Andromeda (TV Series)

All Great Neptune's Ocean (2000)

Brent Stait: Rev Bem

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Rev Bem : Are you familiar with Aeschylus?

  Captain Dylan Hunt : Ancient Earth, right? Greek tragedy?

  Rev Bem : Very good. I was thinking specifically of the Orestean Trilogy. The house of Atreus was cursed by the gods, condemned to murder one another throughout history.

  Captain Dylan Hunt : Orestes' mother killed his father. He was forced to kill her in revenge.

  Rev Bem : Forced to kill, much as Andromeda was forced to kill. Do you remember how the curse was finally ended?

  Captain Dylan Hunt : Apollo invented the jury trial. The jury found Orestes innocent.

  Rev Bem : Indeed. The cycle was broken when public justice replaced private vengeance, just as you are trying to do. Hmm?

  Captain Dylan Hunt : There's only one problem with your analogy, Rev. Apollo was a god. I'm just a man.

  Rev Bem : Mmm...