In
Jason
of Star Command’s “Mimi’s Secret,” Jason (Craig Littler), Samantha
(Tamara Dobson), Professor Parsafoot (Charlie Dell) and young Heidi (Heather
Connell) escape an attack by Dragos’ (Sid Haig) drones, and then return to Star
Command.
Once there, they meet with Queen Medusa (Francine York), who, under a flag of truce, promises to exchange Heidi’s missing father for her doll, Mimi.
Once there, they meet with Queen Medusa (Francine York), who, under a flag of truce, promises to exchange Heidi’s missing father for her doll, Mimi.
By
this point, Parsafoot has realized that “Mimi” is actually a code-name for M1M1,
an acronym which pinpoints the location (planet M1) of a secret “guardsman”
mineral vein. The valuable material is used
throughout the galaxy as a power source, and Dragos would find it incredibly
valuable. Meanwhile, Heidi stows away on
Medusa’s ship.
“Mimi’s
Secret, the second-to-last Jason of Star Command episode,
boasts some nice flourishes.
One of
those is the visual of Queen Medusa’s starship. It discharges energetic particles while traveling through space;
particles that are pink and purple, the very colors of Medusa’s skin tight,
spandex uniform (a hand-me-down from Julie Newmar.)
Another
point of interest is the episode’s brief commentary on prejudice based on skin
color. Young Heidi asks Commander Stone
(John Russell) why his skin is blue, and he responds with a comment about not
judging people by color, because color doesn’t reveal their true selves. It’s a brief moment, but a good one that
feels, perhaps more in keeping with Space Academy (1977).
No
monsters or stop-motion aliens this week, but “Mimi’s Secret” opens with a
pitched space battle between Dragos’ drones and Jason’s Star-fire. Jason defeats the enemy fighters by tapping
into their control panels and jamming their “control frequencies.” It
sounds a little like what Admiral Kirk did to Khan aboard the Reliant a few
years later in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
As
far as Mimi (and her secret…) go, it turns out the doll is hiding information
about the important power source, but the episode never really explains how she
lives.
In this segment, Mimi even shoots laser beams out of her eyes. But, unlike many of her cult-tv brethren, she’s not an evil doll, just a living one.
In this segment, Mimi even shoots laser beams out of her eyes. But, unlike many of her cult-tv brethren, she’s not an evil doll, just a living one.
One last JOSC episode to go, next week: “Battle for Freedom.”
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