First of all, despite the fact that the alphans encounter a sentient rock-like creature, any comparison to any Star Trek episode is a huge stretch and an insult to Star Trek.
I thought that the Rules Of Luton was about as stupid as anything I've ever seen, but I stand corrected. This episode is beyond stupid. First we have a "cowboy" from "Texas" as a guest star. We know this because he wears a cowboy-like hat and childish cowboys boots and refers repeatedly to Texas, although he's about as Texan as Catherine Schell. He speaks with a British accent and uses British slang throughout yet is constantly referred to as "cowboy". Yech.
Our heroes spend the majority of the second act dodging colored lights and making gigantic leaps of logic with statement like "it wants water" and "it's changed his molecular structure" without the slightest evidence of how that conclusion was arrived at.
Then we have the over-use of the Metamorph. For some reason, the writes seemed to feel required to use Maya's abilities not matter how ridiculous, going so far this time as to have her change into a stone. Twice. The rock creature takes over humans to tote itself back to the eagle, and while so doing, comes upon Maya as a rock. Apparently, it fails to recognize a part of its own body, despite finding it alone in the middle of a field, and takes it back to the eagle.
Once there, it tries to merge itself with Maya (as a rock) who cannot stop the union but manages AS A ROCK to call out instructions to the others to defeat the mineral menace.
I could go on, but the only comment that bears repeating is a condemnation of Fred Freiberger's criminal lack of any talent whatsoever. May he rot in hell for what he did to this fine show.
Stick to season One. Ignore Season Two.
I thought that the Rules Of Luton was about as stupid as anything I've ever seen, but I stand corrected. This episode is beyond stupid. First we have a "cowboy" from "Texas" as a guest star. We know this because he wears a cowboy-like hat and childish cowboys boots and refers repeatedly to Texas, although he's about as Texan as Catherine Schell. He speaks with a British accent and uses British slang throughout yet is constantly referred to as "cowboy". Yech.
Our heroes spend the majority of the second act dodging colored lights and making gigantic leaps of logic with statement like "it wants water" and "it's changed his molecular structure" without the slightest evidence of how that conclusion was arrived at.
Then we have the over-use of the Metamorph. For some reason, the writes seemed to feel required to use Maya's abilities not matter how ridiculous, going so far this time as to have her change into a stone. Twice. The rock creature takes over humans to tote itself back to the eagle, and while so doing, comes upon Maya as a rock. Apparently, it fails to recognize a part of its own body, despite finding it alone in the middle of a field, and takes it back to the eagle.
Once there, it tries to merge itself with Maya (as a rock) who cannot stop the union but manages AS A ROCK to call out instructions to the others to defeat the mineral menace.
I could go on, but the only comment that bears repeating is a condemnation of Fred Freiberger's criminal lack of any talent whatsoever. May he rot in hell for what he did to this fine show.
Stick to season One. Ignore Season Two.