I:E - The Nearly A Good Episode Affair

Oh, episode three. Lovely, lovely episode three.

Episode three is like the sanctuary. The shining beacon of sanity, in the midst of all the horror. It's also a sad indication of what the show might have been, whilst simultaneously reminding us of what it actually is. Why is episode three so good? In a nutshell, because it's Terrell's story. It shows us what happened in 1944, after he saved the life of one of the crashed aliens. At the same time, however, it advances the story in 1997. Needless to say, these sections of the episode are nowhere near so satisfying.

( Which is putting it mildly. )