The Firebird (Godzilla)

"The Firebird" is the first episode of Godzilla season one. It aired on September 9, 1978 on NBC. It was written by the seven people credited as writers, and directed by Charles A. Nichols.

A fiery bird awakens from its slumber inside a volcano and plans to lay its eggs in Alaska, which will destroy the population if not stopped.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Blake's partner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Blake
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fire bird
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pete Darien
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Al Eisenmann
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Godzooky
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Quinn Darien
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Brenda Thompson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Captain Carl Majors
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff David
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brock Borden
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hilly Hicks
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Godzilla
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ted Cassidy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Captain Carl Majors
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff David
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brock Borden
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hilly Hicks
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Godzilla
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ted Cassidy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Godzilla
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ted Cassidy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ted Cassidy

Locations

 * Earth
 * Aleutian Islands
 * Alaska
 * Pitkin Island

Objects

 * Godzilla signal

Vehicles

 * Aurora
 * Calico
 * Carl's hovercraft
 * Carl's helicopter

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 9, 1978 on NBC

Errors

 * Quinn says the fire bird is going to Alaska despite the fact they're technically already supposed to be in Alaska, which is part of the Aleutian chain.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 24, 2016: Warner Archive Collection releases Devlin: The Complete Series on DVD.