WONDER WOMAN(1975-1977) SEASON ONE
Wonder Woman starring Linda Carter and Lyle Waggoner! This
series had several well known actors in it as special guests:
The first season is set in the 1940s!
EPISODES 1: PILOT: THE NEW ORIGINAL WONDER WOMAN(Nov. 07, 1975):
This shows how Wonder Woman met Steve Trevor, how she wound
up in the US, and how she bacame Diana Prince!! All while
trying to stop a Nazi attack on the United States with help
from a spies planted in the midst of the Army and other places!!
While not as great as a lot of other superhero TV shows, this
is enjoyable enough! Really like the setting in the 40s!!
Guest starring here are Red Buttons(The Posiedon Adventure,
Pete's Dragon), Henry Gibson(Rowan and Martin's Laugh In) and
Cloris Leachman(The Maary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis)! B
EPISODE 2: WONDER WOMAN MEETS BARONESS VON GUNTHER(Apr. 21, 1976):
Steve gets framed for sabtoge by the new Nazi's in town!!!
Guest starring: Bradford Dillman(Court Martial[TV show], 8
episodes of Murder She Wrote[all different characters]! A
EPISODE 3: FAUSTA, THE NAZI WONDER WOMAN(Apr. 28, 1976):
A Nazi Olympic star is used to capture Wonder Woman through
Steve Trevor)!!
Guest starring: Linda Day George(Mission: Impossible), Christopher
George(The Rat Patrol)! B
EPISODE 4: BEAUTY ON PARADE(Oct. 13, 1976):
Diana enters a beauty contest trying to find a spy in the
pagent responsible for several sabotage attempts!!
Guest starring: Anne Francis(Forbidden Planet), Dick Van
Patton(Eight Is Enough, Robin Hood, Men In Tights, Space
Balls, Mama), Bobby Van(Lost Horrizon, Kiss Me Kate)! B
EPISODE 5: THE FEMINUM MYSTIQUE PART 1(Nov. 06, 1976):
More spies trying to sobotage a new plane! Diana's sister arrives
from Amazonia(?) to tell her that he mother wants her to come home!!
She becomes Wonder Girl in this!!
Guest starring: John Saxon(Beverly Hills Cop III, Falcon Crest,
Planet Earth, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors), Carolyn Jones(The
Munsters), Debora Winger(Terms Of Endearment, An Officer And A
Gentleman, E.T.)! B
Continues in Part II! A
EPISODE 6: THE FEMINUM MYSTIQUE PART II(Nov. 08, 1976):
Continued from the previous episode!
The Nazi's get the coordinates to Paradise Island and plan
an invasion!!!
Guest starring: John Saxon(Beverly Hills Cop III, Falcon Crest,
Planet Earth, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors), Carolyn Jones(The
Munsters), Debora Winger(Terms Of Endearment, An Officer And A
Gentleman, E.T.)! B
EPISODE 7: WONDER WOMAN VS. GARGANTUA(Dec. 18, 1976):
Nazi's are out after a defector using a gorilla!!!
Guest starring Robert Logia(Scarface, Independence Day,
An Officer And A Gentlemen), Louis Gossett Jr.(Roots, An
Officer And A Gentleman, Enemy Mine, Watchmen), Victor French
(An Officer And A Gentleman, Little House On The Prairie)
John Hillerman(Magnum P.I., Ellery Queen)! A
EPISODE 8: THE PLUTO FILE(Dec. 25, 1976):
Scientists have developed an Earthquake inducing machine and
of course the bad guys want it!!! The dude that steals the info
turns out to have the bubonic plague!!
Guest starring Robert Reed(The Brady Bunch, Mannix, Roots,
The Defenders)! A
EPISODE 9: THE LAST OF THE $2 BILLS(Jan. 08, 1977):
More spys, more people getting thier features changed to pose
as others!!! They happen to run the US printing bureau and
plan to steal the plates for a $2 bill and collapse the US
economy(remember this was supposed to be in the early 40s)!!
Guest starring No known stars here!! A
EPISODE 10: JUDGEMENT FROM OUTER SPACE PART 1(Jan. 15, 1977):
An alien returns to Earth after a meeting with the Counsil
Planets to determine weather or not the Earth should be
steralized!!
Guest starrring: Tim O'Conner(Buck Rogers) & Vic Perrin
(4 episodes of Star Trek: TOS) B+
EPISODE 11: JUDGEMENT FROM OUTER SPACE PART 2(Jan. 17, 1977):
Continued from the previous episode!!
This episode actually addresses the interment of the Japanese
people in the US during WWII!! B+
EPISODE 12: FORMULA 407(Jan. 22, 1977):
A professor in Argentina comes up with a formula to make
rubber nearly indestructible!! He's offered the formula to
the Allies, but of course the Nazis are after it too!!!
Guest starring here is Nehemiah Persoff(Star Trek TNG: episode
"The Most Toys", village Of The Damned, Some Like It Hot!)!! A
EPISODE 13: BUSHWACKERS(Jan. 29, 1977):
Rogers is a rancher(what else?) and there is a gang of russlers,
well, rustling cattle! He asks for help from the government as he
helps supply the miitary with their supply of meat! Steve shows
up to help along with Wonder Woman!
BTW, Rogers insisted that Linda Carter change her costume as he
wouldn't work with a half naked woman!!!!!
Guest starring Roy Rogers(THE Roy Rogers), Henry Darrow(Maverick
[movie], The High Chaperral)!! B+
EPISODE 14: WONDER WOMAN IN HOLLYWOOD(Feb. 16, 1977):
Steve is tasked to help make a film about his exploits!
This is the last episode of Season 1, and, sadly, the last set
in the 40s!
Guest starring: A returning Caroline Jones and Debra Winger,
Robert Hays(Airplane, Airplane II, Cats Eye) & Barry Van Dyke
(Diagnosis Murder, My Mother The Car, Galactica 1980, son of
Dick Van Dyke!)!! A
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
Lynda Carter's portrayal of Wonder Woman was one of the best
superhero performances ever. She really came across as a
super-powerful female, just as Lou Ferrigno came across on The
Incredible Hulk as a super-powerful green-skinned goliath. What
was even better was when Debra Winger guest-starred in three
episodes as WW's sister, Wonder Girl. Talk about a double dose
of babeness!!! - broadfoot