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Steve Austin(Lee Majors) is involved with the preparations for a lunar probe launch with Oscar Goldman(Richard Anderson) when, upon leaving, he witnesses a strange light in the sky that is reported to be a UFO, something he witnessed while in space three years ago. Oscar is skeptical, but Steve is adamant, and it turns out right, as four humanoid-looking alien explorers have landed to judge if the Earth is suitable for their race, but the answer is no, as they give off deadly radiation burns to people, which in turn will kill them. Meg Foster plays one such being whom Steve befriends and is determined to assist back into space with their mother ship... Fanciful but good episode is handled with reasonable seriousness, keeping it as grounded as possible, with a poignant ending.

A UFO carrying four anthropomorphic aliens seeking a new home on Earth crashes into the ocean. The aliens manage to escape their lost vessel and swim ashore. Having witnessed the UFO's flight, Steve Austin investigates a town close to the point of impact. Things quickly turn confrontational when physical contact between an alien and a human causes the alien to slowly die and the human to suffer radiation burns. Steve Austin befriends the aliens and attempts to assist the sole survivor in returning to her people before she dies. Despite astronomical odds, an impending rocket launch appears to be the only possible solution.

This episode leans further to sci-fi with a group of extra-terrestrials crash landing to earth and unwittingly causing havoc, and though I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, this is a thoughtful, well-acted and gripping viewing. Definitely a top tier episode that has a poignant ending.

I've always loved this episode. I do appreciate the fact that The Six Million Dollar Man remained primarily a grounded action series, but I was also able to enjoy the occasional science-fiction/fantasy episode. Fortunately, the producers were able to refrain from going overboard and making too many of them. And I thought "Straight On 'Till Morning" was an excellent episode. There was not a lot of action, but that doesn't mean it can't be enjoyed as a fine, dramatic episode. I realize that many viewers, especially the younger ones who are used to today's faster-paced TV, movies, video games, etc., will have a difficult time with it, but I found it one of the series' best overall episodes.

As a kid in the 1970's, I loved "The Six Million Dollar Man." I actually recall very few episodes. I just remember Steve Austin and his slow motion running as a major part of my childhood. In late 2009, I knew I wanted to get the series. I spent two years (2010-2011) reading reviews and taking note of which episodes were identified by reviewers as the best.

Finally, at the end of 2011, I got the box set as a Christmas present for myself. I started watching in January. I saw "Straight on 'till Morning" in June, and I was amazed. In the forty or fifty reviews I'd read, I never heard anybody identify "Straight on 'till Morning" as one of the best.

I'm here to say it's the third-best, behind "Population: Zero" and "Day of the Robot." I am on Season Three right now, but I can't imagine this not being in the Top 5 when I'm finished with the whole series. This rates 10 stars out of 10.

If you watch only a few episodes, then make sure one of them is "Straight on 'till Morning." It's weird. It's science fiction. It involves strange beings from elsewhere, "elsewhere" meaning some place other than Planet Earth. Guest star Meg Foster is superb as Minonee, one of those strange beings from elsewhere. Lee Majors turns in one of his best performances as Colonel Steve Austin. Richard Anderson is excellent in his supporting role as Steve's boss, Oscar Goldman. Goldman has to choose between compassion and what his superiors have ordered.

"Straight on 'till Morning" is about communication and compassion. You don't have to believe in strange beings from elsewhere to appreciate this episode. I don't believe in them, but I do think they're material for good fiction. This is the third-best installment of the series, behind "Population: Zero" and "Day of the Robot."

Yes, it's that good.