maximum chance of success.
And what are those chances?
An even chance to walk again.
Yeah, which means
an even chance he won't walk.
You don't understand.
I've seen the suffering
that he goes through...
as each new hope fades away.
That's why I'm here.
To help him get through it.
However it turns out.
Yeah, but I don't want to put him through
another big disappointment again.
All right, Miss Sheffield.
I've heard your vote.
Now what about Andy's?
Look here, Colonel Austin.
I'm his sister.
I think I know what's best for him.
Do you? You think about it.
It's not you in that wheelchair.
You're right.
It's only fair that he hear
what you've got to say.
Come on in.
You can wait in the living room.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): Yeah, some of the guys
around town are making fun of me about it.
But I'm telling you, Andy...
I feel it, I know it.
The Red Clay Indian Burial Ground
is up there and we'll find it.
WOMAN (VO): He never should have taken
his son up to Haunted Mountain.
MAN (VO): They say he'll never walk again.
WOMAN (VO): Shh. He'll hear you.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): I'm telling you, Andy,
it's up there at Eagle's Point.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
(KNOCKING)
Andy?
Hey, what's the matter, champ?
I don't know.
It seems like every time
I get settled down...
and I get used to this...
somebody comes along
and they mess me up.
Why do they have to
keep bothering me?
I know.
I told him I was against it, but he still wants
to talk to you about it face to face.
Yeah. That's what I was afraid of.
Well, I just send him away, that's all.
The thing is, then
I'll always be wondering...
if this could've been it.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
I know.
Hey.
Hmm?
If my legs were working again...
I could go up to Haunted Mountain...
and prove to everybody
Dad was right.
Andy, I don't want to hear about
that mountain. Do you hear me?
Not one word.
Okay.
Colonel Austin?
Hello, Andy.
Nice collection of trophies
you have here.
What's this one for?
Track. High hurdles.
I won that one over Joe Hamilton, too.
That the big guy
you called out at home plate?
Yeah. Yeah.
Hard to believe, huh?
That I could've beaten Joe.
But I did.
I think I can give him a shot now.
Well, you know, if I didn't
walk on wheels, that is.
This your dad?
Yeah, yeah.
That picture was taken the day he was
made foreman of the grading crew.
That was just a couple months
before he died up at Haunted Mountain.
I'm sorry.
You know all those rocks and fossils
and old Indian relics in the living room?
Yeah, I saw them.
He collected them all.
Hey, I see you like Frank Gifford.
Yeah, yeah,
he's my favorite athlete.
I've seen the film when he played
with the New York Giants...
and they won the NFL
championship about ten times.
Loved to watch him play.
He just never stops charging.
He was that way in college, too.
You know Gifford?
I've played against him a few times.
You... you're kidding.
No.
Say, how would you like
an autographed football?
Yeah!
I'll see what I can do.
It's okay now.
What's okay?
I'm ready to hear your sales pitch now.
Come on.
Valerie might as well hear this, too.
STEVE: The Implants are fitted around
the nerves in the spinal canal.
They are connected to a power unit,
about the size of a double sugar cube.
One set of wires picks up the signal
coming down from the brain.
The unit just under the skin boosts the
power to stimulate the nerve to the muscles.
Is it a tough operation?
Well, I understand it's pretty complicated.
(EXPLOSION, HORSES NEIGH)
They're just blasting tree stumps
over at the McWhirter's.
He gets carried away sometimes.
I guess we're used to it.
I guess you can get used to anything.
Listen, Andy...
I know I'm asking you to make
a pretty tough decision.
But believe me, we wouldn't
want to do anything to hurt you.
Who am I kidding?
I wanna walk more than anything.
It's just that I have to be
honest with myself, I think.
I mean, I can accept the fact...
that I'll never be able to walk again.
But I don't know
if! can accept...
almost walking again.
(CLOCK TICKING)
You see, the last time...
last time I didn't whistle
a merry tune for months.
I don't know. The whole
thing sounds so great.
Maybe that's the problem.
It's too much to be real.
(EXPLOSION, HORSES NEIGH)
(HORSES NEIGHING, SCREECHING)
The fence is down.
The bull can get at the horses.
(BULL ROARS)
(HORSES NEIGH)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Hey! Hey!
Get back! Get back!
Hey!
Get back!
Get back in there!
(BULL GRUNTS)
There's some fence poles
on top of the lean-to!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
You just ran over 100 yards
in about four seconds.
No, it just seemed
like four seconds.
What about those high-jumps?
That fence is about five feet high!
And that lean-to is about 12 feet high.
How did you do it?
