A jet airliner is returning to New York when the plane catches a tail wind which sends it through a time barrier from 1961 to the prehistoric age! How the crew get back home is the mystery in this absorbing sci-fi story as the jet airliner becomes "hungry" for fuel with passengers obviously becoming as worried as the pilots and stewardesses wondering how the hell they are to escape their current predicament. This episode spends almost the entire time inside the cockpit with the actors, John Anderson, Paul Comi, Harp McGuire, Wayne Heffley, and Sandy Kenyon communicating in "pilot speak", which feels entirely genuine and authentic, their fear, anxiety, and bewilderment understandable and reasonable. I liked the fact that these men, who could go apesh%t after seeing a brontosaurus chewing on leaves from a tree below(not to mention the absence of cities or people), remain level-headed and focused, determined to find a way back to the civilization they know. The ending, interesting enough, is certainly a haunting one, because trips through a time barrier could never possibly result in a positive outcome. The lack of jet fuel is another deterrent towards the pilots' goal to get home to their America. Good suspense scenes such as the dead air space, peculiar "speed" feeling Anderson has while traveling through the time barrier, and discoveries outside the plane only enhance the episode's already tip top performances from a solid cast of true professional television actors.
Review of The Odyssey of Flight 33
