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Schroder....................John van Dreelen 
Miklos......................Joe de Santis 
Tomas.......................Rudy Solari 
Delner......................Eric Feldary 
Reinhardt...................Dayton Lummis 
Brewster....................Ben Wright

Can't you see, Admiral? We are the new Master Race. Welcome aboard.--Gustav Reinhardt

Nelson is taking a plane to Washington; although he is attempting to work, his seatmate keeps trying to make small talk. When the flight attendant comes by with dinner, Nelson refuses, but she says she isn't allowed to take no for an answer and he asks for coffee. Nelson's seatmate notes that they are beginning their descent, and as Nelson looks out the window, the man switches the sugar on Nelson's tray with an identical packet taken from his coat pocket. Nelson adds the sugar to his coffee and drinks it. The next time the flight attendant comes by, Nelson is asleep. She takes the trays, and Nelson's seatmate stands, walks to the back of the plane, and takes out a gun. As the flight attendant tries to alert the pilot, another man rises and stops her. They each take a parachute from a suitcase and put it on, putting a third chute on the unco nscious Nelson, opening the door, and jumping. All three chutes open and they drift down.

On the Seaview, enroute to Norfolk, Crane is informing Morton of the situation; Nelson has vanished without a trace.

In an armed camp, in a comfortably furnished room, Nelson sleeps on a couch while another man watches a film of one of Hitler's speeches. Nelson comes around slowly, noticing the film. The man sees that he is awake, turns off the projector, and greets Nelson. Nelson recognizes the man as Alfred Schroder and attacks him, but he is still weak and groggy from being drugged and Schroder easily overpowers him. Schroder calls in another man, a Lt. Delner, who Nelson recognizes as his seatmate on the plane. Schroder escorts Nelson out of the room, and Delner goes to the desk, pressing a button to lift the movie screen and lower a large portrait of Adolf Hitler.

Outside, Nelson sees a heavy gate and men guarding a prison camp. The gate opens and Nelson and Schroder enter. Schroder talks at length about how much he has survived over the years; Nelson comments that this includes a thirty-year manhunt by the free world. Schroder asks if Nelson isn't curious about why he was brought here; Nelson replies that he doubts he could stop Schroder from telling him. During World War II, says Schroder, in the last hours in Berlin, Hitler charged him with the responsibility of building a Fourth Reich. In the years since, he has been gathering resources, and has taken Nelson to be in charge of the new reich's marine science projects. He brings him into a shabby room already occupied by a group of men, and proceeds to introduce them to Nelson. There is Gustav Reinhardt, a renowned psychologist; Anton Miklos, nuclear scientist; Benjamin Brewster, electronics expert; and Tomas Brandig, the world's greatest athlete. And now Nelson. Schroder leaves the men to get acquainted .

On the Seaview, Crane paces in the observation nose. Morton brings him a message; there is still no news of Nelson, who by now has been missing for two weeks.

In the camp, Nelson tells the other prisoners that they have to fight back against Schroder. They don't seem to think it possible, but Nelson is able to encourage them somewhat. Reinhardt says that Schroder seems tense lately, and thinks he may be close to making some sort of move. Nelson notes that something must have happened recently to enable him to do so, and he and the others believe that it was Nelson's capture that somehow made Schroder's plans complete. The psychologist says that it is likely that Schroder will eventually be able to break them all; Nelson says that if they can't get to the outside world, they'll bring the outside world there. Later, they begin work on a makeshift shortwave radio, and thanks to their combined knowledge they are able to make it work. Nelson starts tapping out a message.

The Seaview has been searching for Nelson with no luck. Sparks tells Crane that although it's possible that a shortwave signal could make it around the world, it's theory--he can't promise that it would work. Crane tells him to keep trying, monitoring all wavelengths.

In the camp, it's almost dawn. Nelson has been up all night with the radio, sending the same message out over and over. He says they must keep sending, every night, for as long as they are able.

On the Seaview, Crane watches the waves break over the observation nose. Sparks calls him to the radio shack--he has picked up something, and it sounds like their code. He puts it on the amplifier and Crane recognizes the sender as Nelson. He tells Sparks to get a fix on the radio signal and to send a reply, just in case Nelson has a receiver as well.

