MAN! Talk about intense and disturbing!!
This whole thing could easily have been a stage play (it sure looked like one). A prime example of good writing and almost non-existent budget.
And what a cast! Ed Nelson, Martin Sheen, James Shigetta, Whit Bissell...
It was amazing that, even though the audience knew something wasn't right, when they showed the 2 military guys thru the window early on, you still didn't know what the HELL was going on.
When they finally had the big reveal, and you find out there was no war, that the "first strike" was just an accident, that the aliens were friendly and trying very hard to be helpful... THEN you see who the real "bad guys" of the story are.
I LAUGHED when one of the officers in charge got shot accidentally. Serves him right!
That Joe Stefano was one sick F***, wasn't he??
: )
I've seen several other stories like this over the years-- an "interrogation" that turns out to be not quite what it seems... but, as usual, NOBODY every did it as good as this. Not a fave episode by any means... but, like I said... MAN! What an intense viewing experience.
This whole thing could easily have been a stage play (it sure looked like one). A prime example of good writing and almost non-existent budget.
And what a cast! Ed Nelson, Martin Sheen, James Shigetta, Whit Bissell...
It was amazing that, even though the audience knew something wasn't right, when they showed the 2 military guys thru the window early on, you still didn't know what the HELL was going on.
When they finally had the big reveal, and you find out there was no war, that the "first strike" was just an accident, that the aliens were friendly and trying very hard to be helpful... THEN you see who the real "bad guys" of the story are.
I LAUGHED when one of the officers in charge got shot accidentally. Serves him right!
That Joe Stefano was one sick F***, wasn't he??
: )
I've seen several other stories like this over the years-- an "interrogation" that turns out to be not quite what it seems... but, as usual, NOBODY every did it as good as this. Not a fave episode by any means... but, like I said... MAN! What an intense viewing experience.