This is a most boring episode in my opinion. So boring in fact that I chose to comment on the technical aspects like military rank and special effects. I get that they are in a special exclusive organization and not in the US Navy, but why would the ranks go from 5 star admiral to a commander which is less then a captain's rank (that's like 5 ranks difference)? Also, the special effects in this are the worst I've ever seen in this show's run. Granted I'm not much of a season one expert as they were not shown in reruns in the 70's when I occasionally caught this as a kid, but one would think the sfx would be better in the first season, not the case at all here. I recognize the doctor John Anderson in a few other schlock sci fi, and I immediately recognized Paul Carr as a crazy junior officer since he was a favorite of mine on the pilot of Star Trek (first, or close to it, televised crew death on Star Trek). I can imagine submarine veterans watching this at first with excitement and then laughing out loud at the stupid underwater action. 5 of 10, it's good in a bad way but really a waste of time to view now unless for a personal nostalgia. One other point, this Star Trek had some similar story lines just one year later that worked out much better.
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