Wednesday April 28, 1976
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Perhaps the most discussed and favorite episode of WW fans during the show's run, Wonder Woman faces her deadliest test when an evil female Nazi operative comes to America to capture Wonder Woman and learn the secret of her amazing powers, then brainwash her into using her powers to help Hitler's quest during World War 2. Fausta disguises herself as Wonder Woman during a Bond selling rally, and with a little help from her fellow Nazi agents (not to mention a trick stage and a cloth soaked with chloroform), bags her prey and takes the real Wonder Woman to Germany. Can Steve Trevor save the day? Stay tuned!
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Linda Day George is excellent in the title role of this episode - totally committed and convincing as the Nazi supporting villainess. Keene Curtis as "Buehrer" added yet another great portrayal to his list of acting credits, as well. Fine acting overall - some of the best of the first season. This episode features several great action sequences especially a scene featuring a chamber with the walls closing in. A table is crushed by the walls and it's quite a jolting moment of suspense. Keep an eye on the wires on the wall crank in this same scene - you can see the pyrotechnic devices before they ignite. Also notice in the scene in the warehouse when Curtis is captured in Wonder Woman's lasso. There is no editing in the shot and it is apparent that Lynda Carter did indeed wrangle the villain herself.
The Nazis kidnap Wonder Woman and force her to tell them the secret behind her powers! Unfortunately, Steve Trevor is spending too much playing the part of the token victim in order to do any good at all whatsoever. How did this guy become a Major again? hide show
Ya gotta love those cheesy German accents. This was the sort of material that made this show so memorable in my eyes. Nazis make great villains. They’re almost as cool as Imperial Stormtroopers. But in this episode, you’ve got Fausta Grabels, a Feminazi who chooses to supplant Wonder Woman in order to learn the secrets of her powers. In this episode, we learn a little bit more about the nature of her golden lasso. As we all know, those bound inside the lasso are required to tell the truth. But what I didn’t know was that Wonder Woman was susceptible to this as well. Naturally however, the Nazis, being the bumbling ego-driven goofs that they are, screw the whole deal up and Wonder Woman manages to escape. Now I don’t mind admitting – there was something salaciously satisfying about seeing Lynda Carter bound and tied up in that golden lasso. Va-va-voom!
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