Another Episode of this classic 1990s Show is up.
This time, it is an Episode about a man trying to help those suffering from various levels of brain death.
Can he help his 'Sleepers' as he goes to...
He goes down a hallway, but then sinks into quicksand!
A Scientist- Ralph Macchio- is studying people who are suffering from brain damage and aren't 'awake' in the conventional sense.
He thinks that he's making headway, but he needs another Patient.
A woman who is brought in meets the man in the strange Hallway.
She goes through the door- which he was afraid to- and discovers a small world made out of a combination of her memories and his.
I mean, he's not actually dead, but...this is a bit like 'Upload,' no?
Desperate to get results, Macchio drugs himself into a state where he can sync up with them.
After a few attempts, he's able to communicate with them and offer to bring them back.
He brings one man back...but then he dies.
He turned out to have a heart condition, but still.
He's told not to go near the patients- in the wake of a lawsuit- but he doesn't.
He goes back 'in' and guides the other Patients out 'the door' and they wake up.
Unfortunately, he's not able to get out.
He's all alone (provided you ignore the Crew Member in the background), but is determined to find his own way out.
The End.
A strong and endearing Episode really anchored by Macchio.
The idea is pretty simple- a guy is trying to save people in a strange environment. He uses science that sounds close enough to ours to not be hard sci-fi (so no warp drives, etc), but also with enough leeway to be something plausible for the story.
As noted, there have been many Shows and Movies that have touched upon/sounded like this one. Even so, the simple explanation here works.
You don't get too deep into lore and anyone can follow this.
There's just enough here for the hour long runtime to hook you, but not be so dense that it might lose you.
All in all, this is a simple, yet effective tale that never got a Sequel (which a few of these did).
I should also mention that the Lead Guy in the, well, coma group was once a very young Superman in 1978...
Next time, some people manage to find a workaround for death. I'm sure that there's no danger there! See you then.
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