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The Deal of Fire
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Cast


Captain Robert Smith -- Bruce Campbell
Lieutenant Martin Jasper -- Ted Rami
Commander Belinda Reines -- Amy Acker
Colonel Shauna Finelli -- Jewel Staite
TAG -- Christopher Judge
Johnny Danger -- Edward Kerr
Skip Tyler -- David Tennant
Robin Cunningham-- Wil Wheaton
4675636B -- John DiMaggio (voice)
Alice Tolman -- Amy Adams
Red Shirt-- Justin Long


Guest Stars


Coruscant Bartender -
Amanda in the Bar -
Ms. Meyer -
Z0-MG -
Coruscant Docking Bay Officer -
President Palpatine -
General Tarkin -
Jedi Knight Tyn (frozen) -
Lieutenant Deborah Pascal -
Mister Combs -
Ensign Cindy Wright -
Princess Natalie -
Lando Calrissian -
Darth Creepius -


Production


Writer: D. M. Jeftinija
Director: D. M. Jeftinija
Script editor: D. M. Jeftinija
Executive producer: D. M. Jeftinija
Production code: 5.10
Originally broadcast: 06-18-07
Timeslot: Monday at 8:00 EST
Length: 50


Chronology


Preceeded by

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Followed by

No Surprise
No Rebate

  -  

5th Year
Anniversary

The Deal of Fire

Plot Synopsis


Belinda escapes Coruscant. The crew deal with the new XO. Marty and Belinda move toward a distress signal, and destiny.

Plot Summary


On Coruscant Belinda is drinking herself into a stupor when a telepath and her troops show up to arrest her. Belinda makes quick work and them and rushes back to her ship, using Jedi tricks she is able to board her ship and ZeeO is able to clear the ship for takeoff. In space both she and Marty pick up a strange signal and go to check it out.
On the Muffin the crew continue to deal with Lieutenant Pascal and her strange ways, including telepathic scans of the crew and Pascal's crush on the Captain which is not received well by Shauna. Mister Combs is unable to scan Bob to see who he might be in a relationship with and he starts to doubt Lt. Pascal's motivations and whole reason for everything, which he confides in several crew members while getting drunk.
TAG detects the same message that Marty and Belinda picked up and they head in the same direction to the planet Climatika where they find Belinda's ship coming from the surface. Lt. Pascal goes to arrest Belinda but before she can Belinda states that Marty has fall to the dark side.
A flashback shows 3 hours earlier when Marty arrived on the planet and spoke with Darth Creepius and the Sith's attempt to turn Marty. Belinda then shows up and finds Marty's lightsaber and epaulets and when she goes further finds that Marty has become a Sith. The two fall into combat.

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References and Allusions


  • The title of this episode refers to the title of Babylon 5's? last season "The Wheel of Fire."