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As the Cylons destroy the farm ship of the Galactica's fleet of
refugees, it's not long before food supplies run low, so now it's up to
earth-bound Troy (Kent McCord) and Dillon (Barry
Van Dyke) to find a farm that can supply the fleet's needs - and they
become farmhands on Hector's (Ned Romero). Yet Hector's farm is in
trouble, as evil rich farmer Steadman (Dana Elcar) has cut off Hector's
water supply, as his main source of water is a river running through
Steadman's land. And as richest member of the Growers Association, he
pretty much demands the right to do so - which is granted especially since
Hector is of Hispanic heritage. However, via the Galactica Troy and Kent
have the power to make it rain, then bring in the super scouts to help
with the farmwork and finally fly in a bunch of agricultural experts from
the Galactica to optimize things. Now Steadman sees the Galactica's
shuttle land and reports that to the Growers Association - and gets
laughed out for his statement. And believing him to be just a crazyman
he's ordered to unblock the river that's Hector's main water supply ... While
last episode
was actually a pretty ok science fiction thriller, this one's probably the
worst of the show's 10-episode run, and it shows everything that's wrong
with the series: Basically it shies away from any sort of originality, is
content with just utilzing another story concept that was staple in
contemporary TV back when, best calles "do-gooders help
underprivileged farmer", and just forcing the science fiction context
onto the story, mostly via clichés well-established in the series by now.
Now to say something positive about the episode, it does have its heart in
the right place, but it also shows how directionless the series has
become, only 9 episodes in (of which many were two- or even
three-parters). And that's only augmented by next episode that leaves
earth (and the main characters Troy and Dillon) altogether for a
spacebound adventure about the original Battlestar
Galactica's Starbuck as played by Dirk Benedict.
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