#04: The Innocent
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#04: The Innocent
Air Date: 10/10/77 written by Ray Brenner and DC Fontana Directed by Michael Preece
The trio of fugitives (Logan, Jessica, Rem) are being chased in their vehicle by Francis and his Sandmen over stark, desolate terrain of yellow-grassed fields. They come upon a structure jutting out of the landscape, which is actually the entry point to a large underground bunker, an advanced facility which is home to a robot simply named "Friend" and a young woman named Lisa (Lisa Eilbacher). The trio manage to make it inside but Francis and the other Sandmen are blocked by some kind of energy fence or field. There are also energy mines sprinkled around which regenerate even after being triggered, a technology which impresses even Rem, who also finds out that the power source inside is not enough to maintain those high grade defenses. Lisa has lived inside this self-sufficient bunker all her life, with no human contact since her parents died years ago, and she quickly develops a crush on Logan. It turns out that the bunker was originally a psychokinetic testing complex and Lisa is the last in a long line of powerful psychokinetic super-humans. She herself powers the advanced defenses. Feeling rebuffed by Logan, she intends to turn him over to the Sandmen.
As with most of the episodes in his series, the story begins as a sort of mystery until the real truth about the situation and persons is unveiled. The main question in this one revolves around Lisa - what will she eventually be revealed as (an android? an alien? a hologram?). The answer turns out to be quite benign, since in this series, aimed mostly at juveniles, she will not turn her vast powers to evil or become corrupted, for whatever reason. Her momentary pangs of jealousy involving Logan & Jessica are quickly discarded and it's implied that she will be a force for good. The details of this are sketchy, however; it's suggested that she will leave her secluded complex soon but what her goals will be remains elusive and vague. Her greatest power seems to be in willing/sending people to some dark limbo; this is never elaborated on - all we know is that her eyeballs glow momentarily when she uses this power (quite cheesy). It reminds of the famous Anthony in the old Twilight Zone episode, It's a Good Life, but as if the super-human were a nice girl rather than an evil boy. Eilbacher is very cute, of course, and this makes the episode quite watchable, especially for young males. BoG's score: 6 out of 10
The trio of fugitives (Logan, Jessica, Rem) are being chased in their vehicle by Francis and his Sandmen over stark, desolate terrain of yellow-grassed fields. They come upon a structure jutting out of the landscape, which is actually the entry point to a large underground bunker, an advanced facility which is home to a robot simply named "Friend" and a young woman named Lisa (Lisa Eilbacher). The trio manage to make it inside but Francis and the other Sandmen are blocked by some kind of energy fence or field. There are also energy mines sprinkled around which regenerate even after being triggered, a technology which impresses even Rem, who also finds out that the power source inside is not enough to maintain those high grade defenses. Lisa has lived inside this self-sufficient bunker all her life, with no human contact since her parents died years ago, and she quickly develops a crush on Logan. It turns out that the bunker was originally a psychokinetic testing complex and Lisa is the last in a long line of powerful psychokinetic super-humans. She herself powers the advanced defenses. Feeling rebuffed by Logan, she intends to turn him over to the Sandmen.
As with most of the episodes in his series, the story begins as a sort of mystery until the real truth about the situation and persons is unveiled. The main question in this one revolves around Lisa - what will she eventually be revealed as (an android? an alien? a hologram?). The answer turns out to be quite benign, since in this series, aimed mostly at juveniles, she will not turn her vast powers to evil or become corrupted, for whatever reason. Her momentary pangs of jealousy involving Logan & Jessica are quickly discarded and it's implied that she will be a force for good. The details of this are sketchy, however; it's suggested that she will leave her secluded complex soon but what her goals will be remains elusive and vague. Her greatest power seems to be in willing/sending people to some dark limbo; this is never elaborated on - all we know is that her eyeballs glow momentarily when she uses this power (quite cheesy). It reminds of the famous Anthony in the old Twilight Zone episode, It's a Good Life, but as if the super-human were a nice girl rather than an evil boy. Eilbacher is very cute, of course, and this makes the episode quite watchable, especially for young males. BoG's score: 6 out of 10
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