How could you have done that?
What are you?
I'm just like you, Andy, a human being.
Except I have some electronic
and mechanical parts.
You mean your right arm and your legs?
And my left eye.
That's incredible.
It was all done courtesy
of the government.
So it's what they call top secret.
You can't tell anyone.
You were injured in
an accident, too, like Andy.
I had to have all these replaced.
That's why you said you could
help him through the operation.
'Cause you've been
through it yourself.
If I had the operation,
would my legs be a strong as yours?
Afraid not, Andy.
They'll be normal strength.
And the whole thing would
be top secret, right?
No one will know about your implants.
It sure would be nice to kick a can
down the street again, wouldn't it?
Are you sure you want
to go ahead with it?
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay, Steve.
Okay, Andy.
Careful now.
Hold it. Hold it.
Put the REA. unit in room B.
No, no, no, no.
Cromar Mack Two in
the Operating Room.
How do you like
our little hospital?
It'll do just fine.
I want to thank you for
allowing us to work here.
My pleasure, Dr. Wells.
Tell you the truth, some of this
equipment scares the heck out of me.
My scrub nurse
will be flabbergasted.
I'll show you how everything works.
Uh...
Is there some place
we can talk in private?
You were talking about whether
to use our scrub nurse or yours.
I'm sure your scrub nurse
is competent, she'll be fine.
Dr. Penny, no one besides you
is to know about the implants.
Now if anybody asks any questions,
anything at all about it...
say something like it's a new,
spinal, surgical technique.
I understand.
Now, is surgery scheduled?
6:30 tomorrow morning.
Good.
I think we should go over
Andy's medical history.
If you don't mind,
it'll be quieter if we do it here.
That's a good idea.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): Up at Eagle's Point.
That's where I'll bet the cave is, Andy.
ANDY (VO): I can't wait for us to find it
to show everybody you're right.
It's good to know that someone
believes in you, Andy.
You ready?
ANDY: I'm ready.
(LOUD RUMBLING)
ANDY: Daddy! Daddy, I'm slipping!
Where are you?
Where'd you go?
Dad! Where are you?
My legs! My legs!
Andy.
Andy, wake up.
Wake up, Andy.
My legs!
It was just a dream.
Are you all right now?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.
I'm gonna be right outside
the door the rest of the night.
Just yell if you need anything.
That's better than a night light.
Get some sleep.
You got a big day tomorrow.
Okay.
Good night.
Thanks.
Sorry I'm late.
Oh, that's okay.
Would you like some coffee?
Oh, sure. Fine.
How's Andy?
Oh, he's just fine.
He had a little nightmare, though,
about his father, falling, his legs.
Yeah.
Last time he was in this hospital
was when he was rushed here...
from the accident
that paralyzed him.
You know, I know a little bit
about the accident...
but I'd really like to know
the whole story.
Oh, wow.
How can I start?
Well...
Start at the beginning.
Well...
For hundreds of years,
the Indians around here...
have told tales about the Red Clay tribe,
who were the first rulers of the southwest.
Supposedly, their burial ground is
in the mountains around Kanab...
although it's never been found.
Of course, nobody
believed that story.
But my father...
God bless him...
thought for sure that the burial ground
was up on Haunted Mountain.
That's the mountain
I passed on the way in.
Yeah.
One day an old college
professor told dad...
that if evidence of the
Red Clay tribe was found...
it could prove to be the missing link...
between the Indians in
the North and South America.
So from that day on, my Dad
climbed it every chance he got....
until everybody in town...
started calling him
Mr. Happy Hunting Ground.
But my dad still kept
searching that mountain.
That's when Andy was hurt, when he
went up the mountain with his dad?
Yeah.
My dad slipped on some loose rock
and Andy tried to hold him...
they both fell.
There was a horrible rock slide.
When they found my father,
he was... dead...
and Andy was paralyzed.
Most people thought it was
a pretty awful price to pay for...
a crazy dream.
But it was an accident, Valerie.
An accident.
I know.
You know, I'm really glad you're here to...
help us through this.
All right, now move it over.
Careful now.
We don't want a dislocation.
Yes, sir.
Grab the ball. Turn him.
DR. PENNY: The muscle's contracted.
RUDY: Fine.
Give me a couple of Kelly hemostats.
NASA: This is NASA One
calling ten seconds now.
STEVE: Ten seconds. Roger.
Zero. Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
Launch.
NASA: Okay, Steve.
Check your dampers, old buddy.
STEVE: They're not locked in too well.
Oh, she's really oscillating now.
NASA: Check your circuit breakers.
