On a mission to investigate an uncharted planet, a spaceship captain (Jennifer Hetrick) and her mixed gender crew, Bryan (Wil Wheaton), Taylor (Sean Astin, who directed) and Paula (Kathleen Wilhoite) struggle with anxiety when an extraterrestrial virus puts the ship in lockdown. Then, the self-destruct sequence starts.

This episode was written by Kevin Rock, who was the writer of the Roger Corman Fantastic Four.

This takes its title from “Snap Ending!” from Weird Science #18. That short — “A gag story about space explorers who land on a giant alien child’s balloon and pop it, much to the consternation of the child.” — was written by Al Feldstein and William Gaines and drawn by Al Williamson. This episode is not close to that story.

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