Stereotypical TV gender roles abound with Clay remaining steadfast and plucky and channelling his inner A-Team by making an improvised bomb in his own kitchen whilst Crosby is all brittle emotions and desperation. Little can salvage the ending when it arrives in the shape of a pretty desperate twist in the tail but director Val Guest (The Quatermass Xperiment, Quatermass 2, Space: 1999) imbues the episode with a sweaty claustrophobia that disguises the paucity of the story.
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Just seen this on TPTV and surprised to find pther people do not think what I think. Which is this seems twice as long as it should
ReplyDeletebe the trying to get out is dragged out too long without building
suspense. The camera work abruptly flicking between opposite
side scenes does not help. Nor the way it endlessly zooms in on the symbol to nudge you in that dreadful inspector morse/lewis
heavy handed hint dropping way.It seems far more like it should have been a twilight zone or tales from the darkside as it fits that format better. Leads me on to who the heck is the screenwriteron this. Seems to have no other extant work. Is it a false name
for someone. The other thing that surprised me was this
receives high levels of praise in several quarters.