#50: The Martians Are Coming, The Martians Are Coming

Air Date: 01/28/78  written by Robert A. Urso, Tom August, and Helen August  Directed by Larry Stewart

This one seemed like another plot about invading aliens from outer space - a bright orange spaceship is spotted flying off the coast of a CA town and it whisks away Rudy Wells and his  buddy Ray (Jack Kelly) while they're on a wharf.  But,

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This episode had some surprises, though the FX were pretty limited for those days. Jaime gets to flirt with a possible new boyfriend, a snoopy reporter (Jim McMullan). For once, she does not reveal her secret to him.  BoG's Score: 6 out of 10
Spaceship Trivia: Jack Kelly played an astronaut, the executive officer, on a spaceship in the famous Forbidden Planet (1956)