Español: "El Retorno de La Mujer Maravilla" ["The Return of Wonder Woman"]. Italiano: "Il Ritorno Di Wonder Woman" ["The Return Of Wonder Woman"]. Français: "Le Retour de Wonder Woman" ["The Return Of Wonder Woman"]. Deustch: "Kampf gegen Solano" ["Fight Against Solano"]. Danske: "Wonder Woman Vender Tilbage" ["Wonder Woman Returns"]. Portuguese: "A Volta da Mulher Maravilha" ["The Return Of Wonder Woman"]. Greek : "" [ "The Return of Wonder Woman" ]. Japanese []: "" [ Romanji ] "Kaette ki ta Wandaauuman" ["The Return of Wonder Woman"].
	Episode Number: #1, according to broadcast and production order; #14 according to the whole series run. Production Number: 166701. Original Airdate: Friday, September 16, 1977. Second Run: Friday, July 7, 1978. Writer: Stephen Kandel. Director: Alan Crosland. Guest Stars: • FRITZ WEAVER [ Dr. Solano ]. • BETTYE ACKERMAN [ Asclepia ]. Special Guest Star: • JESSICA WALTER [ Gloria Marquez ]. • BEATRICE STRAIGHT [ The Queen ]. Co-Starring: • DAVID KNAPP [ Major Gaines ]. • CARLOS ROMERO [ Colonel Acevo ]. • DORRIE THOMSON [ Evadne ]. Featuring: • ARGENTINA BRUNETTI [ Manageress]. • EDWARD CROSS [ Pilot]. • JOHANA DeWINTER [ Dr. Ross]. • GEORGE IVES [ Samuels ]. • FRANK KILLMOND [ Logan ]. • RUSS MARIN [ Kleist ]. • WILLIAM TREGOE [ Kalten ]. • RAYE SHEFFIELD [ Dr. Andrea ]. • BROOKE BUNDY [ Beverly Ryan ].

1977. Somewhere over the Caribbean. Major Steve Trevor, Jr. [LYLE WAGGONER] is on a top secret mission with a plane full of scientists who will develop a nuclear power plant for underdeveloped countries. It seems that during the past few weeks there have been at least four very effective terrorist attacks on countries belonging to the Organization of American States. They're heading to a top-secret conference in a Latin American country called Samarra. Meanwhile secluded in Washington D.C., at his headquarters, Dr. Solano [FRITZ WEAVER], an international terrorist leader, is watching the conversation at the plane. Soon after the flight is sabotaged by a henchman of Dr. Solano; but, through the power of the Amazons, is brought down on Paradise Island. Major Trevor, the crew and the passengers are now all unconscious.    Paradise Island - An uncharted body of land in the Bermuda Triangle. As Princess Diana [LYNDA CARTER] and other Amazons discover the plane and its occupants, they realize they haven't seen a male since 1942 -the Second World War. It seems that Diana has been retired to Paradise Island for 35 years now, since the end of the War. She stares in disbelief when she first notices Steve. She cannot believe that it could possible be Major General Steve Trevor, Sr. • The Doctor asks Diana in wonder: "You seem concerned about this man." • Diana replies: "Well, it's just that he looks exactly like someone I knew once. Only that man would have to be over 60 years old."    Soon after, her mother, the Queen of Paradise Island [BEATRICE STRAIGHT], explains to Diana that humans marry, breed and the children grow up to be adults. "He was named after his father, the late Major General Steve Trevor". The Steve she is seeing, is the son of the man Diana worked for and was so very fond of during World War II. And she realizes that "ordinary humans have a sort of immortality, at that".    After examining the plane, Diana learns that Paradise Island is threatened. She explains her mother that "this time, is not one nation against others, but an organization trying to destroy all governments". She convinces her mother that she must once again go into the outside world, not only to help protect the free world from its enemies, but in this age of radar, sonar and laser scanning, protect the secret of Paradise Island and its ancient culture.    The Queen agrees and prepares Diana to leave. In a Council the Amazons vote and all agree to send Diana to the outside world. Nevertheless, Evadne "in the spirit of sisterly competition and in keeping with the traditions of Paradise Island" challenges her cousin Princess Diana "to the supreme text of Bullets and Bracelets". Diana happily accepts the challenge, and easily wins the contest. • Diana: "The Queen is bound by tradition. But you're my mother and even now, if you tell me to stay... I'll stay." • The Queen: "I Love you and I'm proud of you. And I'm also worried about you. You're my daughter, but I am the Queen, and you must go. Asclepia will make arrangements for human acceptance of you."    Steve, under light hypnosis, is told that he has been assigned a new assistant. "Her name  is Diana Prince. She will report to you in Samarra. You will remember, without conflict".    With much ceremony, she hands her the belt of strength; the gold lasso of truth and then forgetfulness, the bracelets and tiara, the invisible plane and the garb of justice. As she whirls into Wonder Woman [LYNDA CARTER], her mother tells her: "Remember, in the outside world, without these things that I have given you, you are only an ordinary woman with no special powers". And she adds: "If you need me, you can contact me through the ruby of your tiara".    Back in the plane, Asclepia tells Diana that with a tune of a special flute the unconscious passengers will regain consciousness. Meanwhile her invisible plane is waiting for her, before they're fully awake she will transfer to it and then be able to get to Samarra before them. Before leaving the Queen gives Diana some very old tetra- drachmae which will be useful for her to get some money to use in the outside world. Wonder Woman starts the plane again, and then she plays the flute. As Steve and the crew regain consciousness, they are baffled as to where they were for two days.

