Wonder Woman - Episodes 48-51 Reviews

Okay,so this selection of episodes, there's fake aliens twice over, as I fi convention and the singing talents of Lynda Carter.

Episode 48: Going, Going, Gone

So this episode started off with what appeared to be a UFO encounter but seeing isn't always believing as this episode also revealed. Instead of aliens, you had Sheldon Como (Hari Rodes) putting on quite the light show in order to distract from his real plans while Diana found herself in a rather tight spot that nearly did her in. Given that we've had alien encounters in the previous seasons, I was a bit disappointed this was a fake out. 6/10

Episode 49: Spaced Out 

I enjoyed this one a bit more. Diana having a mission that took her to a sci fi convention, hosted by the enthusiastic Sylvester (Steven Anderson), a thief named James Kimball (René Auberjonois) who tied up Black Avengers actor (Ken Wilson) and posed as the costumed hero for his own purposes. There was also a plot about finding a laser crystal, a guest appearance from Robby the Robot and a fair bit of gentle poking about sci fi conventions in general. Yes, this was an enjoyable one. 8/10

Episode 50: The Starships Are Coming

Two episodes close together and both being UFO fakeouts was a surprise. This time, you had a budding journalist Henry Wilson (Jeffrey Byron) taken in frobt of his clandestine girlfriend, Lilibet (Mary Lou Stern) with Wonder Woman determined to find him. There's a moustache twirling villain in Mason Steele (Andrew Duggan) with Diana placed in another damsel in distress moment while a former guest actor popped up as a different character. There's also a new girl at the IADC named Bobbie (Sheryl Ralph Lee) in the small amount of screen time Steve Trevor has here. 7/10

Episode 51: Amazon Hot Wax

It was around this time in real life that Lynda Carter herself had released her debut album Portrait. While undercover as a singer named Cathy, we got to see Diana record the songs Want To Get Beside You and Toto (Dont It Feel Like Paradise). She's got Avery nice singing voice in an episode where musical hijinks were happening throughout. Disappearances were being faked to clear debts, musicians were kidnapping another musicians. Managers were being shifty and so on. All in all, it's a fun episode with some nice guest stars like Rick Springfield and it's well worth the watch. 8/10

My penultimate blog will cover the episodes The Richest Man In The World, A Date With Doomsday, The Girl With A Gift For Disaster and the first part of The Boy Who Knew Her Secret.