Written by Reuben Leder; Produced by Jill Sherman
Directed by Bernard McEveety
After befriending an up-and-coming baseball pitcher David accompanies him to a couple of trials to support him in making it into the bigger games. David is warned that an unscrupulous agent has his eye on the player but the distracted traveller inadvertently allows the agent's female friend to beguile the titular 'phenom'. David of course runs into trouble with the agent's heavy associates.
A reasonable start to the ill-fated season five, featuring a moderately engaging story, a sexy femme fatale who unexpectedly becomes attracted to the man she's supposed to screw over (no pun intended of course), and a suitably nefarious bad guy (nicely played by Robert Donner, who was also in Sideshow the previous year).
Number of Fists: ***
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