Hologram Man
Episode #026 (385-633) - The Hologram Man
Original Airdate - August 10th, 2002 - Series Finale
Zee and Ro finally track down Dr. Selig, only to find him being forced
to work with Brother's Day, a terrorist organization Zee's infiltrated
in the past. Shocked, Zee and Ro intervene, only to discover that it
isn't Dr. Selig -- but is instead a man using a portable holo-emitter to
look like Selig. They vow to help this man escape the terrorists --
especially when Zee realizes it may lead them to the real Selig after
all.
Media by Borg4of3 and James Harvey
Review by Matt Zimmer
Note: Credits have Dr. Selig as the Background. |
Credits:
Producer Liz Holzman, Robert Goodman
Associate Producer Haven Alexander
Written by Robert Goodman, Joseph Kuhr
Directed by Rob Davies
Music by Michael McCuistion
Animation Services provided by DR Digital Co., LTD.
Voices:
Diedrich Bader as Zeta / Zee
Julie Nathanson as Ro
Kurtwood Smith as Agent Bennet
Michael Dorn as Colonel Lemak
Dominique Jennings as Agent Rush
Hal Linden as Dr. Selig
Michael McKean as Dr. Edmund
Robert Costanzo as Titus Sweete
Grey Delisle as Andrea Donoso
Gregg Berger as Agent
Chad Einbinder as Squad Leader
Rodger Bumpass as Sub Captain
Kevin Michael Richardson as Curtis
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Review
Zeta's questions are answered while new ones are raised in the
thrilling, watershed--and frustrating-- series finale.
Zeta and Ro have infiltrated an NSA conference where they find Dr. Selig
leaving. They follow him and discover he is working for Brother Day's
Titus Sweet- a high ranking official in the terrorist organization that
Zeta had infiltrated. After Sweet leaves Zeta and Ro follow Selig and
tell him who they are--when Selig vanishes and another man Zeta
recognizes appears. He's the man who designed Zeta's holoemitter and
he's been infiltrating Brother's Day as Selig to get information on
them. They are trying to destroy the Floating Fortress--a laboratory on
a floating ship in the middle of the ocean where Zeta was created. Zeta
offers to help him and the man gives Ro a holoemitter. Zeta and Ro
infiltrate the crew on Sweet's submarine as Selig and his right hand man
who they've knocked unconscious.
Once he learns that Sweet is going to destroy the security ships
surrounding the fortress Zeta and Ro escape in a escape pod--Zeta can
not be seen with Brother's Day. They go aboard the fortress unaware that
Bennett is there too looking for them. Zeta sees Dr. Selig and talks to
him without revealing himself to him. Selig tells him that he created
the Zeta robot with a chip in his head that once activated was supposed
to be the robot's conscience and lead him to have free will. Bennett
overhears this conversation. At once the fortress is attacked and Selig
is ordered into an escape pod with his assistant before Zeta can tell
him who he is. As Selig escapes and before Sweet is taken into custody
by Bennett Sweet fires a missile at the pod and destroys it. After Zeta
and Ro themselves escape Zeta is heartbroken and says that now there is
no way to prove that he isn't a threat. Meanwhile, a robotic hand rises
from the ocean where Selig's pod crashed healing itself. It seems Selig
is a synthoid...
This episode was awesome from start to finish with one jawdropping
revelation after another. The animation, voice-acting, dialogue and
pacing were all top notch. That said this is easily the most frustrating
episode in the entire series. Since the series was cancelled NONE of
these revelations will ever be followed up on (unless there is a Justice
League Beyond show in the future. PLEASE, b.t.?) Will Bennett
overhearing about Zeta's conscience change his opinion of him? WHY is
Selig a synthoid? How will Zeta be able to track Selig if he doesn't
know he's alive?
There was great character stuff between Zeta and Ro as she holds his
hand when he finds the place where he was born and tells him that it's
her turn next. I really miss this show. The story was a nail-biter from
start to finish and the animation was spectacular. If this had been a
season finale rather than a series finale I would have had no
complaints. As it is, this episode is very frustrating to fans of the
show who will want to see these issues resolved.
Story: ****
Animation: *****
Average: ****1/2
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