Space: Above and Beyond

1995
Space: Above and Beyond

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EP1 Pilot Sep 24, 1995

In the year 2063, the final frontier is a battle field. An earth united in peace takes its first steps toward interplanetary colonization, only to be threatened by an enigmatic alien race. Enter the 58th Squadron, a group of wet-behind-the-ears pilots with the Marine Corps Air and Space Cavalry. Under the rigorous tutelage of Sgt. Maj. Frank Bougus, reluctant leader Nathan West and fellow cadets Shane Vansen and Cooper Hawkes embark on a mission to save the galaxy.

EP2 The Farthest Man from Home Oct 01, 1995

When the USS Saratoga passes close to the planet, Vesta Colony, where the Earth colonist were attacked, West goes AWOL and flies down to the planet in hopes that his girlfriend, Kylen, somehow survived.

EP3 The Dark Side of the Sun Oct 08, 1995

Nightmares come to life for Shane when a sentry-duty assignment on an asteroid leads the 58th into a bloody confrontation with a battalion of rogue androids, among which are the AI's who murdered her parents.

EP4 Mutiny Oct 15, 1995

When mutiny erupts aboard a civilian cargo ship carrying 200 In Vitro embryos, Cooper faces a difficult decision-should he protect his fellow soldiers, or join forces with the rebellious Tanks?

EP5 Ray Butts Oct 22, 1995

The Saratoga has a mysterious new passenger: a battle-scarred special-forces commando whose classified mission directives put the 58th at his disposal, even if it means leading them to certain disaster.

EP6 Eyes Nov 05, 1995

The Saratoga becomes a pressure cooker of violence and political intrigue when an assassination on Earth forces a delegation of UN officials to use the craft as the site of an important conference.

EP7 The Enemy Nov 12, 1995

The soldiers of the 58th become their own worst enemies when a routine supply mission goes awry, leaving them stranded in alien territory and suffering from the effects of a mysterious Chig weapon.

EP8 Hostile Visit (1) Nov 19, 1995

A commandeered alien battleship provides the 58th with information about an important Chig outpost, giving the Earth forces an opportunity to make a Trojan-horse attack against the enemy-if the 58th can learn to fly the craft in time.

EP9 Choice or Chance (2) Nov 26, 1995

After narrowly escaping the crippled alien battleship, the 58th finds itself imprisoned in the catacombs of a Chig penal colony. While Wang suffers in an alien torture chamber, Nathan encounters someone he'd only dreamed of seeing again.

EP10 Stay with the Dead Dec 03, 1995

A failed rescue mission leaves the 58th presumed dead, except for Nathan, who lands in the hospital, where a nagging memory that his comrades are still alive is passed off as a result of suffering from severe head trauma.

EP11 The River of Stars Dec 17, 1995

Christmas Eve finds the 58th in dire straits: its transport vehicle, damaged in battle, is hurtling uncontrolled into enemy territory and the pilots must struggle to stay alive with no power, no weapons, and no hope of being rescued.

EP12 Who Monitors the Birds? Jan 07, 1996

Stranded and practically defenseless on an alien world, Hawkes accepts an assassination assignment that's supposed to buy him an immediate Honorable Discharge from the Marines.

EP13 Level of Necessity Jan 14, 1996

The 58th enters the tunnels to try to find and destroy a Chig ammo dump. In the tunnels on the way to the ammo dump, Lubin is killed, and Damphousse predicts that one more of them will die.

EP14 Never No More (1) Feb 04, 1995

Shane risks her life when she volunteers to fight an enemy spacecraft with another squadron, led by a former boyfriend whose new love was killed during a mission.

EP15 The Angriest Angel (2) Feb 11, 1996

McQueen seeks reinstatement of his pilot status so he can fly what could be a suicide mission: find and destroy a seemingly invincible Chig super-bomber.

EP16 Toy Soldiers Feb 18, 1996

West discovers that his brother has enlisted in the Corps and is serving under a young, gung-ho lieutenant who's so determined to make a name for himself as a soldier, that he will risk endangering the lives of his entire battalion.

EP17 Dear Earth Mar 03, 1996

The members of the 58th receive letters from home, some with good news, some with bad, while McQueen and Cooper are ordered to cooperate in a TV documentary about In Vitroes serving in the United States Marine Corps.

EP18 Pearly Mar 24, 1996

On a planet overrun with Chigs, the 58th retreat with a tank driver of the US 7th Cavalry upon a tank named "Pearly". They encounter the eccentric Major Cyril MacKendrick, sole survivor of a battalion of the British Coldstream Guards. Wang encounters a Silicate of the same model that previously tortured him.

EP19 R&R Apr 12, 1996

The exhausted Wild Cards are granted R&R aboard the Bacchus, a pleasure ship where it's said anything can, and does, happen.

