LadyCorinth
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(2/11/01 11:16:35 am)
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Music of a Distant Drum - Episode Discussion
I can't wait until tonight to post
this.
There are spoilers here, so anyone who hasn't seen the
episode may want to bail out
now!
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My
"favorite episode" of Andromeda changes nearly every week. While
"Neptune's Oceans" was NOT a candidate, I loved "Those Were Pearls
that were His Eyes" and "The Mathematics of Tears," both candidates,
along with "Double Helix" for my personal "best episode" award.
Well, now I have another one, "Music of a Distant Drum."
This episode centers on Tyr, so of course it finds favor
with me. It provides the character development that a lot of us have
been wanting. However attractive he is, Tyr's Nietzschean philosophy
is a turn-off. In this episode, we see a tenderness in Tyr that just
made me melt. He is a real hero in this episode.
A temporary
loss of memory makes Tyr dependent upon the kindness of a human
woman and her son. He is clearly touched by what he terms the
woman's "hospitality." He is also touched by her plight and her
valiant struggle to make a living for herself and her boy. Tyr is
brought face to face with the ugliest side of unbridled Nietzschean
philosophy when he sees what life is like under the regime of the
Nietzshean clan that destroyed his own Kodiak pride. Knowing that
his enemies are hunting him, he is unwilling to endanger his new
friends by his continued presence in their home.
This
episode makes the character Tyr lovable, and suggests that we can
trust him after all. By the end of the episode, Tyr has undergone an
ephiphany. As Beka and Dylan come to his rescue, his new woman
friend asks him, "Are these friends of yours?" and he replies, "I
believe they are." Tyr has come a long way.
There are also
interesting developments in the relationship between Dylan and Beka.
More of Beka's talents and capabilities are revealed. In a joking
recounting of a dream she has had, Beka gently but decisively tries
to get Dylan to face the fact that he needs to be practical and find
a solution to Andromeda's financial difficulties. A starship cannot
run on idealism; some practical means of supporting their mission
must be found - and soon.
This is a lovely episode, and the
ending is exquisite.
Keith Hamilton Cobb can express more with a
gesture than most people can in a thousand words.
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