Truman Bradley's introduction to this episode begins with the subject of radiation; and the fact that the plot involves a 50 million year old spider preserved in a piece of amber raises hopes that scientist Gene Barry is on the verge of unleashing a radioactive spider upon a hapless human race (especially as the director is Jack Arnold, who the same year made 'Tarantula').
What we actually get is a cozy little domestic drama in colour in which the spider proves a red herring. The plot instead hinges upon the analysis of an air bubble also encased within the amber, from which Barry deduces that he can use electricity in his basement to synthetically create petroleum and at a stroke end his and wifey Audrey Totter's financial problems. The End.
What we actually get is a cozy little domestic drama in colour in which the spider proves a red herring. The plot instead hinges upon the analysis of an air bubble also encased within the amber, from which Barry deduces that he can use electricity in his basement to synthetically create petroleum and at a stroke end his and wifey Audrey Totter's financial problems. The End.