Put people in a stressful situation, bounce around some "heavy" ideas to ponder, and apply science fiction trappings and you have a do-it-yourself imitation of Rod Serling and his innovative series "The Twilight Zone" (or perhaps poaching on "The Outer Limits"). With big-budget production values, this episode is clearly not a fan project or even a sincere student (on the verge of becoming a professional) creation ike John Carpenter's debut "Dark Star", but it is still not ready for prime-time either.
In fact the special effects and glossy look work against cerebral television: the most thoughtul classics of the '50s like Serling's efforts and those many "live" styled series of play-oriented content like "Playhouse 90" are more involving thanks to employting spectacular ating talent and minimal black & white studio stagings rather than vain attempts to add "cinematic" techniques.
This particular shaggy-dog story space voyage from the failed tv series reboot could find its way into a time capsule, perhaps even one launched into outer space. It would be a capsule devoted not to preserving achievements of mankind but rather to give examples of the medium of Television in a period of severe creative decline. File it under: "TV on the verge of a nervous streaming breakdown".