Behold, Eck!

"Since the first living thing gazed upward through the darkness, Man, with a curious fervor, has struggled to unlock the mysteries of creation and of the world in which he lives. Sometimes, in the tumbling torrents of space and time, he has brief glimpses of a world he never even dreams..." Inspired by the Edwin Abbott novel "Flatland" (first published in 1884), this quirky episode tells the story of a 2-dimensional being trapped in our 3-dimensional world. Though he has four eyes (to go with his four arms), Eck's faulty vision prompts a desperate search for a certain lens made from meteoric quartz. Only with these "glasses" can he see his escape route from Earth -- a dimensional tear that could spell doom for all mankind. Starring '60s TV personality Peter Lind Hayes, "Behold, Eck!" features one of the series' most sympathetic aliens -- even though he does accidentally slice a 37-story building in half! Joan Freeman and Parley Baer also star.