Airdate: 3/30/80
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The Galactica kids are still “scouts” on earth, but now
Xavier has come back from his time travelling excursions to wreak havoc on the
present day. For starters, he maroons Troy and Dillon in outer space with a
defective Viper, and now he has landed on earth, planning to hold the kids
hostage as a bargaining chip for his freedom. The kids have are a bit busy
these days; at a baseball camp, under Jamie’s direction, they face off against
a rival team, but cannot use their superpowers lest they are discovered as
aliens by a Air Force Colonel Sydell (from the previous episode). But Jamie
realizes their victory would cause enough media attention to thwart Sydell’s
exposure, along with Xavier’s treachery – and she winds up being right. Troy
and Dillon repair their ship and land just in time to tie up the loose ends,
but Xavier gets away, able to return again to be the series’ recurring villain.
A truly weird episode, even by Galactica standards. Premise #2 is official now (as per the
post-opening narration by Adama): the kids will stay on earth as Troy and
Dillon just sort of hang around in outer space, making sure they are well cared
for on their new planet. Small wonder it got canned after ten shows; viewers
were no doubt confused by this point – as was Richard Hatch, as it was the
reason he gave for not retuning. And the plot of this episode in particular
seems influenced by sources as varied as The
Bad News Bears and Marooned, with
the lack of cohesion you’d predict. Robyn Douglass is still pretty damned easy
on the eyes, though.
Rating: **
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