Space: Above and Beyond
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 23
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.
Episodes(23)
1. Pilot
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.
Air Date : 1995-09-24
2. The Farthest Man from Home
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.
Air Date : 1995-10-01
3. The Dark Side of the Sun
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.
Air Date : 1995-10-08
4. Mutiny
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?
Air Date : 1995-10-15
5. Ray Butts
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.
Air Date : 1995-10-22
6. Eyes
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.
Air Date : 1995-11-05
7. The Enemy
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.
Air Date : 1995-11-12
8. Hostile Visit (1)
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.
Air Date : 1995-11-19
9. Choice or Chance (2)
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.
Air Date : 1995-11-26
10. Stay with the Dead
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.
Air Date : 1995-12-03
11. The River of Stars
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.
Air Date : 1995-12-17
12. Who Monitors the Birds?
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.
Air Date : 1996-01-07
13. Level of Necessity
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.
Air Date : 1996-01-14
14. Never No More (1)
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.
Air Date : 1996-02-04
15. The Angriest Angel (2)
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.
Air Date : 1996-02-11
16. Toy Soldiers
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.
Air Date : 1996-02-18
17. Dear Earth
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.
Air Date : 1996-03-03
18. Pearly
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.
Air Date : 1996-03-24
19. R&R
The exhausted Wild Cards are granted R&R aboard the Bacchus, a pleasure ship where it's said anything can, and does, happen.
Air Date : 1996-04-12
20. Stardust
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.
Air Date : 1996-04-19
21. Sugar Dirt
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.
Air Date : 1996-04-20
22. And If They Lay Us Down to Rest...
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.
Air Date : 1996-05-26
23. ...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best
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.
Air Date : 1996-06-02
Cast
Morgan Weisser
(Nathan West)
Kristen Cloke
(Shane Vansen)
Rodney Rowland
(Cooper Hawkes)
Joel de la Fuente
(Paul Wang)
Lanei Chapman
(Vanessa Damphousse)
James Morrison
(T. C. McQueen)
Tucker Smallwood
(Commodore Ross)
Tasia Valenza
(Kelly Ann Winslow)
Michael Mantell
(Howard Sewell)
David Jean Thomas
(General Alcott)
Ashlyn Gere
(Feliciti OH)
David St. James
(Adm. Broden)
Amanda Douge
(Kylen)
Christopher Kirby
(Technician)
Doug Hutchison
(Elroy-El)
Randy Stone
(Spud)
Belen Greene
(Colonel)
Billy Mayo
(Webb)
Randy Mulkey
(Donne)
Don Pugsley
(Col. Rebborn)
Derek Mark Lochran
(Pasty)
Edmund L. Shaff
(Chaplain)
Rob Elk
(Mr. Saber)
Harriet Sansom Harris
(Diane Hayden)
Robert Crow
(Controller)
Bob Koherr
( - )
Steven Anderson
(Dr. Kanellos)
Dale Dye
(Jack Colquitt)
Lar Park Lincoln
(Bowman)
Christian Hoff
(Miller)
Richard Kind
(Matthew Burke)
Calvin Levels
(1st Mate Potter)
R. Lee Ermey
(Sgt. Major Bougas)
Linda Carlson
(Theresa Ashford)
Marnie McPhail
(Nurse)
Michelle Clunie
(Jennifer Brandt)
Marc Worden
(Neil West)
J. August Richards
(Lt. Thomas)
Iqbal Theba
(Gen. Siraj)
Tom Everett
( - )
Bill Hunter
(Secretary General Chartwell)
French Stewart
(Survivor)
John Verea
(Richard Swirko)
Granville Van Dusen
(Gen. Weirick)
Thom Barry
( - )
Colin Friels
(Lt. Col. Fouts)
Nancy Linehan Charles
(Adm. Vetter)
Christopher Michael Moore
(Sorrel)
Anja Coleby
(Bartley)
Michael Reilly Burke
(John Oakes)
Charles Anthony
( - )
Will Schaub
(Paterno)
Michael Raynor
(Lt. Hall)
Alan Dale
(Colonial Governor Borman)
Alexandra Bokyun Chun
(Yuko Kayaguest)
Tony Amendola
(Captain Lewelyn)
William Forward
(Mercer)
Steve Rankin
(Raymond Butts)
George DelHoyo
(Nicholas Chaput)
Timothy Dale Agee
(Captain Kremens)
Jay Montalvo
(Lt. Sullivan)
David Barrera
(James Herrick)
Al Garrett
(Donovan)
P.J. Ochlan
(Eichler)
Bob Clendenin
(Mank)
Adam Goldberg
(Louie Fox)
Martin Jarvis
(Cyril MacKendrick)
David Duchovny
(Handsome Alvin)
Coolio
(The Bacchus Host)
Janet Gunn
(Suzy)
Ronald G. Joseph
(Oliver Ranford)
David A.R. White
(Ensign Lewis)
James Kiriyama-Lem
(Gen. Ming)
Jennifer Balgobin
(Lt. Price)
Richard Fancy
(E. Allen Wayne)
Chris Ellis
(Adm. Stenner)
Sharon Annett
(Communications Officer)
Billy Maddox
(Larkin)
Robert Arevalo
(Horn)
Tyrone Batista
(Lieutenant)
Christopher Wiehl
(Ensign)
Denyn Pysz
(In Vitro Friend)
Brian Cousins
(Monitor)
David Dean Bottrell
(Monitor #2)
Kane Picoy
(Lubin)
Heinrich James
(Fenris)
Jacquelyn Houston
(Hadden)
Ashley Smock
(Curran)
Jules Douglas
(Ensign)
William Bradberry Jr.
(Gunnery Sgt.)
David Ramsey
(Supervisor)
James Black
(Security Operator)
Gunther Jenson
(Engineer)
John L. Bennett
(Guard)
Garon Grigsby
(Aerotech Engineer)
Daniel Stewart
(Thomson)
Darrin Klimek
(Carter)
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