Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996)

1. S01E01PilotSeptember 24, 1995 5.5In the year 2063, the final frontier is a battle field. An earth united in peace takes its first steps toward interplanetary colonization, o
2. S01E02The Farthest Man from HomeOctober 1, 1995 7.5When the USS Saratoga passes close to the site of the Tellus Colony, where the Earth colonist were attacked, West goes AWOL and flies down t
3. S01E03The Dark Side of the SunOctober 8, 1995 7.0Nightmares come to life for Shane when a sentry-duty assignment on an asteroid leads the 58th into a bloody confrontation with a battalion o
4. S01E04MutinyOctober 15, 1995 7.5When mutiny erupts aboard a civilian cargo ship carrying 200 In Vitro embryos, Cooper faces a difficult decision-should he protect his fello
5. S01E05Ray ButtsOctober 22, 1995 8.0The Saratoga has a mysterious new passenger: a battle-scarred special-forces commando whose classified mission directives put the 58th at hi
6. S01E06EyesNovember 5, 1995 6.7The Saratoga becomes a pressure cooker of violence and political intrigue when an assassination on Earth forces a delegation of UN officials
7. S01E07The EnemyNovember 12, 1995 8.0The soldiers of the 58th become their own worst enemies when a routine supply mission goes awry, leaving them stranded in alien territory an
8. S01E08Hostile Visit (1)November 19, 1995 8.0A commandeered alien battleship provides the 58th with information about an important Chig outpost, giving the Earth forces an opportunity t
9. S01E09Choice or Chance (2)November 26, 1995 7.0After narrowly escaping the crippled alien battleship, the 58th finds itself imprisoned in the catacombs of a Chig penal colony. While Wang
10. S01E10Stay with the DeadDecember 3, 1995 7.0A failed rescue mission leaves the 58th presumed dead, except for Nathan, who lands in the hospital, where a nagging memory that his comrade
11. S01E11The River of StarsDecember 17, 1995 7.5Christmas Eve finds the 58th in dire straits: its transport vehicle, damaged in battle, is hurtling uncontrolled into enemy territory and t
12. S01E12Who Monitors the Birds?January 7, 1996 7.5Stranded and practically defenseless on an alien world, Hawkes accepts an assassination assignment that's supposed to buy him an immediate H
13. S01E13Level of NecessityJanuary 14, 1996 8.0The 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 Da
14. S01E14Never No More (1)February 4, 1996 8.0Shane risks her life when she volunteers to fight an enemy spacecraft with another squadron, led by a former boyfriend whose new love was ki
15. S01E15The Angriest Angel (2)February 11, 1996 6.5McQueen seeks reinstatement of his pilot status so he can fly what could be a suicide mission: find and destroy a seemingly invincible Chig
16. S01E16Toy SoldiersFebruary 18, 1996 8.0West 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 nam
17. S01E17Dear EarthMarch 3, 1996 7.5The members of the 58th receive letters from home, some with good news, some with bad, while McQueen and Cooper are ordered to cooperate in
18. S01E18PearlyMarch 24, 1996 7.5On 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 ecc
19. S01E19R&RApril 12, 1996 8.0The exhausted Wild Cards are granted R&R aboard the Bacchus, a pleasure ship where it's said anything can, and does, happen.
20. S01E20StardustApril 19, 1996 8.0A mysterious group of extremely high-ranking officers disembark on the Saratoga and the 58th are ordered to escort an unresponsive space APC
21. S01E21Sugar DirtApril 20, 1996 8.0When Commodore Ross sees there's an opportunity to launch a potentially crippling offensive against the Chigs. Forced to abandon the 58th o
22. S01E22Season's bestAnd If They Lay Us Down to Rest...May 26, 1996 8.5The 58th is deployed to a seemingly barren moon to make final preparations for a major offensive by the Earth forces, but when they arrive t
23. S01E23...Tell Our Moms We Done Our BestJune 2, 1996 7.0While peace talks on the USS Saratoga go awry, the disgraced 58th are sent to retrieve POWs trapped in a crippled Space APC. Several enemy s

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