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Space: Above and Beyond

Season 1 Episode 5: Ray Butts

Legendary Lt. Colonel Ray Butts ('Kick Butts') of the Marine Special Operations Command team shows up and takes over command of the 58th wing for a special secret mission.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 24, 1995

When an Earth outpost 16 light-years away is destroyed by an unknown alien fo...

Episode 4 Mutiny

4. Mutiny

Aired: Oct 15, 1995

In a suspenseful episode, the members of the 58th are struggling against an u...

Episode 5 Ray Butts

5. Ray Butts

Aired: Oct 22, 1995

Legendary Lt. Colonel Ray Butts ('Kick Butts') of the Marine Special Operatio...

Episode 6 Eyes

6. Eyes

Aired: Nov 4, 1995

In an effort to get West to help with an assassination plot, the young marine...

Episode 7 The Enemy

7. The Enemy

Aired: Nov 11, 1995

The members of the 58th turn on each other after they land on the planet Tart...

Episode 8 Hostile Visit

8. Hostile Visit

Aired: Nov 18, 1995

During a space battle, a Chig spaceship is damaged but not destroyed and left...

Episode 9 Choice or Chance

9. Choice or Chance

Aired: Nov 25, 1995

Trapped on a hostile planet and captured by silicates, Vanessa and Damphousse...

Episode 10 Stay with the Dead

10. Stay with the Dead

Aired: Dec 2, 1995

After a dangerous mission, Nathan West is the only survivor of the 58th. Seve...

Episode 11 The River of Stars

11. The River of Stars

Aired: Dec 16, 1995

Disabled ship, far from searchers, no transmitter, cold and dark at Christmas...

Episode 13 Level of Necessity

13. Level of Necessity

Aired: Jan 13, 1996

Deep underground, the 58th are on the run from hostiles. They meet another sq...

Episode 14 Never No More

14. Never No More

Aired: Feb 3, 1996

While a new Chig stealth fighter is killing off squadron after squadron with ...

Episode 15 The Angriest Angel

15. The Angriest Angel

Aired: Feb 10, 1996

As a new, "unbeatable" Chig fighter emerges that's equipped with a new source...

Episode 16 Toy Soldiers

16. Toy Soldiers

Aired: Feb 17, 1996

A rookie Marine squad accompany the 58th on a simple recon mission. The Gung ...

Episode 17 Dear Earth

17. Dear Earth

Aired: Mar 2, 1996

Mail delivery from Earth brings differing news for members of the 58th. A mis...

Episode 18 Pearly

18. Pearly

Aired: Mar 23, 1996

The 58th have to make an extraction point rendezvous off of a planet so they ...

Episode 19 R & R

19. R & R

Aired: Apr 12, 1996

The exhausted 58th are given 48 hours leave on the pleasure ship Bachhus. Haw...

Episode 20 Stardust

20. Stardust

Aired: Apr 19, 1996

The 58th are given the highest top secret mission of the whole Earth war effo...

Episode 21 Sugar Dirt

21. Sugar Dirt

Aired: Apr 20, 1996

A planetary invasion by Earth military forces is ambushed and turns into a mi...

Info about Space: Above and Beyond

Current Status: Canceled

Network: FOX

Genres:Drama, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Action