Detailed Review -

• Kyle, Willie, Mike, Juliet, and Elizabeth are chased down an abandoned street by a Visitor patrol led by Lt. James.  They head into an alley that turns out to be a dead end, and are trapped by the Visitors.  Elizabeth's powers have left her, and the Resistance decide to go out fighting, realizing that they will most likely be killed.  As James' soldiers prepare to fire, they are interrupted by Philip's voice on loudspeaker announcing 'Cease all hostilities.  All Visitor troops are to return to the Mothership immediately'.  James is preparing to disobey the order until it is repeated, and his troops lay aside their weapons.

• Diana storms onto the bridge irate at Lydia, but is informed by Philip that he ordered the ceasefire under the authority of the Leader, who will be arriving for peace negotiations.  Diana accuses Philip of being a traitor, and Philip assures Diana that the Leader will not listen to her.

• At Resistance Headquarters, Juliet confirms reports of Visitor withdrawal from London, Paris, and New York.  All are unsure about this latest development.  Willie leaves the discussion to find Elizabeth in another room, intoning in a deep voice in Visitor-ese.  Kyle, believing that the Visitors are 'messing with her mind', quickly calls the others, while Willie explains that the Leader can communicate with whomever he wishes, and that Elizabeth is in contact with him.  Over Kyle's protests, Elizabeth insists that she must go to the Mothership.  When Philip arrives, he explains that the Leader believes that Elizabeth is the source of truth, as she is the blending of two cultures.  Philip has been in constant contact with the Leader trying to convince him that their two worlds can live in peace.  Philip believes that Elizabeth will enable him to see this.  The Resistance agrees to let her go to the Mothership, but only if they go with her.

• The Motherships are seen leaving their orbits all over Earth, and world-wide, celebrations are taking place.  Diana wants to attack Earth again while the people least expect it, but Lydia informs her that she will serve the Leader in any way that he sees fit.

• The Resistance prepare to board the shuttle to the Mothership, with Kyle indignant that they must leave all of their weapons behind.  Kyle feels that he is the only one who doesn't trust what is happening, both with the ceasefire and with Elizabeth, who is dazed by her contact with the Leader.  Though Kyle believes she is being brainwashed, Elizabeth tells him that, though he taught her about Earth love, she is now experiencing a far greater love.  Julie feels that they can't stop Elizabeth, and they prepare to leave.

• They are greeted on the Mothership by an honour guard, and met at its head by Diana and Lydia.  Diana, Mike, and Julie share a tense greeting.  Elizabeth is given a silk gown for her meeting with the Leader, and when they are led away Diana and James plot to continue the war.

• Philip takes Mike on a tour of a Visitor gymnasium, where Mike becomes interested in a Visitor sport somewhat like fencing -- except that the swords are charged with nuclear disintegrators, where the slightest touch would mean instant death.  Philip challenges Mike to a match with uncharged swords, which Mike accepts.  When James reports this to Diana, she orders him to ensure that the swords are charged for the match.

• Willie, wandering aimlessly in the corridors, meets up with Thelma, his fiancé.  Thinking he was dead, Thelma is thrilled to see him, and assumes that they will take up where they left off years ago.  Willie is led away.

• Before the fencing match, Mike informs Kyle that he has a shuttle standing by in case anything happens to him.  Mike orders Kyle to get Elizabeth and the others and escape if they need to.   The match begins, with both parties seeming to be equally skilled.  At a signal from Diana, Lt. James pulls a device from his uniform, points it at the duo, and activates the swords.  A moment later Mike disarms Philip, sending his sword flying into a nearby boulder where it explodes.  Stunned and suspicious, Mike touches his own sword to the ground, where it too explodes.   Shocked, Philip announces that he prepared the swords himself, and Diana, acting incredulous, informs the others that she will investigate the matter.

