All language subtitles for The Six Million Dollar Man S05E03 Deadly Countdown (1)

It looks good at NASA One.

Roger.

BCS Arm switch is on.

Okay, Victor.

Landing Rocket Arm switch
is on. Here comes the throttle.

Circuit breakers in.

We have separation.

Inboard and outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward
with the side stick.

Looks good.

Ah, Roger.

I've got a blowout
in damper three.

Get your pitch to zero.

Pitch is out. I
can't hold altitude!

Correction. Alpha Hold is off.
Threat selector is emergency.

Flight Com. I can't hold it! She's
breaking up! She's breaking...

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.

White Bird to Grey Fox.
White Bird to Grey Fox.

White Bird to Grey Fox.
White Bird to Grey Fox.

Grey Fox to White Bird.

Grey Fox to White Bird.

Go ahead, White Bird.

We have power on both boosters.

We are ready to synchronize.

Over.

Ready to synchronize.

Test for maximum power.

Over.

We are ready.

Now turn on the first booster.

I don't want to hear
that it's impossible.

Take it easy, Oscar.

I understand your problem.

I don't think you do
understand, David.

We have an
intelligence report...

that says there may be an
attempt to sabotage the launch.

The best protection against
sabotage is to schedule it...

earlier than anyone expects.

But to have the 1-B ready
for launch in six days...

is cutting four days
out of our schedule.

Order three shifts, the
OSI's paying the bill.

I want Colonel Austin and
Dr. Russell up there in six days.

Nancy, I want a meeting with the
Saturn 1-B systems engineers...

and the launch staff in the
conference room in 30 minutes.

No, no, you can cancel that.

And I want around-the-clock
shifts on Pad B starting tomorrow.

Right.

Thank you, David.

Well, all of a sudden,
I've got a lot of work to do.

Make yourself at home.

I just hope we can pull it off.

You always have before.

I get the feeling there's more
to this than what you told Dave.

I'm afraid so, pal.

This is the satellite
that we sent up last year.

The nation's Missile Defense
Program depends on it...

and it's beginning
to malfunction.

That's why I want
to get you up there...

link up with it and
replace the satellite's brain.

Now I understand the rush.

Dr. Leah Russell, who designed
the satellite's new brain...

will be your co-pilot.

She'll fine tune the
system after the link-up.

Sounds good.

There's just one more thing.

This orbital satellite wasn't
designed for link-ups...

and you'll have to enter
through this emergency hatch.

Oscar, when I open that hatch...

the pressure release could
blast us into the next galaxy.

That's why I want you to use your bionics
to prevent the hatch from blowing...

and vent the pressure
gradually, like this.

The success of this mission
depends on you, Steve.

Nobody else can do it.

Good thing we've
got some time...

that impulse booster is
giving me a lot of trouble.

Just so long as we're
ready for the launch.

I'd give half my bonus
to see their faces...

when we snatch that bird
right out of their hands.

It will be a considerable
shock to them, won't it?

It's Webster.

Yeah, what is it, Webster?

We got problems.

The launch has been moved up.

It's goin' in six days, not ten.

You positive?

I just returned from a meeting.

McGrath has put extra
crews on the pad...

and a Colonel Steve Austin is gonna
do the repair work on the satellite.

If this thing falls apart, it means
a one million dollar investment...

and a ten million dollar
payoff down the drain.

What're our chances of
being ready in six days?

Are you serious?

Delay the launch. We
can't be ready in six days.

But be careful.

Whatever you do, it has
to look like an accident...

that causes a delay,
not an FBI investigation.

Well, that just leaves the
Saturn 1-B or Steve Austin...

and I can't get close
enough to the 1-B... not now.

Well, that leaves Austin.

It's worth $25,000.

All right.

All right, get on with it.

Yes, sir.

On its side, it's like
a sleeping giant.

But when it's standing up...

Well, I could never do it.

I could never ride
one of these things.

Well, that sure gives
me confidence...

being as you're one of the guys
that puts these things together.

Well, you know
what I mean, Steve.

Yeah, I sure do.

I've been away from
these birds so long...

that I've been feeling a little uptight
myself ever since Oscar told me...

I was going for another ride.

How do you get
yourself to do it?

I don't know.

I keep telling myself it's
like riding a wild bronc.

I'm gonna stay on, make
it go where I want it to...

that I'm in control.

