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A survivor of a destroyed ship, an android named Gabriel, is brought on board the Andromeda.
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      • It is revealed in this episode that an escape pod cannot leave the Andromeda unless the ship allows it. Edit
      • This episode establishes that an avatar cannot disobey a direct order from its ship even if it chooses to. Edit
      • Rommie's love for Gabriel endangers everyone's lives. Several episodes back in "The Mathematics of Tears" she had said that it is dangerous to love. She also cries in this episode as she did in the that one.

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    • Notes

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      • The shot of the Restorian missiles is a reuse from the episode "The Ties That Blind".

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      • Brent Stait does not appear in this episode. Edit
      • International Airdates: -This episode aired in Canada on April 7, 2001 on Global. -This episode aired in the UK on September 10, 2001 on Sky One. -This episode aired in the Australia on December 14, 2002 on Fox 8. Edit
    • Quotes

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      • Shura: Andromeda Ascendant, this is FTA Enforcement Wing One-Five-Niner. Harper: My future ex-wife. Edit
      • Rommie: Does it get any better? Does the pain go away? Dylan: I don't think it's supposed to. It's part of what it means to be alive. Edit
      • Gabriel (after kissing Rommie): I'm sorry. I... I shouldn't have done that. Rommie: No, I liked it. (nods) Edit
    • Allusions

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      • Beka: Run silent, run deep...

        Beka is making reference to the 1955 WWII submarine novel which was made into a movie in 1958 starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster.

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      • Harper: Ha, try and phone home now Mata Hari. Mata Hari was the stage name of the Dutch exotic dancer Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I. Edit
      • Gabriel: And tell me there's an afterlife for androids, and all good cyborgs go to heaven. This is a reference to the Disney animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven. Edit
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