Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant"

Maurice · October 31 2008, 08:56 AM

I don't recall seeing this posted previously, and my apologies if it's been discussed before, but I was poking around YouTube and I found a clip of an episode of Gene Roddenberry's single season show The Lieutenant, which is notable because it features Nichelle Nichols in one of her earliest TV roles (it's apparently not her first, as some have claimed), Don Marshall of Land of the Giants, and Dennis Hopper! You only see series star Gary Lockwood for a few moments in the video, but, hey, check out the groovy music for a Marine. Swingin!

Click to see a clip from The Lieutenant episode "To Set It Right" (1964)

EEE · October 31 2008, 11:47 AM

One (or two?) DVD dealers at the Las Vegas Convention in 2008 had this series for sale. (I wasn't willing to go $60 or so, for a single season of anything. *tightwad-grin*)

ToddPence · October 31 2008, 10:40 PM

A couple of other familiar names: Writer Lee Erwin and Dirctor Vincent McEveety. Also listed in the credits is Ed McReady, who had several bit parts in Star Trek.

Christopher · October 31 2008, 11:52 PM

Good grief, what a goofy grin on Lockwood's face in his title close-up. Who thought that was a good idea?

Nichols looked really nice in that, and she had a good part, too. I don't think she ever got to do anything so deep or emotional in TOS.

And I wonder if Marshall's role as a confrontational hothead here had anything to do with his getting cast in a similar role in "The Galileo Seven."

Captain Robert April · November 3 2008, 07:33 AM

I thought "The Lieutenant" ran for a couple of seasons...

Maurice · November 4 2008, 11:01 AM

Captain Robert April wrote:

I thought "The Lieutenant" ran for a couple of seasons...

Nope. Just one.

Trekwatcher · November 6 2008, 03:40 PM

This show ran in reruns on a UHF station when I was a kid for a while, I believe. When Gary Lockwood looked at the camera in the opening credits, I kept waiting for his eyes to glow and a fade to black over them!

Green Shirt · November 9 2008, 06:03 PM

Christopher wrote:

Good grief, what a goofy grin on Lockwood's face in his title close-up. Who thought that was a good idea?

Smiling goofily at the camera in the credits was nothing new. It was just a way to acknowledge the audience. It worked for Bonanza for 14 years. Also, The Munsters, The Addams Family, Happy Days. Any others?

Christopher · November 9 2008, 08:46 PM

^^Smiling at the camera, yes. But surely the director could've gotten a less ridiculous-looking smile out of Lockwood.

And the Addamses didn't smile at the camera; they glowered and snapped.

Green Shirt · November 9 2008, 10:15 PM

=Christopher;2273534And the Addamses didn't smile at the camera; they glowered and snapped.

Glowers were their smiles.

Christopher · November 10 2008, 02:12 AM

Actually they smiled a lot in the show, particularly John Astin with that wide-eyed borderline-maniac grin. The cool thing about The Addams Family was how deliriously happy the Addamses were with themselves. As far as they were concerned, they had the ideal life and it was the rest of us who were the neurotic weirdos. Quite a subversive statement for the day.

Trekwatcher · November 11 2008, 09:55 PM

Christopher wrote:

Actually they smiled a lot in the show, particularly John Astin with that wide-eyed borderline-maniac grin. The cool thing about The Addams Family was how deliriously happy the Addamses were with themselves. As far as they were concerned, they had the ideal life and it was the rest of us who were the neurotic weirdos. Quite a subversive statement for the day.

I guess. It was subversive the first few times, but they did it ad nausem, and after a while it lost all impact. A clever show overall to be sure, tho.

DarthPipes · December 21 2012, 06:17 AM

I just watched the first episode and I enjoyed it. Bill Bixby was the guest star and man, his acting got a LOT better as the years went on.

I picked it up after reading a great review of it on DVDTalk.

Green Shirt · December 22 2012, 12:18 PM

Is 4 years a record for resurrecting a dead thread?

1001001 · December 22 2012, 04:29 PM

Green Shirt wrote:

Is 4 years a record for resurrecting a dead thread?

It might be close...

Please do not ressurect dead threads.

Feel free to start a new one.

Thanks.

October 31 2008, 08:56 AM	#1
Maurice Rear Admiral Location: Maurice in San Francisco	Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" I don't recall seeing this posted previously, and my apologies if it's been discussed before, but I was poking around YouTube and I found a clip of an episode of Gene Roddenberry's single season show The Lieutenant, which is notable because it features Nichelle Nichols in one of her earliest TV roles (it's apparently not her first, as some have claimed), Don Marshall of Land of the Giants, and Dennis Hopper! You only see series star Gary Lockwood for a few moments in the video, but, hey, check out the groovy music for a Marine. Swingin! Click to see a clip from The Lieutenant episode "To Set It Right" (1964) __________________ * * * "Star Trek…at times sparkled with true ingenuity, and pure science fiction approaches, and at other times was more carnival like, and very much more the creature of television than the creature of a legitimate literary form." —Rod Serling, 1970"

October 31 2008, 11:47 AM	#2
EEE Captain	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" One (or two?) DVD dealers at the Las Vegas Convention in 2008 had this series for sale. (I wasn't willing to go $60 or so, for a single season of anything. tightwad-grin)

October 31 2008, 10:40 PM	#3
ToddPence Fleet Captain Location: Fairfax, VA	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" A couple of other familiar names: Writer Lee Erwin and Dirctor Vincent McEveety. Also listed in the credits is Ed McReady, who had several bit parts in Star Trek.

October 31 2008, 11:52 PM	#4
Christopher Writer	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" Good grief, what a goofy grin on Lockwood's face in his title close-up. Who thought that was a good idea? Nichols looked really nice in that, and she had a good part, too. I don't think she ever got to do anything so deep or emotional in TOS. And I wonder if Marshall's role as a confrontational hothead here had anything to do with his getting cast in a similar role in "The Galileo Seven." __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

November 3 2008, 07:33 AM	#5
Captain Robert April Vice Admiral Location: In selfless service to fandom, on the road to becoming a Star Trek trivia god...	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" I thought "The Lieutenant" ran for a couple of seasons...

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November 6 2008, 03:40 PM	#7
Trekwatcher Fleet Captain Location: Talos IV. Taking Tango out for a ride in the countryside	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" This show ran in reruns on a UHF station when I was a kid for a while, I believe. When Gary Lockwood looked at the camera in the opening credits, I kept waiting for his eyes to glow and a fade to black over them!

November 9 2008, 08:46 PM	#9
Christopher Writer	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" ^^Smiling at the camera, yes. But surely the director could've gotten a less ridiculous-looking smile out of Lockwood. And the Addamses didn't smile at the camera; they glowered and snapped. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

November 10 2008, 02:12 AM	#11
Christopher Writer	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" Actually they smiled a lot in the show, particularly John Astin with that wide-eyed borderline-maniac grin. The cool thing about The Addams Family was how deliriously happy the Addamses were with themselves. As far as they were concerned, they had the ideal life and it was the rest of us who were the neurotic weirdos. Quite a subversive statement for the day. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

December 21 2012, 06:17 AM	#13
DarthPipes Rear Admiral	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" I just watched the first episode and I enjoyed it. Bill Bixby was the guest star and man, his acting got a LOT better as the years went on. I picked it up after reading a great review of it on DVDTalk.

December 22 2012, 12:18 PM	#14
Green Shirt Fleet Captain Location: 21206	Re: Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" Is 4 years a record for resurrecting a dead thread? __________________ Yellow this, yellow that, yellow everywhere. Its not easy being green.