As they land in Samarra, Steve and the scientists realize they've been lost for two days. Steve realizes he must conduct an investigation. Soon after Colonel Acevo [CARLOS ROMERO] takes Steve to meet with his associate, Diana Prince. Diana informs Steve that they have a meeting that evening at the Institute of Technology.    That evening, Diana and Steve attend a meeting with envoys from various countries and are greeted by Gloria Marquez [JESSICA WALTER], who's supposed to be a representative of Guanaray, but who in fact is the aide to Dr. Solano. Gloria Marquez announces that the chairperson for the meeting is the "Honorable representative from the Republic of Guanaray" Dr. Solano. Diana makes an observation about Solano's name. • Diana: "Solano. That's a curious name". • Steve: "Why's that?" • Diana: "It's just that is supposed to be unlucky. In Spanish 'solano' means nightshade. As in deadly nightshade, the poisonous plant."    After calling the meeting to order, Dr. Solano questions Steve on the means of transporting the nuclear generating plant to the country of Samarra. Steve, knowing it is top secret, does not answer. Solano instructs Gloria to get the details of the airlift and to make contact with Steve when they all return to Washington. • Solano: "It's infuriating! I've spent months, and millions, controlling the government of Guanaray... just to get to that nuclear plant". • Gloria Marquez: "Why's it so important?" • Solano: "Because it is power. Because Latin America is the fulcrum on which geopolitical power is balanced. With nuclear fuel, I Could disrupt that power. " • Gloria Marquez: "You'd start a war". • Solano: "Several wars. Small ones. Each one bleeding strength away from the antique concept of nationalism... creating a new, international structure in the world!" • Gloria Marquez: "With guess who on top!" • Solano: "But only because the future belongs to him who creates it. Peace, order, these have to be born out of blood and violence. But once is done, I'll give humanity a new world, a new paradise! I have to use terror. I bear the weight of that. Because in the future, in my future... they may very well built monuments to me!" • Gloria Marquez: "Yes." • Solano: "But great dreams are built on small realities. We shall begin with the very vulnerable interior... of Mr. Trevor's very stubborn mind".    Washington D.C. several days later. On her first day in Washington, Diana is introduced to the IRAC [Information Retrieval Associative Computer] computer to which Diana tries to program with some false facts about her file: Identity: Diana Prince. Female. Age, 25. Past employment: Inter Agency Defense Command, Overseas Division, past three years. Prior: Student, University of California, Berkeley campus. Record damaged, confirmation by interview. Current Grade: GS-16.