In Schroder's headquarters, the Seaview's reply is intercepted. Schroder is pleased.

Even though the Seaview is running at full speed, Nelson's location is still a day away. Crane asks Morton to see if the engine room crew can possibly get her to go any faster.

Nelson is called to Schroder's office and informed that not only does Schroder know about the radio, he knew Nelson would be able to make it and included it in his plans. His actual goal was to acquire the Seaview--Nelson was only taken to serve as bait. Schroder's plan is to take the Seaview to a point midway betweem Washington and Moscow and fire missiles at both cities simultaneously. After the nuclear holocaust that will inevitably follow, he and the Fourth Reich will step in and take over what is left of the world.

Delner brings Nelson back to the barracks and takes the radio. After he leaves, there is some suspicion among the other prisoners that Nelson may have told Schroder about the radio, but they soon realize he did not. He tells them about the meeting with Schroder, adding that their enemy seems to know too much about what they have been doing.

On the Seaview, Crane notes that there have been no more radio signals from Nelson, and they still have six hours to go.

In the island camp, Nelson and the others are doing laundry and discussing their next move. Nelson asks Reinhardt what he thinks Schroder will do next; Reinhardt says that Schroder will expect them first to fight among themselves, and then to try something rash. Nelson says they had better give him what he expects--some of them will have to provide a diversion while the others carry out their real plan. First, though, he needs to know where and when Schroder plans to trap the Seaview. He asks if there has been any unusual construction lately, and learns that Schroder cleared out a channel to the south of the island about two years ago and that they have been installing wiring there. They need to find out why that wiring is there, and Tomas, the athlete, volunteers to go out and look--there is a blind spot in the compound where he thinks he can get through the fence.

That night, Tomas runs through the compound, dodging the spotlight and hiding behind bushes. He knocks out a guard and takes his gun, then throws him into the fence, stting off the alarm. While the tower guards are shooting at their colleague, Tomas slips under the fence--and meets Schroder, who congratulates him. Tomas apologizes for killing the guard, but Schroder tells him not to worry about it; Tomas then tells Schroder the prisoners' plan.

Tomas returns to the barracks with the information. Nelson asks if anything unusual has been brought to the island recently, and is told that Schroder has acquired some large steel nets--submarine nets. Nelson says that they will have to destroy Schroder's control system before he can entrap the Seaview. He and the scientists figure out how to make some explosives and get to work.

The Seaview arrives. Schroder notes that the submarine has stopped; he expects that Crane will first reconnoiter, sending out divers, who will report that the best approach is to the south--through the channel. And, in fact, this is what happens--Crane does decide to take the south approach.

In the compound, the prisoners are ready to implement their plan. Reinhardt, Miklos and Brewster are to create a diversion while Nelson and Tomas go through the fence and behind Schroder's headquarters--one of the two should be able to destroy the control room. Tomas shows the blind spot to Nelson, and as they prepare to move, Schroder walks up to them. Nelson throws his bomb, which Schroder picks up unconsernedly, saying it's too bad it won't explode. Nelson replies that that's because a traitor sabotaged it--Tomas. Schroder tells Nelson not to be too hard on the athlete--lacking the intellectual ability of the others, he was more easily broken. Schroder tells Nelson to join the others in the barracks, where they'll soon be joined by the crew of the Seaview. Nelson angrily punches Tomas, calling him worse than any of them, and Schroder tells Tomas to come with him--it won't be very safe for him in the compound anymore.

The Seaview reaches the channel.

In the camp, the scientists are discouraged--all except Nelson.

In Schroder's headquarters, they watch on their viewscreen as the Seaview enters the channel.

In the camp, Nelson says "Now...now!"

Schroder's headquarters building explodes.

Later, on the Seaview, Nelson tells how he realized that Tomas was a traitor--there was no way he could have gotten out of the camp unless Schroder wanted him to--and fixed one of the bombs that Tomas had sabotaged, making a timer for it from his watch. Tomas had the repaired bomb with him in the control room when it went off. Morton enters the room with good news--after their long ordeal, the scientists are all right.