As this episode opens it if looks as if the crew is dead or at least incapacitated and Andromeda is tumbling through space before exploding. We then cut to the sight of Trance pruning a bonsai tree as she ponders what could have been done differently; she clips a branch and time appears to rewind to a point just before these events occurred.
Andromeda comes out of slipstream and immediately spot an object moving towards them at very high speed. Missiles fired at it do nothing, then it appears to vanish. The next thing they know an alien being materialises in front of Harper and starts sabotaging the ship's systems. It then moves to the command deck and fatally shoots Baka. We then return to Trance and her bonsai pruning before further possibilities play out; she tries to guide events to avoid previously explored bad outcomes but every time something goes terribly wrong.
This episode impresses as it finally answers some of the many questions about Trance Gemini; most importantly who she always seems to know the correct choice to make in any situation. It does of course make one wonder why she doesn't get used even more... but for dramatic reasons such a skill can't be over-used. The way this episode explores various 'bad possibilities' before the inevitable solution is found means that there is lots of action which ends in the death of a main character. As we learn more about the attacking alien the more interesting it becomes, it also explains why all attempts to defeat it fail. Overall I thought this was a fun episode; it was nice to see Laura Bertram's Trance Gemini take centre stage for once.
Andromeda comes out of slipstream and immediately spot an object moving towards them at very high speed. Missiles fired at it do nothing, then it appears to vanish. The next thing they know an alien being materialises in front of Harper and starts sabotaging the ship's systems. It then moves to the command deck and fatally shoots Baka. We then return to Trance and her bonsai pruning before further possibilities play out; she tries to guide events to avoid previously explored bad outcomes but every time something goes terribly wrong.
This episode impresses as it finally answers some of the many questions about Trance Gemini; most importantly who she always seems to know the correct choice to make in any situation. It does of course make one wonder why she doesn't get used even more... but for dramatic reasons such a skill can't be over-used. The way this episode explores various 'bad possibilities' before the inevitable solution is found means that there is lots of action which ends in the death of a main character. As we learn more about the attacking alien the more interesting it becomes, it also explains why all attempts to defeat it fail. Overall I thought this was a fun episode; it was nice to see Laura Bertram's Trance Gemini take centre stage for once.
