This one's a keeper. Time travel stories often get more complicated than they need to be, but this one was rather straightforward in it's delivery and resolution. The concept that 'time' was giving Lieutenant Decker (Kenneth Haigh) a second chance to be a hero and redeem himself was cleverly played out, with just the right amount of skepticism and incredulity brought to bear by the American officers. If you dig deep enough, there may be a couple of troubling elements that make you go into a mental loop, like the packet of confiscated identification and insignia that Decker left behind. Not enough though for the story not to work, as that was necessary to complete the circle for Air Vice Marshal Mackaye (Robert Warwick) to even consider the whole idea of Decker having just been there in the first place. It all really works very well, not only as a science fiction story, but as one that challenges our perception of 'time' as a linear concept, incapable of bending back on itself to present the kind of possibility seen here.
Review of The Last Flight
