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| }}"'''Vegas in Space'''" is the fifth episode of the 1st season of ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''. | | }}"'''Vegas in Space'''" is the fifth episode of the 1st season of ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''. |
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| | ==Synopsis== |
| | {{buck}} and [[Defense Directorate]] agent [[Marla Landers]] travel to [[Sinaloa]], a gambling city that Rogers finds resembles old [[Earth]]'s {{W|Las Vegas}}. Their mission from the Earth Defense Directorate is to locate and return to Earth a kidnapped girl named [[Felina Redding]], who is being held prisoner by the city's ruler, [[Morgan Velosi]]. The young woman has critical knowledge that Velosi must extract in order to destroy his competitor [[Amos Armat]]. Armat offers the Directorate plans to the [[Draconian]] [[Hatchet fighter]]s that have been plaguing Earth's defense forces in exchange for the girl's life. |
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| Buck and Directorate agent Marla Landers travel to Sinaloa, a gambling city that Buck finds resembles old Earth's Las Vegas. Their mission from the Earth Defense Directorate is to locate and return to Earth a kidnapped girl named Felina Redding, who is being held prisoner by the city's ruler, Velosi. The young woman has critical knowledge that Velosi must extract in order to destroy his competitor Armat. Armat offers the Directorate plans to the Draconian Hatchet Fighters that have been plaguing Earth's defense forces in exchange for the girl's life.
| | Act 1= |
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| | |Col. Wilma Deering|When did all this start? |
| | |Dr. Elias Huer|Three days ago, while you and {{buck|Buck}} were gone. And another thing: this disease, or whatever it is, has cropped up in other cities on [[Earth]], but here in [[New Chicago]] it's much, much worse... You see, what the Computer Council is trying to keep secret is its effect on our defense squadrons, for they've been hardest hit of all. |
| | |attribution=Dr. [[Elias Huer]] and Col. [[Wilma Deering]] discuss the condition affecting [[Regis Saroyan]], {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls|prose=Y}} |
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| | * During a training exercise, Capt. {{buck}} and Col. [[Wilma Deering]] run scenarios against [[Hatchet fighter]]s and the [[Thunderfighter]] [[combat computer]]'s inability to properly lock onto the Hatchets for firing. Rogers seems to have the problem licked, but Deering is not certain that Directorate pilots are able to manually fire without full aid of the combat computer. After the exercise fails, the team heads to Earth. |
| | * A young woman, [[Felina Redding]], enters her quarters in [[New Chicago]]. She finds two messages waiting, the first being from her former guardian, an elderly woman named [[Rita]], who proffers her thanks for Redding's birthday gift of flowering plants. As Redding undresses, she receives a second message from her boss, [[Amos Armat]], who warns her that she is in danger and to head to the shuttle station where she will find a prepaid itinerary to an unknown destination. He sincerely apologizes for putting her into the unsaid danger, and notes that she has always been one of his best employees, and then signs off. Unfortunately, the warning is too late, as Redding is besieged by an unknown assailant who snuck into her quarters prior to her arrival. |
| | * Maj. [[Marla Landers]] arrives in Dr. [[Elias Huer]]'s office, and immediately notes the presence of another individual. Landers believes she arrived early, but Huer assures her she's on time and would like to introduce the gentleman in the room: Armat. Landers summarizes what she knows of Armat: that he is a black marketeer who deals with weapons, slave trading and other lurid occupations, none of which could ever be proven. Armat notes that this is correct, but is willing to surrender all the evidence the Directorate needs to make their case against him, in exchange for assistance in saving Redding's from his arch rival, one [[Morgan Velosi]], as she accidentally came across some readouts that made her a valuable target for Velosi and Armat's other competitors. |
| | * Huer turns down the deal, relishing in the thought of Armat being effectively removed from contention as a black marketeer. It is Landers who notes that Armat likely has information on the Hatchet fighter's newest ability to avoid the computer control systems of Defense Directorate's starfighters, and Huer reconsiders on the condition that Armat not only surrender himself, but also all information on the Hatchet fighter. Armat agrees. |
| | * Rogers is putting in his [[Rogers' apartment|apartment]] when Deering arrives, after educating her on [[putting]] and the astronaut tradition of carrying a [[golf]] club on board their spacecraft. Deering successfully distracts Rogers' putting attempt by claiming that the whole thing "looks ridiculous." |
| | * After a discussion on going on yet another mission for the Defense Directorate, Deering coyly hooks Rogers due to his particular skill at playing [[10 & 11]] (blackjack), and that he'll be going with Marla Landers to [[Sinaloa]], as Landers is more familiar with Sinaloa than Deering. |
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| | Act 2= |
| | <!--{{quote |
| | |Col. Wilma Deering|When did all this start? |
| | |Dr. Elias Huer|Three days ago, while you and {{buck|Buck}} were gone. And another thing: this disease, or whatever it is, has cropped up in other cities on [[Earth]], but here in [[New Chicago]] it's much, much worse... You see, what the Computer Council is trying to keep secret is its effect on our defense squadrons, for they've been hardest hit of all. |
| | |attribution=Dr. [[Elias Huer]] and Col. [[Wilma Deering]] discuss the condition affecting [[Regis Saroyan]], {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls|prose=Y}} |
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| | Act 3= |
| | <!--{{quote |
| | |Col. Wilma Deering|When did all this start? |
| | |Dr. Elias Huer|Three days ago, while you and {{buck|Buck}} were gone. And another thing: this disease, or whatever it is, has cropped up in other cities on [[Earth]], but here in [[New Chicago]] it's much, much worse... You see, what the Computer Council is trying to keep secret is its effect on our defense squadrons, for they've been hardest hit of all. |
| | |attribution=Dr. [[Elias Huer]] and Col. [[Wilma Deering]] discuss the condition affecting [[Regis Saroyan]], {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls|prose=Y}} |
