Wing Commander Academy
The dramatic adventures of a group of space cadets on the Terran carrier Tiger's Claw in total war against a hostile, alien, lion-looking warrior race, the Kilrathi.
- 1996-1996
- 1 season
- USA Network
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Science Fiction
- TV-Y7
The dramatic adventures of a group of space cadets on the Terran carrier Tiger's Claw in total war against a hostile, alien, lion-looking warrior race, the Kilrathi.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1996
Episode 1
Red and Blue
Sat, Sep 21, 1996
To test their skills, Commodore Tolwyn splits the new cadets into the Blue Team led by the promising Christopher 'Maverick' Blair and the Red Team led by the hotheaded Todd 'Maniac' Marshall, but a traitor tries to sabotage the war games.
Episode 2
The Last One Left
Sat, Sep 28, 1996
Maverick and Maniac are captured by Daimon Karnes (voiced by Ron Perlman), a missing legendary space fighter pilot who became disillusioned with the war and turned to piracy.
Episode 3
The Most Delicate Instrument
Sat, Oct 5, 1996
Cadets Maverick, Maniac, Payback and Blizzard become consumed with paranoia and put both themselves and their ship, the Tiger's Claw, in grave danger. Archer is forced to take Blizzard, who's secretly in love with her, down for good.
Episode 4
Word of Honor
Sat, Oct 12, 1996
During a skirmish, Maverick and his bloodthirsty wingman, Hector 'Grunt' Paz, end up on a hostile planet along with the Kilrathi they were trying to shoot down. The two species are forced to work together to survive, but can they?
Episode 5
Lords of the Sky
Sat, Oct 19, 1996
Maverick and Maniac crash-land on a planet of savage primitive humanoids who worship the Kilrathi as the lords of the sky.
Episode 6
Chain of Command
Sat, Nov 2, 1996
Commodore Tolwyn and his old friend Admiral Bergstrom disagree over whose strategy has the best chance of outsmarting the Kilrathi, who outnumber their forces. Bergstrom pulls rank and puts many lives on the line if she's wrong.
Episode 7
Expendable
Sat, Nov 9, 1996
When Maverick and Payback's exploratory mission goes wrong, they must keep it together to escape the Kilrathi space and make it back to Tiger's Claw alive.
Episode 8
Recreation
Sat, Nov 16, 1996
Maverick must save a pacifist planet sustained by an alien orb, when The Warrior King, a dimension-hopping guardian of the orb, wants it back to save his own world. The Kilrathi also want it. Part 4 of 4 of the Warrior King crossover.
Episode 9
Walking Wounded
Sat, Nov 23, 1996
Saddened, Archer remembers Blizzard. Maverick, Maniac, Grunt and Hyena are sent to rescue a hospital ship from the Kilrathi. Maniac becomes trapped there. Commodore Tolwyn personally joins the dogfight.
Episode 10
On Both Your Houses
Sat, Nov 30, 1996
Maverick, Archer and Maniac are sent to check up on the Confederation's bio-research station on an alien planet. However, a downed Kilrathi pilot hides there, and the seductive Dr. Sing who runs the station makes Archer suspicious.
Episode 11
Invisible Enemy
Sat, Dec 7, 1996
After the Terrans suffers unusually high losses in dogfights, Maverick and Maniac begin suspecting that the Kilrathi may have a new stealth fighter (called Strakha) whose deadly pilot is overly eager to prove himself to his superiors.
Episode 12
Price of Victory
Sat, Dec 14, 1996
Maverick is shot down over an ice planet and Princess Zukara, the vain sister of the leader of the Kilrathi forces, Prince Thrakhath, wants his head. Her honorable subordinate Bokh offers Maverick a deal he can't refuse, which backfires.
Episode 13
Glory of Sivar
Sat, Dec 21, 1996
Commodore Tolwyn sends Maverick and Grunt to an alien planet enslaved and prepared for elimination by the Kilrathi to start an uprising. However, what he doesn't tell them is that the real mission is a suicide run on Thrakhath's ship.
