Season 2, Episode 14: Space WarpThis blog comes with the generalized warning that any post may contain spoilers. That is especially true of these Space: 1999 posts. So if you haven't seen this episode, intend to watch it, and therefore don't want spoilers, then don't read.
Plot Synopsis
Alpha goes through a space warp, putting them light years away from where they had been -- which wouldn't be a problem except that it happens while Koenig and Tony are off the moon in an eagle, investigating a derelict spaceship. so they're stranded. Meanwhile, Maya has a high fever causing her to transform into a series of scary monsters. As a result, she's a danger to herself and others.
My Thoughts
This started out very strongly. The whole space warp thing was handled really well, and built some real suspense. And the Maya fever plotline was introduced with a tease that it may be related to the derelict spaceship. So, watching the episode, I made the assumption that everything would somehow be tied together.
Boy, what a letdown.
The Maya fever story was apparently unconnected to the spacewarp/derelict ship story. So, as with "Catacombs of the Moon," we have some stories that really don't connect in any meaningful way. Neither story is particularly interesting or suspenseful, and Helena's snarky line at the end is obnoxious.
We see a bit of Maya changing into various threatening life-forms, and that would be good in the context of an interesting plot, but here it just comes off as an empty gimmick in service of a nothing plotline. Oh, and I don't want to forget the Power Ranger-looking alien whose recorded video gives Koenig and Tony the guidance they need to get back to Alpha. That stage whisper was really frickin' annoying, and I would have preferred a simpler approach of just having a human (or maybe a human with prosthetic face-ridges) talking in a normal voice.
There had been a couple of good episodes, but these last two were just wastes. I hope they get back to better stuff.
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