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Season 1 – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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A hero from the 20th century awakens in the 25th century and keeps the universe safe from villains.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

With its lo-fi special effects and smirking lead, Buck Rogers In The 25th Century is the epitome of sci-fi pulp - and still difficult to appreciate, even on an ironic level.

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Vincent Canby New York Times 05/09/2018
Some intelligent, sophisticated people have knocked themselves out to transform bland into bland. Go to Full Review Ian Nathan Empire Magazine 05/09/2018
2/5
The smug Gil Gerard, painfully sucking in his gut for the skin-tight white future-suit, dashes about, a plank with a haircut, hoping to echo the swagger of Harrison Ford's Han Solo and missing by light-years. Go to Full Review Gary Arnold Washington Post 05/09/2018
Gil Gerard's Rogers is just a big, smirky, takecharge jerk. No sooner does he revive than he's showing the fighter pilots of the 25th century how to do their stuff. Go to Full Review Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies 03/31/2023
3/4
The first season aims for Star Wars, and the second for Star Trek, missing the mark a bit both times, but it still offers a fun space adventure on TV. Go to Full Review Ray DeRousse What Culture 05/09/2018
The show was cheap and chintzy, full of "wacky" robots and stupid villains. Go to Full Review TV Guide Staff TV Guide 05/09/2018
1/5
Has pretensions to mediocrity, a goal far too high for it to reach. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Tyrone S @RT64094879 01/28/2025 Season One is worth the watch. Ships and Robots are the high point of the series. Ralph McQuires designs are top notch. Buck, Twiki and Wilma are overall best charactors in the series. Taking a Serial and putting it into the format of Trek was a big mistake. Would love to see a cartoon of this Series fix the mistake the show made and treating the series as if the Second Season didn't happen. Blu-Ray of the series is avaible. Worth the watch but be aware it shows the flaws in the matte paintings and buck's stunt doubles. See more peter m @RT17062669 03/03/2019 The movie is a lot of fun to watch and while the TV-Series is not as good, its surprisingly entertaining. Many costumes are cheesy and the episodes can be rather basic, but what keeps this going is the actors. Gil Gerard and Erin Gray are excellent and it���s a joy to see them in action. There are some gems, Space vampire and A Dream of Jennifer are both rather good. See more Read all reviews
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Gil Gerard

Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers

Erin Gray

Colonel Wilma Deering

Tim O'Connor

Dr. Elias Huer

Leigh McCloskey

Jalor Davin

Gary Coleman

Hieronymous Fox

Patty Maloney

Twiki

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 20, 1979 Awakening Buck Rogers, a 20th-century astronaut held in suspended animation until the 25th century, awakens on an alien flagship. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 20, 1979 Awakening Defense forces intercept Buck on his way to Earth where he learns of his strange fate and is suspected of being a spy. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 27, 1979 Planet of the Slave Girls When Buck and Wilma go to a farm world to investigate poisoning of Earth's food, they find a slave trade. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 27, 1979 Planet of the Slave Girls Buck meets a slave girl whose brother learned of food tampering, then was killed by the sorcerer Kaleel (Jack Palance). Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 4, 1979 Vegas in Space Buck goes to an orbiting casino to save a girl (Ana-Alicia) from her shady employer's (Cesar Romero) competitor. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 11, 1979 The Plot to Kill a City Buck infiltrates a bizarre band of assassins led by a sinister scientist (Frank Gorshin) planning to bomb New Chicago. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 18, 1979 The Plot to Kill a City Buck escapes when his identity is betrayed, and the assassins still plan to obliterate New Chicago. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 25, 1979 Return of the Fighting 69th Huer wants a retired star-fighter (Peter Graves) to negotiate an asteroid belt and destroy an enemy base. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 1, 1979 Unchained Woman Buck poses as a convict to free the only person (Jamie Lee Curtis) who can stop a pirate raiding Earth's shipping lanes. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 8, 1979 Planet of the Amazon Women To escape slavery on an amazon world, Buck agrees to help the prime minister's daughter kidnap an ambassador. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 15, 1979 Cosmic Whiz Kid Buck agrees to help find a kidnapped president (Gary Coleman) when he learns the boy genius is also a survivor of the 20th century. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 29, 1979 Escape From Wedded Bliss In exchange for not destroying Earth with her ultimate weapon, Ardala asks for Buck's hand in marriage. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 27, 1979 Cruise Ship to the Stars Buck steps in as security aboard a luxury space yacht when kidnappers try to snatch a genetically perfect woman (Dorothy Stratten). Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 3, 1980 Space Vampire Despite deaths on a ship and a space station, no one believes Buck's story of a creature turning people into zombies. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 10, 1980 Happy Birthday, Buck An assassin who can turn people into marble seeks revenge on Dr. Huer, busily planning Buck's birthday party; guest Morgan Brittany. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 17, 1980 A Blast for Buck Buck subjects himself to a mind probe to learn if an old enemy created a device emitting a baffling riddle. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 24, 1980 Ardala Returns Buck falls into Princess Ardala's trap and discovers she has duplicated him to dispatch to Earth. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 31, 1980 Twiki Is Missing A mining boss plots to steal Twiki; Wilma must prevent a block of oxygen from igniting Earth's atmosphere. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 7, 1980 Olympiad Buck helps an alien athlete defect during the 25th-century Olympics; guests Nicolas Coster, Bob Seagren, Elgin Baylor. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 14, 1980 A Dream of Jennifer Buck heads to City-on-the-Sea, 25th-century New Orleans, to search for his 20th-century love (Anne Lockhart). Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 21, 1980 Space Rockers Buck must prevent a group's evil manager from using a galaxy-wide concert transmission to manipulate young listeners. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 20, 1980 Buck's Duel to the Death Buck fits a legend on the planet Katar of a 500-year-old hero who will defeat their merciless dictator. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 27, 1980 Flight of the War Witch Ardala follows Buck through a black hole to a universe where Buck is asked to fight a dictator. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 27, 1980 Flight of the War Witch At the last minute, Ardala helps Buck fight the dictator Zarina (Julie Newmar). Details

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Sigmund Neufeld Jr., David G. Phinney
Screenwriter
Glen A. Larson
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 20, 1979