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Less Than Wonderful Final Season
Season 3 represents the final and most lackluster season of the 'Wonder Woman' TV series. There were a lot of very notable changes both on-screen and off. Behind the scenes, much of the original crew from co-creator Stanley Ralph Ross to costume designer Donald Lee Feld had moved onto other things as the series was re-tooled to make it more network friendly. Some of these on screen changes included the dismissal of references to Paradise Island, the decrease in Lyle Waggonner's likable part, and probably the hardest pill to swallow...the elimination of Diana Prince's eye glasses. Now, some might argue that the glasses for a disguise bit was cheesy anyway, but that would mean overlooking Lynda Carter's fine performance differentiating between the more outwardly Wonder Woman and the introverted Diana Prince that made the conceit more plausible (Think Christopher Reeve and his marvelous interpretation of Clark Kent). However, with the glasses gone, there is absolutely no contrast between Lynda Carter's handling of the the dual roles. As the season progresses and Diana Prince is made more glamorous (even having her hair long and wavy like Wonder Woman's), any and all semblance of reality is gone as one can't help but wonder why no one can tell that Diana Prince is Wonder Woman. <
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>From a standpoint of storylines, this season offers Wonder Woman situations that seem somehow beneath her scope. Art thieves, football gamblers, and mischievous Leprechauns are not the kind of problems that you'd expect a powerful princess who came to "Man's World" on a mission of peace to undertake. However, there are some rare gems in the otherwise banal plot devices such as the dark two-part "The Boy Who Knew Her Secret" and my personal favorite, "Disco Devil." <
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>The extras on this set are very slim, which is not surprising as WB doesn't seem very interested in giving fans much in the way of extras with their TV show DVD releases. There is a commentary by Lynda Carter on the first episode, although I thought this was a poor choice as it is far from the best episode this season had to offer. Finally, there is a very brief documentary about what a great Feminist icon Wonder Woman is by, well...some females. As if this rather obvious notion wasn't already addressed thoroughly in the previous DVD release documentaries, it's drilled into our heads at nauseum in this one. I'd much rather have preferred a retrospective on key episodes from Lynda Carter and whatever crew members they could scrounge up or some vintage promos and commercials...or both! <
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>In closing, despite a lot of these negatives, I was very eager to add this release to my DVD library. Lynda Carter shines as always as Wonder Woman even when the scripts required the audience to leave their brains at the door. The 3-month intervals that WB released these boxed sets in allowed us fans to finally own all of the episodes to this classic show in only 9 months. There's no telling what the future holds for Wonder Woman and her return to the screen, but it's certain that Lynda Carter will always represent Wonder Woman admirably to much of the world.

I am four years old again.
I'm sorry the previous reviewer was disappointed by the series. I was a Wonder Woman freak when I was a kid. I was in love with Lynda Carter. <
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>When I was young I had a poster of Diana Prince hanging on my wall. My parents left me with a babysitter for the night. I was three and was scared to turn the lights off because my dad was not there. Gretchen Scheide (I still love you ;) told me that I was safe. If there was any trouble, Diana Prince would turn into Wonder Woman and save me. <
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>My mother said I was not scared of the dark from that point forward. =-) Embarrassing but true. <
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>See the show for what it was intended. Some nostalgia is a good thing when you live 3000 miles from home. I am stoked that these are on DVD and I can pop one in once in a while and get a little bit of that kid back. I think he has been missing for too long. <
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