Word: macguffin
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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...Argo City, a surviving Kryptonian colony in "inner space," depends on the omegahedron for its energy. Chief Scientist Zaltar (Peter O'Toole) steals the magic ball, Supergirl loses it, and then steals Zaltar's ship to find it. Arriving on earth in full costume, she starts hunting for the MacGuffin (Alfred Hitchcock's) word for the jewel/microfilm/painting/whatever that everyone is hunting for in a typical thriller...
...only is this subplot illogical and a waste of time, it tears down all the suspense the MacGuffin is supposed to create. Odell makes ludicrously pointless decisions like having Supergals' roomie the cousin of Lois Lane, or having Selena's exhenchman Nigel (Peter Cooke) a math teacher at Lee's school...