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Wonder Woman - Judgment from Outer Space
episode 1.9, 1.10
USA 1977
produced by Wilfred Ralph Baumes, Douglas S. Cramer (executive) for the Douglas S. Cramer Company, Warner Brothers/ABC
directed by Alan Crosland
starring Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Tim O'Connor, Scott Hylands, Christiane Schmidtmer, Richard Eastham, Beatrice Colen, Kurt Kasznar, Peter Balakoff, Hank Brandt, George A.Cooper, Arch Johnson, Erik Holland, Janet MacLachlan, Vic Perrin, Fil Formicola, Pat Skelton
screenplay by Stephen Kandel, based on the comic created by William Moulton Marston, published by DC Comics
TV-series Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Some interplanetary council has decided to destroy the earth, which -
this being 1942 - is in the turmoils of a worldwide war - World War II, in
case you wondered - and is on the verge of inventing nuclear weapons.
However, councellor Andros (Tim O'Connor) speaks in favour of the earth,
since he has lived there for the past 2000 years, and offers to the
council to make a trip to earth to speak with earth leaders and thus to
show everyone that there is still good in man.
First stop: USA. Unfortunately the US-army is so impressed by Andros'
advanced weaponry - that includes a device to freeze people in motion -
that they have him followed and constantly try to persuade him to give
away his secrets. Only Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter) it seems does truly
understand him.
Before long though, Andros is abducted by enemy agents led by Paul
Björnsen (Scott Hylands) and brought to Nazi Germany for questioning,
believing him to be a top nuclear scientist ... and the interplanetary
council has picked exactly this moment to strip Andros of his super
powers. To free Andros, Wonder Woman and Major Steve Trevor (Lyle
Waggoner) independently from each other decide to go to Germany as well to
free Andros. However, somehow they both end up being captives of the Nazis
as well, and future prospects seem grim ... but the interplanetary council
has watched over proceedings carefully and after having seen Wonder
Woman's and Steve Trevor's action has come to the conclusion that there is
indeed something in man worth saving, and thus they return Andros his
special powers ... and thus our trio can fight their way out of the Nazi
stronghold, make it back to America, and Andros announces earth to be
savwed from destruction - for at least another 50 years ...
Nazi Germany, aliens threatening to destroy earth, a naive alien
visitor and this camp icon Wonder Woman all in one episode - this sounds
nothing less than great. Unfortunately though this episode is one of the
weaker ones of the series, mainly because it takes itself way too
seriously and is cock-full of pacifist monologues to hammer home its
message (not that there would be anything wrong with pacifism, it's dthe
delivery of the message that's annoying), while at the same time the
episode considerably lacks the camp fun factor one has come to identify
with Wonder Woman - the first season, anyways. A bit of a
disappointment, unfortunately.
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