Monday, 16 March 2015

76: The Phenom (5.01)

1981; 49 minutes
Director of Photography Edward Rio Rotunno 
Written by Reuben Leder; Produced by Jill Sherman, Andrew Schneider 
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 (Anne Lockhart) 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).  Lockhart of course also brought additional appeal to season three's Captive Night.

Number of Fists: ***

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