Space: Above and Beyond — Season 1, Episode 22: And If They Lay Us Down to Rest...
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 23 episodes • ★ 7.2/10
Episode synopsis
The 58th is deployed to a seemingly barren moon to make final preparations for a major offensive by the Earth forces, but when they arrive they discover that the moon is home to an unknown species-and that Operation: Roundhammer may cause its extinction.
About Space: Above and Beyond
Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry and pilots of SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet fighters.