Isis: The Sound of Silence

"The Sound of Silence" is the fourth episode of season one of the superhero action series Isis. It was directed by Arnold Laven with a script written by Sid Morse. It first aired on CBS on Saturday morning on September 20th, 1975. In this episode, Andrea Thomas actually builds a force field generator in her classroom, but then a jerk student named Bill Cady decides to steal it and sell it to some criminals.

Notes & Trivia

 * Isis was created by Russell Bates and developed by Marc Richards. It was produced by Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer of Filmation Associates.


 * This episode is included on disc one of the Secrets of Isis: The Complete Series DVD collection by BCI.


 * Executive producer Richard M. Rosenbloom is credited as Dick Rosenbloom in this episode.


 * Script writer Sidney Morse is credited as Sid Morse in this episode.


 * Actor Albert Reed receives an "And..." qualifier credit in this episode.


 * This is the second episode of Isis directed by Arnold Laven. He directs six episodes of the series in total. He previously directed "The Spots of the Leopard".


 * This is the first episode of Isis written by Sid Morse. He writes five episodes of the series in total. His next episode is "Funny Gal".


 * There are a total of eight credited cast members in this episode, which is one more from the previous episode.


 * Joshua Barnes is the first character seen on screen.


 * This is the third appearance of Joshua Barnes. He appeared last in "Fool's Dare".


 * Andrea Thomas turns into Isis twice in this episode.


 * This is one of the few times that Tut the bird actually serves a purpose in an episode.


 * Isis demonstrates the powers of flight, weather control and telekinesis, the latter of which she uses to move trees to create a cage around the criminals.

Allusions

 * The title of this episode is taken from the song, "The Sound of Silence", by Simon & Garfunkel, which appeared on their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. in 1964. The song was covered by heavy metal band Disturbed in 2015.

Keywords
Birds | California | Divine empowerment | Flight | Force field | High school | School principal | Student | Teacher | Telekinesis | Weather control