BUCK ROGERS SERIES(1979)
A very short lived series(1 1/2 years - 1 1/2 seasons)! Starring
Gil Gerrod as Buck, Erin Gray as Wilma, Filix Silla/Mel Blanc as
Twiki, Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer, Eric Server as Dr. Theopolis,
Thomm Christopher as Hawk & Wilfred Hyde-White as Dr. Goodfellow
With many guest stars of the time including: Ed Beagly Jr.,
Larry Manetti, Patrick Macnee, Lance LeGault, Jayne Seymore,
Roy Thinnes, John Williams, Lloyd Bridges, Wilfred Hyde-White,
Alfred Hyde-White, Lew Ayers, Brock Peters, Paul Fix, Edward
Mulhare, Ray Milland, John Hoyt, Fred Astair and many others!
SEASON 1:
EPISODES 1: AWAKENING(Sept. 20, 1979):
This was the pilot for this series which shows the
set up for the series!!
Most everyone knows the story, Buck's ship from 1987
gets caught in an ion storm and he gets knockes out,
to awaken 500 years in the future! Found by those who
would like to be the ruling force in the galaxie, they
they don't really believe his story and send him back
to Earth to test the defense system to see if it's safe
to invade! He meets up with Wilma and the rest of the
crew that are now leading the defense of Earth!
No real guest stars, but this does introduce us to
all the main players to come: Buck, Adala, Kane,
Wilma, Twiki &
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla(TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Tony Epper(DS9 episode
"Apocolypse Rising"), Vic Perrin(4 episodes of TOS!!)! A
EPISODE 2: PLANET OF THE SLAVE GIRLS(Sept. 27, 1979):
There's a plague amoung the Earth Defense Directorate! While
searching for an antidote, their efforts are thwworted by
a sabatour! It's up to Buck & Wilma to help find a solution!!
Jack plays his part way over the top!!!
Guest Starring: Roddy McDowall, Macdonald Carrey, Buster
Crabb, Jack Palance & Don Marshall!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla(TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG episode
"The Perfect Mate"), Don Marshall(TOS episode "The Gallelo
Seven"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The Circle")! A
EPISODE 3: VEGAS IN SPACE(PT. 2)(Oct. 04, 1979):
Buck and Marla(?) go to a gambling ship to try to rescue a
kidnapped woman!
Guest starring here is Cesar Romero(Batman TV as The Joker,
Ocean's Eleven)!
Star Trek conection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Richard Lynch(TNG episodes "Gambit Pt. 1 & 2), Felix Silla
(TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG episode "The
Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The Circle")! A
EPISODE 4: THE PLOT TO KILL A CITY(PART 1)(Oct. 11, 1979):
Buck's tasked with infiltrating a group of assains called the
Legion Of Death to tind out what their plan is!!!
Guest starring here are Frank Gorshin(Batman TV series as
The Riddler), Markie Post!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Frank Gorshin(TOS episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"!),
Anthony James(TNG episode "The Neutral Zone"), James Sloyan
(TNG episodes "The Defector", "Firstborn", DS9 episodes "The
Alternate" & "The Begotten", VOY episode "Jetrel"), Seamonn
Glass(TOS episode "Mudd's Women"), Felix Silla(TOS episode
"The Cage"), Tim O'Connor (TNG episode "The Perfect Mate"),
Eric Server(TNG episode "The Circle")! A
EPISODE 5: THE PLOT TO KILL A CITY(PART 2)(Oct. 18, 1979):
Continued fromt he previous episode!!
Guest starring here are Frank Gorshin(Batman TV series as
The Riddler), Markie Post(Night Court), Jame McEachin
(Several Perry Mason TV movies)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Frank Gorshin(TOS episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"!),
Anthony James(TNG episode "The Neutral Zone"), James Sloyan
(TNG episodes "The Defector" & "Firstborn", DS9 episodes "The
Alternate" & "The Begotten", VOY episode "Jetrel"), Seamonn
Glass(TOS episode "Mudd's Women"), Felix Silla(TOS episode
"The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG episode "The Perfect Mate"),
Eric Server(TNG episode "The Circle"), Whitney Rydbeck(TNG
episode "Pen Pals")! A
EPISODE 6: THE RETURN OF THE FIGHTING 69th(Oct. 25, 1979):
A cache of old nerve gas has been stolen from Earth and
the grooup involved plans to use it on Earth!! This puts
Earth Defense Directorate in a sticky position and they winds
up forced to use several retired space fighter pilots for
the mission to destroy the cache!!
