Andromeda

I really like this episode. Its just a bit different from the usual space battle with Captain Dylan at the helm. This time Beka gets to lead her team on a foreign planet.



In this episode Beka is really reluctant to select Dylan on this venture but somehow, Dylan was the right person to choose for this journey. I found this venture to be interesting and a lot of fun to watch especially since I've often wondered why Dylan and Beka never hit it off on a more personal encounter, its because in more ways than one they are so alike. Both very stubborn, both like to lead and win and like a good fight when it becomes necessary.



I really like the fact that Beka takes it upon herself to bear the responsibility of keeping everyone safe despite the fact that Dylan usually steps in and helps her out of all the jams which irritates the crap out of her, I can relate to that, but I like the fact that Beka admits that manipulating Dylan is not as easy as manipulating the others like Harper or Trance and Tyr (no one manipulates him better than Tyr himself)...... She also admits for the first time that she does care about Dylan as a friend and their friendship probably stands true throughout the series.



Finally I enjoy the fight battles, all the sequences are impressive and Kevin Sorbo sure knows some cool tricks in hand to hand combat which probably has a lot to do with how he keeps himself in such incredible shape!!!

Not the greatest of episodes for Andromeda - Dylan, Beka and Trance go down to a planet to find the Engine of Creation and discover that they are not the only people on the planet looking for it. There is some pretty two-dimensional acting sadly from the guest stars, and later the real keepers of the Engine of Creation. It's also another episode where Dylan is one of the prime focuses, when surely it would have been better to have Harper or Tyr go on the mission. Perhaps, the episode's saving grace is that it did try to provide some more information on the background of Trance, revealing that one of the other members of the party is from her race - but when she see the rest of the series, you wonder how this episode works with the reality of Trance's origins. Very mediocre, certainly not one of Season 2's best.

I like the adventurous nature of this episode. The plotline is more reminiscent of an episode of Lost World than what one would commonly expect from Andromeda. And though it does lack for the absence of Harper, it makes up for it by focusing more on Beka. But even though the script is geared to be more Beka-centric, Dylan still manages to hog the spotlight; which is fine I suppose for fans of Dylan Hunt, but may be a bit disappointing for those who wish to see Beka break out onto her own more. Still, the questing nature of the episode keeps everything pretty fresh, and it’s a nice, fun, filler episode.