Kitten

There are, I know, many who find Odyssey 5 to be brilliant and one of the best sci-fi series of recent times. I, though, am not one of these, so take my comments on board with that in mind.

All series have at least one episode which may be considered to be the "runt of the litter," that is to say not up to the same standard or pedigree as the others. In the case of Kitten, this episode really should have been still born. Yes, it has a place in the overall storyline of the series, but how anyone could wangle 45 minutes of dross out of this beats me all ends up. The whole thing could have been covered in a fraction of the time and I would not have wasted those precious moments battling the urge to fast forward or even turn off this episode. I have set myself the goal of watching the remaining episodes to see if the series improves, but with no real expectation of this. Of the episodes that I have seen thus far, Kitten has to rate as the most appalling of the lot by a long, long way.