The group lands on a world where the Kromagg invasion led to California seceding. Charlton Heston is the President of California and almost everyone is armed and on horseback since most of the oil has been plundered. People who collaborated with the Kromaggs are known as Thatchers since the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher signed a treaty with them to protect the United Kingdom.
What confuses me about this episode is the British intelligence officers hunting these traitors when their own Prime Minister is allowing them access to oil in exchange for peace. This is the first episode where Quinn isn't involved in the storyline, but it worked with him as a subplot. This was a good episode, especially because of the twist involving Rembrandt and the doctor helping Quinn. You just never know what type of person is helping you. The parallel is the Thatchers being the same as Nazi sympathizers during World War II. The Kromaggs even look like Nazi soldiers, but they are as ugly on the outside as they are on the inside.
What confuses me about this episode is the British intelligence officers hunting these traitors when their own Prime Minister is allowing them access to oil in exchange for peace. This is the first episode where Quinn isn't involved in the storyline, but it worked with him as a subplot. This was a good episode, especially because of the twist involving Rembrandt and the doctor helping Quinn. You just never know what type of person is helping you. The parallel is the Thatchers being the same as Nazi sympathizers during World War II. The Kromaggs even look like Nazi soldiers, but they are as ugly on the outside as they are on the inside.