Wonder Woman - Episodes 36-39 Reviews

I'm finally on the third and final season of this show and it's off to a decent slew of episodes involving singing twins, car troubles, rigging football games and living statues. 

Episode 36: My Teenage Idol Is Missing

Season 3 kicked off with another change to the opening credits/theme tune but also a case of seeing double. You've got an enthusiastic fangirl Whitney (Dawn Lyn) who witnessed her teen idol, Lane getting kidnapped by bad guys and replaced by his estranged twin, Michael. Lane and Michael are both played by singer Leif Garrett, who's own single I Was Made For Dancin' was used for the episode. There's some dodgy shenanigans between the kidnappers and Lane's reunion with Michael (who can also sing) is nicely handled. An okay opening episode. 6/10

Episode 37: Hot Wheels

An episode all about cars and I mean, all about cars. The whole episode has Diana working with a detective named Tim Bolt (Peter Brown). He's somewhat of a charming but smug character who spent most of the episode getting his ass handed to him by the bad guys of the piece. Diana herself even got captured and all because of a microfilm hidden in the hood ornament of a stolen car. Add some explosions into the mix and there's a lot of fun to be had with this one. 8/10

Episode 39: The Deadly Sting 

Ah, this episode has rigged football games and it had men getting whacked with pea shooters and their behaviour changing for the absolute worst. Yup, it's a football episode and one where Diana worked with another male guest character while Steve continued in his office role that he's been in since the second half of Season 2. There's also a misguided scientist being forced by the guest baddies to manipulate the football stars with some real life Notre Dame games added into the plot. 7/10

Episode 39: The Fine Art Of Crime

Oh, this one had some great moments. Rover can be quite the trickster and IRAC's snarkiness made a return as did Harold Farnam (Ed Begley Jr) from the previous season. This time around, there was a case of authentic looking statues, created by Henry Roberts (Roddy McDowell). I figured out early enough those statues were real people and it also made the sense that the baddies of the week intended to add Wonder Woman to the collection. It nearly worked until it didn't but overall, a very good episode with an unsettling premise. 8/10

The next blog I'll cover the episodes Disco Devil, Formicida, Time Bomb and Skateboard Wiz.