The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978): Season 5, Episode 7 - Rollback - full transcript

(CROWD CHEERING)

Look out for 37!

(WHISTLE)

Move it!

Get down in a crouch!

ANNOUNCER:
And it's another eight points for the Hawks!

Incredible as it seems, they continue
to lead the celebrated T-Birds.

Least of all manager Rand Hendricks
and coach Maureen Wright of the T-Birds...

as they go down to defeat
at the hands of the underdog Hawks.

William!

That new guy of theirs,
number 37.



Without him, these clowns
would be pushovers.

Bust him up.
Put him out of the game.

It's only a skating rink.

Why do you treat it
like a battlefield?

As far as I'm concerned,
they're all battlefields.

Number 37's luck
is about to change.

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 oil“.
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)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(WHISTLE)

Move it!

Hey, come on!

ANNOUNCER: You know,
ladies and gentlemen...

they used to joke in the league
that the Hawks skated on square wheels!

But no one's joking tonight.

(WHISTLE)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(CROWD CHEERING)

I'm a doctor. Please let me through.
Don't move him!

Looks like your man
has a broken leg.

RUDY: And, maybe a concussion.
Over here!

Over here!
Move back, please.

Please, will you please give them room.
Let them through, please.

Now be careful, it's his left leg.

Take it very slow.
And bring that oxygen with you.

Let's get him in.

Taylor.

Yeah, what do you want?

What do I want?
You just put a man in the hospital.

Yeah, well, he was crowding me.

He was crowding you?
Is that all you got to say?

Yeah.

You know, Taylor, I've had it with you.
I'm tearing up your contract.

Get out of the rink.
You're fired.

This team was nothing before I came.
You understand? Nothing!

It'll be nothing after I'm gone.
Good riddance.

Hello, Oscar.

So, he's still out, huh?

From the gas Steve
used on him, huh?

Yeah.

Now, Oscar...

I can't indefinitely keep a healthy
man out with a broken leg.

Now how long do I keep up
the charade?

I don't know.

We set the trap.

Now we have to wait for
Hendricks to take the bait.

Hey!

What are you doing?

Just saying goodbye.

Don't say goodbye yet.

Mr. Hendricks wants to
talk to you.

This way.

Don't I know you?

I'm the T-Birds coach.

No, I mean from someplace else.

You look like Maureen Wright.

The skater that was sent
home from Innsbruck for...

For being a "professional"?

Some professional.

When I was 15, I won a lousy
25 bucks in a skating race.

And boy, did my parents ever need it.

And you know what happened
to my "professional earnings"?

Every penny of it bought groceries.

But that didn't matter
to the Committee.

Well, you just had a tough break.

At least I always thought so.

Forget it.

Listen, Mr. Hendricks wants
you to skate for the T-Birds.

I don't know.

Why the hesitation?
You've got no job.

Afraid you might not like
being coached by a woman?

No. I just like to think about things
before I make a decision.

We're hiring you to skate,
not to think.

No other team in the League will have you
after the way you broke Niles' leg.

Mr. Hendricks, you can't hire him
after what he did to Niles.

You fill him in on our routine
and send him home.

He's going to need
a good night's sleep.

HENDRICKS:
You're skating for us tomorrow, right?

Okay.

Let's go.

I don't like that guy.

Why?

Because he's a better skater than you
or because Maureen knows he's better?

Warn your new skater
to stay out of my way.

ANNOUNCER:
Don't forget, folks, Monday the 31st,
Halloween night...

kids basketball game,
The Ghosts vs. The Witches!

Joey Green, meet Phil Taylor.

You can count on Joey
but don't get too close.

He usually eats onions
before the game.

Eddie Randal.

Eddie'd be a great player if he wasn't
always keeping an eye out for the cops.

Chip Curtis.

Point him in the right direction,
he'll be okay.

Phil Brady.

Yeah.

Sorry about the block
I threw you last night.

(BUZZER)

Hey, come on!
Let's move, you guys.

Come on. Move it, move it!
Let's go!

Hurry up.

Good luck.

(BUZZER)

ANNOUNCER:
And there's the final bell.

