In "A Quality of Mercy" a bloodthirsty American officer enlisted in the final days of WWII finds himself suddenly a Japanese officer charged with taking out a cave full of American soldiers.
Dean Stockwell portraying a Japanese man just isn't doing for it me, dawg. I love the actor but it's a bad look, even for the 1960's. And the episode isn't even good regardless. As soon as he turns Japanese (a la The Vapors) the audience pretty much knows where the story will go from there. Bit if a snooze and problematic? Definitely a skippable episode.
Dean Stockwell portraying a Japanese man just isn't doing for it me, dawg. I love the actor but it's a bad look, even for the 1960's. And the episode isn't even good regardless. As soon as he turns Japanese (a la The Vapors) the audience pretty much knows where the story will go from there. Bit if a snooze and problematic? Definitely a skippable episode.