ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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This episode is so darn good it makes up for several other clunkers in the series, all by itself! :

The terrific cast includes talented and dignified Barry Morris (Space: 1999), Carroll O'Connor (All In the Family), and Grace Lee Whitney (Star Trek TOS, but with much better hair).

The premise is very clever and intelligent — and loaded with charm and humor! The pacing if skillful, even though the FX whenever the time-altering unit is activated go on far too long.

As a flaw, however, that's very forgivable.

But less forgivable, in my opinion, is the plot's resolution. The alien scientists who are using a device to affect time (by slowing it down, speeding it up, and stopping it) end up causing a potential time paradox, and the alien's bosses tell them to fix it . . . or else!

If you don't remember the episode and you decide to enjoy it again, be prepared to like everything about it. . . except the weak ending.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)