Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry and pilots of SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet fighters.
Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry and pilots of SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet fighters.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 1
Pilot
1h 31m5.5 / 10
In the year 2063, the final frontier is a battle field. An earth united in peace takes its first steps toward interplanetary colonization, only to be threatened by an enigmatic alien race. Enter the 58th Squadron, a group of wet-behind-the-ears pilots with the Marine Corps Air and Space Cavalry. Under the rigorous tutelage of Sgt. Maj. Frank Bougus, reluctant leader Nathan West and fellow cadets Shane Vansen and Cooper Hawkes embark on a mission to save the galaxy.
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Directed by David NutterWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars R. Lee Ermey, Bill Hunter, Colin Friels, Anja Coleby, Charles Anthony, Amanda Douge, Christopher Kirby, Alan Dale
When the USS Saratoga passes close to the site of the Tellus Colony, where the Earth colonist were attacked, West goes AWOL and flies down to the planet in hopes that his girlfriend, Kylen, somehow survived.
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Directed by David NutterWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Linda Carlson, French Stewart, Michael Mantell, Alexandra Bokyun Chun, Tucker Smallwood
Nightmares come to life for Shane when a sentry-duty assignment on an asteroid leads the 58th into a bloody confrontation with a battalion of rogue androids, among which are the AI's who murdered her parents.
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Directed by David Nutter, Charles Martin SmithWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Ashlyn Gere
When mutiny erupts aboard a civilian cargo ship carrying 200 In Vitro embryos, Cooper faces a difficult decision-should he protect his fellow soldiers, or join forces with the rebellious Tanks?
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Directed by Charles Martin Smith, Stephen CraggWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Calvin Levels, Tom Everett, Thom Barry, Christopher Michael Moore, Tony Amendola, William Forward
The Saratoga has a mysterious new passenger: a battle-scarred special-forces commando whose classified mission directives put the 58th at his disposal, even if it means leading them to certain disaster.
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Directed by Charles Martin Smith, Stephen CraggWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Lar Park Lincoln, Steve Rankin, Tucker Smallwood
The Saratoga becomes a pressure cooker of violence and political intrigue when an assassination on Earth forces a delegation of UN officials to use the craft as the site of an important conference.
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Directed by Félix Alcalá, Charles Martin SmithWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars John Verea, George DelHoyo, Ashlyn Gere, Harriet Sansom Harris, Daniel Stewart, Tucker Smallwood
The soldiers of the 58th become their own worst enemies when a routine supply mission goes awry, leaving them stranded in alien territory and suffering from the effects of a mysterious Chig weapon.
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Directed by Michael KatlemanWritten by Marilyn OsbornGuest stars Bob Koherr, Tucker Smallwood
A commandeered alien battleship provides the 58th with information about an important Chig outpost, giving the Earth forces an opportunity to make a Trojan-horse attack against the enemy-if the 58th can learn to fly the craft in time.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Peyton WebbGuest stars Michael Mantell, Billy Mayo, Randy Mulkey, Garon Grigsby, Tucker Smallwood, Steve Lanza
After narrowly escaping the crippled alien battleship, the 58th finds itself imprisoned in the catacombs of a Chig penal colony. While Wang suffers in an alien torture chamber, Nathan encounters someone he'd only dreamed of seeing again.
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Directed by Félix AlcaláWritten by Reuben SturmanGuest stars Doug Hutchison, Amanda Douge, Michael Mantell, Billy Mayo, Randy Mulkey, Ashlyn Gere, Tucker Smallwood
A failed rescue mission leaves the 58th presumed dead, except for Nathan, who lands in the hospital, where a nagging memory that his comrades are still alive is passed off as a result of suffering from severe head trauma.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt KieneGuest stars Steven Anderson, Marnie McPhail, Edmund L. Shaff
Christmas Eve finds the 58th in dire straits: its transport vehicle, damaged in battle, is hurtling uncontrolled into enemy territory and the pilots must struggle to stay alive with no power, no weapons, and no hope of being rescued.
