G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Mini-Series 1, Episode 5
"The M.A.S.S. Device Part 5: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart"
Original Airdate: September 16, 1983
Writer: Ron Friedman
Director: Dan Thompson
Cast: Arthur Burghardt, B.J. Ward, Michael Bell, Chris Latta, Morgan Lofting
The previous episode ended on a cliffhanger as an airship carrying Destro and a captured Scarlett spiraled towards a mountainside and certain doom. While that catastrophe is averted in the first minute of the episode — Scarlett guides Destro (a.k.a. Jerk, a.k.a. Hammer Hands) through using her crossbow's gadget arrows to reach the ship's control panel and pull it out of a nosedive — the feeling of a nosedive towards certain doom persists throughout the episode. The overall execution of this episode is giving —