Ape-lien

While responding to a distress call from a planet without any living critters, Spydor swipes a "coconut" as well as a lot of xanthium crystals. After we flee the planet due to...uh, technical difficulties, it hatches, and it contains a hideous alien that shoots out radioactive space loogies and chases us all around the ship.

Best Line
Captain: "Let's go, crew, we are departing A.S.A.P. No aliens accounted for. Alive, anyway. Besides, Splitzy started a core meltdown."
Me: "I thought it was a dang donut dispenser! Honest!"
10.4 s RealAudio / 111 K Wave Sound

Quote
"For monkeys rush in where angels fear to tread."
Alexander Ape

Cultural References

The title and the plot of this episode resemble the 1979 movie Alien. Splitzy

NC-17 is a U.S. rating for movies only permitted for those over 17. S

The closing quote resembles the quote "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread," said by Alexander Pope. S

Errors

Shao Lin's station is blue instead of the usual yellow. S

Spydor claims he found the beamitrons in a closet, but he's had them since the beginning of the series. S

While Orbitron says, "If I had hands, I'd be stifling a yawn," Spydor's mouth pronounces "you" multiple times without any voice. S

While hanging onto Insta-Vines in the elevator shaft, Spydor instantly switches from being in Shao Lin's arms to hanging separately. S

Episode/Broadcast 3
September 14, 1996

Written by
Pamela Hickey
Dennys McCoy

Directed by
Bradley Rader