Space: Above and Beyond

1995 - 1996

Pilot

24th September 1995

Episode 1

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.

The Farthest Man from Home

1st October 1995

Episode 2

When the USS Saratoga passes close to the site of the Tellus Colony, where the Earth colonist were attacked, West goes AWOL and flies down to the planet in hopes that his girlfriend, Kylen, somehow survived.

The Dark Side of the Sun

8th October 1995

Episode 3

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.

Mutiny

15th October 1995

Episode 4

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?

Ray Butts

22nd October 1995

Episode 5

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.

Eyes

5th November 1995

Episode 6

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.

The Enemy

12th November 1995

Episode 7

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.

Hostile Visit (1)

19th November 1995

Episode 8

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.

Choice or Chance (2)

26th November 1995

Episode 9

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.

Stay with the Dead

3rd December 1995

Episode 10

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.

The River of Stars

17th December 1995

Episode 11

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.

Who Monitors the Birds?

7th January 1996

Episode 12

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.

Level of Necessity

14th January 1996

Episode 13

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.

Never No More (1)

4th February 1996

Episode 14

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.

The Angriest Angel (2)

11th February 1996

Episode 15

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.

Toy Soldiers

18th February 1996

Episode 16

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.

Dear Earth

Episode 17

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.

Pearly

24th March 1996

Episode 18

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.

R&R

12th April 1996

Episode 19

The exhausted Wild Cards are granted R&R aboard the Bacchus, a pleasure ship where it's said anything can, and does, happen.

Stardust

19th April 1996

Episode 20

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.

Sugar Dirt

20th April 1996

Episode 21

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.

And If They Lay Us Down to Rest...

Episode 22

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.

...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best

Episode 23

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.

Top Cast

Morgan Weisser•Kristen Cloke•Rodney Rowland

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Drama

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.

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Morgan Weisser Image

Morgan Weisser

Nathan West

Kristen Cloke Image

Kristen Cloke

Shane Vansen

Rodney Rowland Image

Rodney Rowland

Cooper Hawkes

Joel de la Fuente Image

Joel de la Fuente

Paul Wang

Lanei Chapman Image

Lanei Chapman

Vanessa Damphousse

James Morrison Image

James Morrison

T. C. McQueen

Full Crew

Justin Hammond

Animation

Howard Grigsby

Producer

Ken Dennis

Associate Producer

Jeff Cadiente Image

Jeff Cadiente

Stunt Coordinator

Herb Adelman

Unit Production Manager

Mark R. Crookston

Supervising Sound Editor

Herb Adelman

Co-Producer

Glen Morgan Image

Glen Morgan

Executive Producer

Shirley Walker Image

Shirley Walker

Music

Glenn Campbell

Visual Effects Supervisor

Lynn Wolverton-Parker

Set Decoration

Lisa Miller Katz

Casting

Giovanna Ottobre-Melton

Costume Design

Tim McHugh

Producer

Bernard Hides

Production Design

Thomas P. Wilkins

Art Direction

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James Wong

Executive Producer

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