Of course, that didn't mean that we couldn't bring a friend with us. Or, for that matter, buy him lunch!
The manager, who always goes the extra mile to make his customers feel special, surprised us with two small orange ice cream shakes as we finished up our burgers and fries. What a wonderful way to express the meaning of the holiday season!
Of course, we shared our shakes with our friend.
Saturday we worked out at the gym, enjoyed another lunch out, ran more errands, and wrapped more gifts. Sunday ditto, except that we stayed home all day, and took advantage of a few really nice hours outside to do some yard maintenance. Oh yeah, and during lunch we took out an hour for Jaime Sommers. As the third season of The Bionic Woman progressed, producers Harve Bennett and Kenneth Johnson departed the show. (Kenneth Johnson would go on to helm The Incredible Hulk, and Harve Bennett to oversee the Star Trek movies).
The episode we watched represents the direction the new production team wanted to steer the show, more toward science fiction topics than just slice-of-life or secret agent stories. In "The Pyramid," Oscar Goldman oversees a program in which Saturn V rockets deliver chemical payloads to the upper atmosphere. These are then exploded, and the dispersed chemicals intended to rebuild the planet's ozone layer. Jaime accompanies a friend in Launch Control to investigate a radio signal that caused interference during a test launch.
Warning: The next two paragraphs contain plot spoilers!
Underneath a former military bunker, they discover a forgotten pyramid, which has sunk down under the ground in the centuries since it was built. During their exploration, they are incapacitated by an ancient Indian (Mesoamerican) warrior. Jaime and her friend awaken to find themselves paralyzed by an old man with telepathic abilities. From him they learn that another spaceship containing his people will arrive soon, but unless he can signal them to turn back, the chemicals recently dispersed into the atmosphere will destroy the ship, and his people will interpret its destruction as an act of war.
Jaime and the Aztec warrior must steal an experimental crystal from Dr. Rudy Wells' lab, and Jaime must give up the atomic power pack in her bionic replacements, and hope that the old man can signal his people in time. Needless to say, it's important to her that, in her weakened state, she can nonetheless return to Rudy's lab, and get a new power pack installed before she dies. It's a fun episode, and a neat look back at the topics that fascinated us in the late 1970s, from Chariots of the Gods (the book that explored mankind's possible extraterrestrial origins), telepathy, pyramid and crystal power, UFOs and alien contact, and our depleted ozone layer.
Well, that's all from me for now. A rather unusual (and bionic!) blog, covering topics of interest from a show made nearly forty years ago, many of which remain as relevant today as when the episode was filmed. But then, this is a rather unusual season of the year, in which we all put out a little extra effort, to remind others that, even if we don't get to see each other as often as we would like, we still care for each other. Now, I need to do my part, and stop by the Post Office this week, so that Santa can deliver all his gifts by Christmas day.
If my discussion of The Bionic Woman episode intrigued you, follow the link below, and watch "The Pyramid" on your computer. Consider it my gift to you this holiday season. Enjoy!
Dragon Dave
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