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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 261382" data-attributes="member: 23">Biofeedback <img src="https://luxhedera.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/jamie-bio-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 576px" />Even more than politics, science fiction is the art of the possible. Good sci-fi is all about embracing potential based on information available at the time. Biofeedback encapsulates this perfectly. At the time this was shot, biofeedback was a new technique, still hidden from mainstream view, that had the capability to change medical science. Much like bionics. Now, biofeedback is recognised as an effective treatment for numerous physical and emotional conditions. Naturally, the method has been perfected onscreen by Darwin Jones who can perform death defying feats - quite literally - simply by closing his eyes and “ommmm”ing. While he is shown to perform superhuman feats, I also appreciated that potential flaws were explored. Early on in the episode, we saw him almost drown due to having a busy mind during an experiment. Which means, thankfully, it’s not ridiculously effortless. This is a skill that’s been developed and takes great work to maintain. All of which grounds it in the reality of the series and adds to the believabiliy… and the sense of jeopardy. This is something that can go wrong at any time an intrusive thought occurs. Casting was as good as ever. Granville Van Dusen and Peter Haskell were both familiar faces, though not attached to any specific role in my mind, which helped. While the episode’s big villain was the future Cecil Colby. Lloyd Bochner always brings on the crisp sinister perfectly. Here, his Ivan Kard is living in a mansion (a palazzo, perhaps?) in East Germany, out to gain a top secret decoder and planning to kill the man making it for him once it’s done. When one character is shot for breaching his property, Ivan orders him to be taken out and dumped in the huge lake just outside the windows of his property. I couldn’t help wondering how many others had taken the same journey. </blockquote>

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