H.G. Wells' Invisible Man
Season 2
TV-PG
Scientist Dr. Peter Brady accidentally becomes invisible during experiments. With no antidote, he uses his condition to secretly assist the government in dangerous missions against criminal organizations.
13 Episodes
- Point of Destruction
E1Point of DestructionDuring an airborne test of an experimental airplaine fuel flow controller, something goes wrong and the plane crashes, killing the test pilot. The forth failure in a row leads to public hounding of the project's leader, Scott, and he plans to abandon it. However, his old friend Peter Brady suspects that there might be sabotage to blame... The second season begins with this rather generic episode - again Brady gets involved because he just happens to know about the project (although why he a light/radiation physicist has anything to do with aeroplane physics is never disclosed). No surprises here, and they don't even try and explain the motive behind the sabotage, although the climax is well written. - Death Cell
E2Death CellA young woman named Ellen Summer escapes from a private asylum and runs into Brady on a train, begging him to help her, she claims to have evidence that could save an innocent man who is sentenced to hang for a murder he did not commit. Skeptical at first, Brady decides to meet with the man himself, and when they both tell the same story, he decides to investigate further... Like many episodes from the first season, Death Cell is a well written story, but would be more suited to Sherlock Holmes or an Agatha Christie detective than the Invisible Man, and there is nothing he does that a visible man could not have done. Unintentionally humourous for the way that Brady pushes his weight around throughout the story, bursting into people's apartments and assaulting doctors. - The Prize
E4The PrizeWhen an outspoken Russian writer is detained at the country's frontier while on the way to a major awards ceremony, Brady decides to cross the border himself and let her out, but he quickly runs afoul of the local military commander.. This is the perfect example of the obvious flaws that started to develop in the show by the second series. A virtual remake of The Locked Room from the first season, it sees Brady risking his life, and international conflict just to rescue a writer - quite how he obtains official permission to do this seems completely baffling, or for that matter, where he learnt how to be an expert marksman. By the end you'll probably find yourself rooting for him to get his commupance. - The Decoy
E6The DecoyToni Trent, one half of a pair of twins and a popular double-act, performing for the troops on a USO tour of Britain finds herself in trouble when she witnesses a killing, and is kidnapped. When her sister Terry arrives in the country and finds Toni gone, she looks to Peter Brady to help. - The Gun Runners
E7The Gun RunnersA UN inspection fails to find the suppliers selling weapons to terrorists operating in the Middle East, however the British representitive Zena Flemming suspects that she might be able to find more evidence if she heads back alone, but takes Peter Brady with her for protection, and as a second pair of eyes. - The White Rabbit
E8The White RabbitA young woman walking through a park in France discovers a rabbit that materialises in front of her. Taking it to the government in Paris, they are concerned that it could represent unofficial scientific research and call in Peter Brady from London to take a look at the creature and discover if it could really have been invisible. Heading down to where the creature was found, he discovers a sinister project... Although starting off as a very promising idea, the story quickly descents into typical Invisible Man territory with Brady having to save a kidnapped girl and fight off some bad guys. Brady never seems to show an interest in the fact that there are people who have suceeded in studying invisibility (and thus might have a cure for him), and just why the government send people to arrest these scientists remains unclear, since they are simply performing private experiments. - Man in Power
E10Man in PowerIn a small Middle Eastern country, the head of the army presents a plan to the King to exploit their position as friends of the major Eastern and Western powers to blackmail major governments. The King refuses to sign and is shot dead, his younger brother, Prince Jonetta is attending a science lecture at his University in Oxford when he learns the news. Brady was presenting the lecture, and decides to sneak aboard as Jonetta travels back home, suspecting there might be trouble... Again Brady pokes his nose into this situation without really thinking it through, but fortunately the story is generally good, one of the better episodes in the second season, with Brady's invisibility being very useful, and building to a good ending. - The Rocket
E11The RocketAfter loosing big at gambling, Smith, the transport officer at Castle Hill is offered a large amount of money to leak the departure time of a major new experimental rocket section that is being driven up to Scotland for testing. The shipment is hijacked, and Peter Brady who worked on it, sets out to track it down. - Shadow Bomb
E12Shadow BombMilitary scientists have been working on a new form of explosive mine containing a light sensitive cell (designed by Peter Brady), that will detonate when a shadow passes over it. During testing there is an accident and an officer is trapped in a pit next to the mine, unable to move. With only a few minutes before the edge of the pit casts a shadow over the sensor, they call the only man in the world who could get to the mine without casting a shadow... The first of the episodes written by Brian Clemens, Shadow Bomb is the most original episode in the entire series and makes full use of Peter's particular attributes. Playing out in almost real-time, the episode is tense and very well paced, with some good, unexpected twists. The script never does explain quite what the purpose of the light sensitive mine is (a mine that deactivated after a set amount of time would be equally effective), but otherwise it ranks as one of the best episodes in the entire two season run. - The Big Plot
E13The Big PlotAfter a plane crashes on arrival at a British airport leaving no survivors, the investigators discover that a component for an atomic bomb had been hidden inside some of the baggage. They suspect that individuals might be planning to plant a bomb under London and begin the search for a replacement piece that would probably be on its way.
