Tribunal (Psi Factor)

Tribunal is the nineteenth episode of the third season of "Psi Factor" and the 63rd overall. It centres around a trial of Matt Praeger's team as the Grey Men story arc finally comes to a head.
==Synopsis==
In this clip-show, the team is put on trial before an ad hoc tribunal. The prosecutor reexamines some of their cases involving aliens in order to debunk them and prove that aliens don't exist. Peter is poisoned before his testimony.Tribunal - IMDB - Retrieved 22 September 2021
==Plot==
===Cold Open===
On a winter's night, Matt Praeger and Lindsay Donner rush a young woman from inside a warehouse to the parking lot. They look furtively at the night sky while rushing into a parked van driven by Ray Donahue. Peter Axon speaks to them over the radio, telling them that satellite tracking and radar show clear skies. Praeger states that they'll arrive in twenty minutes.
Donahue peels out of the parking lot while the young woman, Rebecca Fellows, cries out in fear at the thought of being found by their pursuers. Donner tries to comfort her, telling her they'll be at the lab soon. Fellows told her that she could feel her hunters coming, and Axon warned them all that a bogey was heading directly for them. In less than thirty seconds, the UFO had travelled forty kilometres and arrived directly on top of the van. In a quick flash of light, the van swerved in the snow, the UFO flew away, and Rebecca Fellows had been taken.
=== Epilogue ===
==Cast==
===Guest===
*Maurice Dean Wint as Dr. Curtis Rollins
*Vincent Corazza as Calvin Finch
*George R. Robertson as Edward Norstrom
*James Allodi as Dr. Alan Tremblay
*Maria Ricossa as Gertrude Dewolfe
*Robbie Rox as Henry Thomas Langstaff
*Tammy Lee Marvin as Rebecca Fellows
==Notes==
===Continuity===
*This is the unlikely conclusion of the Grey Men arc, after its beginning in "The Grey Men". While it seems likely it wasn't originally planned as the conclusion, the cancellation of all story arcs and the departure of Nigel Bennett's character Frank Elsinger in between seasons meant that even if the show had continued beyond the fourth season the story may never have been resolved.
*This episode is the second and final appearance of Dr. Alan Tremblay, last seen in the episode "Communion", as well as the final mention of the alien race identified for the first time as the Scientists. It remains unstated whether or not they are the same extraterrestrials encountered in "The Observer Effect".
*The warehouse that Rebecca Fellows was in at the beginning of the episode was established to be fifteen minutes away from Central Lab. Based on Central Lab's proximity to Tessler Industries in "Old Wounds" and "John Doe" (the latter of which established Tessler to be in Saint-Laurent, Quebec), this means that at least the beginning of the episode probably took place in or around Montreal.
*At the beginning of the episode, Elsinger reveals in a conversation with Matt Praeger that the board has dispatched him to Europe to oversee a case there. Elsinger would later attempt to dismiss Praeger by dispatching him to investigate a Yeti sighting.
===References===
* Much like how "Miracle on 34th Street" focuses on a courtroom attempt to prove the existence of Santa Claus,Miracle on 34th Street - IMDB - Retrieved 22 September 2021 this episode focuses on a courtroom attempt to prove the existence of aliens.
==Links==
*Tribunal on IMDB
==References==
Category:Fiction
Category:Psi Factor Episodes
Category:Psi Factor Season 3