After five seasons the series is on the downgrade as this lumpy entry shows. Stranded on an earth-like planet or is it the real Earth, things look bad for spaceman Cook (Basehart), especially now that his home planet has blown up thanks to nuclear war. The new planet, however, appears deserted. But not to worry, there's a nubile girl (Bower) who miraculously turns up. She looks a little mussed but still Playboy delectable. And guess what their names turn out to be. Yup, Adam and Eve! So what we get amounts to TZ's parable of Genesis with a subtext of nuclear war tossed in. And for good measure, add some dry preachments on common human foibles. I had to check the credits to make sure the entry wasn't produced by 50's drive-in king-pin Roger Corman.
The 30-minutes does have two things going for it. The redoubtable Richard Basehart, one of the best actors of his time, along with a good backlot mock-up of the crashed space probe. Basehart's great, as usual. However, it looks like after five demanding years, the writers were hitting bottom in search of material. Of course, that's understandable. Even the early years came up with clunkers now and again.
The 30-minutes does have two things going for it. The redoubtable Richard Basehart, one of the best actors of his time, along with a good backlot mock-up of the crashed space probe. Basehart's great, as usual. However, it looks like after five demanding years, the writers were hitting bottom in search of material. Of course, that's understandable. Even the early years came up with clunkers now and again.