G.I. Joe: Primordial Plot (1985)
Season 1, Episode 42
5/10
Was Michael Crichton a G.I. Joe fan?
21 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Four years before "Jurassic Park", Donald F. Glut wrote this G. I. Joe episode about cloning dinosaurs on a remote island.

"Mr. Crichton? Mr. Glut's lawyer on line one."

Unfortunately for any viewer of "Primordial Plot", Donald F. Glut is no Michael Crichton.

The basic, um, bones of a fun story are here, but somehow Glut makes Cobra controlling an army of cloned dinosaurs about as exciting as a wet fart. It's one of those episodes that I found myself rewriting in my head as I was watching along. How they blew this layup I have no idea.

Few things are more frustrating than wasted potential, and nothing describes "Primordial Plot" better than that. Here, it's fun that's extinct.
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