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| | Act 4= |
| | <!--{{quote |
| | |Col. Wilma Deering|When did all this start? |
| | |Dr. Elias Huer|Three days ago, while you and {{buck|Buck}} were gone. And another thing: this disease, or whatever it is, has cropped up in other cities on [[Earth]], but here in [[New Chicago]] it's much, much worse... You see, what the Computer Council is trying to keep secret is its effect on our defense squadrons, for they've been hardest hit of all. |
| | |attribution=Dr. [[Elias Huer]] and Col. [[Wilma Deering]] discuss the condition affecting [[Regis Saroyan]], {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls|prose=Y}} |
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| | Act 5= |
| | <!--{{quote |
| | |Col. Wilma Deering|When did all this start? |
| | |Dr. Elias Huer|Three days ago, while you and {{buck|Buck}} were gone. And another thing: this disease, or whatever it is, has cropped up in other cities on [[Earth]], but here in [[New Chicago]] it's much, much worse... You see, what the Computer Council is trying to keep secret is its effect on our defense squadrons, for they've been hardest hit of all. |
| | |attribution=Dr. [[Elias Huer]] and Col. [[Wilma Deering]] discuss the condition affecting [[Regis Saroyan]], {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls|prose=Y}} |
| | }} --> |
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| ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
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| | *[[Juanin Clay]] plays {{buck}}'s sidekick, Major [[Marla Landers]], in this episode. Clay had been originally cast as [[Wilma Deering]] for the series before [[Erin Gray]] decided to reprise her role from [[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (film)|the film]]. |
| | *[[Joseph Wiseman]] makes his second appearance in {{BRTV}} as [[Carl Morphus]], a different character from his mostly excised appearance in the film as [[Draco]]. |
| *[[Cesar Romero]] is known to ''{{W|Batman}}'' fans as {{W|Joker}} from the {{W|Batman (1960s series)|1960s TV series of the same title}}. | | *[[Cesar Romero]] is known to ''{{W|Batman}}'' fans as {{W|Joker}} from the {{W|Batman (1960s series)|1960s TV series of the same title}}. |
| *[[Joseph Wiseman]] makes his second appearance in {{BRTV}} as [[Carl Morphus]], a different character from his mostly excised appearance in the film as [[Draco]].
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| Episode Cast= | | Episode Cast= |
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| *[[Gil Gerard]] as Capt. [[William Rogers|William "Buck" Rogers]] | | *[[Gil Gerard]] as Capt. [[William Rogers|William "Buck" Rogers]] |
| *[[Erin Gray]] as Col. [[Wilma Deering]] | | *[[Erin Gray]] as Col. [[Wilma Deering]] |
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| Episode Crew= | | Episode Crew= |
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| *Directed by Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | | *Directed by Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. |
| *Written by Anne Collins | | *Written by Anne Collins |
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| Production Management= | | Production Management= |
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| *Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager | | *Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager |
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| Second Unit Director or Assistant Director= | | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director= |
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| *Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director | | *Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director |
| *Jerram A. Swartz - First Assistant Director | | *Jerram A. Swartz - First Assistant Director |
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| Art Department= | | Art Department= |
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| *Jerry Allen - Model Builder | | *Jerry Allen - Model Builder |
| *Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited) | | *Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited) |
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| Sound Department= | | Sound Department= |
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| *Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound | | *Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound |
| *Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor | | *Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor |
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| Special Effects= | | Special Effects= |
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| *Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited) | | *Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited) |
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| *Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland | | *Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland |
| *David M. Garber - Miniature Effects | | *David M. Garber - Miniature Effects |
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| Camera and Electrical Department= | | Camera and Electrical Department= |
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| *Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera | | *Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera |
| *Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera | | *Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera |
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| *Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music | | *Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music |
| *Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor | | *Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor |
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| Additional Crew= | | Additional Crew= |
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| *Anne Collins - Story Editor | | *Anne Collins - Story Editor |
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
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| *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533125/ ''Vegas in Space''] at IMDb | | *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533125/ ''Vegas in Space''] at IMDb |
| *[https://www.nbc.com/buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century/video/vegas-in-space/3979536 ''Vegas in Space''] at NBC.com | | *[https://www.nbc.com/buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century/video/vegas-in-space/3979536 ''Vegas in Space''] at NBC.com |