Well, the truth is the Saturn
1-B is like 34 million horses.

Well, the day before the
launch is when that hits me.

It scares me.

I still don't know
how you do it.

Say, when am I gonna
meet Dr. Russell?

This evening.

She came in from
Houston last night.

I got in touch with you because you
once worked at the space center...

and you know their routine.

When you called you said this
had something to do with a guy...

named Austin, Steve
Austin, that right?

Yeah, I understand he caused
you a bit of discomfort in the past?

Discomfort?

12 years of it...
Florida State Prison.

How'd you like to settle the score
and get paid for the pleasure?

How much?

$25,000.

Now, the way you
do it is your business.

But it must look
like an accident.

Just $5,000 in here.

Oh, you'll get the rest...

when I get word that
Steve Austin's been killed...

accidentally.

I hope that's not
too much steam.

Oh, no, that's fine.

I'm sorry!

Last time I bunked here, it was
kinda like West Point, you know?

That's also changed.

Yeah.

You must be Steve Austin.

You must be Dr. Russell.

That's right.

Very pleased to meet
you, Colonel Austin.

It's my pleasure.

I'll come back later.

Oh, I don't mind, if you don't.

I mean, we're gonna be living together
in that space capsule for some time.

Well, I guess you're right.

What's it like out there,
anyway? In space, I mean.

It's ah... it's quiet...

Peaceful and exciting
all at the same time.

Physically demanding?

Over the long haul, yes.

I was afraid you'd say that.

Are you worried?

About getting this 30-year-old
body through those stress lab tests.

Something tells me
you're gonna make it.

How'd you ever get into
designing brains for satellites?

My parents taught me
trigonometry instead of the ABC's...

read me logarithms
instead of fairy tales.

And I entered
Oxford when I was 17.

I know it's stupid...

silly, actually...

but I'm very frightened
about going off into space.

You'll do just fine.

Welcome aboard.

Last quarter coming up.

You've got to do it in 1:33,
so start pumping it out.

That's got it.

1:28, five seconds to spare.

That's terrific.

Hey, you see, you made it.

That's what the man said.

I knew there was some zip left
in that 30-year-old body of yours.

What do you say, Colonel?

How about showing
us how it's really done?

No, no, I don't want
to show you up.

After that, you're
going to have to.

I took mine already at
the OSI Headquarters.

Steve, I need some
for my records here.

Absolutely.

Come on, Colonel.

Come on. I'll wire you up.

Her security clearance
is at least a six, right?

Mmm-hmm.

Well, I think you're right.

It's as good a time as
any for her to find out.

Give me a hand with
this, will you, Steve?

Okay, Steve. Hit it.

How am I doing?

You're not.

You have to be kidding.

Never been more
serious in my life.

Now, get cracking, Steve.

Come on, Colonel!
Turn on the steam!

Well, it looks normal.

I don't believe it.

It's not possible.

How did you do that?

Well, something about a challenge
just gets my adrenalin flowing, I guess.

Come on, Colonel.

There has to be a better
explanation than that.

Well, we're due at the
High Altitude Chamber next.

We'll talk on the way.

See, there's a part of this old legend
not too many people know about.

Let's go through this
by the numbers, okay?

Yeah, you have a
new kid on the block.

By the numbers, you got it.

We always do a manually
stepped run the first time, anyways.

I'll take it first.

Ready to initiate procedure.

Standing by.

What's happening out there?

I don't know. The
auto-sequence kicked in.

Hit the override!

I did, nothing happened.

He'll suffocate in there.

Do something! Hurry! Hurry!

He's not getting any air.

Pull this out! Hurry!

Are you alright?

I can't figure it!

Contact McGrath.

I want security to
check on this right away.

He's what?

You better give me that again.

You heard me.

Austin's alive. I missed him.

Well, take another shot.

Maybe, in a couple of weeks.

No. We need him knocked out now.

What's the rush?

If he's still on deck, something
goes before we're ready.

So you just stay on it.

No way.

They're alerted now.
I'll end up back in prison.

All right, you stay on the job,
you get the rest of your money now.

Not enough if I get caught.

Look, if something goes wrong...

there'll be another
$25,000 in it for you.

And you forget
that we ever talked.

What's my guarantee?

The money will be placed
in your bank account today.

You bought yourself a deal.

He'll get Austin this
time, for sure, Mr. Shanks.

