Season: 1
Episode: 8
Title: "Cosmic Wiz Kid"
Original Airdate: Thursday, November 15, 1979
Writers: Alan Brennert and Anne Collins
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Buck isn't the only 20th century human to survive into the future: a small boy named Hieronymus Fox is a genius from Buck's time. The eleven-year-old child's brilliance makes him the popular ruler of the planet Genesia, until he is kidnapped by Roderick Zale and is threatened with death unless his planet pays a heavy ransom - a huge sum that Genesia cannot hope to raise. Fox's bodyguard, having escaped capture, enlists the aid of Buck and Wilma to save her planet's valued leader, whose inhabitants cannot do without.
Starlog
Hieronymus Fox (Coleman), an 11-year-old child-genius from Buck's 20th-century past, is kidnapped by the sinister Roderick Zale (Walston). The boy is president of the planet Genesia and his bodyguard, Lt. Dia Cyrton (Rogers), fears his immanent death because they cannot meet Zale's ransom demand. Buck, Wilma and Dia make separate attempts to locate and break into Zale's fortified home.