Well, on Star Trek, all sorts of aliens were able to board the Enterprise without being detected almost on a weekly basis. But as you said, they would have been dull episodes if those things didn't happen.
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.

I watched as a child and loved it. I still enjoy it as an adult but had forgotten how reckless and almost incompetent Admiral Nelson was. He would let any yahoo on this top secret sub, let them run amock and risk ship and crew on his whims. Of course, his bad judgment made for the thrilling weekly crisis aboard the Seaview.

Thanks, I missed that aspect. But if it's his sub and that's all he does, 1-star would be pushing it! A Navy rich dude equivalent for sure. - rfischer-4
Nelson got his rank in the U.S. Navy, but is officially retired from the Navy. Unofficially they press him back into service when it's a national emergency.

Thanks, I missed that aspect. But if it's his sub and that's all he does, 1-star would be pushing it! A Navy rich dude equivalent for sure.

The Seaview was Nelson`s sub. Part of his Nelson Research Institute. Sort of an eccentric rich dude who had access to the President & the US government.