532 – Man From Atlantis – Crystal Water, Sudden Death

We’re back to finish off the Man from Atlantis with this the first of the two episodes we’d previously skipped.  This week, Mark Harris travels to the depths of the ocean to discover… Southern California with mimes.  John and Eugene discuss Crystal Water, Sudden Death. Episode Synopsis: Schubert and his henchmen are searching for powerful undersea crystals to use in a plan to dominate the world.  In his vintage WWII submarine, he discovers an impenetrable undersea forcefield, so he does what any evil genius madman would do, he lures his arch-nemesis, Mark Harris to the force field with the idea that Mark will be able to penetrate it. The US Government, concerned that Schubert has travelled to a place, which they have the coordinates of, where they think he wants to find something that will help him dominate the world by hatching a scheme to block out world broadcasts, asks the institute to check it out, rather than taking actions against Schubert themselves. At the coordinates, the Cetacean  comes very close to hitting the force field, but doesn’t.  Mark swims through an opening in the force field and finds himself in Southern California, hereafter referred to as Killborough Deep. Killborough Deep is populated entirely by mimes, who communicate through a series of clicks that Mark can understand, and later, in English, so the audience can understand. Schubert, having been watching Mark penetrate the force field, follows along with his henchmen and, armed with a spiffy, scientifical flashlight, dominates the minds of the mimes, turning them into a will slave labor force to dig up their crystals. The crystals supply the power to keep out the ocean overhead, and as Schubert has them dug up, the barrier becomes unstable.  Can Mark Harris save the day and rescue the mimes from certain death?