EP20 Stardust Apr 19, 1996

A mysterious group of extremely high-ranking officers disembark on the Saratoga and the 58th are ordered to escort an unresponsive space APC. The mysterious APC suddenly locks on their Hammerheads and opens fire.

EP21 Sugar Dirt Apr 20, 1996

When Commodore Ross sees there's an opportunity to launch a potentially crippling offensive against the Chigs. Forced to abandon the 58th on a barren planet, Ross leaves the marines to fend for themselves with little ammo, no food-and no hope of rescue.

EP22 And If They Lay Us Down to Rest... May 26, 1996

The 58th is deployed to a seemingly barren moon to make final preparations for a major offensive by the Earth forces, but when they arrive they discover that the moon is home to an unknown species-and that Operation: Roundhammer may cause its extinction.

EP24 ...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best Jun 02, 1996

While peace talks on the USS Saratoga go awry, the disgraced 58th are sent to retrieve POWs trapped in a crippled Space APC. Several enemy space fighters attack and the 58th take heavy losses. It is discovered the Chigs are only offering peace because they know Earth's military will defeat them.
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Released: 24 September 1995 Canceled
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Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry and pilots of SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet fighters.

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alex_i-0 I watched this show a long, long time ago. I can't remember details about it. But I loved it so much, I felt giving a little input. Every Thursday night I watched the show on TV. Afterwards I used to dream myself amongst the stars with the crew. For me it was simply magical.First of all. Almost all other sci-fi suck. Yes, they do. Star Trek and Babylon 5 are stupid, with stupid plots: "moral, political, politically correct parallels to or world".This one was different. Hardcore action with a big heart. You loved ALL the characters. You loved the dreamy, sometimes melancholic mood in the episodes. I hated them for killing the show. The ending was rough. No happy ending. Painfully realistic.So I recommend this show. Download it, buy it. Just watch it! And tell me if it doesn't make you dream reach for the stars!
skyking-14 I loved this show, but to the reviewer who chose to bash Star Trek in the process... as one who saw the original when it was originally aired, I can say that you should consider that without Star Trek, SAAB might never have been made! Whatever else you might think, the original Star Trek did the most that could've possibly been done with the technology and special effects of the time. They had to make up with talent, what later shows were able to disguise with fancy effects.No other science fiction series but Star Trek continues to have it's following. There is, to be sure, plenty of room to praise SAAB without slighting any other series. Star Trek changed the way we looked at the future, it's legacy is secure!
sabrose This series caught my eye when it first aired . The script writing was top notch and the stories were often intense. The characters were well played by the actors especially James Morrison as Lt. Mcqueen. Its didn't have the politically correct fluff of Star Trek's sequels likeStar Trek's The Next Generation and Voyager. Its special effects were reasonable for when it was made but not spectacular.Anti-war types wont like the show but who cares about those fluff balls anyway. You will care about these characters and will be left wishing that their virtual lives could have been prolonged more than a season.Great shows sometimes don't appeal to the masses or they are moved around in their time slot too often as this one was. Some are expensive to produce and need exceptional early success to pay the bills.As Emerson wrote ""War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man" In this series the characters grow and their measure becomes greater as they embark on the missions that make this show memorable and engrossing.
larrymadill I used to love Space: Above and Beyond when it premiered in 1995. I tracked it across the FOX schedule and followed it into obscurity after only one season. Not that long ago I managed to grab a copy of the DVD on sale at Amazon. And, while its still pretty decent as far as Space Marine Sci-Fi goes, it doesn't hold up well after thirteen years.The writing and direction still holds up for the most part. Most episodes ring with cheesy notes plucked from T.V.'s COMBAT! and John Wayne Era World War II movies that still work today as long as you don't go in expecting Battlestar Galatica's ripped from reality examination of humanity. Where Space: Above Beyond fails is twofold. The Special effects don't hold up at all. Your average Nintendo Wii game can produce better space combat action, and for a T.V. show that hangs so heavily on effects the "Wing Commander 3" graphics are distracting. The acting also completely fails the show. Outside of James Morrison, and to lesser extents Rodney Rowland and Kristen Cloke, the acting from the rest of the cast is just plain BAD. Particularly Morgan Weisser as Lt. Nathan West ... who plays a battle hardened Marine pilot ... who ... pines constantly for his girlfriend and simply whines far too much to be believed as anything more than the guy who would get shoved in a locker by the real Marines. Not the shoulders to really place a major Network T.V. on. The Writers seemed to realize this about halfway through the first season as "Space Above and Beyond" shifting the lead role onto James Morrison's T.C. McQueen. "Space Above and Beyond" is still pretty good Sci-Fi, but not great, and the years and the emergence of the new "Battlestar Galactica" hasn't helped it much.