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I caught it first time round and remember it fondly...mainly for Jane Badler. Rowf!

Mind you, Faye Grant was simultaneously strong and cute, very appealing. The characters were so well-written, especially Julie - I loved the way everyone just assumed she was going to take charge of the Resistance when she in fact had no intention whatsoever of doing so, and looked utterly nonplussed (and more than a bit scared) when she realised it. Elizabeth was a bit of a deus ex machina, but all the same it was a good series.

Some of the lines were classics - remember the exchanges between Diana and Pamela (Sarah Douglas, looking awful with curls)? Utter bitchiness to equal anything out of Dallas or Dynasty (and no, I did not watch either of those - it would be more accurate to say the rest of the family inflicted them on me while I prayed for sweet, sweet death):

"You might take a moment to consider, my dear, that your...lover...sent you fifty trillion kilometres away. Hardly an indication he can't bear not to see you."

On the impromptu skydive:

Donovan: Cadets really do this?
Martin: No - (boots Donovan over the edge) - sounded good, though, didn't it?

Martin and Willie on receiving the vaccine:

Martin: I've tasted worse.
Willie: When?

Elias and his father Caleb finally finding common ground:

"Look, Pop, I was just jokin' with the guys, I didn't mean nothin' by it."
"Right away you assume I'm gonna come down on you -"
"Ain't that the way it's always been, huh?"
"Perhaps so. I disagreed with what you said at the meeting..."
"So what's new?"
"...but you said it well. I was damn proud of you, son."

Abraham's speech to his son Daniel moved me to tears, and still does:

"Don't you see, they have to stay...or else we haven't learned a thing!"


Any reboot will be hard-pressed to rival such quality. I wish 'em luck.