One Way to the Moon

In this episode the guys go into the future. They become a liability as they affect the velocity because of their combined weights. It goes without saying that this aired before the voyage of Neil Armstrong (by about three years). It is cheaply made, using stock footage from old movies. The element that is missing in a futuristic episode is that the real charm of the series is attempting to deal with history that could conceivably be altered. In this one, they are definitely not respected for their efforts and are ultimately treated as ballast. I remember being so disappointed by this episode after enjoying the Titanic one so much. There are times when I can understand how this show only made it through one season (although I'm sure budgets and production had much to do with it).

The second episode of "The Time Tunnel" has our duo propelled ten years into the future, finding themselves on board a spaceship about to begin the first human-manned voyage to Mars. They are discovered by the crew who immediately suspect them as being foreign agents, sent to sabotage the mission. When the ship runs in to problems, the captain is compelled to make a stop-off at a fuel station on the Moon. Here, things go pear-shaped completely. "One Way to the Moon" follows on from the Titanic jaunt in the Pilot episode and is the TV episode equivalent of trying to cram as much food as possible in to you at an all-you-can-eat buffet. It moves at a fast pace and actually becomes tiring by the end as so much happens, the least of which is the mind-boggling scenario we are presented with where the villain in the present finds himself at the lab watching himself in the future, all of which begs questions such as If he can see himself now, how does he not know back then? etc. etc. The sets once again are this episodes strong point, the Moon looking quite authentic and better than any average contemporary designs.

Irwin Allen TV shows and episodes are famous for high action, cheesy monsters, and really dumb plots. But this script is not only intelligent but has barely a glitch - which is amazing for any time-travel story. And the twist at the end with the villain is quite unique.

Forget what the other reviews are debating! The real problem here is this episode was slow and infinitely BORING! And don't give me that crap about 300 lbs. It's PEOPLE, they weigh so little in comparison to what aboard already: THAT is what no one should be buying! That 2 men cause such a MASSIVE weight shift. HELLOOOOOOOOOO! If the capsule/rocket/spaceship (whatever!) weighs over 20 tons (2000 tons??) 300 lbs of man muscle ain't gonna bother none, yo!

And I don't have a problem either with the space suits being all kinds of candy-colored, Easter egg pastels shades! The HUGE problem is that those costumes are FLIMSY and cover nothing and protect even less! So this title should come with a warning: HUGE SUSPENSION of DISBELIEF NEEDED!

And wow; was Lee Merry Weather boring or what? Just the previous night she was coiffed and made up like a sexpot on Mannix and I'm like: that's the SAME woman?!? What a waste of (artificial?) beauty! (I'm guessing it was all plastic surgeries: the further back in Hollywood time you go, the more skilled were such surgeons!)

As for the very stupid questions: "why the same guy in the future can't remember the past?" and "why couldn't they have logged it in the books so there'd be a record of shmuck showing up in the capsule?" that would be because THAT is happening in the present, DUH!!! The 2 shmucks time-travel NOW and that is altering the FUTURE timeline... ONLY! That never happened in the original timeline and so the 1968 "past" is NOT the actual past of 1978: it is the PRESENT (TV show time) and those shumucks are in the FUTURE and they (people in 1968) are doing EXPERIMENTS currently!!!

It's not gonna be like the Back to the Future photo erasing itself. It doesn't happen simultaneously because ALL time is simultaneous. Your 1968 and your 1978 are NOW so whatever they do in the now 1968 canNOT affect 1978 in progress! HELLO!!! IN PROGRESS!!! It would ONLY affect 1978 when the crew in 1968 chronologically gets to 1978! UGH!!! Why are people so stupid yet they want to their simple minds to explain complicated stuff?! LOL! (Read that one again: maybe you'll get it!)

Even a 9 year old could explain that one to you! It didn't exist in 1978's (apostrophe: pay attention now, meaning it's possessive!!) past of 1968, it's currently being altered. Key word: current. It has to do with alternate timeline creations etc. (I suppose my here writing will be stolen and the tik-tok masses and other hoi-polloi will try to pretend they figured it out, LOL! Whatever I can do to help the stupid get a time traveling clue!)

If you dumb, don't try to THINK complicated matters, cos us intelligent folk know that the most simple answer is it! (Never mind typos, LOL!) And if you're wondering: yes, I have altered timelines more than once (yeah: YOUR timeline, current/future, it was all me!).

IOW, whatever HAS ALREADY HAPPENED in the future TRUMPS whatever you attempt to do in the past. You can only alter timelines and create a new spigot of reality. Got it? Hey, I said Trump!

2/10 for utterly boring episode (and worse reviews posted before mine!)

One Way to the Moon has some very interesting elements which could have been better utilised.

It could had been so Quantum Leap.

The first episode ended with Doug and Tony on a space rocket being fired up. The story set 10 years in the future in 1978.

They are on the first man mission to Mars. However there is a saboteur on board called Beard. He is aiding another side, presumably the Russians.

Back on at the present in 1968 at the Project Tic-Toc base. Beard is also present seeing his future self accusing Doug and Tony of being spies and wanting to throw them out of the rocket.

There is an interesting concept but it fizzles out in lame shootouts as another saboteur manages to disarm the sole military man with a gun.

Lt General Kirk at the base never addresses why Beard wanted to have Doug and Tony killed off. That he was also a saboteur.