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Wonder Woman - The Man Who Could Move the World
episode 2.3
USA 1977
produced by
Mark Rodgers, Wilfred Ralph Baumes (executive), Douglas S. Cramer (executive) for the Douglas S. Cramer Company, Warner Brothers/CBS
directed by Bob Kelljan
starring Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton, Yuki Shimoda, Lew Ayres, James Hong, Alan McRae, J. Kenneth Campbell, Steven Ken Suehiro, Peter Kwong, Arthur Song
screenplay by Judy Burns, based on the comic created by William Moulton Marston, published by DC Comics, music by Artie Kane
TV-series
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter)
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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After renowned scientist Dr. Wilson (Lew Ayres), who has done research
on a telekinesis enhancer, disappears along his test subject Ishida (Yuki
Shinoda), Colonel Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner) and his assistant Diana
Prince (Lynda Carter) are called onto the scene. And they soon come up
with ... nothing all that much. And then Steve is called of to somewhere
via a written message from Wonder Woman. This sounds fishy to Diana of
course as she actually is Wonder Woman. So she goes after Steve
should he need some saving - and saving he definitely needs. As first his
jeep is taken over telekinetically by Ishida, whose telekinetic powers
work marvelously thanks to Dr. Wilson's device, and driven to a
World War II Japanese relocation camp, then he's taken captive and thrown
into a cell with Dr. Wilson. But as it is, the two only serve as bait for
Wonder Woman, as Ishida thinks she has killed his brother when they (as
youngsters played by Steven Ken Suehiro and Peter Kwong) tried to escape
from the camp. Of course, Wonder Woman takes the bait, and the two soon
lock in a battle of willpower, which Ishida seems to win, until Dr.
Wilson's machine overheats and blows up, and then the advantage is with
Wonder Woman. But instead of fighting she lets him see the error of his
ways and claims she didn't actually kill his brother but actually save
him. And since he actually does see the error of his ways, all
charges are dropped against him and he's re-united with his long-lost
brother (as an adult played by Arthur Song).
There are points that are commendable about this episode, like
that it does put a focus on the terrible practice of Japanese relocation
camps, and that it gives its villain some depth and a redemption arc. But
for exactly these reasons, this entry also has a rather disappointing
finale that for the sake of making a point doesn't even try to be
exciting. So while I'm of two hearts about this one, I definitely found it
rather boring, really, for all the good it tries to do.
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