Richard Matheson, the writer, tried to work double meanings into his titles. In this instance, he puns on the words "last flight." The expression refers to Lt. Haigh's running away from danger and also to his piloting an old biplane back into time to save a comrade before being shot down himself. Or, put another way, the word "flight" can mean running from danger or flying in an airplane. Here, it means both.
The story is neatly and delicately worked out with interconnected threads, a kind of narrative doily. The dialog is sometimes so extraordinarily inadequate to the situation that it's funny.
I mean, here is member of the Royal Flying Corps of 1917 who finds himself landing at an American air base in 1959. His stubby little biplane taxis around between monstrous USAF Globemasters and SuperDuperSabres and helicopters and what does Haigh do? As he's led away, he glances about, a bit bemused, and mutters, "We had no idea you were so advanced." Well, the Brits are known for understatement.
It's a very enjoyable episode. There's nothing especially demanding about it. There rarely was in the series. It's just hugely entertaining in its own unashamedly middle-brow way.
The story is neatly and delicately worked out with interconnected threads, a kind of narrative doily. The dialog is sometimes so extraordinarily inadequate to the situation that it's funny.
I mean, here is member of the Royal Flying Corps of 1917 who finds himself landing at an American air base in 1959. His stubby little biplane taxis around between monstrous USAF Globemasters and SuperDuperSabres and helicopters and what does Haigh do? As he's led away, he glances about, a bit bemused, and mutters, "We had no idea you were so advanced." Well, the Brits are known for understatement.
It's a very enjoyable episode. There's nothing especially demanding about it. There rarely was in the series. It's just hugely entertaining in its own unashamedly middle-brow way.