Most of this episode takes place in a boring small town on Earth because that is a lot cheaper to produce than, say, a decent science-fiction drama on gigantic sci-fi sets with lots of CGI space battles and such.
A lot of the rest of the episode shows people boringly run around in the woods, which is also a nice, super cheap location and you don't even need a permit to film there.
The most expensive thing in terms of production value could actually be the prosthetics/make-up of the alien fungus or plant or whatever that starts growing on somebody's arm while taking over their consciousness.
The only worse budget-saving measure conceivable would be a clip show. I would prefer a decent bottle episode over this.
My mind can't stop switching to the Red Letter Media guys collectively facepalming ovcer this.
A lot of the rest of the episode shows people boringly run around in the woods, which is also a nice, super cheap location and you don't even need a permit to film there.
The most expensive thing in terms of production value could actually be the prosthetics/make-up of the alien fungus or plant or whatever that starts growing on somebody's arm while taking over their consciousness.
The only worse budget-saving measure conceivable would be a clip show. I would prefer a decent bottle episode over this.
My mind can't stop switching to the Red Letter Media guys collectively facepalming ovcer this.