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Wonder Woman Season 2 Episode 15

Diana's Disappearing Act

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AIRED: 2/3/78

Wonder Woman saves the world from an oil crisis when she exposes a magician's method of changing lead into gold.

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Hardly magic

5.0

By joxerlives, Jan 07, 2012

Diana's disappearing act

Ed Belgley Jnr enters as Harold Farnum. Well at least it's someone else to be knocked out, means Steve doesn't have to be the stooge all the time. This ep deals with the price of oil which was a real problem for the West during the energy crisis in the 70s. Lot's of stage magic and it seems that WW has dealt with the villains family 200-300 years before. So did they come to Paradise Island or has WW had adventures in the outside world before WW2? Morganna Le Fay's name is derived from Arthurian legend and maybe might be King Arthur's sister with whom he had his son, Mordred.

If you'll pardon the expression they missed a trick with the ending, they should have had WW defeat the villains on stage then turn to a baffled audience and go 'Ta-daaaa' like the classic magician's assistant.

5/10, not great

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An interesting storyline ruined by bad acting

7.0

By usmc1944, Jul 07, 2006

I classified this episode above average because the plot is much better than most other episodes in Season 2. Unfortunately the rating is lowered by some very bad acting from the guest stars. Starting with the mimes and continuing with Diana's new and annoying blond friend and with the helpers of Count Cagliostro and the Nobel Price winner metallurgic professor the story loses strenght. It feels as if these actors are just out of their theatre experience and they cannot adapt to acting for TV. Memorable is the scene between the professor and Cagliosto, where the professor is yelling in a theatre-like manner. Painful is instead the scene where the Cagliostro vertically-challenged helper comes out of a box and laugh for what it feels like an infinite amount of time.

Too bad, this episode had a great story and it deserved great acting.moreless
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Lyle Waggoner	Major Steve Trevor/Colonel Steve Trevor, Jr.
Lynda Carter	Princess Diana/(Yeoman) Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

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Dick Gautier	Cagliostro	Guest Star
Ed Begley Jr.	Harold	Guest Star
J.A. Preston	Jazreel	Guest Star
Saundra Sharp	Eve	Recurring Role

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- Goof: When Diana chases after Jazreel, she runs out the door. The door is still slightly open before she changes into Wonder Woman. Once the transformation is complete, the door is closed.
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- Cagliostro is named after and is a descendant of Count Cagliostro, the famous Italian adventurer and charlatan.
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- Morgana Le Fay takes her name directly from Morgan Le Fay of the Arthurian legend.
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- In some Arthurian legends, Morgan le Fay is the half-sister of Arthur. In others, she is the fairy queen of Avalon.
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- Goof: When Diana takes part in the magic trick near the beginning of the episode, she falls through the trap-door into the crate onto a mat. Later, when she changes into Wonder Woman and breaks out of the crate, the mat has vanished.
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- The set used in the scene where the Emir meets Cagliostro was also featured in the previous episode, Screaming Javelin, where it was used as Mariposa's home.
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- The sound effects for the "lead to gold machine" are recycled sound effects from the bridge of the Starship Enterprise on the original Star Trek.
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