It seems that a beauty pageant episode was an obligatory (and regressively queasy) rite of passage for all action heroines in the 70s. But unlike wonder woman's moment in the slime (which was inarguably that show's nadir), the writers here found a way to make jaime's pageant purgatory palatable. Heck, even silly and standout. It starts with jaime's revulsion at the mere thought, and ends with making the pageant bigwigs the baddies, in some computer circuit caper. And somewhere in between, bert parks (THE FRESHMAN, NIGHT OF 100 STARS II) renders one of the most campily silly fight scenes in the history of Hollywood. You'll hit the rewind button several times to see his facial expressions in slow motion. Gary crosby (OPERATION BIKINI, ADAM-12) hits all the right notes too.
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Good episode for Kids
fanorr17 January 2024
I figured the show would just be an excuse to show off Lindsey Wagners... er... assets for the teenage boys who like science fiction, but it turns out to be an ok show. Not much exploitation, since most of it was in evening apparel, except for one scene in a one-piece swimsuit typical of the pageants of the 1970s. The spy plot was your basic Bionic Woman spy game, pretty well done with the mystery revealed gradually as Jaimie overheard bits of the plan through her super hearing. The final scene made me yearn for those days of the television code that taught positive lessons to the young. Today, nearly all prime time television is filled with cynical, "flawed", anti-heros. And then we wonder why children are growing up to be selfish sociopaths.
Let's face it, young people need heros and morals and to avoid cynicism. There will be plenty of time to learn about the selfishness and duplicity of people when they face college and the adult world. If they can be shown something positive to strive for and heros with good morality and altruism before that, perhaps they will try to make a difference in this messed up world.
They say we can thank Lindsey Wagner for the avoidance of guns and shootouts. I think also her emphasis on people being able to redeem themselves when they make a mistake was a truly positive contribution.
If you want something positive to show your pre-teens these days, the Bionic Woman is a good show for that. And this particular episode is a good one.
Let's face it, young people need heros and morals and to avoid cynicism. There will be plenty of time to learn about the selfishness and duplicity of people when they face college and the adult world. If they can be shown something positive to strive for and heros with good morality and altruism before that, perhaps they will try to make a difference in this messed up world.
They say we can thank Lindsey Wagner for the avoidance of guns and shootouts. I think also her emphasis on people being able to redeem themselves when they make a mistake was a truly positive contribution.
If you want something positive to show your pre-teens these days, the Bionic Woman is a good show for that. And this particular episode is a good one.
typical ep, but omg Jamie can't sing
MiketheWhistle25 November 2019
Not sure if Lindsay Wagner sang because of Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman, but the sad fact is that Carter can sing while Wagner is certainly pretty as well, but can't sing. It actually is very similar to a WW ep when WW entered a beauty pageant as well. Oh the days when such things were acceptable and popular.
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