The Risk All Point

Andromeda Episode Review

In which Dylan has crap taste in women.

What Happened

Dylan, Tyr and Beka fly the Maru to the launch of the Commonwealth's newest addition to the fleet, but get there just in time to see it blow up. They rush around, rescuing crew members and visiting dignitaries, any one of who could be the one who sabotaged to ship. Major suspects include: a shrill Senator, a Nietzschean first officer, and assorted other surly crew members who spend their time yelling and sulking in the corridors of the cargo vessel.

Aerun, the Nietzschean first officer, belongs to Kenja Pride. The Maru just happened to have passed several Kenja fighters on their way towards the launch and are worried that they might show up again. The whole situation makes it look as if Aerun is the one who blew up the ship, but she's so pretty that Dylan doesn't want to believe that.

After the Great Escape Pod Chase (which is exciting as it sounds), Tyr and Dylan wind up stranded in an escape pod that is leaking air, while Beka and Aerun team up to trick the Kenja into falling into a trap. They take out the attackers, rescue Dylan and Tyr and uncover evidence that the explosion was just an accident.

What We Learned

• The Crimson Sunrise will be the first Commonwealth vessel to be launched in 327 years.
• The Maru is a bag of bolts, but a lovable bag of bolts.
• Kenja Pride kill to live, not live to kill. There's a distinction.
• That would be the sound of the Reformed High Guard's Force of Merit.
• Nietzschean first officers have been known to betray a Captain, Beka's just sayin'.
• Tyr thinks the Maru can take them all into slipstream. Tyr is a natural optimist.
• Aerun is Kenja Pride and they're attacking the ship, so she must be the saboteur. Of course, they only have the word of a guy named Genghis on this, so it may be a red herring.
• Sure, Dylan. I'm sure you're just after Aerun's math skills. Slut. Man slut.
• Dylan and Aerun are not allowed to do that in Beka's cockpit.
• Genghis will be an idiot, not matter how many times you tell him not to.
• The Kenja fear insanity. Aerun is terrified of Beka.
• Tyr has a plan, but in his plan they will die.
• Dylan's plan involves a space-walk, but they also die.
• They need a better plan. Preferably one conceived in the next seventeen minutes, after which the life support expires and, well, they die.

Best Lines

Senator: "I just want to get out of here!"
Tyr: "With that in mind, I've prepared an airlock for you."

What Did I Think?

What a waste of a guest star. They couldn't even be bothered figuring out which of the red herrings was the real saboteur, so they just made it an accident? Cop. Out.