| Sugar Dirt | |
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| Season 1, Episode 21 | |
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| Air date | April 20, 1996 |
| Written by | Matt Kiene and Joe Reinkenmeyer |
| Directed by | Thomas J. Wright |
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Sugar Dirt is the twenty-first episode of Season 1 of Space: Above and Beyond.
The episode aired April 20, 1996 on the Fox Network.
Summary
A planetary invasion by Earth military forces is ambushed and turns into a military disaster. There is no air support and no ground reinforcement as the supporting fleet, among it the USS SARATOGA, is forced to abandon 25,000 stranded Marines in order to launch another assault, which could ultimately save millions of lives, upon a more strategic planet. Among the scattered, abandoned and demoralized Marines are the 58th, struggling to survive.
Cast & Characters
Main Cast
- Morgan Weisser as 1LT Nathan West
- Kristen Cloke as CPT Shane Vansen
- Rodney Rowland as 1LT Cooper Hawkes
- Joel de la Fuente as 1LT Paul Wang
- Lanei Chapman as 1LT Vanessa Damphousse
- James Morrison as LTC Tyrus Cassius "T.C." McQueen
Recurring Cast
- Tucker Smallwood as Commodore Ross
- David St. James as Admiral Broden
- David Jean Thomas as General Alcott
- Edmund L. Shaff as Chaplain
- John Wilkie as Chig 3 (uncredited)
Additional Cast
- Granville Van Dusen as General Weirick
- Jennifer Balgobin as LT Price
- James Kiriyama-Lem as General Ming
- Nancy Linehan Charles as Admiral Vetter
- Iqbal Theba as General Siraj
- Bill Kalmenson as Commodore Preising
- Mark Adair-Rios as LT Smith
- Joshua Abramson as LT Nelson
- David Cooley as LT Feeley
- Keith Rosary as Lidar Operator
- Chris Villa as Marine
- Richie Solomon as Commando #6 (uncredited)
Crew
Director
- Thomas J. Wright
Writers
- Matt Kiene
- Joe Reinkenmeyer
Executive Producers
- Glen Morgan (executive producer)
- James Wong (executive producer)
- Stephen Zito (co-executive producer)
Producers
- Tim McHugh (producer)
- D. Howard Grigsby (producer)
- Herb Adelman (co-producer)
- Tom Towler (supervising producer)
- Ken Dennis (associate producer)
Music
- Shirley Walker