COMBAT: Episode- "A Sudden Terror"

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COMBAT: Episode- "A Sudden Terror"

Postby BogDog » Thu Jun 19, 2025 5:02 am

The infamous episode of COMBAT that was basically a long quicksand scene.

https://youtu.be/W2Q206CkoKY?list=PL3Dn ... 53RqscY0Be
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Re: COMBAT: Episode- "A Sudden Terror"

Postby PA Jack » Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:32 am

I remember watching this long scene live on its first telecast (I watched Combat every week on Tuesdays, religiously, as a kid). I really didn’t yet fully understand the impact quicksand scenes had on me, only that they left me scared and breathless. This one was really scary to me, until Lt. Hanley rescued the soldier at the end. It was several years later (puberty) that I put together that it wasn’t just quicksand - it was women in quicksand that I was fixated upon. But this Combat episode was one of the key events in developing my self understanding. Good nostalgic post.
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Re: COMBAT: Episode- "A Sudden Terror"

Postby Duncan Edwards » Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:34 am

PA Jack wrote:I remember watching this long scene live on its first telecast (I watched Combat every week on Tuesdays, religiously, as a kid). I really didn’t yet fully understand the impact quicksand scenes had on me, only that they left me scared and breathless. This one was really scary to me, until Lt. Hanley rescued the soldier at the end. It was several years later (puberty) that I put together that it wasn’t just quicksand - it was women in quicksand that I was fixated upon. But this Combat episode was one of the key events in developing my self understanding. Good nostalgic post.


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