One of the best episodes!!
Guest starring: Peter Graves(Mission: Impossible, Airplane
I & II), Robert Hardy(3 Harry Potter movies)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Buzz Barbee(TOS episode "A Taste Of Armegeddon"), Felix
Silla(TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG episode
"The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The Circle")! A
EPISODE 7: UNCHAINED WOMAN(Nov. 01, 1979):
Buck is elected to pose as a prisoner so he can free a
woman that the EDD needs to testify against her former
comrad! The big hitch, she don't wanna!!
Guest starring: Jamie Lee Curtis(True Lies, A Fish Called
Wanda)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla(TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG episode
"The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The Circle")! A
EPISODE 8: PLANET OF THE AMAZON WOMEN(Nov. 08, 1979):
Buck responds to a distress signal and finds himself a
prisoner on a planet that's run by women! Poor Buck!
Guest starring: Anne Jeffreys(Dick Tracy[1945], Dick
Tracy Vs. Cueball, General Hospital)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Jay Robinson(TOS episode "Elaan Of Troyius") Antoinette
Stella(Producer of 11 episodes of ENT), Ron Gans(TNG
episode "Skin Of Evil"), Felix Silla(TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim
O'Connor(TNG episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode
"The Circle")! A
EPISODE 9: COSMIC WHIZ KID(Nov. 15, 1979):
Gary plays the president of a planet and is kidnapped!
Buck is determined to help out, even if the federation
doesn't want him involved!!
Guest starring: Ray Walston(My Favorite Martian), Gary
Coleman(Diff'rent Strokes)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Ray Walston(TNG episode "The First Duty"), Earl Boen(TNG
episode "Where Silence Has Lease"), Tony Epper(DS9 episode
"Appocolypse Rising"), Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"),
Tim O'Connor(TNG episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server
(TNG episode "The Circle")! A-
EPISODE 10: ESCAPE FROM WEDDED BLISS(Nov. 29, 1979):
Buck's getting married!! Well, that's what Ardala thinks
anyway! She and her cronies have aa weapon that can destroy
the Earth and she uses it to trap Rogers into marrying her!
Guest starring: Michael Ansara(Broken Arrow)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle"), Michael Ansara(TOS episode "The Day Of The Dove",
DS9 episodes "Blood Oath" & "The Muse", VOY episode "Flashback"),
Alfred Ryder(TOS episode "The Man Trap")! A
EPISODE 11: CRUISE SHIP TO THE STARS(Dec. 27, 1979):
Buck volounteers to help protect a genetically perfect
woman on a cruise ship!!
Guest starring: Dorothy Stratton(Playboy playmate of the
year[1980], Galaxina)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle"), Leigh McCloskey(VOY episode "Warlord", DS9
episode "Field Of Fire"), Patty Maloney(VOY episode "The
Thaw")! A
EPISODE 12: SPACE VAMPIRE(Jan. 03, 1980):
Just plain silly!!!!
A side note here: Felix Silla was ill and was replaced
with Patty Maloney in this episode!!!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Tim O'Connor(TNG episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server
(TNG episode "The Circle"), Patty Maloney(VOY episode "The
Thaw")! A
EPISODE 13: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUCK(Jan. 10, 1980):
Betcha never guess what this is about!! Ok, there's a little
more to it, Buck gets involved in a plot to kill Dr. Huer!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle"), Bruce Wright(DS9 episode "Crossfire", ENT episode
"The Expanse")! A
EPISODE 14: A BLAST FOR BUCK(Jan. 17, 1980):
A blast from the past, that is! This is basically a flashback
episode that relies heavily on scenes from privious episodes!!
The gist of the story is about strange objects being discovered
in the Defense Directorate's building!
The only actor to actually return for new scenes is Gary
Coleman(Diff'rent Strokes)!
Because this is just a re-hash for the most part, I'm
not going to re-list all of the guest stars or the Star
Trek connections!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle")! A
EPISODE 15: ARDALA RETURNS(Jan. 24, 1980):
Ok, the cat's out of the bag! Ardala has returned! And
she's determined to get Buck to help her with a problem,
her cheif of security has developed an advanced spaceship!
Only problem there: it keeps blowing up when being tested!
