For year two this story is fairly intense, it feels far more creepy and even realistic in its results than you would expect from previous episodes, quite a change of direction. the fear level is roughly like end of eternity rather than dragon's domain or force of life; the investigation of the crimes and the crew's esp potential takes up more time than the scares. we get to see a bit more of the crew on the base and this is nice. there is some character conflict, tony and koenig do a good job of investigation, except koenig is falling apart so he is not doing anything well. it is strange that he has returned to the venus mission after so many years, he has held together really well under stress until now. one assumes that the lambda generating force has exacerbated this memory in a way which might almost suggest an evil intent to destroy the alphans one by one. the consequences of esp seem especially negative. this is an unusual subject to explore as the series had rarely tried anything like it before, seances being an exception (the troubled spirit from year one) so it is a refreshing and bold choice. landau stands head and shoulders above the other actors, giving his role in this episode everything. i really started to believe that he was falling apart, his tears are very convincing and had me firmly taking sympathy with him. he looked like he was recalling real memories, this is what good acting should be like it should make you believe it is for real whether it is or not, this is a sci fi show; acting like this gives space 1999 a little more credibility, as landau does for the whole show. i was very satisfied by the ending and the suspense that came before it. koenig proves to be a very moral, even forgiving character who will let matters go and not retaliate even when murders and damage have taken place. this marks the sign of real heroes, those who stand by the right principles and do what is right no matter what is done to them. it is also interesting to see a good story which does not rely on space scenes or model fx to carry it through; luckily for us, the production was willing to try this in year two (some year one episodes tried this as well, to very good effect).