Pilot

Sam Casey's digital watch had an LCD display at a time when red LED displays were commonplace. That was cool.

I loved this show but even as a kid I had trouble believing the central conceit that Sam had exactly 15 minutes of invisibility per calendar day. Apparently, he could go 30 minutes straight if he started at 11:45 PM, because he got a new 15 minute allocation every day apparently irregardless of how much or when he last used his invisibility. He was physically fine while invisible for 14 minutes and 59 seconds, and then SUDDENLY he became incapacitated.

Would have been much more believable if he ACCRUED time at 15 minutes per 24 hours, and the watch kept track of his balance. Seems like a forced gimmick otherwise. Or how about the watch has a charge that can keep him invisible 15 minutes, but it needs to be recharged after that? Ah, who cares....

In reality the 'second season' (or retooling) of the David McCallum "Invisible Man" series, "Gemini Man" has a lot to recommend it. While falling to the faults of the invisible man genre like having too many point-of-view shots and sometimes unconvincing fighting scenes, the show itself is played straight is quite action packed. Not so deep, but good fun nevertheless.

Sadly, most people's first exposure to this show will be MST3K's version of "Running with Death," which is a badly edited movie version of two episodes. But don't really make your mind up until you see the episodic version itself: the 'Minotaur' episode alone is worth the hour you will spend watching.

So keep an eye out for the Sci-Fi Schedulebot to see when this comes on again. Enjoy!