Truly great episode of TAOS, and that's no exaggeration. The story goes like this...Clark and Lois are covering a senate subcommittee's investigation into organized crime. While on the stand, Wagner, the witness, suddenly changes his mind about whether he knows Lou Kranek, the alleged Kingpin. He abruptly bolts out, and hijacks a car, with Lois and Clark in tow. He then hijacks a bus, with children on board. Superman shows up and stops the bus from careening down a mountain. He tells Lois that Wagner's mind was somehow tampered with and that his brain was fatally injured. Turns out that Kranek, in an attempt to manipulate the hearings, stole a machine invented by a doctor that can put suggestions into peoples' minds from afar. With the doctor kidnapped, Kranek had forced him to user the machine on Wagner, who he tuned in on the machines screen. Kent then works with the doctors assistant, Hadley, to try and find the transmission point of the machine (Kranek took it to the Blue Hills along with the doctor) In the meantime, Lois is due to take the stand, and there's no doubt Kranek will use the machine on her. While scouting the area by plane, Kent learns that she is on the stand. He knocks out Hadley,and puts the plane on automatic. Superman shows up at Kraneks hideout just in time, and beats up Kranek and his gang, while the doctor ,feeling guilty over how his machine was used, destroys the machine. Superman, realizing the plane has run out of gas, brings it down safely with Hadley still unconscious.
Absolutely flawless episode...really exciting, with a great script, acting, and directing. I especially like the political slant of the story, reflecting, perhaps, the HUAC investigations of the 1950s. And, the greatest punch Reeves gives of the entire series.
Absolutely flawless episode...really exciting, with a great script, acting, and directing. I especially like the political slant of the story, reflecting, perhaps, the HUAC investigations of the 1950s. And, the greatest punch Reeves gives of the entire series.