PLOT: Kolchak tangles with a doppelganger, a destructive ghost of an arsonist that replicates a living person (Fred Beir) to harass and, ultimately, (try to) possess. Madlyn Rhue plays a feisty gypsy who offers advice on how to tackle the curiously fire-starting spirit (she played Marla McGivers in Star Trek's "Space Seed" seven years earlier).
COMMENTARY: After several rather conventional monsters-of-the-week in the previous movies/episodes (except for maybe the one in "They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be..."), the supernatural antagonist in "Firefall" is refreshing and intriguing, combining the doppelganger legend with the spontaneous combustion phenomenon. Carol Ann Susi returns for her third and final appearance as Carl's slightly aggravating co-worker, Monique. There's a pool death-scene with a notable brunette witness.
COMMENTARY: After several rather conventional monsters-of-the-week in the previous movies/episodes (except for maybe the one in "They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be..."), the supernatural antagonist in "Firefall" is refreshing and intriguing, combining the doppelganger legend with the spontaneous combustion phenomenon. Carol Ann Susi returns for her third and final appearance as Carl's slightly aggravating co-worker, Monique. There's a pool death-scene with a notable brunette witness.