(RADIO CHATTER)
PILOT: Put your lights on and get out.
STEVE: No, I can handle it.
NASA: Don't take any chances, Steve.
STEVE: No sweat.
NASA: Move away out there.
Give him some room.
RADIO: Control, say that again.
Launch.
The vital signs are stable.
Fine.
All right.
We can make it fit now.
That's beautiful work, Dr. Wells.
Thank you, Doctor.
Ready for the implants.
That does it.
They fit beautifully.
All right, close him up.
Now all we have to do is
hope they work.
Everything stable?
Yes.
He's coming out of it.
Did I have the operation?
You sure did.
And it went sensationally.
Is he telling the truth?
You bet.
Val?
Val?
I'm right here, Andy.
You know, if you weren't
my sister, I'd kiss you.
Don't be silly.
I love you.
Andy, now get ready.
If the implants are working...
the adapters are going to pick it up
and it's gonna show it on the monitor.
Here's hoping for.
Turn it on.
(CLICKS BUTTON)
(CLICKS BUTTON FEW TIMES)
Are you sure the monitor
is functioning?
Think so.
You think so?
Didn't you check it?
It should be picking up a signal!
The implants are working!
Unless they aren't working.
They are.
I know they are!
There's something in this room
interfering with the monitor.
Oh, it's the clock.
No, it has to pick up
some transmission.
How about the radio?
It's off.
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)
The volume was turned down
but the radio was on.
Andy, that's a very bad habit.
(SHUTS OFF RADIO)
(LOUD BEEPING)
(GASPS, LAUGHS)
What... what is it?
Doc, pull the monitor.
Take a look, Andy.
STEVE: That's your legs talking.
They're awake!
(LAUGHS)
Colonel Austin.
It's a shame about that operation.
A shame?
We're all pulling for Andy.
You know that.
But, uh...
But what, Mr. Craig?
It's been three weeks.
Fishing, Mr. Craig.
Nice try.
Oh, and I put all those reference
books you asked for in a box...
and I'll bring them over
to the hospital later on today.
Andy, did you hear me?
I said I took all your international rule
books and threw them in Salt Lake!
Thanks.
Judy, you a good dancer?
What do you mean?
I don't like to have my toes stepped on.
And sometimes I swing
my partner too hard.
But I lead well.
Were you operated on
for your legs or for your head?
Judy, we're going to the dance.
I'm asking you for a date.
What dance?
The big summer dance and barbeque
down at Desavick's Lake.
You and me are going and dancing.
Andy, that's only a couple
of weeks away.
I know it's short notice.
But if no one else has asked you yet,
then I'm asking you.
How about that?
And I'm accepting!
Great!
What the heck did you do
with my reference books?
(LAUGHS)
Look at my legs!
What is it?
My... my legs!
My legs!
Well, it's about time.
What's happening?
Means it's time
you learned how to walk.
(ANXIOUS MUSIC)
I want you to put pressure on your legs.
The muscles are there.
Just use them.
Nah, I can't.
Why?
What do you mean, why?
I just can't do it.
Andy, we've been at this for eight days.
You should've been supporting
your weight by the second day.
Now come on. Try it.
I can't do it!
Yes, you can. You just won't.
I want you to stand up on your own!
I told you I can't do it!
Steve, I don't think it's
a good idea to push him.
You came here to watch, remember?
Not talk.
Now look, he is my brother.
Tomorrow at 11:00,
you and I work outside. Alone.
Now, Steve, it...
RUDY: Now, Steve...
You just gotta give it the right impulses.
Think hard.
You can move those legs.
Try, Steve, try.
It's all in your mind, Steve.
Just keep trying!
Okay, let's try it again.
I've tried. It doesn't seem to work.
Well, we keep trying until it does.
Now come on.
Easy.
Hey, Andy!
How you doing?
Hi, Joe.
Hey, looks like fun.
Oh, yeah. It is.
You should try it sometime, you know.
COLLEEN: Hey, Valerie tells me one
of these days you'll probably be walking.
Yeah.
Then you'll be twice as good
an umpire as you were.
Umpire? Oh, no.
I want to go out on the baseball team, the
football team, the tennis team, you name it.
Just like before.
That's the way to talk, Andy.
You forget, don't you?
Forget what?
All those trophies I won.
I won them beating you.
JOE: Oh, yeah. I remember.
JOE: Andy had some good days.
ANDY: Some good days?
Don't you remember, before the accident,
I beat you at everything. Everything.
I still would be beating him if...
Hey, that was then.
I mean, now is that you'll probably
be able to walk someday.
Now I'm the best athlete around here.
