FOUR STAR - none
NOTEWORTHY
-Brothers and Sisters ***
Deep submergence super-submarine Seaquest is assigned with entombing an abandoned munitions depot, which turns out to be populated with the child survivors of a grim accident, who have been fending for themselves for years. Lukas (Jonathan Brandis: NEVERENDING STORY II) has a touching romance with the eldest girl (Kellie Martin, LIFE GOES ON), while Captain Bridger (the redoubtable Roy Scheider) must figure out how to extract a teenage boy holding crew members hostage. The potential of the show comes together.
-Knight of Shadows *
Wretched. If you were to see this episode first, you'd likely never watch another. A Titanic-like wreck is found with, um, ghosts. A celebration of superstitious ignorance from the crew of a science vessel. The dipsy wipsy mystical wystical side of the show, on a steroid binge. Painful.
-SeaWest ***
Davids McCallum (THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, NCIS) and Morse (ST. ELSEWHERE, THE HURT LOCKER) drop in for this Stacy Haiduk-heavy (that's a good thing) underwater western.
-Photon Bullet ***
Holy howler, batman! Seth Green drops in as an "internex" teen computer whiz. Foreshadowing his time on BUFFY, he's named Wolfman. If that's not enough, how about Tim Russ (VOYAGER) as a svengali genius leading prodigies astray?
-Better than Martians ***
The first personned Mars rocket crashes into the ocean after a faulty landing. Seaquest races to save the astronauts' lives. A fine guest turn by Kent McCord (ADAM-12, AIRPLANE 2, GALACTICA 1980).
-Hide and Seek **
SHATNER!!!
-Abalon ***
Chuck! Chuck Heston!!!
-Such Great Patience ***
Why does it only feel like sci fi if it's in space? Or has a spaceship? Or at least an alien? A massive UFO buried in the ocean for a million years is uncovered. There's somebody inside, and they want to talk to our dolphin. Exciting, visually compelling...and more Kent McCord!
-The Good Death ***
A couple nice moments for underused regulars Marco Sanchez (WALKER, TEXAS RANGER) and Dustin Nguyen (21 JUMP STREET). This is their first real chance to shine, and they acquit themselves delightfully. Plus a little Luis Guzman as a wild-eyed Central American dictator! Indispensable for your next Guzman-a-thon.
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