Saturday 1 August 2015

81: A Minor Problem (5.07)

1981; 47 minutes
Written by Diane Frolov; Produced by Karen Harris, Jill Sherman, Andrew Schneider
Directed by Michael Preece

After being offered an interview for a laboratory assistant position at the Dere chemical research institute, David arrives at the place only to find he can't get in - it appears to be deserted.  He looks around the local town, but there's nobody there either, with food left half eaten, etc., as if the populace simply vanished instantaneously...

The opening ten minutes or so sets up a very intriguing premise that reminds me of watching something like an episode from The Twilight Zone or the sixties Avengers TV series.  I had hoped that it was because, with this being the last episode, there were efforts at play to wrap things up to some extent, but it was never to be.  I suppose closure would more so arrive in the form of the final TV movie that Bill Bixby himself directed in 1990 (Death of the Incredible Hulk).  Still, it was a pretty good episode to go out on, with some enjoyable scenery destruction from Hulk himself as a parting gesture.


Number of Fists: ****