And now is me leaving this town
next year on a football scholarship.
No, no, no, buster.
That's not what now is.
I'll show you what now is.
This is now!
You did good, buddy.
It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Best athlete around, huh?
You just wait, Joe.
You just wait.
Someday, believe me...
you'll be feeling me at your heels,
believe me, I'm gonna pass you by.
That's the spirit.
Colleen?
Come on, let's go. We're gonna be
late for our dance committee.
Bye-bye, Andrew.
Three steps, Andy.
You took three steps!
I'm afraid.
Yeah, but you walked.
I fell down.
You'll probably fall down again
and again and again.
But somehow,
you got your legs to work.
You told Joe and Colleen
to come here today, didn't you?
Well, maybe.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks.
Okay, let's try it again.
(LIGHT POP MUSIC)
(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Steve. where's Andy?
Didn't he show up
for those tests?
No.
He took a ten second shower, got dressed,
and raced out of here for the hospital.
At least that's where
he said he was going.
Well, it's no big deal.
I've got to get back
to my lab tonight.
I can have Dr. Melville run
the tests tomorrow.
Yeah, but I wonder
why he lied about it?
Do you think maybe we've been crowding
him too much? Pressuring him.
He hasn't had much time alone
since, well, since the surgery.
I think it's something else, Rudy.
What do you mean?
I don't know exactly, buy there's
something going on with him.
I can see it in his eyes
every now and then.
Like what?
I don't know.
I've asked him about it,
I've asked him what's bothering him.
He doesn't want to talk about it.
Or at least not yet.
(HORN HONKS THREE TIMES)
Come on, Andy!
I'm late for my chores now!
ANDY'S DAD: That's where the Red Clay
bun'al cave must be, Andy.
Up at Eagle's Point.
I'll be back.
(RUMBLING)
I'll be back.
Hi.
Not bad for your
first day in town, huh?
I don't believe it.
It is the weirdest feeling
to see myself...
A reflection in the store
window standing up.
Every time I wanna move,
I keep feeling I have to do this.
Andy! I got something for you.
20 copies.
That oughta be enough
for your grandchildren.
Can you believe this?
Well, you earned it, Andy.
Thanks a lot, Vernon.
Appreciate it.
Not a bad looking picture
to have on the front page.
Hi.
Glad to see you out
of that chair, Andy.
Hey, thanks a lot Mr. Wheeler.
Thank you.
Thank you.
ANDY: I can't believe this.
"Kanab Boy Walks Once More."
Hi.
Nice having you walk
around town again, Andy.
Oh, well, thank you, ma'am.
Oh, thank you.
I appreciate it, Mrs. Berrywood.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
Real nice town you got here.
Yeah.
And you got one more
gift coming tomorrow.
What's that?
Oh, that autographed football
I promised you.
Fantastic.
Thanks.
There you are, Andy.
Would you like a couple more?
A couple more?
I figure three Gifford's would be
worth one OJ. Simpson.
(ALL LAUGH)
Hey, Andy.
Why don't you go loosen up?
Maybe we can talk Frank into showing
you some basic techniques in football.
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Would you hold this for me, Steve?
Thanks for coming, Frank.
You know, you sure couldn't tell
he was in a wheelchair a few weeks ago.
Rudy did a miracle.
What I wanna see is
how well his legs are working.
Good idea.
Hey, Steve, do you still have those
super powers you were telling me about?
Wait a minute, Frank.
That's supposed to be between you and I.
I gotta tell you.
Howard was putting me on
about a week ago.
Bragging about he knew everything
about everything and, uh...
I almost told him.
That's what I need,
is for Cosell to know about it.
No, I didn't.
ANDY: Come on, you guys!
Okay, Andy,
if Steve hasn't forgotten...
he's gonna show us some
broken field running.
And the important thing now is
to watch the way he shifts the ball...
from one arm to the other.
Keeps it away from the tacklers
and it's really important.
I got it.
Okay, I'll pretend like
I'm fielding a punt.
Why don't you guys be the
hands coming down the field.
Okay, good idea.
Andy, one other thing on this.
Don't commit yourself
to either direction.
Because if you do, he's gonna
cut inside... six points.
Right.
Spread out.
Okay, give it a try.
All right, take my best shot.
Here he comes, Andy.
Don't let him outside now!
Don't let him outside!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Come on, Steve. That isn't fair.
I had to do something.
You guys looked like
you were out for blood.
Anyway, Andy, that's broken field
running except for the bionics.
Why don't you give it a try? Okay?
Okay, that's far enough.
Okay now, Andy, remember how Steve
switched the ball from on arm to the other.
