There is a fair amount of tension in this episode. I recall on those old Star Trek shows, the scientist always seemed to be able to outsmart civilizations that were thousands of years more advance than they. There was always some solution that came to them and allowed them to escape. Unfortunately, that same level of precision doesn't quite work. The members of the crew are called on to improvise. The fact that they even have a plan is pretty remarkable, but, given the situation, maybe there is a reasonable solution. Time is time. It is a continuum and somehow there is some sort of warp that casts the plane into a prehistoric period. The crew must use its limited aeronautical skills to figure out what to do. Things don't go smoothly. But it's a good ride.
Review of The Odyssey of Flight 33