He'd better.

Our backers would get very unpleasant
if that satellite brain were launched...

before we can control it.

Security boys turn up anything?

As far as we can
tell, it was an accident.

Some kind of electronic mix-up.

Couple of reversed
circuit boards.

Are you sure that someone didn't get in
that control room and switch those boards?

Our security has never
been penetrated before.

There's never been a
better reason before.

Well, do we go back to work?

We have no choice.

I don't want to, but we have to
keep the mission on schedule.

White Bird to Grey Fox.

White Bird to Grey
Fox. We are ready.

Let's patch into
their flight computers.

This is pre-flight test.

I have a guidance
indicator light.

Standing by for guidance update.

It's working perfectly.

One down and one more to go.

That's 6-niner-3-5, copy?

That's... that's a copy.

I thought maybe I damaged it
when I got knocked across the HAC.

It's functioning
perfectly, Steve. Perfect.

Well, how do you figure it?

It has to be the flight
guidance signals.

They must interfere with the
bionic mechanism in some way.

That kinda like the way a microwave
oven messes up a pace-maker?

The theory's the same, yeah.

So every time we update the guidance
program, it will happen again, right?

Most likely.

Now that I know what causes it,
Rudy, I'd like to stay with this one...

and keep it just between us.

Long as you keep me informed...

as long as it's a momentary aberration and
none of your other bionics are affected.

Okay?

Thanks, Rudy. Thanks a lot.

Okay, Steve.

Hey!

What's Colonel Austin, the
astronaut, doing hanging around here?

Astronauts hang
around here a lot.

Yeah? Why?

Well, a lot of them do.

Especially the day
before going up.

It's kinda like a ritual
with some of them.

So Colonel Austin, too?

Oh, yeah.

You can bet anything that he'll
be here the day before a launch.

Hey, how about that?

It's a history of
the space program.

Dave's been at the
Cape from the beginning.

So am I, from my
beginning, I mean.

He has commendations from
every president since Kennedy.

I was a baby, then.

The Medal of Freedom.

He's especially
proud of that one.

And the one on the wall
he got at the White House.

I've been watching
you, young lady.

You better stop
bragging so much.

I'm proud of you.

She positively embarrasses me.

Steve, I hear you had an
uphill battle with the treadmill.

Well, you see, I have aged.

It just doesn't show.

He owes that all to me.

We didn't want an
old-timer on this project...

but he's all our
budget would allow.

We don't have to
listen to this nonsense.

Come on.

I have a confession to make.

This is not a place to confess.

You have the perfect spot?

Yeah. Tailor-made for post
brunch cocktails and confessions.

You don't mean that.

12-foot long rattlesnakes.

Sure, they used to come out and sun
themselves up there where the road is now.

Of course, when we first
came training down here...

there wasn't a road there
then and hardly any people.

Just 12-foot long rattlesnakes.

Yep.

And alligators.

Big alligators.

You know, they used to get under
cars and flip 'em over just for fun.

This is when the space
program first started?

Yep, came here all the time.

Lots of confessing going
on in those days, huh?

Well, I had a lot to confess.

And I think I have
a confession now.

Not before I say
what I have to say.

You mean about turning up the
resistance setting on the treadmill?

You see, when Dr. Wells
was wiring you up for the...

You knew. All the time.

Colonel Austin, you're a rat.

Yeah, well, that doesn't
make me a bad person...

and besides,
you see I don't lie.

Now there's a 12-foot
rattlesnake if I ever saw one.

Don't put it anywhere near me.

What are you talking about?

We are now testing
escape procedures.

This is a test for
escape procedure.

Attention, all
personnel on Deck 2.

We'd like you to initiate
emergency procedure.

First you re-start
the computer and...

Then I deactivate the
cyro tanks, got it, sorry.

This is Mission Director,
what's going on up there?

I'm afraid it's me, I can't
seem to concentrate.

Emergency alert is well
worth the effort, Leah.

I know... I just...

Give me a minute,
will you, Dave?

I don't know what's
the matter with me.

That happens often
with emergency alert.

We hope that we never need it...

so sometimes our minds
refuse to cope with it.

I think I understand.

I never take out
insurance when I fly.

Exactly.

Feeling better?

Back on the line
here, standing by.

Okay, let's give it another go.

Ready.

Well, missed you at lunch.

Hi. Hi.

I wasn't hungry.

