Attack of the Alligators!

Aw!: Wickle tiny baby crocodiles! (I think they used crocodiles. Maybe. I don't know)

Mrs. Files: My god, it's a female Thunderbirds puppet with eyebrows. Actual eyebrows, not just little blatantly painted-on lines. It's a bit disconcerting...

Stocky: That storm footage looks a hell of a lot like the opening credits of The Prisoner. And I'm sure the same footage gets used again in some other episodes... Combined with all the 'be seeing you's flying around the place I'm a little scared now...

I Was Working Late at the Lab One Night...: I love all the wickle tiny smoking flasks and bubbling tubes and stuff. I so need to be a mad scientist. It'd be the most fun... (Off to watch Reanimator again...)

Dr. Orchard: Isn't he pretty? Nice eyes. He could be an anime character with those eyes.

Huh?: "The world is heading for a grave food shortage..." Why? There's no damn people. Have they wiped out all the crops and livestock in whatever-it-was that's apparently killed the vast majority of the population?

Aw! 2: Wickle bunnies!

Aw! 3: Big bunnies!

Theramine: That stuff could come in really useful. You could do a great remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman for one.

I Been Workin' On the Communications Tower...: They're using TB2 for routine maintenance work. Shouldn't they have a helicopter, or something like that? Something that doesn't (presumably, since we almost never see them working) need huge vertical jets to hover, which would probably do nasty things to that spindly little tower? Also, what if a plane happened by? We know there are some other islands reasonably near. "No, we called International Rescue. Look, my brother's about to fall off that tower. Dad, he's calling me a liar..."

On a Similar Note: Some sort of safety harness would seem to be in order when you're balancing on top of a very tall tower in quite high winds. But those Tracy boys just have to live on the edge...

Incommunicado: I don't understand how they can be out of contact with TB5. The bloody thing can pick up signals from walkie-talkies, for christ's sake. Surely they've got a wickle radio somewhere. And if not, why not?

Dimmer Switch: Those guys in their house with a very sophisticated lab, where they're trying (and almost suceeding) to bring an end to world hunger, seem very blasé about the lights going out.
"Ah, it's always happening."
"Must fix them sometime."
Personally, I'd be very very worried.

Directorial Stylings: I like the shot of Mrs. Files at the top of the stairs with the lightning and everything. Very Frankenstein.

Sleeping Arrangements: So, Blackmer's got the spare room, and Culp's got the sofa. Since they didn't offer him a bed, we'll assume there aren't any more bedrooms (Of course they could just be denying him a bed because he's lower-class scum, but we'll ignore that for the moment). Does this mean that McGill and Dr. Orchard normally share a bedroom? And if so, why the twin beds?

Puppet on a Rod: This episode contains the single most impressive bit of puppetry I can ever remember seeing. Culp pours the theramine from the beaker into a test tube. And then pours the green stuff from a flask into the beaker. All without spilling a drop (except where the script demands it). Although I would like to see outtakes...

Drainage: Is it really such a great idea to have the drains in a chemical laboratory empty straight out into the river, especially when these rare, valuable plants that you need to solve the world's (apparent) food shortage problem only grow in that stretch of river?

Aw! 4: Wickle roary alligators!

Man of Lace: Culp screams like a girl.

Man of Lace 2: It might just be my tape quality, which isn't the most impressive. Did McGill really say 'ye gods'?

Drag Queens: Took him long enough to pull Blackmer. Into the boat, that is (Heh heh. Sorry). Was he just enjoying grinding his crotch against the side of the boat? Considering they were both about to be eaten by giant alligators, I think that's taking sadism a little bit far... They had only just met, after all.

Dude!: Somebody suggested using conventional rescue methods. I'm quite shocked.

Dude! 2: Gordon got to do something! And got quite a few lines in the process.

Mappage: Jeff's got a very detailed map of the area. Do they have maps of everywhere in the world? Where do they keep them? If they ever make another movie, they should pinch the Stellar Cartography set they had in whatever Trek movie it was in (It's a TNG one. I remember because I wasn't paying much attention).

Great Line: "Relax? With three giant alligators knocking the house down? Be fair, McGill."

Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: Scott got there damn fast.

Pretty: Cool floaty things!

Huh? 2: Why exactly does Scott go into the house? Show of solidarity? Or just to try to distract attention from the fact that he's got bugger-all else to do?

Huh? 3: The floaty things have missile launchers. But wait, isn't International Rescue supposed to preserve life...?

Lights Out: I like the way the light in the plant box thing goes out as the house gets hit. Wonder if it was on purpose...

Destruction: Aw... They smashed all the pretty bubbly glass things...

Destruction 2: And they knocked down the curtains! Ye gods...

Culp: Hasn't he got nice hands? This episode's just filled with pretty guest boy-puppets.

"I don't get it...": We know, Virg, we know.

Downdraft: Nice idea, using TB2's jets to make the alligators go away. I'm suprised it didn't shoot off into the stratosphere, seeing as how it usually manages to hover perfectly well without them.

Aw! 5: Sleepy alligators...

Jealousy: Is it just me, or does McGill not look very happy about Mrs. Files draping herself over the doc? In so far as a puppet can look affronted, he does.

Over Cautious: "We just can't use the tranquiliser guns so near the folks in the house..." Why the hell not? Fair enough, the amount of anesthetic you'd need to knock out a giant alligator wouldn't do a human much good, but fly in parallel to the side of the house, and you won't hit them. Besides, you'd be firing darts, wouldn't you? (Unless there's some strange futuristic stunning device) And I hope you're not firing tranquiliser darts with enough force to put them through a brick wall, because that would slightly invalidate the 'tranquiliser' part...

"I'll go out on my hoverbike and draw them off.": I told you Alan was cracking. Now he's lost the will to live...

Bless...: It's Gordon's worried face! He doesn't get the chance to use that often...

Stupid Boy: "Here, boy..." To an alligator. Strange child.

On a Similar Note...: Watching where you're going is generally a good idea. And what do they normally let him drive?

Pretty 2: Full launch sequence for TB4, although the smoke is a little disturbing.

Aw! 6: Swimming alligators!

Virgil and Subtlety: "The phial! What happened to the phial?!"
"I hate to think..."
Now, from this we can gather that a very fragile and very dangerous object has just been lost in the swamp. So what does our Virg do?
"Firing missiles..."

Needles and Haystacks: There is not a chance in bloody hell of ever finding that phial. But they do. Sigh.

Chemical Warfare: I'm not convinced that putting the drug under international control is really the safest option. But maybe I'm just thoroughly imbittered by overexposure to the World Bank...

Love and a Sponge: "What do you suppose Tin-Tin wants to show Alan in the bathroom?" Scott, darling, tell me you don't mean that...

Jealousy 2: She got him a pygmy alligator for his birthday... It's official. Alan Tracy has the best girlfriend in the bloody world.