Topic: Wonder Woman Episode Reviews

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Wonder Woman: Season 1

12. THE BUSHWHACKERS
Airdate: Jan. 29, 1977
Efforts to stop the theft of cattle needed by the army go awry, leaving Wonder Woman captive and without her magical belt. But help comes from an unexpected source: a group of war orphans turned buckaroos!

Guest Stars: Roy Rogers as J.P. Hadley Henry Darrow as Walter Lampkin Lance Kerwin as Jeff Hadley Tony George as Emmett Dawson David Clarke as Sheriff Bodie

Writer/Director Skip Webster - Writer Stuart Margollin - Director

My Thoughts:
Now this episode I enjoyed. Definitely an entertaining one here. There is of course a famous guest star in this episode with Roy Rogers. This one has likable characters as well as a good, fun storyline. If there is anything I don't like about this episode it is Wonder Woman's Texan outfit... long sleeves and long pants?.... definitely covers too much! 

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Wonder Woman: Season 1

13. WONDER WOMAN IN HOLLYWOOD
Airdate: Feb. 16, 1977
Wonder Woman and WONDER GIRL are in Tinseltown! Good thing, too, what with enemy agents kidnapping the GI heroes who are taking part in the fliming of a wartime spirit-lifter about their exploits.

Guest Stars: Harris Yulin as Mark Bremer Robert Hays as Corporal Jim Ames Christopher Norris as Gloria Charles Cyphers as Kurt Alan Bergmann as Director Carolyn Jones as Queen Debra Winger as Drusilla

Writer/Director Jimmy Sangster - Writer Bruce Bilson - Director

My Thoughts:
Woohoo! We have another (and if I remember correctly the last) episode with Debra Winger Wonder Girl. We also have Carolyn Jones recurring her role as the Queen. This is a very fun and entertaining episode. I enjoyed every minute of it. I would have liked to of seen a little more time of them on Paradise Island though.

After watching this episode I watched a featurette on the disc. And I must say... Lynda Carter... even in her advanced age... remains a beautiful woman. It is hard to believe she is almost 60yrs old now!

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

What's WONDER WOMAN up to now? Flash forward 35 years from her stirring Season-One adventures defending America in World War II. Without missing a beat, Wonder Woman leaps from the big-band era to the disco decade, still miraculously young and still using wits, wiles and astonishing powers to fight evil.

Season Two (21 episodes following a feature-length season premiere) introduces Wonder Woman to a new America of nuclear power and computers. Teamed with STEVE TREVOR, son of the dashing major she worked with during World War II, she takes the name DIANA PRINCE - and takes on all kinds of danger from terrorists, mad geniuses, crooks and even a diabolical rock star while working for America's Inter-Agency Defense Command. Wonder Woman, we're proud you're on our side!

Stars:
Lynda Carter as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor
Norman Burton as Joe Atkinson

Episodes:
1. The Return of Wonder Woman
2. Anschluss '77
3. The Man Who Could Move the World
4. The Bermuda Triangle Crisis
5. Knockout
6. The Pied Piper
7. The Queen and the Thief
8. I Do, I Do
9. The Man Who Made Volcanoes
10. Mind Stealers from Outer Space (Part 1)
11. Mind Stealers from Outer Space (Part 2)
12. The Deadly Toys
13. Light-Fingered Lady
14. Screaming Javelin
15. Diana's Disappearing Act
16. Death in Disguise
17. I.R.A.C. Is Missing
18. Flight to Oblivion
19. Seance of Terror
20. The Man Who Wouldn't Tell
21. The Girl from Islandia
22. The Murderous Missile

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

1. THE RETURN OF WONDER WOMAN
Airdate: Sept. 16, 1977
A terrorist act has one good outcome: Wonder Woman again straps on her belt and bracelets to fight evil.

Guest Stars: Fritz Weaver as Dr. Solano Bettye Ackerman as Asclepia Jessica Walter as Gloria Beatrice Straight as The Queen David Knapp as Major Gaines

Writer/Director Stephen Kandel - Writer Alan Crosland - Director

My Thoughts:
This season the series moves from ABC to CBS. With this move was a lot of changes. One being making it set in the modern times of the '70s. They also added the ability for Wonder Woman to make people forget things when wrapped in her magic lasso. They improved the headband changing into a boomerang. They also made her costume a little different. Especially in the chest area... changing the eagle's wings.

They also changed The Queen of Paradise Island once again. In the pilot movie Cloris Leachman played her... in season 1 she was played by Carolyn Jones... and now in season 2 she is played by Beatrice Straight. It is a shame. I really liked Carolyn Jones in the role. Unfortunately Beatrice Straight didn't impress me all that much. I enjoyed this double length episode quite a bit. While I enjoyed the first season more then I remembered... I am glad to be into the second season.

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

2. ANSCHLUSS '77
Airdate: Sept. 23, 1977
A second chance for the Third Reich? Diana (aka Wonder Woman) battles remenants of Hitler's command.

