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1988 ABC. "Plan 10 from Outer Space." Parker Stevenson tech detective show. With Michael Constantine, May Britt, and Sondra Currie as guest stars. Ashley Crow plays the assistant. The show was created by Isaac Asimov, William Link, and Michael Wagner, and the science fiction writer in this episode, played by Michael Constantine, is a parody based on Asimov. I recognized Sondra Currie from the Magnum, P.I. hurricane episode, "The Big Blow." One of my favorites.
Austin James (Parker Stevenson) is a scientific genius and child prodigy who solves high tech crimes and has poor social skills. Michelle "Mickey" Castle (Ashley Crow) is his put upon assistant who does her best to smooth Austin's rough edges. I always like the female Watson dynamic in detective shows. It usually works well. In this episode famous science fiction writer Truman Smith is being menaced by a killer electrical alien from outer space. He hires Austin to investigate the strange electrical phenomenon. The alien is interested in a manuscript Truman is writing and Austin can't figure out why.
The quality on Youtube is not great but all seven of the episodes are available. I watched all of them a couple of years ago and I still go back and watch an episode again every now and then. Good show. I liked it a lot.
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