The Man From Atlantis Episode Guide

The Man from Atlantis

First aired: Mar/04/1977
Writer: Mayo Simon
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Guest star: Joshua Bryant (Dr Doug Berkely), Allen Case (Lt. Cdr. Johnson), Dean Santoro (Ernie Smith), Art Lund (Admiral Pierce), Larry Pressman (Phil Roth), Steve Franken (Doctor)

After a storm, a young man is found washed up on a beach. Nearly dead after hours of of the life sustaining ocean water, he is nursed back to health by Dr. Elizabeth Merrill and eventually agrees to undertake a hazardous mission to locate a missing sub. Several miles beneath the sea, he finds an underwater habitat, where he confronts loopy scientist Mr. Schubert for the first time.

Death Scouts

First aired: May/07/1977
Writer: Robert Lewin
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest star: Burr deBenning (Xos / Chazz), Alan Mandell (Grant Stockwood), Tiffany Bolling (Lioa / Dilly), Vince Deadrick, Sr. (Herb Wayland), Annette Cardona (Ginny Mendoza), Kenneth Tigar (Dr Miller Simon)

Now working for the Foundation for Oceanic Research, Dr. Merrill and Mark try to discover clues to his origins. Called in by the coastguard to investigate the disappearance of three scuba divers, they encounter two water-breathing humanoids who Mark thinks could be his people, but who turn out to be scouts from an alien civilization intent on colonizing Earth.

Killer Spores

First aired: May/17/1977
Writer: John D. F. Black
Director: Reza Badiyi
Guest star: Ivan Bonar (Edwin Shirley), Fred Beir (Sub captain), James Sikking (Col. Manzone), Kenneth Tigar (Dr Miller Simon)

A NASA space probe returns to Earth contaminated with ectoplasmic matter that is capable of invading humans, placing them in a catatonic stupor or forcing them to do things against their will. The spores, visible only to Harris because of the unique structure of his eyes, communicate with him and demand that he help them return to space or see mankind destroyed.

The Disappearance

First aired: Jun/20/1977
Writer: Jerry Sohl, Luther Murdoch
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Guest star: Fred Beir (Sub captain), Dennis Redfield (Dick Redstone), Pamela Peters Solow (Jane Smith), Darleen Carr (Dr Smith), Ivor Francis (Dr Medlow), Kenneth Tigar (Dr Miller Simon)

When Dr. Merrill is kidnapped, Mark Harris and Miller Simon must locate a remote island off the coast of South America and penetrate the carefully guarded complex of mad scientist, Dr. Mary Smith.

1 :01x01 - Melt Down

First aired: Sep/22/1977
Writer: Tom Greene
Director: Virgil Vogel
Guest star: James E. Brodhead (Trubshawe)

Villainous Mr. Schubert causes the world's sea level to rise alarmingly, by melting the polar ice caps, and won't stop unless Mark submits himself to his genetic study.

2 :01x02 - The Mudworm

First aired: Oct/13/1977
Writer: Alan Caillou
Director: Virgil Vogel

Mr. Schubert loses control of his latest invention - a robot-like machine designed to gather a radioactive mineral from the sea bed. Discovering that the 'Mudworm' has taken on 'human' characteristics, Mark tries to reason with it.

3 :01x03 - Hawk of Mu

First aired: Oct/18/1977
Writer: David H. Balkan, Luther Murdoch
Director: Harry Harris
Guest star: Vicky Huxtable (Juliette Schubert), Sydney Lassick (Smith), Carole Mallory (Vicki)

After Mark rescues an ancient stone hawk from its watery crypt, evil Mr. Schubert steals it for his own malevolent purposes, unaware that the statue has the power to come to life and cause worldwide electrical blackouts.

4 :01x04 - Giant

First aired: Oct/25/1977
Writer: Michael I. Wagner
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: Ted Neeley (Muldoon), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Thark)

Investigating a 'leak' in the ocean, Mark is swept into the inner world where he meets Thark, a nine-foot-tall gold prospector whose sluice mining is draining the world of its water. Realizing the threat, he and Mark join forces to close off the sluice gate. Complicating matters is a gold-seeking conman called Muldoon.

