BIONIC TROPES
In the course of rewatching the series, there are certain tropes that John and Paul discovered that run throughout the series. We'll add to these lists as we progress through the podcast.
Oscar seems to spend a lot of his time sitting around and doing "The Move" while waiting for Steve or Jaime to return from his dangerous missions.
Paul has commented how the Rudy episodes where he gets out of the lab were always better and gave whatever actor was portraying him a chance to stretch his acting muscles.
Both Steve and Jaime have had to pretend to be something they weren't and quite often changed their last name (hardly ever their first) in order to not be recognized (like their faces wouldn't tip people off).
It was Kevin Lauderdale who brought up the idea for a comic book of all the other projects that Oscar and Rudy oversee at OSI. Here's the list with the episode and project.
Oscar has had his share of losers working for him at the OSI. They turn out to be traitors who will quickly sell out Steve, Jaime, Oscar, and Rudy in order to make a quick buck.
SMDM Season 1: Doomsday, and Counting; The Rescue of Athena One
SMDM Season 2: Nuclear Alert, The Pioneers, Pilot Error, Act of Piracy, The Last Kamikaze
SMDM Season 3: The Price of Liberty
SMDM Season 2: Nuclear Alert (truck driver); The Seven Million Dollar Man (telephone repair man)
SMDM Season 3: The Return of the Bionic Woman, pt 2 (Jaime as a reporter)