There is a saying, "mailing it in" which means the person put little or no effort into the project. In this case Harlan Ellison, a great and respected science fiction writer, definitely mailed it in with this abysmal story. In addition to the poor story, the production was cheap, taking place in an old deserted building, with the cheapest most ridiculous costumes imaginable. The Kybans were dressed in white pants with white turtle neck tops, stockings pulled over their heads with the seams clearly visible, ridiculous little white caps or rubber shower caps on top of their heads, and black eye makeup surrounding their eyes making it look like they were sleep deprived.
There were plot holes big enough to drive trucks through. For example, the Kybans had the time portal mirror, but somehow Trent was transported to the past and wore the Kyban medallion which kept him in the past. There was no reason for the fingers of the hand to be removable, an obvious artificial construct to create a story that would fill an hour long program. The Kybans are an advanced race of aliens that conquered Earth in nineteen (19) days, yet they have only primitive revolvers as weapons.
Warning, there are spoilers below.
No reason was given for Trent being misled into thinking he was human, it was just stated. The whole idea was silly, since once he got all the fingers back the truth was revealed so why hide it in the first place. It was also obvious that he was not human the moment he was supposedly brought back to life so there was no surprise in the ending.
As I said, Harlan Ellison mailed this one in, and should ashamed as this ranks in the bottom ten percent of this series which says a lot considering the number of substandard episodes of this marginal "Twilight Zone" knockoff.
There were plot holes big enough to drive trucks through. For example, the Kybans had the time portal mirror, but somehow Trent was transported to the past and wore the Kyban medallion which kept him in the past. There was no reason for the fingers of the hand to be removable, an obvious artificial construct to create a story that would fill an hour long program. The Kybans are an advanced race of aliens that conquered Earth in nineteen (19) days, yet they have only primitive revolvers as weapons.
Warning, there are spoilers below.
No reason was given for Trent being misled into thinking he was human, it was just stated. The whole idea was silly, since once he got all the fingers back the truth was revealed so why hide it in the first place. It was also obvious that he was not human the moment he was supposedly brought back to life so there was no surprise in the ending.
As I said, Harlan Ellison mailed this one in, and should ashamed as this ranks in the bottom ten percent of this series which says a lot considering the number of substandard episodes of this marginal "Twilight Zone" knockoff.