Okay, now.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Pretty good acting.
Nice of you to let him by.
I wasn't acting.
You're kidding.
No, that's one of the finest moves
anyone has ever put on me.
Why, is that a problem?
It could be.
That was perfect, Andy.
Just perfect.
Thanks.
I've seen your offense.
How about your defense?
I'll run a few patterns.
You try to cover me, huh?
All right.
I'll run a curl pattern, Frank.
Overthrow me.
I wanna see how well his legs are
and see how high he can jump.
Gotcha.
Hut one, hut two, hut three.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Now exactly normal power
in those legs, Andy.
They don't feel any different.
Andy, you must've jumped six feet.
What does that mean?
Oh, nothing to worry about.
We'll see how they react
the rest of the day.
Come on, Andy.
Let's throw a few.
STEVE: So it's just a normal adjustment.
Even the super jumping?
Well, it looks like it, Steve.
The computer projected
the possibility the leg nerves...
might react erratically to the
implants during this period.
He doesn't have any pain, does he?
No. No pain.
Well, that's the only thing
we have to watch for.
Now his legs are normal now, huh?
No other problems?
He seems fine now.
Okay, but I want to know
if it happens again, Steve, all right?
All right. I'll keep you posted.
Ask him about the football.
By the way,
he's been practicing football.
Is it all right to keep it up?
Sure. No reason not to.
Great, he'll love to hear that.
I'll talk to you later.
I'll check you later.
Come on.
You like those, Andy?
Yeah. Yeah, I do.
Good. I asked you to come by
because I want to give you a present.
I'll go get a pair that fits.
I just wanna tell you, I think you've
done a great job working with Andy.
Thank you.
But Andy did all the work.
Don't believe a word he says.
Now about those shoes.
What's your size?
Uh, about a nine.
Very good. Sit down.
I'll be right back.
Well, you're in luck.
We have one pair of nines left.
Here you go.
How does that feel?
Feels a little tight.
It's all so funny to hear
somebody say that to me.
They still feel a little tight.
Let me see a second.
Seems to be enough room for the toes.
Wiggle them around a little.
(LOUD RIP)
Terribly sorry.
This has never happened before.
But it is old stock.
Evidently the canvas
must've rotted away.
Oh, that's okay, Mr. Palmer.
We'll pick up the shoes
some other time.
Yes, right. Thank you.
Sorry.
Kick it as hard as you can, Andy!
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I'll get it!
That was a 100-yard punt
if it was a foot!
Steve, what's going on
with his legs?
Just a flare up of excess power.
Rudy says it's probably just the nerves
adjusting to the power pack.
Oh, well then it's
nothing to worry about.
Not if he hasn't had any pain.
Ow!
(EXHALES)
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
VALERIE: Feel all right, Andy?
You don't wanna overdo it.
No, I feel great.
No pain in the legs?
Nope, no pain.
That was really quite a punt.
I owe it all to great coaching.
I tell you, it's the most extraordinary
thing I've ever seen.
I told him... I said,
wiggle your toes, and zowie!
Something strange is
going on around here.
You're kidding.
No.
It's about time
you learned how to drive.
You were old enough last year.
Oh, great.
Come on, young fella, step in
and let's start with fundamentals.
All right.
Steve, come on.
(ENGINE STARTS)
Okay, let's change
places now, Andy.
I'm a Driver's Ed teacher
over at the high school.
Mailman during the summer
to make ends meet.
SAVANNAH: Things have gotten so hard...
I started up my own Driver's Ed business
when school let out.
That sounds like a good idea.
Oh yeah, I think I might even
continue it part time after school starts.
Can I start her up now?
Yeah, sure.
You got the fundamentals.
Just slow and easy.
Slow and easy. Okay.
First.
We just don't wanna
end up on the moon.
Steve's been there.
What'd you say?
I said Steve's been to
the moon, you know.
Oh, watch out!
(TIRES SCREECH)
What in tarnation?
What did you do?
I don't know. I just braked
like I was supposed to.
What are you?
Some sort of Superman?
Wait a minute.
Wasn't his fault.
Look at the floorboard.
Looks like tin foil.
Oh, you're crazy.
It's solid steel.
Wait, I'll show you.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(METAL CREAKING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
There. It looks like it was
all rusted through.
It's a wonder the whole
truck hadn't fallen apart.
I am sorry.
Your sister paid for
the whole ten lessons.
I'll tell you what I'll do...
I'll give you two extra ones.
You know.
Automatic transmission, hill parking.
All that sort of thing.
Thanks.
Are you positive his legs are that strong?
