Adrift in Subspace
Gene and the crew of the Outlaw Star just barely escape the storm of debris. They make their way to the first rest point. Gene finds Harry MacDougall and confronts him over his part in trying to kill them at Farfallas. Harry plays dumb but Gene isn't buying it. He only backs off after security shows up.
The El Dorado, the MacDougall brothers' ship, takes off before the Outlaw Star. Gene tries chasing it, unsuccessfully. They get a distress call from someone who was forced to abandon ship. Jim wants to let the race officials help the stranded person but Gene insists that they help him. The stranded person turns out to be Aisha Clan-Clan. The don't have a choice at this point so they take her with them.
They don't see any sign of the El Dorado. Someone fires missiles at the Outlaw Star, just as they are getting ready to jump into hyperspace. It is too late to abandon the jump. the missiles impact just before they start the jump. Gene is forced to cut the engine while they are still in mid-jump.
The Outlaw Star and its crew survive the jump but two of the four engines are damaged. Gene comes up with a hairbrained scheme to make up lost time. Aisha Clan-Clan approves of the daring plan. It works and for a minute it seems like they will finish in 3rd place but at the last second someone beats their time.
The opening is about the lure of space travel. The narrator notes how many lives and ships have been lost. This doesn't stop others from venturing out into space.
This episode was fun. I was a bit surprised at how quickly Aisha Clan-Clan seemed to calm down and learn to get along with Gene and the others. I was a bit disappointed by how easy Gene made somethings look in this episode. It looked like they were about to get creamed by the storm of debris but then Gene hit the gas and they outran it. It looked like the Outlaw Star was dead in the water but then Gene came up with a plan to make up time. Maybe I'm being a little too picky but I don't think so.
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