Guest starring: A returning Michael Ansara!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle"), Bob Minor(DS9 episode "Visionary"), Nick
Dimitri(4 episodes of TNG, 2 episodes of DS9)! A
EPISODE 16: TWIKI IS MISSING(Jan. 31, 1980):
Twiki is stolen so that the people who stole him can
make duplicates to work in some mines! Secondary issue:
Earth is trying to divert an iceberg in space to the
pole to replentish the ice flow, but it's gone off course!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle")! A
EPISODE 17: OLYMPIAD(Feb. 07, 1980):
During the Olympics(they don't say summer or winter), one of
the athletes approaches Buck to help her and her boyfriend
escape a tyrant!!
Guest starring: Elgin Baylor(Basketball star), Jerry Queary
(Heavy Weight boxer), Anthony Davis(Football player), Bob
Seagren(Pole Vault), Thomas (Hollywood) Henderson(Football)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle"), Carlos Palomino(VOY episode "The Fight")! A
EPISODE 18: A DREAM OF JENNIFER(Feb. 14, 1980):
Buck sees a woman who looks like his old girlfriend from
the past! Hmmm? Probably not going to end well!!
Speaking of Star Trek: there's an announcement at the space
port paging a "Captain Christopher Pike"!!
Guest starring: Anne Lockhart!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle"), Anne Lockhart(CONT episode "What Ships Are For"),
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson(TNG episode "Code Of Honor")! A
EPISODE 19: SPACE ROCKERS(Feb. 21, 1980):
Whereever the most popular current band sensation plays
there seems to be an uptake in crime, all sorts of it!
Buck is tasked with finding out the reasons!!
Guest starring: Jerry Orbach(Law And Order, Murder She
Wrote), Richard Moll(Night Court)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle")! A
EPISODE 20: BUCK'S DUEL TO THE DEATH(Mar. 20, 1980):
Buck gets hornswaggled into helping out a world that is
trying to overcome a tyrant!
First episode without Dr. Theopolis(seen but not heard)!
Of course I nonice that the main evil dudes here is named
"The Trebor"! My nondeplume in several Final Fantasy games,
as it is Robert spelled backwards!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Keith Andes(TOS episode "The
Apple")! A
EPISODE 21: FLIGHT OF THE WAR WITCH(Mar. 27, 1980):
Final episode of the season one!
Ardala is back! But she's not really the focal point of
the story! Instead, a mysterious device lands on Earth
and has a message for the Earthers with an invite to
their dimension!! For what reason, well - - -!!
Not really a fan of Buck's romantic proclivities in this
episode!!
Guest starring: Michael Ansera(Broken Arrow), Julie
Newmar(Batman, My Living Doll, Star Trek), Vera Miles
(Psycho, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence), Sam Jaffe
(Ben Casey, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Ben
Hur)!
Final episode for Dr. Theopolis, Dr. Huer, Adala & Kane!
Also the last episode with William Conrad reciting the
prologue!!
This is entirely too long(1 hour 37 minutes)!!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Tim O'Connor(TNG
episode "The Perfect Mate"), Eric Server(TNG episode "The
Circle"), Kelly Miles(Writer, DS9 episdoe "Sancuary") Sid
Haig(TOS episode "The Return Of The Archons"), Michael Ansera
(TOS episode "The Day Of Dove", DS9 episodes "Blood Oath" &
"The Muse", VOY episode "Flashback"), Julie Newmar(TOS
episode "Friday's Child")! B
SEASON 2:
EPISODES 1: TIME OF THE HAWK(Jan. 15, 1981):
Some new characters here, and some that are now gone:
Hawk, Chriton & Dr. Goodfellow are now here and Dr.
Theopolis, Ardala & Dr. Haur are gone!!!
This story is all about the introduction of the new
character, Hawk!! And his hatred for the humans that
he blames for killing his people!!
Guest starring here are: Lance LaGault(A-Team, Magnum P.I.),
BarBara Luna(Search For Tomorrow, Star Trek), Sid Haig(Mary
Hartman, Mary Hartman, Kill Bill Pt. 2)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), BarBara Luna(TOS
episode "Mirror, Mirror", CONT episodes "In Harms Way" &
"Enemy Starfleet"), Sid Haig(TOS episode "The Return Of
The Archons"), Lance LeGault(TNG episode "The Emesary"),
David Opatoshu(TOS episode "A Taste Of Amrageddon")! A
EPISODE 2: JOURNEY TO OASIS(Jan. 22, 1981):
An old flame of Wilma's is losing his head over her again!
