"The Deadly Replay" is one of the better episodes of the second season. While it is short on bionics (although that does come into play at the climax) this edition of SMDM focuses on the human side of Steve Austin. He is recruited to test fly the very same HL-10 aircraft that nearly killed him in the pilot. Oscar has long suspected sabotage and, after poo-pooing that idea initially, Steve comes to agree with him.
This entry is superb in showing Steve as a man with the same anxieties and doubts as the rest of us. While he is worried flying this machine may kill him he knows he must do it to prove to himself he can. Further complications set in when it becomes obvious someone wants the test to fail and there is probably a traitor in their midst. Steve must fly the plane, find the traitor, and survive the flight.
The supporting cast is stellar. The standout is Clifton James, probably best known as "Sheriff J. Dubyuh Peppah" in two James Bond adventures. He's a lot more useful to the hero in this show. The episode also features the umpteenth example of Oscar Goldman nervously hanging around in some sort of a command center while Steve's life is in peril.
This entry is superb in showing Steve as a man with the same anxieties and doubts as the rest of us. While he is worried flying this machine may kill him he knows he must do it to prove to himself he can. Further complications set in when it becomes obvious someone wants the test to fail and there is probably a traitor in their midst. Steve must fly the plane, find the traitor, and survive the flight.
The supporting cast is stellar. The standout is Clifton James, probably best known as "Sheriff J. Dubyuh Peppah" in two James Bond adventures. He's a lot more useful to the hero in this show. The episode also features the umpteenth example of Oscar Goldman nervously hanging around in some sort of a command center while Steve's life is in peril.