S1.E0

Pilot

Episode aired May 10, 1976
1h 40m

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A government agent is caught in the explosion of a government underwater salvage operation. He finds himself capable of turning himelf invisible, and sets out to use his new powers to prove ... Read allA government agent is caught in the explosion of a government underwater salvage operation. He finds himself capable of turning himelf invisible, and sets out to use his new powers to prove that the explosion was sabotage.A government agent is caught in the explosion of a government underwater salvage operation. He finds himself capable of turning himelf invisible, and sets out to use his new powers to prove that the explosion was sabotage.

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Ben Murphy

Sam Casey

Katherine Crawford

Dr. Abby Lawrence

Richard Dysart

Leonard Driscoll
(as Richard A. Dysart)

Dana Elcar

Dr. Harold Schuyler

Paul Shenar

Charles Edward Royce

Quinn K. Redeker

Vince Rogers
(as Quinn Redeker)

Gregory Walcott

Officer

Len Wayland

Captain Whelan

Cheryl Miller

Receptionist

Mike Lane

Guard
(as Michael Lane)

H.M. Wynant

Captain Ballard

Austin Stoker

Dive Officer

Dave Shelley

Mechanic

Robert Forward

Chief Controller

Jim Raymond

Dietz

James W. Gavin

Helicopter Pilot
(uncredited)

Richard Kennedy

CHP Officer
(uncredited)

Director
- Alan J. Levi
Writers
- Leslie Stevens
- H.G. Wells
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Trivia
The alternative title for this pilot is Code Name: Minus One.

Goofs
While monitoring Sam's invisibility with her watch, Abby tells Leonard, "He's visible again -- total elapsed time 7 minutes and 11 seconds" which is what it says on her watch. But her watch shows the time that Sam can remain invisible, not the time elapsed.

Connections
Edited into Riding with Death (1976)

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The show that made LCD digital watches cool

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....