No, there's no mistake this time.
He put his foot right through
a piece of heavy metal.
It seems to be sporadic, but each time
it happens, his strength increases.
You'd better have Dr. Melville
test Andy's legs right away.
I had Dr. Melville test him.
At this moment, his legs are
five times normal strength.
Five times...
I'll be in Kanab in the morning.
All right, but just get here
as quickly as possible.
Come on, Bill, have I ever asked you
a favor once since college?
I'm getting the professional
Washington run around.
Yeah, now! understand most of it,
there's just one part that I'm stuck on.
Of course. Of course,
I'll keep it to myself.
Now let me tell you what
I've deciphered so far.
There's that "O", that stands for OS!
I've done plenty of research on them.
Yeah, then there's a bunch of numbers.
That's the catalog number of the equipment.
It's not important we know what it is.
Then there's a "G', that's for government.
An "ME", that's for medical equipment.
But then there's a "B".
Yeah, I can't figure that out.
What is it?
Bionics?
I never heard of it.
Yeah, can you fill me in a little?
RUDY: There it is, Steve.
It's a normal 16-year-old boy
with legs six times normal strength.
Then I was right.
The strength is increasing.
Right.
Any idea where it will stop?
No, not at the moment.
Andy, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you
to come back to Washington with me.
Why?
Well, we have better facilities there.
I'd like to study the problem.
Are you sure it is a problem?
Andy, I know you're enjoying
this increase of strength...
but it could create other problems.
Like what?
Well, the implant power pack for one.
It could malfunction
because of an overload.
You mean I could lose
my strength in my legs?
It's a possibility.
I'm only guessing.
I'll know more when
we take some tests.
Can't the tests just wait a while?
I don't want to risk it, Andy.
Is there a chance that you'll find out
that the implants will fail?
Yeah. There's always that chance.
Then can't it wait awhile?
Please, Dr. Wells.
There are three things
I want to do first.
Andy, are they really
that important to you?
Yeah, they are to me.
You see, I promised Judy
I'd take her to the dance this afternoon.
And I'm playing a football game
against Joe Hamilton tomorrow morning.
You said three things.
Uh, yeah. I only meant two.
What do you say, Rudy?
I'll be with him all the time.
Have you had any pain?
No. No. None whatsoever.
The increase in strength is harmless
in itself unless it causes pain.
Then we'll know there's
a dangerous overload...
which must be taken care of immediately.
So, Andy, if I let you go to the dance
and play in the game...
do you promise to report if there's any pain?
Even the slightest twinge?
I promise.
Okay. You have until noon tomorrow.
Thanks.
(COUNTRY FIDDLE PLAYING)
(FOUR HORN HONKS)
Hey, buddy!
ANDY: Hi.
Hey, I hope I didn't scare you.
No.
Hey, looks like we're gonna have a good
audience to watch us dance, eh?
I don't know what you mean by audience,
because I'm gonna be dancing, too.
Oh, yeah?
That's... that's great.
You just don't get it through
your head that I'm okay now, do you?
Look, I'm really glad to see
that you're walking.
I'm not only walking,
I'm playing in the game tomorrow.
Hey, that's a tackle game, Andy.
Yeah, I know.
It's been a long time since
you played tackle ball, Andy.
I know.
Four years to be exact.
Okay.
Ah, Colleen. Colleen.
Yes?
Can I have the first slow dance?
Okay.
Sure, Andrew.
HOEDOWN CALLER: Order me a square!
J‘ I'll jump up and never come down J‘
J‘ Swing your honey, go round and round J‘
J‘ Any old way but upside down J‘
J‘ Now bow to the partners, corners all J‘
J‘ Circle to the left, go round the hall J‘
J‘ Circle to the left J‘
I didn't know you square danced!
Neither did I!
J‘ Walk all around the left end, ladies J‘
J‘ Seesaw around and bring a little toe J‘
J‘ Nowturn the corner... J‘
(SINGS IMPROV HOEDOWN)
(SONG ENDS, APPLAUSE)
(SLOW MUSIC STARTS)
Hi. You promised me
the first slow dance.
Oh, that's right, Andrew.
I have danced with
five men and now this.
I'm in my eighth heaven!
What happened to seven?
Oh, there was too many people there.
Can I have the next dance, too?
Oh, I'm really flattered, Andrew,
but I think one will do it.
What do you mean?
I just wanted to make Joe jealous.
I mean, I know he likes me,
never hurts to keep a guy on his toes.
Yeah. Yeah.
Listen, uh, thanks for the dance, okay?
Hey.
Are you a Taurus?