• Later, Willie is interrupted in the shuttle bay by Thelma.  While she is full of plans for their future, especially since their marriage was arranged before they were even hatched, he is forced to tell her that he is unsure of his feelings and that he is going to remain on Earth.  Thelma runs off in tears.

• In her cabin, Diana berates James for botching the assassination of Philip.  She plots now to overthrow the Leader, and tells James that if he doesn't remain loyal to her, she will inform Philip that the assassination attempt was all his idea.  James agrees to remain with Diana.

• Elizabeth, dressed for the Leader in a low-cut silk gown and with flowers in her hair, walks with Kyle in the corridor while he tries once again to talk her out of what she is doing.  They kiss, but she tells him that she must go to see Philip, and then meet with the Leader.  Kyle wants to go with her to protect her, and tells her again that he loves her, but she is not dissuaded.  When Kyle leaves, Diana arrives bringing a message for Elizabeth and subtly flirts with her.  Elizabeth rebuffs her, turns and leaves.

• Elizabeth goes to Philip, telling him that her mind is full of 'strange and inexplicable images' and 'mystic rites of long ago' -- intense feelings that torture her.  Philip explains that she is experiencing the racial memory of her Visitor ancestry, and says that he will teach her about the Visitors.

• Mike and Julie discuss their situation, and agree that when the Leader arrives Diana will be finished.  Julie begins to feel unsure about the peace process and the Leader, so Mike tells her of his escape plan.

• In another cabin, James supervises two Visitors who are disguising themselves as humans.  Activating a strobe light device, they take on the appearance of two human men.  James hands them some kind of weapon, and they are told that their attack must look like the work of the Resistance.  The Visitors are assured that they will soon be galactic heroes.

• An honour guard, the Resistance, Philip, Diana, Lydia, and James are all on hand when the Leader's shuttle arrives.  The disguised Visitors disarm some troopers on the catwalk, and activate their weapon, destroying the Leader's shuttle.  Diana orders the 'men' on the catwalk shot, and declares that the Resistance have killed the Leader.  She orders her men to arrest the Resistance and Philip, grabbing Elizabeth to her side.   Kyle struggles to get to Elizabeth, when they are interrupted by a voice announcing the arrival of the Leader's shuttle.  Philip informs them that he made the precaution of having the Leader arrive on a second shuttle, in case of sabotage.  Kyle demands the return of Elizabeth -- Diana throws Elizabeth into Philip and Kyle, and she and her troops run off.  Diana orders James to seal all doors, and he does so, narrowly missing being shot by the pursuing Mike, Julie, and Kyle.  Philip and Elizabeth, who is still communicating with the Leader, follow slowly behind them.

• Diana takes over the bridge and order that the infusion reactors be set to reach critical mass.  An officer obeys, even though this means that both the Mothership and Earth will be destroyed.  Diana feels that if she can't rule, no one else will be able to either.  James dives through the bridge doors just as they are closing.

• Willie,Thelma, Philip, and Elizabeth meet up with the others at the locked bridge doors.  Realizing that Diana is finished on the home world, Philip figures out what she is doing, and leads the others to the reactor hold, hoping to shut down the ships power supply.  Willie and Thelma are left behind to guard the first door.  Thelma, fearing that they were soon to die, asks Willie if he ever loved her.  They embrace and Willie gives Thelma her first kiss.  He asks her to marry him and remain on Earth, and she readily agrees.

• Mike and Kyle discover that their laser blasts cannot penetrate the reactor hold doors.  Willie then arrives carrying a white robe, which is placed on Elizabeth.  Philip and Willie realize that if the Leader designed everything, and the Leader is communicating with Elizabeth, he can use her to get through the door.  While Philip attempts to speak to the Leader through Elizabeth, Juliet and Willie look for a ventilation shaft entrance to the bridge.

• The Leader, using Elizabeth, blasts open the doors.  Philip realizes that they cannot use their lasers for fear of damaging the nuclear infusion equipment, so Mike and Kyle attack the guards hand-to-hand while Philip keeps his laser trained on an escaping Diana.    The two Resistance men disable the Visitors.  Elizabeth arrives and Kyle smiles at her, only to have her answer in the Leader's voice: 'Good.  Very good'.

