The series tells of a unique model of adventure and science fiction, where Captain Dylan Hunt tries to command invaders from his ship. He manages to scare Gerentex, but leaves a lot of his staff. Maro takes and uses it to send Andromeda, still without engine power, on the path back to the black hole. The remaining scavengers work with Dylan to regain control of the engine and get rid of gravity well. Once free, they regain control of Maro from Gerentex and call Dylan the survivors to join his crew and reestablish the Commonwealth.
After surviving a hilariously bad slow motion fight sequence and traveling three centuries into the future, Sorbo meets up with a band of misfit scavengers who may not be as bad as they seem, but make up for it by being twice as annoying.
It's doubtful that the show will be able to tackle the complex moral and philosophical dilemmas that were often explored on Star Trek: Next Generation, but it could offer a few campy laughs on a weekend afternoon.
Kevin Sorbo hops from Hercules to hokum with the debut of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, a been-there, zapped-that science-fiction show premiering today.
Sorbo's acting style makes William Shatner look like Daniel Day Lewis. But if you remotely like sci-fi, we also bet you'll find yourself sucked into this nostalgia-fest in no time.
