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Pilot
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
After decades of peace, mankind discovers that it is not alone in the universe and is pulled into a war with an unknown alien species. A group of new recruits in the United States Marine Corp are thrown into the heat of battle. They each joined for there own reason, but in the end they are all fighting for the same thing, Earth and the survival of the human race.
Our Take
A fairly standard setup episode that leans hard on war movie clichés, with a cast of rookies who mostly read as types rather than people. The space combat still looks decent and the pacing moves along, but the aliens are kept so vague that the threat never feels real. Worth a watch if you like 90s military sci-fi, just don’t expect the pilot to hook you hard.