David_Powell3006-1

I have never seen this episode of this series.

I can, however, tell you a little about how good it was.

As a young teenager in Philadelphia, my dad saw this episode, one time, when it originally aired.

Whenever we are talking and the subject of television comes up, he mentions it, and remembers every last detail.

That is how good it was.

I hope to see it one day, if I get the chance. I advise that you do so as well.

That's my review.

Yes, one could argue it looks a bit cheesy today, but hey, I like the 80s atmosphere, & one neat thing about this movie is the cast.

If you are a Sci-Fi buff you'll find yourself going "No way!" a lot as you meet the actors playing these characters. A lot of the main cast ended up on other space stations a couple of years after they made this movie, namely Babylon Five and Deep Space Nine. In that way it has a bit of a neat "When Worlds Collide" vibe for the TV Speculative Fiction buff. Claudia Christian eventually became a regular on B5, and Shari Shattuck made a stopover there too. Both Armin Shimmerman and Marc Alaimo ended up doing yeoman service on DS9, Shimmerman as a regular and Alaimo as a recurring guest. It is neat to see them all together in this one a couple of years before they hit those series roles, and they and the rest of the cast seem to be having fun with it too.