• Diana and Lt. James watch the arrival of the Leader's shuttle in handcuffs, but Diana vows to return to power.  Philip and Mike pledge friendship to one another.  When the shuttle bay darkens, Elizabeth begins moving towards its open door.  Kyle tries to stop her, but is held back by Willie and Mike.  Julie tells Kyle that she thinks Elizabeth needs to go.

• Diana informs James of her latest plot -- she has had a bomb planted on the Leaders shuttle.  Elizabeth goes into the shuttle, and as the door begins to close, Kyle walks away.  The Resistance watch the shuttle leave, and begin to walk back to their own transport, when they realize that Kyle is missing.  Julie realizes that Kyle must have stowed away on the Leader's shuttle, and they all gaze up at it in surprise.

Bloopers and Nitpicks -

• Elizabeth's whole storyline!!!  The girl is in constant contact with the Leader, her thoughts are (by her             own admission) not her own, the Resistance have no idea what is truly happening to her, yet they all             think letting her be manipulated in this way is a good thing!??  Kyle's protests are dismissed as selfish             because he doesn't want to let her go...  What??!!??

• The Visitors being disguised as humans are seen putting on the front half of human 'masks' -- no hair or           neck pieces.  They turn on a strobe light, and suddenly they are transformed into believable humans.             This is just a little too farfetched, even for me.

• The Visitors on the catwalk are ordered to be killed by Diana.  Kyle then says: "They're disintegrated.            Now we'll never know who they are."   The Visitors were shot by simple laser blasts, one look at their             bodies would be enough to tell they are Visitors.  Since when do laser blasts cause disintegration?

• Mike makes a big deal out of the fact that they came to the Mothership unarmed, yet the Resistance all          have weapons when they go after Lt. James.

• At the reactor doors, Willie shows up carrying a white robe for Elizabeth.  Now where the heck did that             come from?

• During the fight on the bridge, Mike throws James onto a electronic console -- James falls right through           it!  It looks like cardboard (probably was!) as it buckles under his weight!  Next scene, the console is             back to normal.

• Diana had set the infusion reactor to detonate in four minutes.  When the fight is over, no one bothers to          deactivate it or to cut the power!!!

• Nick noticed that the Visitor Wedding March is played when the Leader's shuttle arrives!

• (The Resistance come aboard the Mothership on the first day of the armistice)                                            Philip:  I take it you know these people.                                                                                                                Diana:  Intimately.                                                                                                                                                 Lydia:  Skilled fighters, all.                                                                                                                                   Diana:  Yes, it's almost a pity that we won't meet in combat again.                                                                 Julie:   Why Diana, I didn't know that you could feel pity.  Maybe things are changing.                                     Diana:  I meant no disrespect.  After all, if it weren't for the armistice, how else would I get the legendary       Donovan in my grasp ...  (shakes Mike's hand)

• (Philip challenges Mike to a fencing match)                                                                                                    Philip:  Care to try it sometime?                                                                                                                                 Mike:  With uncharged weapons?                                                                                                                        Philip:  (laughs)  Of course.  I should warn you though -- I'm pretty good.  Trained by a venerated Master.                                                                                                                                                              Mike:  Well ...  I've watched all the old Errol Flynn movies.                                                                           Philip:  Well then, it should be an even match.

• (Willie proposes to Thelma)                                                                                                                          Willie:     This is a human custom that you will just have to get used to.  (kisses her)                                        Thelma:  What is it?                                                                                                                                             Willie:     Kiss.                                                                                                                                                Thelma:  'Kiss'.  I think I will like it very much on Earth.                                                                                    Willie:     If we make it, if we live through this, I want you to be my wife.                                                        Thelma:  We'll make it, Willie.  I know we will, even if I have to stop Diana myself!

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