I don't know. I must be.
You see, I once thought
I had a crush on you.
Well, it would serve me right if you danced
every dance with somebody else, you knew.
(SONG ENDS)
(NEW SLOW SONG PLAYS)
I wish I could go back to
Washington with Andy...
but there just isn't anybody
who could handle the horses.
We'll take good care of him.
I know you will.
He'll probably be back
in about a week.
Will you be coming back with him?
I don't know.
I really shouldn't let you
hold me so close.
Why?
Because I'm getting used to it.
And things don't last.
How was she?
Like dancing with a tube of toothpaste.
You still want me to dance
with somebody else?
No, no.
Matter of fact, after all these
years of knowing you...
I think I'm beginning to appreciate you.
Looks great, huh?
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
Andy, what is it?
Do your legs hurt, Andy?
No, no. Uh...
It's just these, you know,
these tight fitting shoes.
How you doing, Andy?
Uh, uh... Great!
Everything's great, Steve.
Thank you.
Good. Good.
What were you doing up
at Haunted Mountain?
How did you know about that?
Chris said he saw you when
he came back from his uncle's.
Well, what... what were you doing?
Never mind.
But, Andy, that mountain's dangerous.
You shouldn't go there
after what happened...
I told you to be... Be quiet.
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
Uh, excuse me.
Vernon says
he needs to talk to you.
Vernon? Where is he?
He's there.
What is it, Vernon?
I thought you ought to see this
before the paper comes out tomorrow.
I can't believe that
you'd do this to Andy.
In a way, it's more important
than my friendship with Andy.
Do you realize what you'll do
by releasing this information?
It's news, Val. Big news.
Just thought I'd give you fair warning.
Well.
You can publish that if you want to...
but give Andy a break.
How can I do that?
We're leaving for Washington
right after the football game tomorrow.
Hold off printing that story
until the day after tomorrow.
So Andy can get out of town
before you label him a freak.
I guess I can do that.
VALERIE: I'm gonna
have to tell him, Steve.
When I heard about it,
I couldn't believe it.
Try to understand, Andy...
I thought we were friends.
We are.
I mean, I wrote all those sports
articles for your paper for no charge.
And when I was walking
down the street...
you gave me all those copies that day.
I don't understand, Vernon.
Look, Andy, it's got nothing
to do with you personally.
Are you crazy or something?
Do you know how long it took
for Dr. Wells...
Steve, and hundreds of other people
to work to the point where I can walk again?
That's fine, but they're
making you into a robot.
You don't know what you're talking about!
These are my legs!
Mine!
All he did was get them working again!
It's news, Andy.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I thought I'd find you here.
You see what he did?
You know what he's
gonna put in his paper?
Yeah, I heard all about it.
Let's go.
What do you mean?
Come on, let's go.
It's... it's just like before.
What do you mean, pal?
Vernon. Vernon and his newspaper.
See, my father...
My father told Vernon where the burial
grounds of the Red Clay tribe were.
On Haunted Mountain.
So when my dad
and I went up there...
the accident happened.
He was killed.
Killed my father.
Vernon made it seem like
it was my father's fault.
That he was killed and I was hurt.
Vernon is an insensitive man.
That's right.
That's right.
Believe me...
I'm gonna make him
eat his words.
All right.
But right now you've got
a football game to play, remember?
Let's go.
Okay, we got six men on each side.
Let's flip the coin.
What do you want?
Heads.
Okay.
All right, okay. Tails.
We'll receive the ball.
Come on, let's go.
(FAN CHATTER)
(WHISTLE)
Ready?
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(FANS CHEER)
(GROANS)
(COLLEGE FIGHT SONG PLAYS)
(WHISTLE)
That's the way, Andy!
That's the way!
How's it going?
Oh, it's fine. He's doing great.
Hut!
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Come on! Go Andy!
Come on!
Hey, that was dumb luck, buster.
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
What? Now! suppose
you're gonna play sick and quit?
Come on.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
How'd I do?
VALERIE: Oh, that was fantastic, Andy.
Just fantastic!
Great going, Andy.
It was a beautiful run, Andy.
Hey, don't get lost after the game.
We got a plane to catch
to Washington, you know.
But, Steve...
I'm sorry, Andy, but that's
the way it's gotta be.
Okay. I guess you're right.
(WHISTLE)
Mal, go on in for me, all right?
Me?
Yeah, you.
You kidding?
No, I'm serious.
Listen. If anybody asks you
where I went, tell them, uh...
Tell them I went home, all right?
But, Andy, I'm not that good.
Please do it for me?
Okay, Andy.
