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Air Force background to assist in their training. Nevertheless, Buck often flies with the fighter squadrons, and uses his 20th-century U.S. military rank, but his membership in Earth's defense forces is unofficial. Most Defense Directorate personnel regard Buck as being at least an "honorary" captain, in reference to his 20th-century U.S. Huer were the only Defense Directorate personnel seen in every episode, though several others were seen in individual episodes. A "City-on-the-Sea" was also seen, mentioned as being the former New Orleans. During the first season, references were also made to other "new" Earth cities such as New Detroit, New Manhattan, New Phoenix, New Tulsa, Boston Complex, and New London. As opposed to the isolationist planet seen in the film, Earth no longer has an invisible defense shield surrounding it and is shown to be the center of an interstellar, human-dominated government, sometimes called "the Federation" or "the Alliance", with its capital at New Chicago. The mutants seen in the pilot film were no longer seen, and Buck sometimes ventured outside New Chicago with no hazards encountered.
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After the movie pilot, no reference to barren radioactive wastelands was made, and in several episodes, the world outside is shown as lush and green. The Inner City was now known as New Chicago, and human civilization was established as having spread once again across the planet, and also to the stars.
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The tone of the series was lighter than the pilot movie, and showed a more positive picture of future Earth.
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Including the two-part pilot episode, the first season comprised 24 episodes, with four of the stories being two-parters. Buck is, most often, partnered with Wilma, with whom he often shares a flirtatious relationship. In this unofficial role, Buck does everything from acting as a covert agent on various undercover assignments to assisting Wilma as a flight/combat instructor. This scene ends with Buck actually declining their offer, though he opts to join them in an unofficial capacity by the first episode of the series proper, "Planet of the Slave Girls". Huer and Wilma try to persuade Buck to join the Defense Directorate.
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Also, some new and extended scenes were added for the TV version, including several scenes within Buck's new apartment, which was the setting for a new final scene in which Dr. Several scenes were edited, some to remove the more adult dialogue in the film, including when Buck refers to Wilma as "ballsy", and later when he says " shit", and a scene in which Buck kills Ardala's henchman, Tiger Man, was edited to allow the character to return in later episodes. The theatrical film also served as a pilot and two-part first episode for the series, entitled "Awakening". The film, which was also released internationally, featured all of the main protagonist characters who would appear in the weekly series, and also included Princess Ardala of the planet Draconia, and her henchman, Kane. The film made $21 million at the North American box office, prompting Universal to move ahead with a weekly series later that year. The first made-for-TV movie was released theatrically in March 1979 as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Main article: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (film)