Choices by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall In a week when the President of the United States is telling the nation that he intends to send American troops to Bosnia, the question posed throughout the two part “Space: Above and Beyond” which concluded Sunday night acquires an unintentional immediacy: who are you willing to die for? McQueen asks it of West, Hawkes asks it of Vansen and McQueen, and Elroy El asks it of WangPaul (excuse me, Paul Wang). It’s a question more easily answered when survival is at stake, as it is in “Hostile Visit” (by Payton…
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Space: Above and Beyond: “Eyes”
Eyes by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall Fox could not have picked worse timing for a show about a diplomatic peace initiative cut short by an assassination. Of course they didn’t know Yitzak Rabin would be shot the day before they aired “Eyes”, but it still lent a certain undertone to my appreciation of it that was unintended. “Eyes” is the most overtly political episode of “Space: Above and Beyond” to date, and touches on some really hot buttons. Loyalty, betrayal, and commitment are all appropriate themes for a war show, but the legacy of both Vietnam and…