Today, in most U.S. markets, they’re airing the “Bunker Hill” episode of “Andromeda.”
This is said to be one of the two episodes that got series mastermind Robert Hewitt Wolfe booted from the captaincy of the series, because:
a) “Bunker Hill’s” ending was considered too "downer" (which is to say, the good guys basically lose);
b) like "Labyrinth," it extensively uses the Andromeda universe backstory (mainly the ongoing war between the Nietzscheans, as well as the fledgling efforts to build a Commonwealth fleet), also said to rankle the “casual viewer”-obsessed powers-that-be; and
c) it wasn’t Sorbo-centric enough, focusing on characters other than Capt. Dylan Hunt.
This was also the episode “Buffy’s” James Marsters was supposed to return in, but Tribune Broadcasting, we hear, balked at what it would cost to bring back Spike's alter-ego.
Despite all the behind-the-scenes drama, our trusted spies assure us “Bunker Hill” actually turned out pretty well; enjoy it, because this episode and next week's are the last you'll see of Wolfe's Andromeda.
a) “Bunker Hill’s” ending was considered too "downer" (which is to say, the good guys basically lose);
b) like "Labyrinth," it extensively uses the Andromeda universe backstory (mainly the ongoing war between the Nietzscheans, as well as the fledgling efforts to build a Commonwealth fleet), also said to rankle the “casual viewer”-obsessed powers-that-be; and
c) it wasn’t Sorbo-centric enough, focusing on characters other than Capt. Dylan Hunt.
This was also the episode “Buffy’s” James Marsters was supposed to return in, but Tribune Broadcasting, we hear, balked at what it would cost to bring back Spike's alter-ego.
Despite all the behind-the-scenes drama, our trusted spies assure us “Bunker Hill” actually turned out pretty well; enjoy it, because this episode and next week's are the last you'll see of Wolfe's Andromeda.
c) it wasn’t Sorbo-centric enough, focusing on characters other than Capt. Dylan Hunt.
This was also the episode “Buffy’s” James Marsters was supposed to return in, but Tribune Broadcasting, we hear, balked at what it would cost to bring back Spike's alter-ego.
Despite all the behind-the-scenes drama, our trusted spies assure us “Bunker Hill” actually turned out pretty well; enjoy it, because this episode and next week's are the last you'll see of Wolfe's Andromeda.
Despite all the behind-the-scenes drama, our trusted spies assure us “Bunker Hill” actually turned out pretty well; enjoy it, because this episode and next week's are the last you'll see of Wolfe's Andromeda.