The T-Birds have done it again.

They've certainly bounced back
from their ignominious defeat...

at the hands of the Hawks.

Hiring Phil Taylor after the Hawks dropped
him might be one of the reasons.

As the saying goes,
"if you can't beat them..."

(CROWD CHEERING)

(TEAM CHATTER)

We got a report from Interpol.

The Syndicate is ready to buy information
from Hendricks for 10 million dollars.

It'd have to be top secret
to call for a price like that.

He's going to make the drop
on October 31st, Halloween.

The delay, we think, is because
he hasn't got the merchandise yet.

The 31st.

He'd have to pick it up this week.

What I want you to do is
find out what he's after...

where it is and
how he intends to get it.

Good luck, pal.

Hey, you guys, real good.

All right.

Boy, when those Williams brothers
started to double team me...

I thought I was going to
have to make out my will.

Thanks for being there, Taylor.

If you're wanna thank me, thank Brady.
He was there, too.

I don't need you to
throw me any bones, Taylor.

Okay, everybody, listen.

The special practice squad
meets in 20 minutes.

Taylor, Mr. Hendricks
wants you there, too.

Wear these.

You gotta be kidding.

I didn't sign on to play
no kids' games.

These costumes could
affect wind resistance...

jumping ability and
freedom of movement.

I want you used to them, okay?

Special practice?
What's that?

Don't worry, Taylor.
I'll be there to hold your hand.

RANDAL: I still want to know
why we're wearing these.

HENDRICKS: Maybe you're all
going to a Halloween party.

Okay, boys, you know the drill.

You start, Curtis.

HENDRICKS:
No good, Curtis.

You don't pass go,
go directly to jail.

All right, you're next, Randal.

All right, Brady, go.

That's good, Brady, as usual.

All right, Taylor,
let's see what you can do.

Taylor, you continue
to amaze me.

Maureen, you have
every man do it again.

Only this time with packs.

And have every man do it until
every man clears the line.

You got that?
Yep.

Let's go, guys.

Mr. Hendricks, excuse me for asking,
what's all this got to do with skating?

Taylor, that's a floor,
those are a pair of skates.

You're on top of both of them.
Is that clear enough?

As clear as day.

That's good.

Maureen, you have them
go through everything.

If you need me,
I'll be in my office, all right?

Phil.

Phil Taylor.
You're next, come on.

Let's go, guys!
Hit the ramp!

What do you got in here?

Oh. Bricks.

Don't ask me.
I just work here.

Bricks?

How long am I gonna
be laid up here?

Well, that's a difficult
question to answer.

Your leg's broken in three places.
Healing takes time.

You said that yesterday.

I don't get it. I mean, a nothing spill,
and I get busted up that bad?

It always surprises a layman to see
how fragile human bones can be.

Let me show you.

Take a look at this x-ray.

You got a couple of hairline
fractures right here.

And a very bad break here.

You see that?

Yeah. I see.

Look, I know how tough it is,
but you're just going to have to be patient.

You'll be as good as new.

Yeah. Thanks.

Okay, I'll check back later.

(LINE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello?

Yeah, this is Niles.

How are you doing?

You're not gonna believe
what I got to tell you.

There's nothing wrong with me.

This doc here...

If he is a doc...
He just showed me an x-ray.

It's not mine.

I've had this pin in my leg
since I was a kid...

there's no pin in the x-ray.

This whole thing is some
kind of a set up. It's a scam.

I know...

Aren't you gonna...
What do you mean, you know?

We both know every
skater in the League.

Did you ever hear of Phil Taylor?

No.

Well, nobody did.

He comes out of nowhere.

He's maybe the best skater I've
ever seen.

What does he do?

He wipes you out
with a simple bump...

and then he's fired by his coach
so he can take your place on the T-Birds.

That's convenient, isn't it?

You didn't hire him, did you?

Of course I hired him.

Now that I know who
their undercover man is...

I'll use him until I don't
need him anymore.

Then when he's no longer useful...

I'll eliminate him.

So relax.
Enjoy yourself stay put.

Don't worry.
I'll take care of Taylor.

