This episode finds the group landing on a dark, depressing world where everyone is into mysticism, not medical science. The scenery is dark, damp, and creepy. I honestly couldn't wait for the group to slide out of this mystical mess of a world. The Sorcerer scene really reminded me of the Wizard of Oz. The man behind the curtain is a familiar face. Will he help the group find their way home like Dorothy and Little Toto? Will a rival witchdoctor steal Quinn's brain? Despite the gloom, this episode is worth watching.
2 Reviews
The episode that killed the series.
ambrosia_130 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The first episode of the second season was SO incredibly bad it had as much to do with the eventual broadcast-death of the show as the idiotic decision to make "Beverly Hills 90210" its lead-in (the two demographics could not have been more different.)
The episode plot was stolen directly from The Wizard of Oz. The foursome found themselves in a frightening magical world nothing like home, and were off to see "The Sorcerer" whom they were told may have the power to send them all home. But to get to him, they must travel through a spooky woods to get to his castle.
Sound familiar? Just wait.
When they get there, a giant angry floating head tells them they must bring him something he wants (not the witches broomstick, but blueprints held by a rival shaman) before he'll help them.
So the foursome return to the shaman, defeat him and return with the blueprints only to be told they can't see The Sorcerer. Quinn gets in anyway to discover "The Sorcerer" a just a regular guy (his own doppelganger.)
The only thing missing was Toto.
Worse still, they tried to introduce an "evil villain" (the Devil?) who was secretly thwarting their ability to return home (thank goodness they dropped this idea after this terrible episode.)
I think this one episode did as much to crater the ratings & force Fox to pull the plug (selling it off to the Sci-Fi channel) as was scheduling it right after after a show where the audience consisted mostly of 14 year old mallrats.
The episode plot was stolen directly from The Wizard of Oz. The foursome found themselves in a frightening magical world nothing like home, and were off to see "The Sorcerer" whom they were told may have the power to send them all home. But to get to him, they must travel through a spooky woods to get to his castle.
Sound familiar? Just wait.
When they get there, a giant angry floating head tells them they must bring him something he wants (not the witches broomstick, but blueprints held by a rival shaman) before he'll help them.
So the foursome return to the shaman, defeat him and return with the blueprints only to be told they can't see The Sorcerer. Quinn gets in anyway to discover "The Sorcerer" a just a regular guy (his own doppelganger.)
The only thing missing was Toto.
Worse still, they tried to introduce an "evil villain" (the Devil?) who was secretly thwarting their ability to return home (thank goodness they dropped this idea after this terrible episode.)
I think this one episode did as much to crater the ratings & force Fox to pull the plug (selling it off to the Sci-Fi channel) as was scheduling it right after after a show where the audience consisted mostly of 14 year old mallrats.
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