The third episode from VTTBOTS's second season is probably the best-acted and most pathos-laden in the show's history. Five military men (one Japanese and four Americans) have been trapped in an underwater grotto, beneath a volcano for twenty-eight years, since a month before the end of WWII. Though the Japanese and the Americans were at war those three decades earlier, they have learned to depend on each other, becoming friends in the process.
Enter Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) and a Seaview crewman (guest Robert Doyle) in the Flying Sub to the rescue. Unfortunately, the vehicle is damaged en route and all seven become trapped, awaiting assistance from Capt. Crane (David Hedison) and company. In the meantime, it is revealed that Doyle's seaman has a link to one of the American sailors, which makes for an interesting confrontation and character dynamic.
Doyle, Ed McCready, Phillip Pine, and Kent Taylor, are very good in the respective roles; however, it is Teru Shimada who really scores as the proud Japanese forced to face the fact that WWII didn't turn out the way he imagined it had for so long.
As was implied earlier, this is the most character-driven installments in the show's run and demonstrates what the show could've been, rather the more fantasy/sci-fi direction it took for remaining two broadcast years.
Enter Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) and a Seaview crewman (guest Robert Doyle) in the Flying Sub to the rescue. Unfortunately, the vehicle is damaged en route and all seven become trapped, awaiting assistance from Capt. Crane (David Hedison) and company. In the meantime, it is revealed that Doyle's seaman has a link to one of the American sailors, which makes for an interesting confrontation and character dynamic.
Doyle, Ed McCready, Phillip Pine, and Kent Taylor, are very good in the respective roles; however, it is Teru Shimada who really scores as the proud Japanese forced to face the fact that WWII didn't turn out the way he imagined it had for so long.
As was implied earlier, this is the most character-driven installments in the show's run and demonstrates what the show could've been, rather the more fantasy/sci-fi direction it took for remaining two broadcast years.