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Battlestar Galactica - The Man with Nine Lives
episode 15
USA 1979
produced by David J. O'Connell, Glen A. Larson (executive), Donald P. Bellisario (supervising) for Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal/ABC
directed by Rod Holcomb
starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson jr, Laurette Spang, Tony Swartz, Anne Lockhart, Terry Carter, Fred Astaire, Anne Jeffreys, Lance LeGault, Robert Feero, Anthony De Longis, Bruce Wright, Dan Barton, Patricia Stich, Frank Parker, Leann Hunley, Alex Hyde-White, David Greenan, John Holland, Lynn Halpern
screenplay by Donald P. Bellisario, created by Glen A. Larson, music by Stu Phillips, visual effects supervisor: Peter Anderson
TV-series Battlestar Galactica, Classic Battlestar Galactica, Battlestar Galactica (original series)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Con man Chameleon (Fred Astaire) steals upon a shuttle to be flown to a
casino ship accompanying the Galactica on her way to earth, but once in
the casino, he finds himself at odds with three Borelean Nomens (Lance
LeGault, Robert Feero, Anthony De Longis) who are after him on a blood
vengeance. Luckily he crosses paths with Starbuck (Dirk Benedict), a
hopeless yet successless gambler in his free time. The two men quickly
take to one another, and Chameleon lets it drop that he might be
Starbuck's father. Life long orphan is fascinated by the idea that he
might have a father after all, so he invites Chameleon onto the Galactica
for some genetic testing - which for Chameleon means he can evade the
Boreleans. So the Boreleans, not normally allowed on the Galactica,
register as new recruits for the Viper pilot program - and take it from
there to track down Chameleon - and in the finale, Starbuck has a shoot
out with them in the Viper hangar, which is ended when Chameleon shoots
the Boreleons with a Viper's lasers. Ultimately it's revealed Chameleon is
indeed Starbuck's father, but Chameleon surpresses that information as he
doesn't want to be a bad influence on Starbuck.
Of course, it's fun to see Hollywood legend Fred Astaire in a science
fiction setting - according to legend it was him who approached producer
Donald P. Bellisario for a role to impress his grandchildren -, and he
handles his role very well (not that one would have expected anything
less), but apart from that the episode is less than special, more soap
opera than space opera really, with little action to support its tired
plotline, instead trying to drive the point that Starbuck needs a dad
(something that hasn't been an issue in previous episodes) a bit too hard.
And even the aliens Starbuck and Chameleon have to face are less than
special. Really one of the lesser episodes of the series.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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