Kappatoo 2 (1992). S02 E04 = "BANG ON TIME" [review]

First broadcast 30 April 1992. "Lucy arrives in Zeta’s café, not knowing where she is and how she got there. Simon quickly comes forward and tells everybody that Lucy is his grandmother and she looks so young because she has undergone a rejuvenation procedure common in Kappatoo’s time; this has sent her a bit crazy. Unable to take it in, Lucy faints and is helped by the time travel police who, after making sure she is ok, gives Zeta a ticking off for twice now bringing unfounded allegations against Kappatoo. As Simon is about to beam back to Kappatoo’s dome with his sister, Zeta invites them both to a grandmothers' party that evening, which Simon reluctantly agrees to let Lucy attend. Sigmasix contacts Zeta via his wrist band, and she angrily demands her computer return to her dome and then advises Sigmasix of his next move. Simon and the computer then set about the task of teaching her several decades of history - or in her case, future - so she will not stick out at the party where Lucy is a big hit with the other grandmothers and, apart from Lucy mentioning a few twentieth-century celebrities, the evening goes off without any incident. Once Zeta’s computer has returned to her dome, she advises that the real problem for them is Kappatoo’s computer, and hers sets about building a circuit to disable it. Once built, it beams over to Kappatoo’s dome and gives it the corrupted circuit. When Simon and Lucy have both beamed back to Kappatoo’s dome, Simon sees on the histogram his mother speaking to Kappatoo, demanding to speak to Lucy; he advises the computer Lucy needs to go home.

After Lucy is transported to the future, Sigmasix and Zeta’s computer beam away, and Sharon comes into the barn looking for Lucy. Kappatoo and Steve tell her a bizarre story about her running off with a biker she has been seeing for the past two years. Sharon agrees to play along if the two of them buy her an expensive pair of trainers. Kappatoo adapts the television so that he can contact Simon, while Steve moans about how they are going to get the money for Sharon’s new trainers. Melonie interrupts them and asks them to come bowling with her, but Kappatoo advises her that they are too busy. Kappatoo manages to get through to his dome and his computer advises him that Lucy has to stay there until after the party. Kappatoo works out a plan so that Lucy will not be missed by claiming that she has gone bowling with him and Melonie. Annoyed, Steve states he is coming as well, and Sharon joins them. At the bowling alley, Melonie asks where Lucy is and Kappatoo makes the excuse she is getting some snacks, has no luck on his go, and then uses his wrist band to make the bowling machine lift the pins when Steve is bowling. When they all get home, Hazel asks where Lucy is, and Kappatoo advises that a friend is going to drop her off. Hazel is unconvinced, but before she can say any more, the phone rings and it is Simon and Lucy’s mother. After Kappatoo speaks to her, Lucy appears, having beamed back from the future. Brian demands an explanation from Lucy, but before she can speak, there is an explosion outside. They all rush out to see several different coloured energy fields, which Brian believes are poltergeists. Kappatoo freezes them all in time and gets rid of them using his wrist band; at that moment, Sigmasix appears and tells Kappatoo this was just a test, before beaming away. Once unfrozen, they make their way back into the house, Brian still convinced it is the supernatural, but Kappatoo seeing Sigmasix watching him." - episode synopsis from Wikipedia.