Okay. Now practice the jumps
with your masks on.

Keep it up until you can
make it once without falling.

Then, and only then, take five.

And remember to practice
coasting the crouch. Okay?

You're a regular Hans Brinker.

Sure. Didn't you see the silver skates?

You read the book.

Well, didn't every kid?

Not in this bunch.

I don't know if they can even
read their own police records.

Why does Hendricks
hire people like this?

If the owners knew he hired them,
Hendricks would be out on his ear.

None of that particular breed
of skater is wanted in the game.

Well, they're tough, huh?

Like you.

And they do what he says.

And if you're smart,
you'll do what he says, too.

Like you?
Without question?

Yeah. Why not?

Look, I can take orders as
well as the next guy. Maybe better.

But if somebody tells me to train people
to skate with bricks on their backs...

I got to wonder, don't you?

No.

Look, when you pass 21

and the only skill you can list
on your resume is skating...

there aren't too many
positions available for a girl.

Hendricks saved me from
a lot of things. I'm grateful.

And I show it by keeping
my curiosity in check.

I don't think you give yourself credit.

I think that you can do
anything you wanted to.

Do you really believe that?

Yes, I do.

And when you do, it'll happen.

Okay boys.
That's enough.

Mr. Hendricks wants to
check you on your specialties.

Specialties?

If you think
it's been crazy so far...

But wait, I'll let you
see for yourself.

I want to talk to you, Taylor.

Then talk.

I don't want to see you
around Maureen.

Well, we'll go around with her, Brady.

It's called 'skating'.

Always with the smart mouth, huh?

That's what Maureen
probably sees in you.

You're good with words,
just like her.

Well, if I catch you with her again...

we'll see how you talk
with your teeth rearranged.

Look, Brady, there are two kinds
of people I tend to socialize with.

The people I like, and
the people I can stand.

Right now, you don't fit
in either category.

HENDRICKS: Well, Taylor,
you got any hobbies?

You've got to be kidding.

If there's one thing I never do,
Taylor, that's kid.

Do you have a pastime?

Like Curtis, here.

He's interested in glassblowing.

Or Randal, with his target practice.

Terrific, Randal.

Or Brady here.

He's becoming quite a plumber.
Right, Brady?

What I'm most interested in
is somebody who can throw darts.

Did you ever throw any darts, Taylor?

Yeah, from time to time.

Funny, I thought you'd say that.

Let's see if you can hit
that target over there.

Let's see if you can hit the
yellow square in the middle.

That's good, Taylor.

Now remember,
I don't like the darts hitting the floor...

so you keep practicing.

Maureen, I want to
see you in my office.

The rest of you can
clean up and go home.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

Incredible.

It's the Pentagon.

Steve, it's incredible

Well, that's howl felt
when I saw the blueprints.

How do you suppose he got them?

Well, with 10 million dollars
at the other end...

I think Hendricks can
afford a few bribes.

Audacious man, isn't he?

How do you think the skating figures in?
Or the glassblowing?

Don't forget the dart practicing.

Steve, I'm just happy that we know
where he's going to strike.

Well, I think I can help you with when.

We got games scheduled
tomorrow and Saturday.

And he's supposed to deliver
the merchandise Halloween.

That's Monday night.

He won't want to hold on to
stolen merchandise for very long.

He'll move on Sunday.

That figures.

With civilians gone, the Pentagon
would practically be empty.

What do you think he's after?

Could be anything.

The Pentagon is a supermarket
of classified material.

When do we pick Hendricks up?

Not right away.

I don't want to let him slip away
on a conspiracy charge.

I want him and that coach,
what's her name?

Maureen Wright?
All of them...

red handed, holding a smoking gun.

Meaning I let them into the Pentagon.

And I keep them from getting out.

Steve, unless I miss my guess...

we got them right
where we want them.

Those skates
you've just been issued...

have wheels of a special
soft rubber composition.

They're good for maybe 20 miles
and they run very silent.

I guess you're
wondering why, Taylor?

Taylor, I think it's time we let you in
on a little secret the rest of us share.

We're about to commit a robbery.

HENDRICKS:
Not surprised, are you?

