Space Rangers
Short-lived, futuristic science-fiction series about a rag-tag police force stationed in deep space on Planet Avalon's Fort Hope. They deal with all manner of criminals, aliens, technology and the more mundane problems of certain individuals trying to have them shut down.
- 1993-1994
- 1 season
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction
Short-lived, futuristic science-fiction series about a rag-tag police force stationed in deep space on Planet Avalon's Fort Hope. They deal with all manner of criminals, aliens, technology and the more mundane problems of certain individuals trying to have them shut down.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1993 - 1994
Episode 1
Fort Hope
Fri, Jan 1, 1993 60 mins
Fort Hope, Avalon, 2,000 light years from earth. The crew of the slingship 377, Cap. Boon, navigator Jojo, Doc the engineer, the Grakka Zylyn, and Daniel the newbie, guard the frontier from bureaucracy, Banshees, and good friends gone bad. When a team led by a disgraced former ranger turned mercenary called Decker gets stranded on a deadly jungle planet that's sacred to Zylyn's alien race, Boon and his crew must race against time to rescue them before the it's too late.
Episode 2
Banshies
Wed, Jan 13, 1993 48 mins
The alien, dimension-skipping Banshies attack a ship smuggling refugees. The bureaucratic and unpopular Weiss gives Boon permission to rescue a boy left on the ship, if he agrees to bring back a Banshie - alive.
Episode 3
The Replacements
Wed, Jan 6, 1993 46 mins
Budget cutbacks, overwork, bureaucracy, and failing equipment push the crew towards breaking point. Weiss's idea of help proves very unpopular. Throw creepy master-criminal Isogul into the mix and sit back and watch the fireworks.
Episode 4
Death Before Dishonor
Wed, Jan 20, 1993 47 mins
Marla, an old flame of Boon's, is at Fort Hope to broker a trade deal with the warlike Vee'lons - until Boon accidentally insults the Vee'lon prince. Faced with a death sentence, how can Marla, Boon - and his crew - escape their fate?
Episode 5
To Be... Or Not to Be
60 mins
Washed-up old comedian Lenny Hacker crashes on the prison planet Catraz. Doc and Daniel insist they should rescue him, though avoiding General Kincaid's inspection visit may have more than a little to do with it - he's Daniels father.
Episode 6
The Trial
47 mins
Isogul frames Zylyn for the murder of the Graaka Karlat. Given overall human anti-Graaka sentiment, no one will testify on his behalf. Can Boon prove Zylyn's innocence before he does the honourable thing and commits ritual suicide?