Great. Thanks.
(WHISTLE)
(FANS CHEERING)
Hi, Rick!
You going up towards
Haunted Mountain?
You bet.
I'm going right by there. Hop in.
ANDY'S DAD (VO): I'm telling you, Andy,
it's up there at Eagle's Point.
(DISSONANT BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Hike!
(FANS CHEERING)
If Andy doesn't get back
in the game, well...
Mal, did Andy ask you
to substitute for him?
Yeah, I told him
we shouldn't have, but...
Where did he go?
He said he was going home.
Thanks, Mal.
Andy's gone home.
Home?
That's impossible.
We would've seen him.
Our house is over there.
Where else could he have gone?
He could've gone to Haunted Mountain.
He was there a few days ago.
Oh, my God.
Are you sure, Judy?
I'm pretty sure.
Something else
I think I better tell you.
I think he was having
some pain at the dance.
In his legs?
Uh-huh. He said it was just tight shoes,
but I'm sure it was his legs.
I'm gonna head up to Haunted Mountain.
You get the county Sheriff.
Have him get a helicopter up there
and start searching for Andy.
Right.
RUDY: Just try to get to him
before those implants backfire, Steve.
They could do a lot of damage.
I'll get things set up here.
Bye.
Notify Dr. Mellville and Penny to prepare
for emergency surgery for Andy Sheffield.
I'm afraid we're gonna need it.
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): Eagle's Point.
That's where it must be, Andy.
Eagle's Point.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(RUMBLING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Dad couldn't have been wrong.
I've gotta get up there.
I've gotta get up to Eagle's Point.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
I gotta find it!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(ECHOING)
Andy!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
(GROANS)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): I know it's there.
I just know it's there.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): It's a sacred place, Andy.
Where the Indians bury their dead.
There must be caves up there.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
ANDY'S DAD (VO): That's what
the Red Clay tn'be did, Andy.
They covered their
bun'al cave with trees...
so the spirit of the wind couldn't find it.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Andy!
Steve!
(PANTING)
It's all right, Andy.
It's all right.
You're safe now.
I'll take you home.
Steve...
Your legs have given out on you,
haven't they, Andy?
My father was right!
He was right!
Look. Look!
Here it was all that time.
Hidden from everybody.
The burial ground to the Red Clay Indians!
My father was right!
He was right, Andy.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(MACHINES BEEPING)
(FAST BEEPING)
RUDY: How are his vital signs?
He's shocky.
Give him the blood.
I... I never knew.
I... I never knew that he still...
needed to prove so much to the town.
Dad was right.
Well, he's done it and it's over.
He's gonna be able
to walk, isn't he, Steve?
I don't know.
But you promised that
if the implants work...
Valerie, there was no way
of anticipating the effects of the overload.
Andy was supposed to tell us the moment
he felt any pain. He didn't do that.
His legs collapsed.
I don't know whether Rudy can save the
implant nerve connections or not.
But, Steve...
His condition is stable.
The legs are neutralized.
He's gonna be all right.
Here are some extra copies.
Gotta keep those
grandchildren informed.
And as far as that
other story goes...
Thanks, Vernon.
Uh, Steve told me
you're not gonna print it.
Nothing to thank me for.
Vernon?
Hmm?
Don't go.
Thanks, Andy.
Hey, Happy Birthday, Andy!
Hey, Joe! Thanks!
That's some headline, isn't it?
Yeah, it sure is.
When can you tell the public
about the implants?
Not until we can make them work
on someone besides Andy.
May take several years.
I hear that you're leaving tomorrow.
Where do you hear these things?
Everybody knows everything
about everybody in this town.
Well, Dr. Melville's going.
And a friend of mine who's having
her appendix out tomorrow called...
and said she saw them packing up
a lot of the equipment.
Not all the equipment.
We're leaving some of it with
Dr. Penny to work with Andy.
And, uh, well, I might just
stay around a little longer.
Oh!
I hate to interrupt the hug,
but I have something for you.
It's beautiful, Mrs. Moapa!
Hey, gang! The cake's here!
Well, we've already sang
Happy Birthday...
since we thought that the cake
was never gonna get here.
So why don't we light the candles
and Andy, you make a wish.
Uh, don't light the candles yet.
Steve, can I get out of this now?
Sure, you've had your
five hours rest for the day.
Come on,
let's light the candles!
ANDY: Uh, please, please don't.
You see, then I'll have to blow them out.
And when you blow out candles
and you have to make a wish.
I can't wish for anything more
than I have here right now.
So let' sjust eat the cake, okay?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
(END THEME MUSIC)