Oh, you come here
to work up an appetite?

Oh, it's so frustrating.

I felt so dumb in
that capsule today.

Well, forget it.
You'll catch on.

I tried.

It keeps gnawing at me.

You can't keep coming to
my rescue during the mission.

Well, you're right.

What you need is a
co-pilot you can depend on.

Well, you're right again. I do.

Look, it's just
pre-launch jitters.

You'll feel better tomorrow.

Seriously, Steve.

Perhaps I shouldn't
be doing it at all.

Hey now, wait a minute.

Look, as commander
of this flight...

I order you to allow me the
pleasure of one last rescue.

What you need is a little RATS.

Oh oh, another
space-age acronym.

Uh-huh.

Remote Area Training Structure.

We'll go there this
afternoon after we finish work.

And now, back to work.

Yes sir, Colonel, you
can rescue me anytime.

Feeling more relaxed?

Very.

Good.

I always used to come here just
to get away from all that hardware.

Why don't we just send a polite
note to Oscar and Dave McGrath...

saying due to circumstances
beyond our control...

we are unable to attend
the launch of the Saturn 1-B.

Wouldn't that just frost them.

They'd probably
never find us here.

Well, that's a good idea, but
they'd find us and just in time.

Hmm. You know, I just
remembered something.

There's something I have
to do. I'll be right back.

Alone?

I'm a creature of habit.

It's a little ritual I go
through before every launch.

I promise I'll be back.

Okay.

Richman! Well, who
you working for now?

Nobody.

Come on. Did you learn
anything in 12 years? Cooperate.

I learned Austin, how to hate.

My friends, my job.
You cost me everything.

You should have thought of that when
you were stealing those components.

Now, who's paying you?

Satisfaction.

That's my pay.

And I'd do it again.

I guess you didn't learn
anything, did you? Come on.

I'm concerned for the
safety of your man, Oscar.

I appreciate that, David, but you
know the priority of this mission.

And now you know why we want
nothing to do with military launches.

Who needs this?

Dave, if this was an attempt
to interfere with the launch...

and not a grudge thing,
we've got it stopped.

There's no reason to abort now.

And there's no time
for another attempt.

Well, it's your show.
Whatever you want.

I'll run a check on
Richman just to be sure.

But let's tighten up security
on this base and get on with it.

All right. It's a go.

They're moving that
rocket up to the pad.

Looks like we've lost.

No we haven't.

We'll find another
way to stop that launch.

Melissa?

Melissa?

McGrath?

What's this all about?

It's about keeping
your daughter alive.

Who are you? What
do you want? Money?

An explosion.

You're gonna blow up
that rocket on the pad.

I'm... You're out of your mind.

Maybe, but you'll cooperate if you
want to see your daughter alive again.

McGrath.

Daddy.

Melissa, are you all right?

She's depending on you, McGrath.

Yeah, coffee would
go real good right now.

Well, how you doing?

You decide to go
along for the ride?

Well, I'd like to but while you
and Leah are taking your ride...

I'm going back to Washington,
another emergency.

Hey, where's Rudy?

He's on his way to Washington.

Well, you guys
sure lead busy lives.

It's a living.

Where's McGrath?

He never lets a launch go up
without shaking everybody's hand.

He's probably got his nose in
some console over at Mission Control.

Now I'm beginning
to think nobody cares.

I do.

Good luck, pal. Thanks.

T minus five minutes and counting,
swing arm and white room away.

That's a copy, swing
arm and white room away.

Launch escape tower
armed, and keyed for jettison.

T minus four
minutes and holding.

Are we cleared for launch?

Cleared for launch.

T minus three minutes,
30 seconds and counting.

Feeling good.

We have automatic initiation
of propellant pressurization.

We have a warning light on Second
Stage hydrogen pressurization.

Copy that.

Our instrumentation
is reading normal.

Stand by for verification.

We should have had
release valve cycling by now.

We're working on it, Mac.

Copy that, let's get the
white room back to the bird.

Just in case.

Commencing that now.

Have we tried the hard
line to the valves yet?

Negative.

- Well, let's do it.
- Hard line in.

Negative response to that.

Maybe it's a faulty sensor.

Maybe we should...

Steve, I'm scared.

I don't like it.

Abort.

Abort the mission.

Hit the LET.

I did, nothing happened.

Steve, Steve!

Steve.