Having been humiliated by a rival team, the cadets devise a plan for revenge.

In many ways, this light-hearted caper is the sort of story that many (myself included) feared that show would be. Set on the campus, there’s a lot of high school hijinks and mean behaviour. I guess that Gene Roddenberry’s ideals of human being nice to one another in the future were negated by ‘the burn’ and that we are back to snarky, self-serving individuals again.

I enjoyed the episode as far as it goes, and it reminds us that we don’t have to be saving the universe every week – sometimes the conflict is closer to home. There is a nod towards the fascistic propaganda of Starship Troopers, and we find out a bit more about Destiny and Reymi, but I’m hoping that this slight story by Alex Taub and Kiley Rossetter is an outlier rather than a sign of episodes to come.

Verdict: It’s either a brave or foolish move for the third episode of a new show to confirm the fears of many fans about its premise. But taken at face value, it’s still a lot of fun – you just wouldn’t want it like this every week. 6/10

Nick Joy