- Narrarator: Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive.
- Oscar Goldman: We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better, than he was. Better, stronger, faster.
- Dr. Chris Forbes: Well, thanks for saving my life, but would you mind telling me how you did it?
- Col. Steve Austin: Did what?
- Dr. Chris Forbes: Jump across the room like that.
- Col. Steve Austin: I ate a lot of jumping beans.
- Dr. Chris Forbes: Oscar Goldman has a reputation for getting things done. Have you known him long?
- Col. Steve Austin: About a year.
- Dr. Chris Forbes: Is he your boss?
- Col. Steve Austin: He thinks so.
- [pause]
- Col. Steve Austin: No, that's not fair, I... I like Oscar. He's bright, he's straight, and underneath that shell of red tape, he's even got a heart.
- Dr. Stanley Bacon: Do you realize that for one sixth of your cost, they could have had my weapon system perfected?
- Col. Steve Austin: I think you're given them some second thoughts about that.
- Oscar Goldman: What are you doing, what is this?
- Col. Steve Austin: It's a roll bar from a moonbuggy. I figured if you ever run out of things for me to do, I'll open a machine shop.
- Oscar Goldman: We've ordered the army to seal off the town.
- Col. Steve Austin: Well what's the name of the town?
- Oscar Goldman: A place called Norris.
- Col. Steve Austin: Norris? I went to high school 20 miles from there.
- Oscar Goldman: Steve, will you stay out of this, please?
- Col. Steve Austin: But Oscar, I know those people.
- Oscar Goldman: You're too valuable for this job, besides I got another assignment for you. If I need you, I'll let you know.
- Col. Steve Austin: Well fine Oscar, you do that. You can reach me at army headquarters in Norris.
- Dr. Stanley Bacon: In order to make them understand I must destroy government property. In this case a battalion of the army, our friend Oscar Goldman, and for the cherry on top, you, Mr. Austin. I will reduce you to a six million dollar pile of junk.
- Col. Steve Austin: Say, what ever happened to Peanuts Donnely, that kid I used to play football with?
- Joe Taylor: Oh, oh, Peanuts. Well, he was killed in Vietnam. One of the first ones.
- Oscar Goldman: How do you tell a man who saved your life that he disobeyed an order?
- Col. Steve Austin: You don't.
- Oscar Goldman: I agree with you.
- Dr. Chris Forbes: Want some company?
- Col. Steve Austin: Ok, eh, if you don't ask a lot of questions.
- Dr. Chris Forbes: No, I don't have any questions. I figured you out all by myself.
- Col. Steve Austin: Oh, and that's the end of your curiosity?
- Dr. Chris Forbes: My medical curiosity...
- Col. Steve Austin: You know, I just ran that through my computer.
- Dr. Chris Forbes: And?
- Col. Steve Austin: I like the read-out.