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"The Devil's Disciples" was a pretty decent episode. Besides giving us Bruce Dern in perfect sleaze biker villain mode, the story (credited to about 5 writers) had some good suspense. But the fact that it was obviously trying to cater to the same demographic as a Roger Corman exploitation biker...

I was talking about the music throughout the series from the start, but as it's been pointed out, the focus shifted from the merits of the score itself to the fact that the original cues had been replaced by synthesizer music and essentially changed the experience of watching the show to those...

Why is the music on this show so revered? I'm not being cynical, I'm just asking from a layman's point of view. And I'm not talking about Frontiere; I love his cues being used for this season, but I far preferred them in the context of their original use on The Outer Limits. But I've also...

I had the same issues with Combat! when it went to color - suddenly the dry brush hills of California couldn't remotely pass for Europe anymore. It's a strange and ironic phenomenom when the addition of color actually makes a show (or its setting) less realistic.

Are you implying studios re-use props and scenery on television series to save costs? Or that they do a poor job of hiding that? But seriously, could that television have been an early example of product placement? I didn't catch the brand, though. And, I don't know this, but did Quinn Martin...

"Wine is a Traitor" ... where else can you find a episode that combines Caesar Chavez leanings, The Outer Limits music, the star of The Invaders as a bad guy, and "The Fugitive." I didn't mind this episode so much, except for Roy Thinnes shirt. If you're going to be doing something you shouldn't...

"Second Sight," ... not such a great episode. The requisite 'hero goes blind for an episode' bit. The highlight was the TOL music. I don't know what acting philosophy Janssen subscribed to, but keeping your eyes closed the entire time to play a blinded man stumbling around was almost laughable...

Tom Skerrit sure plays a good local wannabe deputy douchebag in episode 6, "Joshua's Kingdom." But he cleaned up nicely by the time he starred in Picket Fences decades later. It seems like he's been around forever (Not to mention, the film M*A*S*H). The Utah license plates were very prominent in...

It was very wierd watching the "10,000 Pieces of Silver" episode 5 finale with full music cues from The Outer Limits. I'm just so used to seeing some monster lurking around and getting closer and closer to those cues, not Janssen grimacing and jumping over rocks. It was like some alternate...

Interesting. Thanks for that info. It explains a lot, and probably why this episode wasn't as dramatically powerful (or logical) as it could have been with this big 'reunion.' And you're right, there was no way to re-cast. I was a pre-teen when this show aired and it was 'too adult' for me...

So the one-armed nemesis shows up in the third episode, "A Clean and Quiet Town." Ever notice how they never give that actor very many lines? Because he's really bad. He looks great and menacing, but they never let him say anything. So there's Kimble and his sworn nemesis together and ...

The first two episodes spend a LOT of time away from Kimble, focusing on other characters, so perhaps the writers were prompted to 'cut him some slack' on appearing throughout the episode. Lois Nettleton shows up in the second episode, "Death is a Door Prize," which is always a positive...

Thanks for the insights, Harry; I didn't know the background of the creative changes backstage for the fourth season to explain my disappointment in this first episode. Did these changes have any direct relation to why the show ended after only four seasons? And why it perhaps flagged in the...

I always saw "The Fugitive" as a fine noir show (dark theme, a bit gritty, realistic), which played perfectly in black & white. Based on this first episode, it looks and plays like any other standard (i.e., average) drama of the time. I also didn't hear any of Frontiere's "The Outer Limits" cues...

I'm no score expert, I can't vouch for the music on the first episode, "The Last Oasis," nothing jumped out at me (except that weird Munsters-like-theme song playing in the background at the diner), but the PQ and the color looked great (and quite vivid), and the story was extremely weak...