Literally!!! The crew are tasked with escorting him and his
enterage to a peace conference!
Guest Starring: Mark Leonard(Star Trek TOS, TNG, The
Motion Picture, IV: The Voyage Home, VI: The Undiscovered
Country, Here Comes The Brides!!), Alex Hyde-White(Son
of Alfred, Babylon 5 Episode "In The Shadow Of Z'Ha'Dum",
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Mark Leonard(Star Trek
TOS, TNG, The Motion Picture, IV: The Voyage Home, VI: The
Undiscovered Country), Paul Carr(TOS episode "Where No Man
Has Gone Before"), Ron Gans(TNG episode "Skin Of Evil")!! A-
EPISODE 3: THE GUARDIANS(Jan. 29, 1981):
Buck and Hawk are out exploring when they come upon an old
man who says he's a guardian and he needs them to deliver a
strange box to the next guardian!!
Guest starring Rosemary DeCamp(The Bob Cummings Show[AKA Love
That Bob!!], That Girl)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Harry Townes(TOS
episode "The Return Of The Archons"), Paul Carr(TOS episode
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"), BarBara Luna(TOS episode
"Mirror, Mirror", CONT episodes "In Harms Way" & "Enemy
Starfleet"), Vic Perrin(4 episodes of TOS)!! A
EPISODE 4: MARK OF THE SAURIAN(Feb. 05, 1981):
Even sick in bed Buck solves a mystery that no one else
knows even exists!! Some dignitaries are visiting the
ship and they are not what they seem!!
Guest starring here is Stacy Keach Sr.(Father of Stacy
Keach Jr.[Mike Hammer[TV}]), Alex Hyde-White(Son of Alfred,
Babylon 5 Episode "In The Shadow Of Z'Ha'Dum", Indiana Jones
And The Last Crusade)
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Paul Carr(TOS episode
"Where No Man Has Gone Before") B
EPISODE 5: THE GOLDEN MAN(Feb. 19, 1981):
The Searcher stumbles upon a life pod carrying a young boy
who is gold in color! They get stuck in an astroid belt
and the boy says that his friend who's crashed on the planet
near the astroid belt can help by making the ship lighter!
Buck and the boy go down to the planet which turns out to
be a penal colony and they want the kid and his friend!!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Paul Carr(TOS episode
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"), Anthony James(TNG episode
"The Neutral Zone")!
EPISODE 6: THE CRYSTALS(Mar. 05, 1981):
The ship is low on fuel and Buck , Wilma and Hwwk go down to
a nearby planet looking for a way to restock!! What they
find is more than they were bargaining for!!
Mel Blanc returns to voice Twiki for the first time this
season!!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Hudie Kerns Jr.(Star
Trek II: The Wratch Of Khan[stunts], DS9 Episdoe "Blood
Oath")!
EPISODE 7: THE SATYR(Mar. 12, 1981):
Buck and Twiki go down to a planet to see what happened to
some colonists that were to establish a settlement, with no
word heard from them for the last 6 years! All he finds is
a kid, a woman, a wolf & a --- wait for it ---- Satyr!!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage")!
EPISODE 8: SHGORATCHX!(Mar. 19, 1981):
Incredibly silly episode!!!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Billy Curtis(TOS
episode "Journey To Babel")! B
EPISODE 9: THE HAND OF THE GORAL(Mar. 26, 1981):
The crew of the Searcher is put to a test for reasons
unknown!!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage")! B
EPISODE 10: TESTIMONY OF A TRAITOR(Apr. 09, 1981):
Buck goes on trial for treason for causing the neuclear
war the devistated Earth in 1987!!!
This is the best episode of the second season!
Guest starring: Ramon Bieri(Bret Maverick)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage")! B
EPISODE 11: THE DORIAN SECRET(Apr. 16, 1981):
Last episode of the series!!!
While shuttling refugees to a planet, a girl hops on the shuttle
and it turns out she's wanted for murder and the ruler of the
woman's people is determined to kill her, no matter what!!
Guest starring: Denny Miller(Tarzan[TV], Mona McClusky), Anne Lockhart!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Walker Edmiston(5
episodes of TOS[as a voice actor]), Michele Marsh(TMG episode
"When The Bough Breaks")! B
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
Buck Rogers was ahead of its time, looking ahead to the 25th
century where we can only imagine how social media will operate.
Gil Gerard was convincing as Buck Rogers and it's a shame this
series didn't run longer. - safenoe