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9/10
As good as it gets
GusF4 January 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This is "Andromeda" at its best. Okay, I may be a *little* swayed by the fact that it features not one, but two of the stars of my favourite show in the only non-"Stargate" thing they've been in together but still, it's great. Kevin Sorbo and Lexa Doig are great as usual especially her in her scenes with her hubby-to-be Michael Shanks. It's funny, she's the second woman that he was involved on television that he became involved with in real life and had a child with afterwards. When I first saw this, Christopher Judge with hair was a scary prospect. I'd seen him with hair before in "The Knight, Death and the Devil" but still I wasn't nearly as used to it as I am now. He's of course had hair since SG-1's eighth season. I completely bought Michael Shanks as a villain despite the fact that his "SG-1" character, Daniel Jackson, is the nicest guy and the biggest humanitarian on television. It was a little creepy and disturbing to see "Daniel" kill "Teal'c" but Chris Judge got to return the favour in the "SG-1" episode "Moebieus, Part 2". The two of them should have had more to do together than two scenes (one of them REALLY short).

Judge and Sorbo were great together too, almost as good as Richard Dean Anderson and Judge are. J.R. Bourne (Martouf from "SG-1") was great in it too as Ataturk but I thought it looked funny when Keith Hamilton Cobb was towering over him even though he was supposed really evil, not that Tyr's a solid citizen either! I love the way the show never lets you forget that he used to be a hired killer and a mercenary and that he seldom cares about anyone outside of himself and his son. Even when he seems to be on the same page as Dylan (not here but in other episodes), it's for different and what Dylan would consider wrong and objectionable reasons. Trance got too little to do while Harper got too much though. I especially liked it when Remiel was strangling him.

P.S. Sorry to keep prattling on about "SG-1"!
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8/10
Rommie goes Rogue and Tyr departs on a personal mission
Tweekums20 July 2018
As this episode opens Andromeda is in dry dock being repaired and Tyr requests permission to leave as he thinks he has found other members of his pride. Meanwhile new battleship, the Resolution of Hector, is almost ready to have its AI installed when something surprising happens... Rommie seizes control of the ship and departs with Harper as prisoner. Now Dylan with have to work with the avatar of the Resolution of Hector to recapture the ship and find out just what went wrong with Rommie.

This was another enjoyable episode that got off to a great start with Tyr's departure and Rommie going rogue in quick succession. The reason for Rommie's behaviour is explained a little too soon for my liking although it does nicely link back to a season one story. The story does provide plenty of fun scenes; early on we see Rommie being threatening to Harper and ultimately there are some good fight scenes; Lexa Doig does a fine job in the role. Guest star Christopher Judge also impresses as Hector; a very different avatar to Rommie. Tyr's story is equally interesting as his character is soon shown to have lied to Dylan and is on a private mission that could ultimately set him against Dylan and the Commonwealth. Overall a good episode that sets up details that will clearly be important in future.
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