Virdon and Burke travel to the ruins of San Francisco in this episode where General Urko (Mark Leonard) and Burke are trapped in a BART subway tunnel and have to cooperate to survive.
The lighting alone on this episode shows how quickly and cheaply they were slapped together. Instead of creating a nice dark atmosphere with some interesting lighting in the Bart tunnel, it is well lit like the studio set it is.
The series is also pretty sloppy with its continuity. How can they be in San Francisco when the movies clearly indicated Dr. Zaius and General Urko were located near the ruins of New York? In the first pilot episode, Dr. Zaius made reference to the visit by the other "astronauts" so he is supposed to be the same Zaius. And in the next episode, "The Good Seeds", Burke states how he doesn't remember the last time they were in a city. Well, he must have a short memory, because they were in a city in an episode the week before--in fact, the SAME city if you pay attention to the sets.
It's hard to find something to like about these "Apes" shows. It's a series that really should not have been.
The lighting alone on this episode shows how quickly and cheaply they were slapped together. Instead of creating a nice dark atmosphere with some interesting lighting in the Bart tunnel, it is well lit like the studio set it is.
The series is also pretty sloppy with its continuity. How can they be in San Francisco when the movies clearly indicated Dr. Zaius and General Urko were located near the ruins of New York? In the first pilot episode, Dr. Zaius made reference to the visit by the other "astronauts" so he is supposed to be the same Zaius. And in the next episode, "The Good Seeds", Burke states how he doesn't remember the last time they were in a city. Well, he must have a short memory, because they were in a city in an episode the week before--in fact, the SAME city if you pay attention to the sets.
It's hard to find something to like about these "Apes" shows. It's a series that really should not have been.