None of you were.

I guess it's a long time since
any of us were Boy Scouts.

Or Girl Scouts.
I'll need you, too, Maureen.

Why?
Be patient.

I'll tell you later.

What are we stealing?

That, I haven't told anyone.

But we're going to do it
in 15 minutes.

Wait a minute, Hendricks.

You can't expect us to pull a job
without being told anything about it.

Randal, you've been told
everything you need to know.

Each of you will be equipped
with one of these.

And with this unit I'll guide you
through every step of the operation.

If you remember everything
Maureen and I have taught you...

you'll come through with flying colors...

and the ten thousand dollars
I promised each of you.

And that goes for you, too, Taylor.

Are you with us?

I'm with you.

Funny. I thought you'd say that.

All right, let's move out.

Don't go.

Get out of this, Phil.
Get out of it while you can.

What about you?

I've no place to go.

It doesn't matter. But you...

HENDRICKS: Are you two joining us?

STEVE: Yeah. Sure.

Mr. Goldman, I'm with the Pentagon
Security Chief now, sir.

He assures us that he can
handle any emergency.

I'm sure he can.

But I'm going to be there anyway.

HENDRICKS:
We'll only be an hour so just park it over
there and leave the keys in the ignition.

We're gonna get picked up
looking like this.

Why? We’ve just been invited
to a very special affair.

The Annual Halloween Charity Ball.

Annual Halloween Charity Ball?

Mr. Hendricks, if we're stealing money
from charity, you can count me out.

I'm touched, Curtis.

But we're only staying a little while.

We're on our way to the basement.

Trick or Treat for
the Children's Fund.

Well, thank you.
You're very generous.

HENDRICKS:
The pleasure was all mine.

The main party is
in the ballroom to the right.

HENDRICKS: Our target,
gentlemen, is the O.S.I. Building.

O.S.I.? Isn't that a
government building?

HENDRICKS: So?

But you said we were after securities and
bonds that one of your partners had stolen.

HENDRICKS:
Let's say I don't always tell the truth.

This door leads directly
to the basement.

There's a tunnel that runs under the street
connecting various government buildings.

Luckily for us, it runs right
along side this building.

How do we get into the tunnel?

We've done a little preparatory work.

Brady will lead the way.

What about you?

Dracula will stay here
with the Princess.

HENDRICKS: Move!

(SOFT JAZZ PLAYS)

(PARTY CHATTER)

The tunnel you are in leads
directly to the O.S.I. Building.

The passage you are in
will take you to a trans-in.

Climb through it.

At the bottom of that 60 foot ladder
you will find a ramp.

You know what to do.

Taylor.

I'm broadcasting
on your frequency alone.

I don't want the others
to hear this.

I'm listening.

Quite simply,
I know who you are.

What do you mean?
What are you talking about?

Now, don't bother trying
to bluff me.

I may not know your name,
but I know who you work for.

I've known almost from the instant
Niles had his supposed accident.

What do you want?

Obviously, I want you to
go on with the robbery.

I suppose you plan to continue it to
a certain point and then signal for help.

But I'm warning. Don't.

I'm quite familiar with
every alarm in that building...

and I will know instantly if one goes off.

If one is tripped for
any reason whatsoever...

the Princess will sleep
for a hundred years.

Do you understand?

I understand.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

HENDRICKS:
You will come to an intersecting corridor.

The floor of it is a pressure alarm.

Use your ramp
as you have been trained.

You wouldn't want to leave me,
would you, Maureen?

You're my insurance.

HENDRICKS: You are now
approaching the second intersection.

The floor is another pressure alarm.

Cross it hand over hand.

You should be coming
to the end of the tunnel.

Taylor, this is where you
perform your specialty.

The elevator will not respond
unless you hit your mark.

The entire floor...

is an extremely sensitive
pressure alarm.

The dart must not fall to the floor.

Do you understand, Taylor?

But if you succeed...

the alarm will be deactivated.

You have got to hit
the breaker on the box.

Now listen carefully.

Randal, you will go to the first floor.

The rest of you will go to the third floor.

That is where our target is.