Guest Stars: Mel Ferrer as Gerlich Leon Charles as Von Klemper Barry Dennen as Hitler Kurt Kreuger as Koenig Julio Medina as Gaitan

Writer/Director Dallas L. Barnes - Writer Alan Crosland - Director

My Thoughts:
Well... it didn't take long for them to do a storyline involving the Nazis again even though the setting is now in the '70s. I felt it was only an average episode. I think we would have been better off without the idea of cloning Hitler. They should have just left the whole Nazi storyline left in season 1.

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

3. THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE THE WORLD
Airdate: Sept. 30, 1977
A scientist's experiments in telekinesis unleash a fearsome power... aimed at Wonder Woman.

Guest Stars: Yuki Shimoda as Ishida Lew Ayres as Dr. Theodore Wilson James Hong as Oshima Alan McRae as Security Officer J. Kenneth Campbell as Taft

Writer/Director Judy Burns - Writer Bob Kelljan - Director

My Thoughts:
This is an entertaining episode. I liked the story lines and the characters.  This is a story based on a misunderstanding... one that haunted a man since his childhood. I liked how they had some old Wonder Woman memorabilia in his house. It was a reminder of the kind of stuff they sold back when this series was on the air.

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Wow... after going from The Incredible Hulk to Wonder Woman... I feel the need to take a break from the '70s. I need a little time with something modern for a while now. 

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Looks like Wonder Woman herself is fed up of the 70s!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_and_canada/10459184.stm

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I gotta say... I like Lynda Carter's outfit better! 

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

4. THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE CRISIS
Airdate: Oct. 7, 1977
Trouble in paradise! The U.S. proposes a nuclear facility near Wonder Woman's home, Paradise Island.

Guest Stars: Charles Cioffi as Manta Beatrice Straight as The Queen Herman Poppe as The Sergeant Barry Hamilton as Radarman Larry Golden as Lt Mansfield

Writer/Director Calvin Clements, Jr - Writer Seymour Robbie - Director

My Thoughts:
As you can see from the last picture below... this is the first appearance of her swimming outfit. I personally would have rather seen a red, white and blue bikini... but what can you do?

It is not a bad episode... but not one of my favorites either. I just couldn't get myself to care about the characters and storyline on this one. I would say it is just an average episode.

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

5. KNOCKOUT
Airdate: Oct. 14, 1977
Wonder Woman matches wits with a gorgeous, gun-toting terrorist who's kidnapped Steve.

Guest Stars: Jayne Kennedy as Carolyn Burr DeBenning as Tom Baker Arch Johnson as John Kelly Frank Marth as Tall Man Ted Shackelford as Pete

Writer/Director Mark Rodgers - Writer Seymour Robbie - Director

My Thoughts:
How could I possible not watch some episodes knowing today is Lynda Carter's birthday? I enjoyed this episode. It is a little on the slow side... and very story oriented. But it is an interesting story. And I liked the characters involved.

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

6. THE PIED PIPER
Airdate: Oct. 21, 1977
There's money in the music biz, A rock god uses hypnosis to control his entourage of thieving groupies.

Guest Stars: Martin Mull as Hamlin Rule Denny Miller as Carl Schwartz Eve Plumb as Elena Bob Hastings as Gatekeeper George Cooper as Manager Amos Hoffman

Writer/Director David Ketchum - Writer Tony DiMarco - Writer Brian McKay - Writer Alan Crosland - Director

My Thoughts:
This is actually one of my least favorite episodes. Obviously I don't like all the music in it. Plus the storyline don't do much for me. Martin Mull's character seemed little more then silly to me. But I did like the whole change to Wonder Woman by the spinning chair thing. But I must say... even in these bad episodes it is a pleasure to watch Lynda Carter running around in that Wonder Woman costume! In this one... Joe Atkin's daughter is played by none of then Eve Plumb.... Jan on The Brady Bunch.

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

7. THE QUEEN AND THE THIEF
Airdate: Oct. 28, 1977
To protect a queen's jewels, Diana and Steve go undercover at the millionaires' sandbox Palm Beach.

Guest Stars: Juliet Mills as Queen Kathryn David Hedison as Evan Robley John Colicos as Ambassador Orrick

Writer/Director Bruce Shelly - Writer Jack Arnold - Director

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I liked this one... but think the storyline could have been tweaked to be a little better. But I did really like the scene where Wonder Woman was hung upside down by her magic lasso to get to the safe she had to get into.

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Wonder Woman: Season 2

8. I DO, I DO
Airdate: Nov. 11, 1977
A message, a facial and a state secret: Diana visits a spa to investigate leaks of government information.

Guest Stars: Celeste Holm as Dolly Tucker Simon Scott as Sam Tucker John Getz as Christian Harrison Henry Darrow as David Allen Kent Smith as Chief Justice Brown

Writer/Director Richard Carr - Writer Herb Wallerstein - Director

My Thoughts:
This one I enjoyed quite a bit. I really liked the story and characters both. In this one Diana Prince and another agent goes under cover as newlyweds. But as you can see in the above picture they even go as far as putting on a fake wedding.

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Damn... meant to hit preview and hit post instead. Oh well.. that is the one I am about to watch... will add the review after I watch it!