UNDER THE NIGHT
Captain Dylan Hunt of the Commonwealth starship Andromeda is betrayed by his Nietzchean first officer during a war against his species. Mid-battle the ship is pulled into a black hole and becomes frozen there in time for over 300 years. The rest of the crew manage to escape before the ship is sucked in but Dylan does not.
A scavenger ship, the Eureka Mauru has been hired to salvage the ship and succeeds in pulling it free from the black hole, thus unfreezing Dylan and the ship. When they board the crew of the Mauru are surprised to say the least to discover one of the ‘‘original crew' still alive and well after 300 years. The crew's employer, Gerentex, insists that it doesn't matter and they will proceed to take the ship by force if necessary. The Mauru crew wonder if they are on the wrong side.
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Review
The very first episode of
Andromeda has all the key attributes to make a good pilot episode of a sci-fi
show. Space battles, fantastic ships, a fearless leader, deceit and chaos, as
well as humour and characters that you wish you knew in reality.
Dylan, the fearless leader I
mentioned before, is your classic run of the mill hero, honourable to the end,
which is why he is one of the few that remain onboard the Andromeda after the
rest of the crew has fled.
Andromeda is an original
character and that makes her intriuging. 'Andromeda' attempts to explore the
living persona of a ship theory furthur than it has been taken before.
Beka and her crew seem like a
nice enough group, a little rag-tag maybe but they are scavengers, for lack of a
better word. We get the idea that Beka might be longing for something more than
command of a cargo ship and as we know, she'll get it.
Basically, I can't seem to fault this episode. Although I did feel that the reasons for Dylans new found crew to join the ship seemed a little thin.
