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With the two lead actors and the premise of this film, it could have been so much more. Unfortunately the film mirrors the acting of the central character portrayed by Julian Feder. Here is a meaty role with a meaningful journey, but the film falls flat, as does Feder's performance, or should we say lack thereof. Young man's search for father, part road trip, part billiards competition. We can't pull for the son because he takes us no where, emotionally. We really can't cheer for him in the pool competition either, because the characterization is so distant and vapid. The elements are all present, but neither the performance by the young protagonist (who does NOT look 14 y.o.) or the direction, allow us to get there. Too bad, but not memorable in the least.

Saunders and the squad stumble across a Concentration camp of poles, and effort to protect, rescue, and transfer them from their circumstances. The music is evocative of a Jewish tradition in an indirect way; the producers of the show, and many others involved, have a Jewish background; yet, no mention of the prisoners being Jewish, no insignia on the prisoners uniforms, and never once in the show is the word Jews or Jewish ever mentioned. The only term used to describe these unfortunate men is D.P.s. (displaced persons, which I believe became a pejorative later) Historically, not all concentration camp victims were Jews, but a vast majority were. The implication is heavily geared in that direction, but never acknowledged verbally. It makes one wonder how uptight the network must have been about the implications of this episode, and the steps the writers and producers felt, or were instructed, to undertake to imply the obvious, without stating it. Shows how far we have come since 1963.