Friday, March 8, 2019

VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA SEASON 2 VOL. 1 1964-1968 (FOX)

Season 2 started in the Fall of 1965 and the show was now in color and the Seaview had been remodeled and now included a flying sub and some new high tech gadgets inside the sub itself.

The was a nice mixture early on in season 2 of espionage episodes and monsters. As the season progressed Irwin Allen turned the show more towards monsters as these were always the highest rated episodes.

JONAH AND THE WHALE 9-19-65...Admiral Nelson and a beautiful female scientist named Katya Markova (Gia Scala) are in a diving bell when they are swallowed by the largest whale ever known.

TIME BOMB 9-26-65...The Chinese have found a way to make people into human time bombs and they have targeted Admiral Nelson. Susan Flannery and the tragic but always gorgeous Ina Balin star.

AND FIVE OF US ARE LEFT 10-3-65...A strange message in a canister send the Seaview in search of survivors from a sub that was sunk in the last month of WW@. Robert Pine and Teru Shimada star.

THE CYBORG 10-17-65...Admiral Nelson is kidnapped by a mad scientist named Tabor Ulrich (Victor Buono) and replaced with a cyborg double. Brooke Bundy co-stars.

ESCAPE FROM VENICE 10-24-65...Captain Crane is supposed to meet with a female scientist who knows the secret about a Soviet weapon. She is killed and Crane's life suddenly become worthless to the authorities. Vincent Gardenia and Delphi Lawrence star.

THE LEFT HANDED MAN 10-31-65...A top notch cast highlights this story about a very popular politician nominated to be put in a high position and he also happens to be the man Nelson is ordered to stop from getting there. Regis Toomey, Cyril Delevanti, Charles Dierkop, beautiful Judy Lang and the even more beautiful Barbara Bouchet round out and excellent cast.

THE DEADLIEST GAME 11-7-65...The President Of The United States (Robert F. Simon) is visiting a new underwater installation and is trapped in said same place along with Captain Crane and many advisers. It turns out sabotage is responsible. Lloyd Bochner also stars along with gorgeous Audrey Dalton.

LEVIATHAN 11-14-65...Bizarre episode in which a scientist played by Liam Sullivan grows to giant sizer after being exposed to many mysterious underwater volcanic eruptions. Karen Steel stars.

THE PEACEMAKER 11-21-65...John Cassavetes stars as a scientist who is a traitor to the USA and now must stop China who has a super weapon he has developed. Irene Tsu also stars.

THE SILENT SABOTEURS 11-28-65...A manned space probe is destroyed by a mysterious power and the Seaview is called in to investigate. Pilar Seurat, George Takei and Alex D'Arcy star.

THE X FACTOR 12-5-65...John McGiver stars as Alexander Corby, a foreign spy using a toy store as a cover to kidnap top scientists and send them overseas. Jan Merlin and Bill Hudson also star.

THE MACHINES STRIKE BACK 12-12-65...Drone submarines suddenly take on a life of their own and Admiral Nelson and the Seaview must stop them from firing missiles. Roger C. Carmel and Francoise Ruggieri co-star.

That concludes the firat half of the second season. Volume two had even more great episodes.

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