Season 1 • Episode 15
LatestBen has located a man named Jason Richards who once lived in an orphanage. Ben may have found his brother, but before he can introduce himself Fletcher shows up. Because he has researched Jason and knows about his money problems, the first thing Fletcher offers is $20,000 in exchange for a six-month stint at the National Research Institute. Jason, concerned about Ben's actions (forcing his way into his house, taking his car to escape from Fletcher), quickly agrees. He has a change of heart when he gets a taste of life at the National Research Institute: locked doors, no outgoing phone calls, and men who strong-arm him if he persists in his requests. Ben helps Jason and his wife escape. Ben and Jason seek refuge at a remote fishing camp where they can talk about a past that Jason cannot remember because of a head injury, and about the prospects of the blood that they might both share. When Fletcher shows up holding Jason's wife captive, Ben must try to talk Jason out of surrender
The Immortal is an American television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January 1971. The series is based on a pilot movie of the same name, which aired in September 1969. The pilot is based on the science fiction novel The Immortals, by James Gunn. Although the series was canceled at midseason, episodes were rerun by ABC in the summer of 1971. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.
Acting
Christopher George's weary charisma sells the eternal loneliness.
Production
Gritty 70s locations make the cheap sci-fi surprisingly grounded.
Writing
Premise so good they stretched it 16 ways and almost made it work.
Creator
Robert Specht
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Christopher George later starred in Grizzly (1976), making him the king of 70s 'man vs. nature of his own making' roles.
The show aired during the height of medical thriller paranoia, post-Thalidomide and pre-Watergate—distrust of institutions was in the air.
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