Based on interesting story by Isaac Asimov -- I haven't read his short story but it appears the episode doesn't change it much. I found the main issue to be the acting. Foster's uncle is quite good, but they are all very unlikeable and quite humorless. In addition, the execution is a bit ridiculous. I don't know how Asimov handled it, but the fact that Foster is in Pottery's house without Potterley or his wife every going done there is absurd. And...when Potterley finally makes his way doen he doesn't explain who juts visited him AND the chronoscope is completed!
I'm also not so sure why everyone seems so surprised when Araman explains the "evil" of the chronoscope when Foster and Potterley essentially discussed that in the previous scene. They didn't go as far as discussing the privacy issue...but almost.
It's dated. There's no way around it. And...why doesn't the family have video/film of their daughter?
Still, the story is very good and the ending is interesting - unfortunately it's not all that fun getting there.
I'm also not so sure why everyone seems so surprised when Araman explains the "evil" of the chronoscope when Foster and Potterley essentially discussed that in the previous scene. They didn't go as far as discussing the privacy issue...but almost.
It's dated. There's no way around it. And...why doesn't the family have video/film of their daughter?
Still, the story is very good and the ending is interesting - unfortunately it's not all that fun getting there.