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Andromeda Episode 32: The Prince

August 28, 2016 Leave a Comment

Andromeda rescues the Prince of Ne’Holland, and Hunt and Tyr help him claim his throne.

Prince Erik

The Little Prince

Episode Summary

The crew of Andromeda rescues a bratty young prince named Erik from the planet Ne’Holland whose ship was attacked by Archduke Constantine, an asshole who wants the throne for himself. Erik’s father, the king, was a casualty of the attack, but right before he died, he named Hunt and Tyr his son’s co-regents.

Tyr, Erik, and Hunt on Andromeda

Erik and his new co-regents, Tyr and Hunt

Through the rest of the episode, Hunt and Tyr help Erik shape up to oppose Constantine and thwart his plans; there’s a lot of negotiating and Machiavellian political maneuvering, but in the end, Erik and Constantine appear to make a deal that allows Erik to have the throne.

Constantine on screen

Archduke Constantine

However, on Coronation Day, Constantine reneges on his deal and has his men shoot at Erik; Andromeda’s giant robots protect Erik and Tyr kills Constantine. Erik becomes the king of Ne’Holland. The End.

King Erik

The Prince is now the King

Thoughts

This was a weird episode; it felt like it belonged to another show or was a backdoor pilot setting up a Ne’Holland spinoff. Thankfully we’ll never see Ne’Holland ever again because it was so boring. Every guest star in this episode is boring, they spouted off boring dialogue, the planet itself looked boring, everything!

Tyr teaching Erik

Tyr teaches Erik how to fight

The Prince tries to be an episode full of political intrigue, but because we’re not really invested in the guest characters, it all falls flat and we have no reason to care. At least the episode is not as offensive as many of Andromeda‘s other weak offerings, and it’s (kind of) watchable.

Andromeda 32 Andromeda Robots

Andromeda’s robots, Tweedledee and Tweedledum

Giant Robots

Andromeda’s giant robots show up for a second and final time. They briefly appear in the season premiere to destroy some Magog ships stuck on Andromeda’s hull, then they show up here. I suppose they were left behind on Ne’Holland.

Robots firing on Magog ships

The robots’ debut in episode 23

Why go through all the effort of designing, modeling, and rendering these giant robots if they only show up two times? Perhaps there were some grand plans for these robots that fell through when the showrunner left.

Well, robots, it was nice knowing you. Our time together was short but sweet.

Rating

2 out of 5 eggs rating

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Series: Andromeda, Season 2 Decade: 2000s Filed Under: TV Show Reviews Tagged: live action, sci-fi

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