I saw this one when it first ran back in October of ‘77, but curiously I only remember one scene clearly, and one other seems familiar after I saw it again. I quickly realized the reason: this was a completely pointless story with a beginning, a middle, but no end.

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Now that the preliminaries are out of the way, and the ‘real’ main sequence of the show has begun, there’s a whole lot of changes in Man From Atlantis, some for the better and some for the worse. Well, really, no, I can’t think of anything that isn’t better, actually. Maybe some of the set redesign, but generally everything is way better than it was before. In many ways, this is a rebirth of the series, so let’s just jump right to it, shall we?

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You may remember how oddly excited I was when I recently watched the first “Man From Atlantis” TV Movie, for the second time in 33 years, and suddenly knew where I was and what I was doing on March 4th, 1977, between the hours of 8 and 10 PM. Well, though I knew I’d missed some of the episodes of this series, I’d assumed I’d seen most of them. Turns out I was wrong: I’m more-than-passingly sure I never saw Episode 2, and I’m certain I never saw this one.

Since it’s the winter doldrums, and there’s really nothing on TV for us to review; and since the season won’t really get back into full swing until February/March, I decided this would be a fine time for us to introduce a feature I’ve been toying with the idea for some time now: “Retrospeculative TV.” The concept is simple: These are really old shows, which we’ll be reviewing as if they were new shows.