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The Deal of Fire |
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Cast Captain Robert Smith -- Bruce Campbell Guest Stars Coruscant Bartender - Production Writer: D. M. Jeftinija Chronology |
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The Deal of Fire
Plot Synopsis
Belinda escapes Coruscant. The crew deal with the new XO. Marty and Belinda move toward a distress signal, and destiny.
Plot Summary
On Coruscant Belinda is drinking herself into a stupor when a telepath and her troops show up to arrest her. Belinda makes quick work and them and rushes back to her ship, using Jedi tricks she is able to board her ship and ZeeO is able to clear the ship for takeoff. In space both she and Marty pick up a strange signal and go to check it out.
On the Muffin the crew continue to deal with Lieutenant Pascal and her strange ways, including telepathic scans of the crew and Pascal's crush on the Captain which is not received well by Shauna. Mister Combs is unable to scan Bob to see who he might be in a relationship with and he starts to doubt Lt. Pascal's motivations and whole reason for everything, which he confides in several crew members while getting drunk.
TAG detects the same message that Marty and Belinda picked up and they head in the same direction to the planet Climatika where they find Belinda's ship coming from the surface. Lt. Pascal goes to arrest Belinda but before she can Belinda states that Marty has fall to the dark side.
A flashback shows 3 hours earlier when Marty arrived on the planet and spoke with Darth Creepius and the Sith's attempt to turn Marty. Belinda then shows up and finds Marty's lightsaber and epaulets and when she goes further finds that Marty has become a Sith. The two fall into combat.
Critical Reception
References and Allusions
- The title of this episode refers to the title of Babylon 5's? last season "The Wheel of Fire."