After a lousy opening night, the show settled down to be pretty good stuff. It never quite managed to capture the TOUR OF DUTY in space vibe that i think it really needed (the writing wasn't quite good enough) but it put together some strong episodes played out by a good cast. The world-building and back-story was also pretty interesting with lots of opportunities to explore various facets of the war with the aliens further had the show been renewed. It did - however - pass out with a cracking two-part conclusion with unresolved cliffhangers aplenty. It's on DVD (and the UK edition comes with some exclusive new material including a documentary).
As I recall, the geek press really had it out for this show - or at the very least, it seemed to be held to a higher level of scrutiny and criticism than other sci-fi series of the same period.
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