Richard Jaeckel stars as Captain Mike Dowling, who is a part of a handful of astronauts/scientists on an orbiting space station shaped like a wheel. When one of the crew(played by Dabney Coleman) dies mysteriously after exposure to some unknown space spores which have attached themselves to the side of the ship, the decision is made to land back on Earth with the specimens on board, but unfortunately their container breaks, unleashing the spreading spores first on board the ship, then later on the Earth when it crash lands. Just how can this botanical menace be stopped? Russell Johnson and Gail Kobe costar. Mediocre episode has a padded and thin story, though still manages to be reasonably fun viewing.
Review of Specimen: Unknown
