Lindsay Wagner and Lee Majors recently reunited to commemorate a significant milestone in television history.
This month marked the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Bionic Woman, the series that launched Wagner to stardom as Jaime Sommers, a woman who, after a skydiving accident, receives bionic limbs that give her special abilities and turn her into an agent on secret missions for the government.
Now 76 years old, the actress continues to be active in the industry, participating in conventions and events related to the series.
His presence at the anniversary celebration included a video posted on his Instagram account, in which he shared a message addressed to fans and featured the surprise participation of Kenneth Johnson, creator of the series.
“Today is the day — Happy 50th Anniversary to The Bionic Woman! Here’s a message from Lindsay (and a surprise guest) to celebrate this moment,” he wrote in the caption.
The actress took the opportunity to recognize the fans who have kept the memory of the series alive for five decades: “Without their support over all these years, we would not be here,” she said.
In addition to the commemoration, the Instagram publication included a series of photos that caught the attention of followers.Lindsay Wagner appears alongside Lee Majors, her frequent colleague and star of The Nuclear Man, a series of which The Bionic Woman was a spin-off.
Majors, now 86, posed smiling next to Wagner, marking a reunion that occurred more than five decades after their original show hit television.
Lindsay’s series had a significant cultural impact in its time, something that the actress has commented on in various interviews.According to the actress, the character of Jaime Sommers was designed to be relatable and human, and offered a sensitive representation that could connect with young people.
“The attempt to make her so real and so human—and the sensitivity of the character—was something that children could identify with, especially because they were not yet hardened by society’s expectations,” he said in a conversation with AMC.
The artist added that the series contributed to redefining the relationship between the masculine and the feminine, by showing that women could be strong and men sensitive, a cultural change relevant to the time.
After the conclusion of The Bionic Woman in 1978, Lindsay Wagner continued working on television, participating in miniseries and small-screen films.
In recent years, she gained recognition for her role as the mother of character Alex Karev on Grey’s Anatomy, allowing her to reach a new generation of viewers who were unfamiliar with her work as a pop culture icon in the 1970s.
Today, Wagner remains active at conventions and social media, sharing moments from her career and celebrating the history of the series that launched her to fame.
For its part, the meeting with Majors recalled the close professional relationship that both maintained in the seventies and underlined the cultural importance of the programs that marked an era on American television.
