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Adama (Lorne Greene) of the Battlestar Galactica finds the carrier's
route forced into one particular uncharted corridor by the pursuing Cylon
battlestars and fears for a trap, so he has a squadron check said corridor
- and indead, the squadron finds a barely habitable corridor where a
super-gun shoots down two of the Vipers while another crashlands and her
pilot Cree (Alan Stock) is taken captive by the local Cylons. Adama forms
a sabotage team that contains besides the series' regular heroes Apollo
(Richard Hatch), Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) - who feels personally
responsible for Cree's capture - and Boomer (Herbert Jefferson jr) also a
quartet of cutthroats (Roy Thinnes, James Olson, Christine Belford,
Richard Lynch) - several of whom will of course be allowed to die heroes'
deaths over the course of the story. The shuttle to bring the sabotage
team - and Apollo's son Boxey (Noah Hathaway) and his robot dog, who
joined the others as stowaways - to the icey planet though crashes, and
our heroes are saved by a race of clones (made up entirely of characters
played by Denny Miller and Britt Ekland). Our heroes meet the clones'
creator, Dr. Ravashol (Dan O'Herilhy), who has created not only them - as
slaves for the Cylons - but also the Cylons' supergun, pretty much in
exchange for his life, but who is now willing to help in an uprising
against the Cylon masters. At this time, the supergun has already started
to fire at the Galactica and its convoy, even if it's more warning shots
than an actual attack, but of course, once the Cylon's are overpowered the
supergun can be blown to Kingdom Come, and everyone will live happily ever
after ... One of the better episodes of Battlestar
Galactica, as while it's still pretty predictable and follows TV
conventions, it does have a more epic feel to it as the stakes are high
and the story's outcome, predictable as it is, has an affect on the
further mission. Plus the thing features plenty of action to keep one
entertained throughout, making this pretty ok post Star Wars TV
science fiction.
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