Hostile Visit
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| “Hostile Visit” | |||||||
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| Space: Above and Beyond episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
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| Written by | Peyton Webb | ||||||
| Directed by | Thomas J. Wright | ||||||
| Guest stars | Tucker Smallwood | ||||||
| Production no. | 109 | ||||||
| Original airdate | November 19, 1995 | ||||||
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| List of Space: Above and Beyond Episodes | |||||||
"Hostile Visit" is the ninth episode in the first season of Space: Above and Beyond, and the first of two parts, followed by Choice or Chance. It originally aired in North America on November 19, 1995.
[edit] Plot
The Wild Cards use a captured Chig ship to infiltrate enemy territory on a bombing run that ends with the squadron captured.
[edit] Notes
The episode references Jimmy Doolittle's bombing raid on Tokyo in World War II.
It also quotes a Japanese kamikaze suicide pilot: "With my mission now at hand, my dear old town, my dear old people, I now abandon everything and leave to protect this country. To preserve our eternal and just cause I now go forth. My body will collapse as a falling cherry blossom but my soul will live and protect this land forever. Farewell. I am a glorious wild cherry blossom. I shall return to my mother's place and bloom."
