With an all-male lead cast, themes of heroism, pride, military radition, hierarchy, and power are masterfully interwoven into a plot that is ambiguous enough to allow for various viewpoints and perspectives...6:15 p.m.Sound detectors and seismographs registered explosion due east.At 6:18, magnetometer revealed deviation 12 degrees, 20 minutes east...Such deviation possible only if a disturbing force equivalent o 20,000 tons of steel or iron ore...had become part of the Earth at about a 50-mile radius."Hendry hypothesized that it was a large meteorite, but Carrington""s aide Dr.Will Redding (George Fenneman) explained how a special telescopic camera had picked up evidence of radioactivity, suggesting it wasn""t a meteor:"On the appearance of radioactivity, a Geiger counter trips the release and the cameras function.Joey races over to inform his father:Joey: Somebody""s comin"", Pa.Joe: Well, let him come.Soft-spoken and with a modest manner, Shane politely asks for permission to cut through their property ("I hope you don""t mind my cutting through your place") after crossing the boundary stream.And then she assured Nancy that she could now sleep, although she had avoided sleep for seven days.Nancy phoned Glen, who lived across the street, to warn him about the demonic dream killer, predicting that they might be the next victims.