I like to think I would cringe at this episode even if I'd watched it 20 years ago. Andromeda occasionally falls prey to formulaic sex jokes, and Season 3 is rife with them. Harper clownishly lays it on thick to good-locking alien women, while those alien women seduce Hunt. Annoying because hackneyed.
But this episode takes the cake on casting Hunt as the alpha dog, the macho man. The social relation between Hunt and alien woman could be an interesting plot point if handled well, but the writing feels like a 1960s-era Captain Kirk winking at the camera. Look, Sorbo is attractive but you gotta show not tell.
The saving grace of this episode (and season) is that Tyr shows his humorous side when he effectively handles his task on the ship while Hunt is...otherwise occupied.
But this episode takes the cake on casting Hunt as the alpha dog, the macho man. The social relation between Hunt and alien woman could be an interesting plot point if handled well, but the writing feels like a 1960s-era Captain Kirk winking at the camera. Look, Sorbo is attractive but you gotta show not tell.
The saving grace of this episode (and season) is that Tyr shows his humorous side when he effectively handles his task on the ship while Hunt is...otherwise occupied.