
CRITICAL ASSIGNMENTS
There are times when a simple review or interview episode does not encompass what is being accompished
in the podcast. For those instances, we offer the CRITICAL ASSIGNMENTS.
John and Paul will criss-cross the globe (or the country, depending on our means)
to discover bionic treasures that you cannot easily find.
Whatever the danger, whatever the risk, the CRITICAL ASSIGNMENT will uncover it for you.

Before we begin our look at each and every episode of the series, we present a Roundtable discussion John and Paul hosted on The Chronic Rift. This discussion was so big John split it into two parts. In our first part, we discuss the two series proper from the popularity of both series to favorite episodes to merchandising for the series and their connection to Star Wars. They are joined by Joseph Burns, Matt Hankinson, and James Sherrard, three people who, along with Paul, were involved heavi

Before we begin our look at each and every episode of the series, we present a Roundtable discussion John and Paul hosted on The Chronic Rift. This discussion was so big John split it into two parts. In our first part, we discuss the two series proper from the popularity of both series to favorite episodes to merchandising for the series and their connection to Star Wars. They are joined by Joseph Burns, Matt Hankinson, and James Sherrard, three people who, along with Paul, were involved heavi

Taking a break for the summer allowed John to go out on special missions for the podcast. These "Critical Assignments" took him to far-off exotic locales where he met up with other agents of the OSI. In this episode, John travels to Atlanta, Georgia for DragonCon 2013. There, he met actress Lindsay Wagner and hosted a Q&A panel on Friday, August 29. He captured the audio of the panel and we're sharing it with you on the podcast. John relates what it was like meeting Lindsay...

Our Critical Assignment series continues with another bionic Q&A panel hosted by John. This time around, we present Lee Majors' appearance at DragonCon 2013. The panel took place on Saturday, August 30 and it was John's first time meeting Lee and he relates what the experience was like. Plus, Paul fills us in on the making of the the career retrospective that was shown to the audience prior to Lee's taking the stage.

Our Critical Assignment concludes with the big bionic panel of DragonCon 2013. Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner both appeared on stage for the first time in many years to talk about their work on the bionic series. The panel took place on Sunday, August 31 and John got to host this extravaganza. Plus, Paul talks with The Bionic Blonde herself, Betsy Dodd, on how she developed the bionic reunion video that was shown to the audience prior to the duo taking the stage.

Our Critical Assignment series takes a look at a panel on the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The Six Million Dollar Man on ABC. In this panel, John moderates with Cyborgs pal and bionic merchandising guru Matt Hankinson, RevCast host and DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track moderator Gary Mitchel, and writer and Earth Station One Podcast host Bobby Nash, a discussion on the pilot movie, Lee Major's acting chops in the series, the merchandising of the series, plus a whole lot more.

Our Critical Assignment returns with a new episode taking a look at the premiere of a new Six Million Dollar Man comic book. John and Paul have mentioned The Bionic Man and The Bionic Woman comic books in the past and have found them both to be enjoyable series that offer bionic fans a little bionic action in a modern world. But now, Dynamite Comics, which produced the two former books, is producing a comic book that will take place in the continuity of the original series. The Six Million Dolla

John and Paul have been given a new Critical Assignment. With the success of The Six Million Dollar Man Season 6 by Dynamite Comics, it stood to reason that a The Bionic Woman Season 4 comic would follow. But as most bionic fans know, The Bionic Woman does not usually feature the same kind of story telling as her male counterpart. Dynamite's previous attempt at a Bionic Woman comic was less than stellar. Is it possible they can get it right by using the original source material? Writer Bran

With Paul away, John is left at the OSI to explore Oscar's unsecured office and he found some bionic goodies to share with you.

In this special episode, John is joined by Jim Sherrard, Betsy Dodd, and Rod De Luca to discuss what to expect when reviewing The Bionic Woman for the podcast.