Scifi drama series. The web footed and web handed (and last remaining survivor from the city of Atlantis) Mark Harris is washed ashore in California, rescued by Dr Elizabeth Merrill, he is then drafted into the Foundation For Oceanic Research (for whom Merrill also works) here he uses his specials talents to tackle all manner of threats to the worlds oceans. Harris could only survive out of water for a maximum of twelve hours, the teams headquarters were an undersea craft called the 'Cetacean'. Recurring villain was the evil Mr Schubert. The first four episodes were all feature length.

REGULAR CAST

PATRICK DUFFY as Mark Harris / BELINDA J. MONTGOMERY as Dr Elizabeth Merrill / ALAN FUDGE as C.W. Crawford / VICTOR BUONO as Mr Schubert / ROBERT LUSSIER as Brent / RICHARD WILLIAMS as Jomo / J. VICTOR LOPEZ as Chuey / JEAN MARIE HON as Jane / ANSON DOWNES as Alan

Producer: Herman Miller / Executive Producer: Herbert F. Solow / Music: Fred Karlin / Special Effects: Tom Fisher

USA / NBC-Solow  / 17 episodes 3x100m-e 1x75m-e 13x60m-e / 1977-78 

ONE SEASON

17 Episodes / 25 September 1977 - 25 July 1978 

1. THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS (100 minute episode)

WRITER: Mayo Simon

After being washed up on the shore a young man is discovered by Dr Elizabeth Merrill of The Foundation for Oceanic Research to be the last known survivor from the city of Atlantis, learning that the man, Mark Harris, has webbed hands and feet and gills instead of lungs, Merrill brings him back to full health and persuades him to help her tackle an evil scientist called Mr Schubert.

With:- ART LUND as Admiral Pierce / ALLEN CASE as Lt Cmdr Johnson / LARRY PRESSMAN as Phil Roth / DEAN SANTORO as Ernie Smith

DIRECTOR: Lee H. Katzin

2. THE DEATH SCOUTS (100 minute episode)

WRITER: Robert Lewin

Mark is now working for the Foundation and whilst investigating the strange disappearance of three young scuba divers Mark tangles with a pair of human looking aliens.

With:- KENNETH TIGAR as Dr Miller Simon / TIFFANY BOLLING as Lioa and Dilly / BURR DEBENNING as Xos and Chazz / ANNETTE CARDONA as Ginny Mendoza / ALAN MENDELL as Grant Stockwood

DIRECTOR: Marc Daniels

3. KILLER SPORES (100 minute episode)

WRITER: John D. F. Black

Only Mark can help save the Earth when a contaminated NASA  space probe full of killer spores (that only Mark can see) threaten the world with extinction. Mark has to see that the spores are able to return to their home safely.

With:- KENNETH TIGAR as Dr Miller Simon / JAMES B. SIKKING as Colonel Manzone / FRED BEIR as Sub Captain / IVAN BONAR as Edwin Shirley

DIRECTOR: Reza Badiyi

4. THE DISAPPEARANCES (75 minute episode)

WRITERS: Jerry Sohl, Luther Murdoch

Mark and Dr Simon must do battle with the evil Dr Mary Smith who has kidnapped Merrill and taken her to a island miles away from anywhere.

With:- KENNETH TIGAR as Dr Miller Simon / DARLEEN CARR as Dr Smith / PAMELA PETERS SOLOW as Jane Smith / DENNIS REDFIELD as Dick Restone / IVOR FRANCIS as Dr Medlow / FRED BEIR as Sub Captain

DIRECTOR: Charles Dubin

5. MELT DOWN

WRITER: Tom Greene

As part of a plan top get his hands on Mark Schubert unleashes a plan to melt the polar ice caps.

With:- JAMES E. BRODHEAD as Trubshawe

DIRECTOR: Virgil Vogel

6. MUDWORM

WRITER: Alan Cailou

A 'Mudworm' type robotic creature invented by Schubert to suck up minerals from the sea bed starts to go out of control.