5 :01x05 - Man O'War

First aired: Nov/01/1977
Writer: Larry Alexander
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest star: Gary Owens (Announcer), Harvey Jason (Dashki)

It's the Man from Atlantis vs. the world's biggest jellyfish when Mr. Schubert plots to extort money by sabotaging an international swimming gala.

6 :01x06 - Shoot Out at Land's End

First aired: Nov/08/1977
Writer: Luther Murdoch
Director: Barry Crane
Guest star: Patrick Duffy (Billy), Noble Willingham (Artemus Washburn), Pernell Roberts (Clint Hollister), Bill Zuckert (Virgil), Jamie Smith-Jackson (Bettina Washburn)

A time warp in the ocean throws Mark back to the old West, where he encounters his twin – desperado Billy Jones – who is identical in every way, except that he has scars where the webbing on his hands has been removed.

7 :01x07 - Crystal Water, Sudden Death

First aired: Nov/22/1977
Writer: Larry Alexander
Director: David Moessinger
Guest star: Whitney Rydbeck (Click Three), Tina Lenert (Click One), Flip Reade (Click Two), Rozelle Gayle (Conrad), Rene Auberjonois (Havergal)

Investigating a disturbance in the Pacific, Mark finds Mr. Schubert trying to get his hands on some precious crystals located within a force field. Penetrating it, Mark encounters a mysterious white-skinned, white-suited race called the Deepspeople, who talk in a strange, clicking language.

8 :01x08 - The Naked Montague

First aired: Dec/06/1977
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star: Lisa Eilbacher (Juliet), John Shea (Romeo), Scott Porter (Mercutio)

Mark travels back in time to 14th-century Italy, where he gets involved with Romeo and Juliet, 'rewriting' the story to give it a happy ending!

9 :01x09 - C.W. Hyde

First aired: Dec/13/1977
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: Dann Cahn
Guest star: Val Avery (Lew Calendar), Michele Carey (Belle), Pamela Peters Solow (Sarah)

C. W. Crawford accidentally swallows a deep-sea enzyme which alters his appearance and mind, resulting in Jekyll and Hyde personalities.

10 :01x10 - Scavenger Hunt

First aired: Apr/18/1978
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Director: David Moessinger
Guest star: Ted Cassidy (Canja), Yabo O'Brien (Toba), Eugenia Wright (Trivi), Tony Urbano (Oscar), Ted Neeley (Jake Muldoon)

Investigating a loss of five poisonous gas canisters, Mark Harris re-encounters conman, Jake Muldoon, and his tame, two-legged, two-headed giant sea monster, called Oscar.

11 :01x11 - Imp

First aired: Apr/25/1978
Writer: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Paul Krasny
Guest star: Pat Morita (Moby)

Mark and his friends tangle with Moby, a water-breathing imp whose magic touch makes his victims revert to their childhoods – with sometimes fatal results.

12 :01x12 - The Siren

First aired: May/02/1978
Writer: Michael I. Wagner
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Guest star: Lisa Blake Richards (Jenny), Neville Brand (Stringer), Laurette Spang (Amanda), Michael Strong (Hugh Trevanian), Timothy Scott (Caine), Carol Miyaoka (Siren)

Mark tangles with a mermaid who can 'capture' humans with her nerve-penetrating wail. She has been kidnapped by a modern-day pirate, Stringer, who is using her to lure mariners to his lair.

13 :01x13 - Deadly Carnival

First aired: Jun/06/1978
Writer: Larry Alexander
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Guest star: Billy Barty (Moxie), Sharon Farrell (Charlene Baker), Anthony James (Summersday)

Mark infiltrates an ocean-side carnival – where a government agent was working before he was found mysteriously drowned – and foils a plot to steal a priceless Egyptian artifact from a museum.