Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)
Return of the Fighting 69th (1979)
Erin Gray: Colonel Wilma Deering
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Quotes
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[with Alicia'a help, Buck and Wilma have escaped from their detention cell]
Buck Rogers : [pointing a gun at the guards] Alright gentlemen, into the cell, if you please.
[the guards enter the cell, then Buck removes the key to reactivate the force field, before turning to Alicia]
Buck Rogers : Thank you.
[turns to Wilma]
Buck Rogers : Well, Wilma, what do you think?
Col. Wilma Deering : I think they should strip!
Buck Rogers : Wilma!
[turning to the guards]
Buck Rogers : You heard what the lady said!
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Capt. William "Buck" Rogers : It's not gonna be easy, is it?
Col. Wilma Deering : Noah's just too old to go into space again.
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers : [shakes his head in disdain] Even in the 25th century, they still throw people on the scrap heap because of their age.
Col. Wilma Deering : Buck, I didn't want to ground him. It's just that he wasn't - he wasn't capable anymore, and I didn't want to see him get hurt.
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[Noah approaches Buck and Wilma]
Major Noah Cooper : Wilma Deering!
Col. Wilma Deering : [smiles] Hi, Noah.
Major Noah Cooper : What, no hug? Since when did you greet me without a hug?
[Noah hugs Wilma]
Major Noah Cooper : No matter what's happened, I still love you, Dizzy Dee. Remember that.
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers : "Dizzy Dee"?
Major Noah Cooper : Oh, hi. Name's Noah, as in Noah Cooper.
[Buck and Noah shake hands]
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers : Hi. Name's Buck, as in Buck Rogers.
Major Noah Cooper : Buck.
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers : "Dizzy Dee"?
Major Noah Cooper : Oh, we've called her that since she was this high.
[gestures child-size]
Major Noah Cooper : Used to hang around the ready room, get into everything. Drove us dizzy.
[Wilma chuckles, slightly embarrassed]
Major Noah Cooper : So we called her "Dizzy Deering", "Dizzy Dee" for short. Now she's all grown up: Old enough to take a man's Silver Eagles away from him.
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Col. Wilma Deering : [to the squadron members] You're all almost mandatory retirement age.
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers : They don't look a day over sixty.
Col. Wilma Deering : Retirement is eighty-five.
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers : Eighty-five?
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Col. Wilma Deering : We've got to find that base and destroy that nerve gas *immediately!*