A really fun episode.
While visiting the Extraterrestrial Information Search (E.T.I.S.), where Velma won an award in the Future Scientist Contest, Velma gets to meet her hero scientist Janet Lawrence. Janet mentions that complications are getting in the way of her completing her newest experiment. The gang soon have another mystery on their hands when a space alien shows up.
There is a lot to enjoy about this episode. Once again the mystery here is very well done. There are once again multiple subjects that make perfect sense. And once again solving this mystery is at the forefront of everything. Because of this we get to have fun trying to solve the mystery along with the gang. This episode also benefits from having strong supporting characters, each with their own unique personalities. While the humor in this episode may not be laugh out loud funny, it does work and can certainly put a smile on my face. The episode also finds good ways to use each of the members of the gang.
The major fault of this episode is that the monster is not all the memorable. The design is rather bland, making the monster neither as creepy nor as fun as it should have been. The monster's design also never makes it feel all that threatening.
This episode was directed by Swinton Scott, who also directed the first episode of What's New Scooby-Doo! This episode was written by George Doty IV, who not only wrote episodes of this show, but also the animated direct to video movies, Scooby-Doo! and The Loch Ness Monster (2004) and Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?). This episode marked his first time writing a Scooby mystery.
All in all this is a fun episode, even if it isn't one of the most memorable.
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