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 Diana Prince (LYNDA
CARTER), at the insistence of Harold Farnum (ED BEGLEY, JR.) has
joined him at an opening of the art museum of Henry Roberts' (RODDY
McDOWALL) work. As workmen remove the drapes revealing Roberts' work,
Diana is amazed that the statues are amazingly life-like, of everyday
people -carpenter, butcher, farmer, woman walking a dog, etc.
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Returning to her car, Diana finds a photo of a glass bowl. From
IRAC, she learns that a famous crystal bowl was stolen from a private
collector. IRAC also supplies her with a list of people who might know
where it is. Her first visit is to Shubert Goring (JOE MAROSS). While
being escorted to his office, Diana notices a number of Robergs'
statues. Goring realizes that she is suspicious and signals two
heavies. After the meeting which proved fruitless, Diana returns to
her car and notices some men walking behind her. She jumps into an
elevator, whirls into Wonder Woman and waits for them to attack.
Frightened, the two men dive into their car, the driver presses the
accelerator to the floor, the engine races, tires shriek, but to no
avail. Wonder Woman has thrown her lasso and the loop settles on the
trailer hitch on the back of the car. She calmly walks toward the car
and takes the two heavies into custody.
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In the meantime, Steve Trevor (LYLE WAGGONER) and IRAC discuss
the number of witness which were recently stolen under the same
circumstances. In each case, there were no windows broken, no locks
destroyed, or no signs of forcible entry. Other than the bowl, there
were paintings, art pieces, sculptures and the most recent robbery,
Dr. and Mrs. Ellsworth's (GAVIN MacLEOD and PATTI MacLEOD) tapestry.
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Harold, who is writing a term paper on Henry Roberts' works,
approaches him and questions his on how he makes his statues so
life-like. Roberts ignores him, so he takes matters into his own
hands. Sneaking into Roberts' lab during the evening hours, he sees
many statues. With a penknife, as he is ready to perform surgery, a
hand lands on his shoulder. He turns and sees the cop statue.
Suddenly, another statue dives at him and as Harold avoids it, the
golfer statue raises his golf club and hits Harold on the head,
knocking him cold.
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Harold is placed in front of a console where Roberts sits.
Roberts reaches for an appropriate dial labeled 'Farnum." His
hand turns the dial and suddenly a faint electronic whine is heart.
Harold blinks his eyes and he suddenly "unfreezes." He comes
to and asks what was tone to him. Before Roberts can answer, a voice
comes through a speaker and it is the voice of Lloyd Moreaux (MICHAEL
McGUIRE), a patron of the arts. Moreaux explains to Harold that the
realistic-looking statues are actually people in suspended animation.
They are flesh and blood individuals frozen painlessly by a minute
stream of electrons, delicately controlled by a neuro-impulse
modulator. The statues "come to life" at opportune moments
and rob museums and/or private collections of valuable items.
Matter-of-fact, a prize possession was just stolen from the museum by
a statue. The statue tied the museum piece around a piece of wire that
was lowered through a small vent panel in the ceiling, and once
securely tied, it was hoisted up into the vent. The statue then
returns to its original spot in the museum. Harold is in a state of
shock. He threatens with the IADC, Diana Prince and her connections
and this is what Moreaux wants to hear. He signals Henry and soon a
faint electronic whine is heart and -Harold "freezes" again.
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After talking to IRAC, Diana Prince decides to visit Henry
Roberts' studio. But first, she whirls into Wonder Woman. Entering the
studio, she is greeted by a number of statues and before long all the
statues are sailing at her. She is confused when suddenly Roberts and
Moreaux appear and tell her that Wonder Woman is going to be put in a
state of suspended animation forever. As she is making her escape, an
elevator door opens and Harold appears. He can not see nor hear her.
He is frozen. They threaten to kill him if she does not go along with
their plans.
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A unit is placed on her wrist where her bracelets usually are
and a dial, labeled Wonder Woman, is turned. A faint electronic whine
is heard and Wonder Woman is frozen. Roberts and Moreaux congratulate
each other on getting rid of the only person who stood in their way of
stealing everything in the world worth stealing. At Roberts' showing
the next day, everyone is in awe at his new statues, especially the
Wonder Woman statue. Suddenly Wonder Woman comes to life and leaps off
her pedestal. With her lasso, she captures Roberts and Moreaux and
within moments, all the statues cone back to life. She explains to
Moreaux that she switched the modulator unit with her own bracelet.
Harold is grateful and realizes that he must now complete his term
paper. He apologizes to Diana that he can't take her to a fraternity
party and will make it up to her. Diana sweetly tells him not to
-worry; there is no hurry.
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