Airdate: 9/29/78
Diana and a fellow fed, Alfie, go undercover to bust a ring
of car thieves; he wants to nab the ringleader, Otis Fiskle, while she needs
the hood ornament to one of the stolen antiques, wherein lies a microchip
containing key information about an enemy missile program. Shaky at first, their
teamwork proves fruitful when both agents, wired with mics and equipped with
secret cameras, are able to overcome being discovered, kidnapped and nearly
murdered – WW helps a bit to bust the entire operation and return all cars, and
microchip, back to safer hands.
Not much Wonder Woman in this pretty standard-issue car
theft story that could easily have been the plotline for a Starsky and Hutch episode. It follows the “little bit o this and
that” formula: cool Bond-like gadgets, screeching tires around warehouses,
fistfights by men in three piece suits – even a thickheaded lackey who
excitedly describes the repercussions of a bomb he implanted in the fed’s car
(“boom!”). Trevor continues his new sidelined role as IADC contact, only
getting his hands dirty at the end when he takes the thieves into custody.
Interesting to see Diana working with a new guy; their first
scene together promises some fractious chemistry that the rest of the show
doesn’t exactly deliver on.
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