Kicking Butt by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall “Space: Above and Beyond” has clearly gotten its feet under it at last. Sunday’s episode, “Ray Butts”, was some fine television: intense, dramatic, and soulful. Morgan and Wong got a good cure on this batch, with the right blend of character development, action, and visuals. Charles Martin Smith shows a fine hand at directing, too, getting top notch performances out of all the major players on this episode. A lone and crippled ship is picked up by the Saratoga, the 58th Squadron’s home ship. Overriding the ship’s security systems, it…
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Space: Above and Beyond: “Mutiny”
The Pilgrim Soul by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall I do not remember the last time I finished watching an episode of series television with tears in my eyes. The last five minutes of “Mutiny” are surely some of the most moving I have watched in a long time. A thread begun in the teaser, when a dying Marine calls for his wife, rises through themes of family, connection, and loyalty to culminate in a terrible sacrifice for Cooper Hawkes (Rodney Rowland), making him, so far, the most heroic member of the 58th Squadron. In “Mutiny”, Sunday’s episode…