It's an office belonging to a gentleman...

named Oscar Goldman.

This is Goldman. Report.

Mr. Goldman, Interior Stations 1, 2 and 3
report no unusual activity.

All outside stations are
quiet and secure.

Acknowledged.

Report anything out of the ordinary,
no matter how trivial. Over.

Randal...

there are two guards on duty...

who move from the first
to the third floor.

You will stop them.

HENDRICKS: Brady, what is your status?

We're on the third floor.

Move straight down the corridor.

It ends at Goldman's office.

The glass doors are to your left.

HENDRICKS: It's deceptively simple.

But in the lock is
an alarm so sensitive...

that it will react to
the most minute touch.

You are going to make
a glass bubble, then cut it in half..

Place one half over the door lock...

then shoot foam into it
to insulate the alarm contacts.

Jacobs, how would you describe me?

Sir?

I mean, would you consider
me logical, critical?

The type of person that
only deaths in facts?

Uh, well, yes.

I suppose I would, sir.

So would I.

Then why am I getting this sickening feeling
that something is very, very wrong?

Randal...

in a few seconds both those guards
are going to enter a guard station.

Now, that's the only time
both men are in the same place.

You have to skate up to speed...

then coast in a crouch
past the windows...

and when you reach the doorway...

shoot.

And hold your breath
when you do...

or the nerve agent in your
pistol will put you to sleep.

Go!

(GUN POPS SOFTLY)

HENDRICKS:
Put the glass tube over the lock.

Now pour the foam into the tube.

It will deactivate the alarm.

BRADY: We're in.

HENDRICKS: Good.

Behind the picture
in the wet bar is a safe.

Normally it would take an experienced
cracksman hours to open it.

You three will do it in seconds
because the safe will do all the work.

Taylor?

While Brady gets ready,
you smash in the wall around the safe.

HENDRICKS: The vacuum tube
running from the safe...

is impervious to any tool...

but not to the solvent in your kit.

Brady.

Cut that tube and add
the section you're canying.

Taylor...

this safe has all the usual
safety devices...

and one more.

In case of nuclear attack...

the contents would automatically be sent
to the basement for later retrieval.

HENDRICKS: As soon as
Brady has done his work...

convince the safe that
there is a nuclear attack.

The torch burns at 2,000 degrees...

more than enough to do the job.

(METAL CREAKING)

(AIR HISSES)

BRADY: It worked.
It worked.

HENDRICKS: Taylor, I want you to know...

I will not consider this operation a success
until those papers are in my hands.

Have you got that?

I understand.

I'm happy to hear that. Go.

BRADY: Taylor, move it!

(BUZZER)

But how?

Callahan can't beep me
unless she's at her...

At her desk!

Attention all stations.
This is a Priority One.

Return to base. Repeat.
Return to base on the double.

Come on, let's get out of here.

But where? Where are we going?

The O.S.I. office.

(TIRES SCREECH)

All of you exit the via the main lobby.
We'll meet you there.

The lobby?
Won't that set off the alarm?

Of course.

And Mr. Goldman will come
to lock the barn door...

long after the horse is winging
his way to South America.

Over and out.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(TIRES SCREECH)

All right, Hendricks,
I kept my end of the bargain.

And I kept mine.
The princess is safe.

You, however, are a different story.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(LOUD POP, AIR HISS)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

Round them up!

Just looking back at my life
of the last couple of years.

You talk like it's over.

Look, I'm not kidding myself.

Mr. Goldman told me
I'm going to face charges.

Well, there's going to be
a court hearing, that's all.

There are extenuating
circumstances, dozens of them.

And I'll be there to read them off.

Thanks for trying to cheer me up.

You mean, I'm not making it?

On a scale of one to ten...

I'd say you hit about a three.

Well, I do know a place where
the music is soft...

and the food is good.

The conversation makes allowance
for the mood you're in.

You just hit six and still climbing.

Well, then after dinner there's a
short walk along the beach...

and you'd be amazed at the magic a few
stars shining on the water can perform.

I do believe. I do.

I believe anything
you say, Steve.

Well, everything is going
to be all right, believe me.

(END THEME MUSIC)