This is one of the best episodes I've seen of the original The Outer Limits, this time the only negatives being those derived from the culture and the time period. It is excessively human-centric, it oversimplifies, there are inconsistencies, it can get over-dramatic and it is *way* too obvious about the Frankenstein parallel(seriously; they literally say it several times), and that all hurts it. This is also essentially black and white, and winds up being preachy; however, after the hicks of the beginning, this does actually give arguments to both sides, and makes those that we are meant to disagree with be more than the standard one-note "evil" types. The writing isn't flawless, but it's pretty good, and manages to be clever(if not every attempt works, and some of it feels smarmy, because banter on the screen was "in" back then), and this does have points presented and lines of dialog that are memorable. Nimoy is cool as always, and the acting in general is fairly solid. While the humor varies a tad, there definitely is a laugh or two to be had in this. The effects are nice enough, and there are great details on the robot suit. I recommend this to any fan of science fiction as a forum in which to express thoughts that might seem controversial. 8/10
