A prologue that begins with a shot of a telescope, a starry sky and a space zoo visited by six students which watch three replicas of distant alien species: Imwarf, Puudly and the telepath killer with speech ability Megasoid. The three girls look like nuns and the boys wear reversed Kyben uniforms—notice Byron Lomax's rounded spectacles of one of them; the guide is dressed as a night watchman. Henderson James pays $100.000 to bribe an old drunk looser scientist to obtain his bootleg copy who comes to life in a zoo while sleeping on a black-leathered bench like a bum—Henderson James II wears Qarlo's wristwatch—and its reactions of a new-born is reminiscent of another memoryless character: Trent from "Demon With a Glass Hand". The audience feels cheat because it does not see the duplication process but only a cheap federal office and an insignificant female employee. The clone learns his identity from the Megasoid's mouth: "You're a shadow, a temporary Henderson James..." The smelling trees nostalgic clone calls James' wife "princess", a well-chosen and old affectionate name that fits her perfectly, especially when she wears her "Sleeping Beauty" dress—see the ethereal soft-focus trick inside James' mansion. The clone represents the best part of James: the existential question of the identity is raised when James II defines himself as "a ghost of his past", an unadulterated past (the clone wants to change the future of James and returns to a state that Laura James describes as "before ambition consumed you") and also a second chance as the new start of professor Basil Jerichau. Captain Emmett is the colourful character: the one-eyed (see his full black eye patch) mercenary who used to capture the beast for Mr. James (who is reluctant to eliminate his artificial twin) and re-hires him to complete the clone's dirty work. But Emmett fails and dies in the claws of the Megasoid which takes his eye patch off as an old souvenir. This is "the" episode that frankly treats the theme of the doppelganger via the scientifical case of the clone. The idea of cloning's abuse is engrossing—thanks to Clifford Simak's original writing material—but the soft teddy bear monster of the week (the worst season 2 monster ever because of its silly-looking bird's beak and tail—originally fashioned for "Second Chance"—which screams like an angry dog; the monster dies after absorbing seven bullets!) severely compromises the credibility of this good story: writer Seeleg Lester was obliged to add a monster due to the network's demand. From the start, the lead character is doomed because he commits a number of mistakes: neglecting his wife, locking himself up in the greediness, owning a prohibited species and making a clone. In the end, "The Duplicate Man" is reduced to a simple failed contract killer plot blended with a heavy melodramatic form that shows another matrimonial failure. A good story sabotaged by a conventional space and monster approach as it is stated in the opening narration: " (...) Will we find, on some distant, frozen planet, an alien life of unimaginable horror?" Too bad, beautiful Constance Towers never had a real dense part as in Samuel Fuller's films of that era—she is the third comedian who plays in "Shock Corridor" and whose seminal part lies in the 1964 twisted thriller "The Naked Kiss". That's the second episode, after "Soldier", that tries to depict the future, witness if you will the gadget futuristic art direction that makes this one as camp as the late 1960's British series "U.F.O." (see the light fountain, the silencer pistol, the guide's metallic and geometric bag, the videophone, the police car with its customized 1950's design, the black-leathered cop uniforms with labourers' helmets, Karl Emmett's space building and interior and eerie sound bell, and the colarless suits with knotless ties). Notes: Stuntman Mike Lane wears the Megasoid suit.