SAPPHIRE AND STEEL - THE COMPLETE SERIES
This is a very Brittish TV series, starring David McCullum
(The Man From U.N.C.L.E., N.C.I.S.) & Joanna Lumley! Kinda
like a cross between The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits &
The X-Files! David plays a no-nonsense kind of guy while
Joanna is the more personable kind! They both use telepathy
to communicate with each other!!
ASSIGNMENT ONE PART 1(July 10, 1979):
The two main character(Sapphire & Steel) go out to
solve unusual mysteries! In this one, a mother and
father disappear while reading a nursery rhyme to
their daughter! B
ASSIGNMENT ONE PART 2(July 12, 1979):
Continuing from the last episode, the daughter
starts recanting the same rhyme, and strange things
start happening the same way!! B
ASSIGNMENT ONE - PART 3(July 17, 1979):
Still continuing on, the son is tricked into opening
the portal again! Sapphire gets sucked into the portal! B
ASSIGNMENT ONE - PART 4(July 19, 1979):
Sapphire's back, but she's broght back others with
her!! And we're introduced to Lead!!! B
ASSIGNMENT ONE - PART 5(July 24, 1979):
Still working on the disappearing parents case!
After buring the magical page, things return to
almost normal! Daddy appears!! B
ASSIGNMENT ONE - PART 6(July 26, 1979):
The group figures out what happened with Rob and
plans a trap to fix the whole problem!!! And in the
end, no one remembers anything!! B
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART 1(July 31, 1979):
All about ghosties in an abandoned train station!! B
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART 2(Aug. 02, 1979):
Steel gets trapped in the past! A
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART 3(Aug. 07, 1979):
Sapphire pulls Steel back! Steel decides to try an
unusual tactic to get the ghost to come out and
tell them what they want! B
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART 4(Aug. 09, 1979):
Trapped in a recreation of the past, the trio
of Steel, Sapphire and Tully are in danger of
losing their lives!! Steel has a talk with one
of the spirits and it is unnerving to say the
least!! Tully talks them into a seance to find
answers!!
After this episode, the show went on an extended
hiatus for two months! It had to do with a strike
at the broadcast station! B
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART FIVE(Oct. 30, 1979):
Having only a little luck with talking to the
soldiers during the seance, Sapphire is able to
connect with the soldier's teacher! They learn
much but at what cost!!??B
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART SIX(Nov. 01, 1979):
This starts getting really confusing here!! With
two Sapphires, and a weird noise throughout the
episode! The darkness is beginning to show its
intent!! It allows Tully to leave but not Steel
or Sapphire! B
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART 7(Nov. 06, 1979)
Steel and Sapphire suddenly wake up 12 days
in the future! Steel decides he wants to make
a deal with the darkness! B
ASSIGNMENT TWO - PART 8(Nov. 08, 1979):
The entity takes over Sapphire's body to communicate
with Steel! This is a crazy ass ending!!!! B
ASSIGNMENT THREE - PART 1(Jan. 06, 1981):
Nearly impossible to tell what the Hell this one
is all about in this first part!!! B
ASSIGNMENT THREE - PART 2(Jan. 08, 1981)
It appears that some people from the future have
gone into the past for purposes unknown! And Steel
and Sapphire are there to prevent some sort of an
attack on them and the rest of Earth! B
ASSIGNMENT THREE - PART 3(Jan. 08, 1981)
Enter a new character, Silver!! He just happens to
be in the neighborhood and attempts to help out
Sapphire and Steel! B
ASSIGNMENT THREE - PART 4(Jan. 08, 1981)
The crew gets into the capsule and find the grown
up baby/man! They're attempting to find out the
reasons for the capsules and what happened to the
occupants! Last episode for Silver! B
ASSIGNMENT THREE - PART 5(Jan. 08, 1981)
With Silver gone it appears that Sapphire and Steel
are trapped in the capsule until ---! A
ASSIGNMENT THREE - PART 6(Jan. 08, 1981)
The conclusion of this "season's" arc! A very
thought provoking ending!! A
ASSIGNMENT FOUR - PART 1(Jan. 27, 1981):
Sapphire and Steel go to a a pawn shop to
investigate strange happenings there! There
seems to be something strange about the landlord
as the only apparent renter can't recall at all
what he looks like, and for good reasons!! B
ASSIGNMENT FOUR - PART 2(Jan. 29, 1981):
Our intrepid duo find some answers to their
questions, but more questions!!
ASSIGNMENT FOUR - PART 3(Feb. 03, 1981):
Closer and closer to no answers!!!!
ASSIGNMENT FOUR - PART 4(Feb. 05, 1981):
Crazy ending to a crazy story!! Remember, no photos!! B
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 1(Aug. 11, 1981):
It appears our duo have stepped back in time to
1930 to attend a party! As usual there seems to
be a focal point causing the rift in time!
A definite play on Agatha Christie's "Ten Little
Indians"!! B+
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 2(Aug. 12, 1981):
The party draws everyone involved in the company
to celebrate its 50th anniversary, even the dead
partner!!! The party gets going with a game of
hide and seek, and one of the guests wind up dead! A-
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 3(Aug. 18, 1981):
Another death, more mystery, and Sapphire and
Steel seem quite perplexed!!!!! A-
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 4(Aug. 19, 1981):
Another death, more mystery, and Sapphire tries
to kill herself???!!! A-
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 5(Aug. 25, 1981):
And one more death, this time by the duo's
"partner"!!! A-
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 6(Aug. 26, 1981):
The final death, which seems to fix time itself! A-
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 1(Aug. 19, 1981):
A couple arrive to a gas station in their new 1948 Rolls
and when they go inside, it's 1980!! We have another
appearance by Silver! B
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 2(Aug. 24, 1981):
More strange happenings at the gas station, and
what happened to Steel?!!! B
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 3(Aug. 26, 1981):
Sapphire learns the truth about the people who
are "trapped" in the gas station with them! B
ASSIGNMENT FIVE - PART 4(Aug. 31, 1981):
Last episode of the series! The trio find that
they are trapped at the gas station and the
other visitors to the gas station are there to
kill Silver, Sapphire and Steel! B
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
For a five year old, "Sapphire & Steel" was delightfully
terrifying fare. I found it easy - then and now - to ignore
the low-budget effects and concentrate on the fantastic
scenarios and the eerie twists and turns of the plot. The
entire series seemed almost claustrophobic at times, as
most of the action took place in isolated or deserte
places.
"Sapphire & Steel" was very much a product of its
time, perhaps the last of a great line of 1970's
British sci-fi such as "Blake's 7" and "Dr Who",
with their eccentric characters, surreal scripts
and ramshackle sets. As such, for someone of my
generation it provides a great sense of nostalgia,
and gives me something to look back upon...and
smile about. - Leda74