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Directed by Tucker GatesWritten by Marilyn OsbornGuest stars J. August Richards, Christopher Kirby, Tasia Valenza, Sharon Annett, Billy Maddox, Robert Arevalo, Tyrone Batista, Christopher Wiehl
Stranded and practically defenseless on an alien world, Hawkes accepts an assassination assignment that's supposed to buy him an immediate Honorable Discharge from the Marines.
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Directed by Winrich KolbeWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Dale Dye, Denyn Pysz, Brian Cousins, David Dean Bottrell
The 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 Damphousse predicts that one more of them will die.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt KieneGuest stars Richard Kind, Tasia Valenza, Timothy Dale Agee, Kane Picoy
Shane risks her life when she volunteers to fight an enemy spacecraft with another squadron, led by a former boyfriend whose new love was killed during a mission.
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Directed by Jim CharlestonWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Michelle Clunie, Randy Stone, Tasia Valenza, Michael Reilly Burke, David St. James, Will Schaub, Michael Raynor, Jay Montalvo
McQueen seeks reinstatement of his pilot status so he can fly what could be a suicide mission: find and destroy a seemingly invincible Chig super-bomber.
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Directed by Henri SafranWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Doug Hutchison, Randy Stone, Tasia Valenza, David St. James, Michael Mantell, Edmund L. Shaff, David Jean Thomas, Rob Elk
West 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 name for himself as a soldier, that he will risk endangering the lives of his entire battalion.
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Directed by Stephen L. PoseyWritten by Marilyn OsbornGuest stars Christian Hoff, Marc Worden, David Barrera, Al Garrett, P.J. Ochlan, Tucker Smallwood
The members of the 58th receive letters from home, some with good news, some with bad, while McQueen and Cooper are ordered to cooperate in a TV documentary about In Vitroes serving in the United States Marine Corps.
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Directed by Winrich KolbeWritten by Richard WhitleyGuest stars Bob Clendenin, Tucker Smallwood
On 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 eccentric Major Cyril MacKendrick, sole survivor of a battalion of the British Coldstream Guards. Wang encounters a Silicate of the same model that previously tortured him.
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Directed by Charles Martin SmithWritten by Richard WhitleyGuest stars Adam Goldberg, Martin Jarvis, Ashlyn Gere
A mysterious group of extremely high-ranking officers disembark on the Saratoga and the 58th are ordered to escort an unresponsive space APC. The mysterious APC suddenly locks on their Hammerheads and opens fire.
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Directed by Jesús Salvador TreviñoWritten by Howard GrigsbyGuest stars Belen Greene, Ronald G. Joseph, Christopher Kirby, David A.R. White, Tucker Smallwood
When Commodore Ross sees there's an opportunity to launch a potentially crippling offensive against the Chigs. Forced to abandon the 58th on a barren planet, Ross leaves the marines to fend for themselves with little ammo, no food-and no hope of rescue.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt KieneGuest stars Iqbal Theba, Granville Van Dusen, Nancy Linehan Charles, David St. James, David Jean Thomas, James Kiriyama-Lem, Jennifer Balgobin, Tucker Smallwood
The 58th is deployed to a seemingly barren moon to make final preparations for a major offensive by the Earth forces, but when they arrive they discover that the moon is home to an unknown species-and that Operation: Roundhammer may cause its extinction.
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Directed by Vern GillumWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Don Pugsley, Derek Mark Lochran, Tucker Smallwood
While peace talks on the USS Saratoga go awry, the disgraced 58th are sent to retrieve POWs trapped in a crippled Space APC. Several enemy space fighters attack and the 58th take heavy losses. It is discovered the Chigs are only offering peace because they know Earth's military will defeat them.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Glen Morgan, James WongGuest stars Amanda Douge, David Jean Thomas, Don Pugsley, Derek Mark Lochran, Richard Fancy, Chris Ellis, Harriet Sansom Harris, Tucker Smallwood
