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Tina Morris has persistent visions of her brother Randy, a soldier presumed killed in action in Vietnam. She receives a telepathic message from Randy in Chinese by "automatic writing," a psychic phenomenon in which one receives thought impulses and transcribes them while in a trance-like state. Tina seeks the help of Dr. Rhodes, who believes that Randy may still be alive, and seeking escape from a P.O.W. camp. Unfortunately, somebody close to Randy wants to keep his location a secret, and will use any means, including arson and murder, to hide the truth from Dr. Rhodes.

The background for this episode is the Vietnam War. This episode aired January 15,1972. Direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War ended on August 15,1973 as a result of the Case- Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress.

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    • Author: Brightcaster
    This episode started a terrific series, although it seems as if I'm in the minority with that opinion, but this was a surprisingly good segment for a series opener. The Sixth Sense only had a total of 25 episodes, but mostly all of them were interesting with some solid acting performances and original stories. Back to this episode, which stars Belinda Montgomery as Tina Norris, she has visions of seeing a man, who is either her boyfriend/husband/brother(I couldn't tell with the poor editing), being held captive during the Vietnam war; the man is named Randy Blake(Kip Nivin), and the visions weren't the best of the series, but was adequate enough. Look for a very weird performance by Christina Crawford(Betty Blake), the adopted daughter of legend Joan Crawford, as this was her final acting performance, but it adds to the charm of this episode, I suppose. The final sequence of Randy's vision and him being eventually released was a bit underwhelming and seemed a bit rushed, but this is passable for the series opener.
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    • Author: August
    Apparently this was the network's answer to the failure of "Night Gallery" to pop in the ratings. This is the first of the "Sixth Sense" episodes starring Gary Collins. It has a nice hook with the image of a soldier missing in Vietnam appearing mysteriously, but unfortunately the episode dissolves to a lot of explanation and pontificating as to what's going on. The answer in the end is less than satisfying. Not sure why the network thought this was going to be something big, unless they were just looking for a vehicle to showcase Gary Collins talents. He's not bad in it, but I'm not that big a fan that I think I'd feel compelled to watch any more of these.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Gary Collins Gary Collins - Dr. Michael Rhodes
    Rod Serling Rod Serling - Himself - Host
    Belinda Montgomery Belinda Montgomery - Tina Norris
    Jim McMullan Jim McMullan - Peter Martin (as James McMullan)
    Catherine Ferrar Catherine Ferrar - Nancy Murphy
    Kip Niven Kip Niven - Randy Blake
    Bert Freed Bert Freed - Prof. Calvin Blake
    John Milford John Milford - Detective Sgt. Crowell
    Christina Crawford Christina Crawford - Betty Blake
    Paul Bryar Paul Bryar - Fire Captain
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