DIRECTOR: Virgil Vogel

7. THE HAWK OF MU

WRITERS: David Balkan, Luther Murdoch

A sinister statue of a Hawk discovered by Mark is then stolen by Schubert, but it is soon causing problems with its power to harness electricity.

With:- VICKY HUXTABLE as Juliette Schubert / SYDNEY LASSICK as Smith / CAROLE MALLORY as Vicki

DIRECTOR: Harry Harris

8. GIANT

WRITER: Michael Wagner

When it looks like the ocean has a sprung a leak Mark is sent to investigate, he discovers that a mysterious giant being (well nine foot high anyway) who has been getting up to a little bit of mining. 

With:-  KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR as Thark / TED NEELEY as Muldoon

DIRECTOR: Richard Benedict

9. MAN O' WAR

WRITER: Larry Alexander

Schubert's latest plot involves a giant jellyfish being used against the competitors in an important swimming competition.

With:- HARVEY JASON as Dashki / GARY OWENS as Announcer

DIRECTOR: Michael O' Herlihy

10. SHOOT-OUT AT LANDS END

WRITER: Luther Murdoch

Mark travels back in time and is amazed to find himself back in the days of the old west and doing battle with his doppelganger - bad Billy Jones.

With:- PATRICK DUFFY as Bill Jones / PERNELL ROBERTS as Clint Hollister / NOBLE WILLINGHAM as Artemus Washburn / JAMIE SMITH JACKSON as Bettina Washburn / BILL ZUCKERT as Virgil

DIRECTOR: Barry Crane

11. CRYSTAL WATER, SUDDEN DEATH

WRITER: Larry Alexander

Mark meets a strange race called the Deepspeople whilst trying to prevent Schubert getting hold of some valuable crystals.

With:- RENE AUBERJONOIS as Havergal / ROZELLE GAYLE as Conrad / TINA LENNERT as Click One / FLIP READE as Click Two / WHITNEY RYDBECK as Click Three

DIRECTOR: David Moessinger

12. THE NAKED MONTAGUE

WRITER: Stephen Kandel

Another time travelling adventure as Mark finds himself meeting Romeo and Juliet in Italy six hundred years ago.

With:- LISA EILBACHER as Juliet / JOHN SHEA as Romeo / SCOTT PORTER as Mercutio 

DIRECTOR: Robert Douglas  

13. THE SIREN

WRITER: Michael Wagner

Nark gets involved with a mermaid who has been kidnapped by a rascally pirate.

With:- MICHAEL STRONG as Hugh Trevanian / LAURETTE SPRANG as Amanda / CAROL MIYAOKA as Siren / LISA BLAKE RICHARDS as Jenny / TIMOTHY SCOTT as Caine

DIRECTOR: Ed Abroms 

14. C W HYDE

WRITER: Stephen Kandel

Crawford is left with a split personality (much like the evil and good Jekyll and Hyde characters) after he swallows some deep sea material.

With:- VAL AVERY as Lew Calender / PAMELA PETERS SOLOW as Sarah / MICHELE CAREY as Belle

DIRECTOR: Dann Cahn

15. DEADLY CARNIVAL

WRITER: Larry Alexander

Mark goes undercover at a Carnival to discover why a government agent went missing, he then has to try and prevent a piece of Egyptian antiquity being stolen.

With:- BILL BARTY as Moxie / ANTHONY JAMES as Summersday / SHARON FARRELL as Charlene Baker

DIRECTOR: Dennis Donnelly

16. IMP

WRITER: Simon Wincelberg

An evil imp called Moby is able to send people back to their childhoods - he is soon targeting Mark.

With:- PAT MORITA as Moby

DIRECTOR: Paul Krasny

17. SCAVENGER HUNT

WRITER: Peter Allan Fields

Mark finds himself face to face with a two headed monster of the sea whilst trying to trace the whereabouts of some vital gas canisters that have gone missing. 

With:- TED NEELEY as Jack Muldoon / TONY URBANO as Oscar / TED CASSIDY as Canja / YABO O'BRIEN as Toba / EUGENIA WRIGHT as Trivi

DIRECTOR: David Moessinger