Episode 1 has Adventurous radio station operator Alan Maxwell (Cliff Robertson)
contacting a fellow experimenter and alien being in another galaxy. When he is
forced however by his unbelieving wife (Jacqueline Scott) to go to a benefit
event in his honor,
he locks the being in 3D communication, but a upstart DJ who wants to impress
by opening the signals range, boosts the signal all the way up, unknowingly
sucking the alien, who's composed of electricity, into the remote desert town,
witch wrecks havoc in the process. Now its up to Alan to send the alien being
back in time before its to late.
Its no suprise that the first episode of this wonderful '60 sci fi anthology series was about a human contacting an alien being from another galaxy. The story about a radio station operator managing to find life outside earth thru a radio station signal is a pretty nice unique story. The creature itself is done very well I must say and holds up very good by today's standards. However the only thing that is keeping me from giving this a higher rating is that it seems every character in this thing is an insensitive idiot other then Cliff Robertson. The wife as I think another review stated is the worst and seems to be here for nothing other then to give Robertson's character a hard time, which makes it even more better towards the end when the being saves her life in an incredible stupid scene were she is accidentally shot. All in all its a nice start to a much to short lived series.
Its no suprise that the first episode of this wonderful '60 sci fi anthology series was about a human contacting an alien being from another galaxy. The story about a radio station operator managing to find life outside earth thru a radio station signal is a pretty nice unique story. The creature itself is done very well I must say and holds up very good by today's standards. However the only thing that is keeping me from giving this a higher rating is that it seems every character in this thing is an insensitive idiot other then Cliff Robertson. The wife as I think another review stated is the worst and seems to be here for nothing other then to give Robertson's character a hard time, which makes it even more better towards the end when the being saves her life in an incredible stupid scene were she is accidentally shot. All in all its a nice start to a much to short lived series.