This episode makes me wish Kudos had succeeded in "Last of the Zanadus" and destroyed all lazoons.
At the very least this adventure should have convinced Venus and Steve it was not safe to have Zoony roaming around free and have him/her/it put in a zoo or somewhere.
In this adventure the XL5 goes to a far off planet where a virus called Planetoid 3 has wiped out most of their vegetation. In the meantime Zoony creates havoc back at Space City to the chagrin of Commander Zero.
Fireball returns with specimens from the planet and it is determined that they can save the planet if a chemical bomb is exploded in the planet's atmosphere the virus will be killed and the vegetation will return. Zero makes sure the annoying Zoony is on board and out of his hair before the XL5 is sent on its way.
After setting the bomb off in the atmosphere, the crew goes down to the planet to see the explosion's effects. They leave Robert and Zoony in orbit, where Zoony creates havoc on board.
Steve, Venus and Matt are greeted by two of the planet's inhabitants, who welcome them and invite them to dinner but are later taken prisoner by the beings who believe they are there to conquer, not rescue their planet.
There are some nice moments in this adventure. I liked seeing the fire crew scramble. I liked seeing Zoony go to space jail. Director John Kelly has a nice eye for shot composition which is shown off well there. I liked seeing the crew escape out of their tower prison only to be attacked by man-eating plants! I liked seeing the XL5 fill with deadly gas released when Zoony accidentally knocks it over.
Lots of good moments and kind of a cool story with the aliens, but this adventure just has too much Zoony for me.
At the very least this adventure should have convinced Venus and Steve it was not safe to have Zoony roaming around free and have him/her/it put in a zoo or somewhere.
In this adventure the XL5 goes to a far off planet where a virus called Planetoid 3 has wiped out most of their vegetation. In the meantime Zoony creates havoc back at Space City to the chagrin of Commander Zero.
Fireball returns with specimens from the planet and it is determined that they can save the planet if a chemical bomb is exploded in the planet's atmosphere the virus will be killed and the vegetation will return. Zero makes sure the annoying Zoony is on board and out of his hair before the XL5 is sent on its way.
After setting the bomb off in the atmosphere, the crew goes down to the planet to see the explosion's effects. They leave Robert and Zoony in orbit, where Zoony creates havoc on board.
Steve, Venus and Matt are greeted by two of the planet's inhabitants, who welcome them and invite them to dinner but are later taken prisoner by the beings who believe they are there to conquer, not rescue their planet.
There are some nice moments in this adventure. I liked seeing the fire crew scramble. I liked seeing Zoony go to space jail. Director John Kelly has a nice eye for shot composition which is shown off well there. I liked seeing the crew escape out of their tower prison only to be attacked by man-eating plants! I liked seeing the XL5 fill with deadly gas released when Zoony accidentally knocks it over.
Lots of good moments and kind of a cool story with the aliens, but this adventure just has too much Zoony for me.