Though the IRAC computer seems to be unable to accept false data, Diana overrides the program code and the information for her file is accepted. Not long after Diana tries to get some cash out the drachmae that her mother gave her, and rents an apartment. As she does all that, Gloria Marquez is closely observing her and later informs Solano about her activities.    Later that night, and following Solano's orders, Gloria Marquez enters Diana's apartment in order to bug her phone. Diana enters the apartment and ends up catfighting with Gloria. She tries to gas Diana and escapes. Soon after she calls Steve to inform about the woman ransacking her apartment while Solano's listening to the conversation.    The next morning as Diana comes to the IADC, secretary Beverly Ryan [BROOKE BUNDY] informs her that her new office is ready, and after that, Steve introduces Joe Atkinson [NORMANN BURTON] to her.    Diana and Steve are driving to Blandings Air Force Base to attend a high level meeting. A car from behind, traveling at high speed, attempts to drive Steve's car off the road. A truck from another direction blocks Steve and he is driven off the road. As the men from the truck and the car approach, Steve tells Diana to make a run for it. She reaches an isolated spot and whirls into Wonder Woman. Steve is now unconscious and the men quickly substitute an exact duplicate of his watch. Wonder Woman demands the watch back. As the men attempt to grab her, she hurls one man into the air and destroys the truck and the car.    Steve recovers and realizes how damaging it could have been if he had gone into a top secret Air Force briefing bugged with a substitute watch. He is amazed with Wonder Woman. He reminisces about the stories his father told him about Wonder Woman during World War II. • Steve Trevor Jr.: "...when I was a kid my father raised me on stories about Wonder Woman. How they worked together, and all the adventures that they had. And I used to think he exaggerated." • Wonder Woman: "Your father was a very truthful man." • Steve Trevor: "He must have been. He also said you were gorgeous.... You must have know him well." • Wonder Woman: "Yes, I did. From the J-shaped burn scar on his right shoulder... to the 20mm shell casing he used as a paperweight." • Steve Trevor: "That's, right... Hey, wait a minute. You couldn't have known him. You can't be more than 23 or 24. Come on, tell me the truth. Are you a relative of this Wonder Woman? Is there an organization? What?" • Wonder Woman: "You want the truth?" • Steve Trevor: "Yeah". • Wonder Woman: "All right. There is no organization. Only myself, Wonder Woman. And as for age... I will be 2,527 years old on my next birthday." • Steve Trevor: "Yeah... You're in pretty good shape for your age..." • Wonder Woman: Laughing. • Steve Trevor: "All right... al right... You don't have to tell me. You helped me out, and I appreciate it. You're everything my father said you were". • Wonder Woman: "Thank you Steve. And if you ever need me, I'll appear. Wherever, whenever." • Steve Trevor: "That mean we're gonna get to know each other better?"    Solano is amazed with Wonder Woman's powers and abilities, and orders Gloria to investigate her. He even sus-pects that Wonder Woman could be a robot, having himself one of his own, combining a sophisticated servo-mechanism with computer controls. Solano plans to use the robot to confront Wonder Woman and a fake Steve to get her.    Being his plan foiled and realizing they must get the details on the nuclear airlift, Dr. Solano and Gloria invite Steve and Diana to a reception at their Embassy. With the excuse that someone wants to meet Steve, Gloria takes him down a side corridor; two burly men seize him and jab him with a hypodermic. A man, a perfect duplicate of Steve, appears and takes the real Steve's ID, cufflinks, etc. The false Steve then quickly goes to the Air Force Base and dispatches the planes carrying the nuclear power plant to another destination.    Returning to the party and Diana, he plays a believable Government official, but alone with Diana, his actions are completely different from the real Steve's. Her suspicions are confirmed when the false Steve lies about a known fact concerning Steve Trevor, Sr. A fight follows, but Diana manages to reach her bedroom and whirls into Wonder Woman. As she whips out her lasso and whirls it around him, she demands to know where the real Steve is and where the false Steve sent the cargo planes. The false Steve, completely beaten, tells her everything.
Wonder Woman and Steve are now racing against time. They board Wonder Woman's invisible plane and arrive at the destination before the cargo planes. Steve and wonder Woman surprise Solano and Gloria, but as Wonder Woman captures Solano, Gloria points Steve with a gun. Solano proposes a duel with sabers and Wonder Woman accepts. What she doesn't know is that the Solano she'll be facing is in fact the robot.    As the unscrupulous Dr. Solano and Gloria try to escape through a mine, an explosion occurs and they are killed. The cargo planes are send to the correct country and Wonder Woman and Steve are pleased they averted an international disaster.    As the unscrupulous Dr. Solano and Gloria try to escape through a mine, an explosion occurs and they are killed. The cargo planes are send to the correct country and Wonder Woman and Steve are pleased they averted an international disaster.

			RUNNING TIME:	72:53 (73 minutes / unedited) / 90 minutes on commercial television.
			VHS:	Available on commercial VHS format on a collector's edition series released by Columbia House Video.
			DVD:	Available on commercial DVD format in the 4-DVD box-set "WONDER WOMAN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON" and the Volume One of the British DVD edition of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN".
			INFO:	This is the pilot episode or 90-minute premiere for "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN".
			AUDIO:	"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the opening credits.
				"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the end credits.
			VIDEO:	"THE NEW COSTUME".
				"BULLETS + BRACELETS".
			ADS:	"TV GUIDE AD".
				"ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPER AD".
			TRIVIA:	The flight in which Steve and the scientists flight over the Caribbean is a Jet Star and the number is N207L.
				When Princess Diana opens the door of the plane which landed in Paradise Island, is clearly seen is one of her stunt doubles. Now, what is the risk of opening a plane's door????
				When Diana runs holding Steve Trevor on his arms, is clearly seen is a dummy.
				The last time the Amazons have seen a man on Paradise Island was in 1942.
				The Amazon Doctor is 5,200 years old and refers to Steve Trevor as "she".
				This is the first and only time that we see Wonder Woman's costume in Diana's hands. This is the first time we see the new costume.
				We see the invisible plane back again but with a different design.
				When the Queen gives Diana the tetra-drachmae they're wrapped in cellophane, it seems that the Amazons were way too advanced in processing plastics...
				Diana pays for the rent of her apartment U$S 500 a month, and it seems that during the 40s she used to paid U$S 40.00, that's' what we call inflation.
				It's the first time that Wonder Woman uses her tiara as a boomerang, with a boomerang shape. She has used her tiara previously as a boomerang, but not with a boomerang shape.
				According to the file that Gloria Marquez reads to Dr. Solano, Wonder Woman operated in America from 1942 trough 1945.
				The suit that Solano's robot is wearing is the same one used before by Andros in the first season.
				When Wonder Woman breaks in to Solano's headquarters, it's clearly seen is her double and the edition of the sequence in which we really see Lynda is really lame, one of the worst of the series.
				It's the first time that Wonder Woman wears her cape during "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN".
			SKILLS STATS:	SPINS: 3 times.
				LASSO: 2 times.
				BRACELETS: 2 times. One of them trying to stop a saber.
				JUMPS: 3 times.
				THROWN BADDIES: 3.
				MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS: Wonder Woman uses her tiara as a boome-rang, bends a gun.

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