| Who Monitors the Birds? | |
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| Season 1, Episode 12 | |
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| Air date | January 7, 1996 |
| Written by | Glen Morgan and James Wong |
| Directed by | Winrich Kolbe |
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Who Monitors the Birds? is the twelfth episode of Season 1 of Space: Above and Beyond.
The episode aired January 7, 1996 on the Fox Network.
Summary
Undertaking a covert assassination operation in exchange for an honorable discharge, Cooper Hawkes is wounded while his team member is killed. All alone inside enemy territory he struggles to stay alive and is haunted by visions of death trying to seduce him in the incarnation of Shane Vansen. He remembers his past In Vitro education and how he was scheduled to be terminated because he asked too many questions.
Cast & Characters
Main Cast
- Morgan Weisser as 1LT Nathan West
- Kristen Cloke as 1LT 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
- John Wilkie as Chig (uncredited)
Additional Cast
- Dale Dye as Major Jack Colquitt
- Brian Cousins as Monitor
- David Bottrell as Monitor #2
- Denyn Pysz as In Vitro Friend
- Robert Thomas as Friendly Alien
Crew
Director
- Winrich Kolbe
Writers
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