• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Chicken Dynasty

  • Home
  • Web Series
    • Safety First
    • Scientific Method
    • Redeemers
  • Reviews
  • Blog

Andromeda Episode 59: What Happens to a Rev Deferred?

October 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

Rev Bem returns and spends this clip show episode hiking and yelling at a star.

Rev Bem

Rev Bem returns!

Episode Summary

Andromeda arrives at the planet Empyrium, which is falling apart due to geological instability. The crew picks up all the evacuees but find there’s still one lifesign on the planet – it’s Rev Bem!

Rev arguing with star

What is this nonsense?

On the planet’s surface, we see Rev Bem wandering around arguing with a talking star that appeared in the sky. She keeps telling him that he sucks, and he keeps telling her he doesn’t. Based on what we learn in later episodes, by the way, it seems this star is of the same species as Trance.

Andromeda Episode 6 Rev Bem

We see some classic Rev scenes, like this one!

Clip Show

Clips from previous episodes play periodically. Pretty much every major scene involving Rev from earlier in the series is represented here.

Rev Bem and Blake

Remember this episode?

Rev makes it to a cave and the voice congratulates him for passing her test. He is enveloped in light and transforms. No longer fully Magog, he is now part human (something similar happens to someone in Babylon 5).

Human-like Rev Bem

New Rev Bem

The Andromeda crew rescues Rev Bem from the doomed planet, then he leaves them to do his own thing.

Beka, Hunt, and Tyr

The landing party finds Rev Bem

Thoughts

I missed Rev Bem, so it was good to see him again. Then all the clips reminded me that he was somewhat annoying and better in small doses. Actor Brent Strait left the series due to the cumbersome makeup and costume, so for his return, it looks like Rev Bem’s appearance was simplified a bit, presumably to make it easier for him.

Rev Bem on Andromeda

You can’t rejoin the crew, so…bye!

Rev Bem finally gets closure to his character arc, but it’s not done very well and it felt like a disservice to his character. The most interesting aspect about him was his inner turmoil between his enlightened and “monster” selves, and the fact that it’s all solved by a talking star taking the monster out of him is such a cop out. It’s like Richard Simmons ending one of his workout videos by telling you to get a liposuction. But I suppose any closure is better than none.

Rating

1 out of 5 eggs rating

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Series: Andromeda, Season 3 Decade: 2000s Filed Under: TV Show Reviews Tagged: clip show, live action, sci-fi

Related Posts

  • Rev Bem and Blake
    Andromeda Episode 18: The Devil Take the Hindmost
  • Harper, Rakeeb, and Hohne
    Andromeda Episode 34: Ouroboros
  • crashed Maru
    Andromeda Episode 24: Exit Strategies
  • Beka with guards in front of screen
    Andromeda Episode 58: The Right Horse

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Subscribe

Sign up to receive notifications of new posts by email.

Connect

Find me on TwitterFind me on YouTubeFind me on RSSFind me on IMDbFind me on Newgrounds

Recent TV Show Reviews

  • The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
  • Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
  • Doctor Who Story 18: Galaxy 4

Reviews by Category

  • TV Shows
  • Movies
  • Comics

Reviews by Series

  • Andromeda
  • Doctor Who
  • Dragon Ball
  • Gatchaman
  • Gundam
  • Metal Hero
  • NFL SuperPro
  • Power Rangers
  • Saint Seiya
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Star Trek
  • Tales from the Darkside
  • TekWar
  • Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
  • Twilight Zone
  • X-Men

Rating Key

5 Egg

Above and beyond, a true pleasure; re-watchable.

4 Egg

Very good, quality work.

3 Egg

Average, nothing special but inoffensive.

2 Egg

Weak, but may have one or two redeeming qualities.

1 Egg

Horrible, causes pain. Get it away from me!

Spoiler Alert

I spoil (near) everything in my reviews. If you want to remain spoiler-free, I advise you to close your eyes. But did you know that spoilers are actually good for you?

Recent Reviews

  • Money Train

    A transit cop plans to steal from a money train to pay off his gambling debt.

    Share this:

    • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
    • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

    Decade: 1990s Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged: Christmas, action, comedy, live action

Featured Episode

  • Episode 23: Skin Deep

    Liz enters a beauty pageant to prove a point; can her progressive values overcome Tiffany’s vanity? Meanwhile, a terror lurks in the darkness…

    Share this:

    • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
    • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Connect

Find me on TwitterFind me on YouTubeFind me on RSSFind me on Newgrounds
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact Me

Copyright © 2021 Chicken Dynasty | Site Design by Spica Creative

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.