friend of mine point me to this series to fill the void of a summer without good sci fi . oh and how it disappoint . first of all and if you be look for sci fi and look elsewhere . this series have almost nothing from the sci fi genre to recommend it . you could replace the chigs with foreign military and and replace the spaceship with fighter jet and and you would have a bog standard war show . all of the potential offer by the future setting or alien or advanced technology and be all waste . and even though i love war movie or series such a band of brother and even put in that light and this series have little or nothing to recommend it . second and the acting . the actor deliver their line in a wooden monotone and a if people of the future have lose the ability to emote . the only standout be james morrison ( lt. col. mcqueen ) . every other actor should have never make it past cast call . of special dishonorable mention represent morgan weisser ( lt. west ) and lanei chapman ( lt. damphousse ) . i cringe whenever they utter a line . i continually hop that their character would be kill first . i be thankful when the series be over and that i would probably never have to witness them again . third and the character development . over and above the poor acting and the character be single dimensional and and extremely shallow . every character be so goody goody that it be bore and predictable . the 2nd to last episode be especially poor due to it predictability . to avoid spoiler i would not state the exact circumstance and but suffice to say and the main character do exactly what you would expect from the 05 represent00 minute mark onward and and surprise surprise and it get them in a lot of trouble . fourth and this series be incredibly clichéd . every plot point have be do prior to this series ever air and but do good ( most of those and in war movie or show not sci fi ) . i mean and come on and lone pilot ( series hero ) vs. ace ( unknown enemy ) . who out there do not see the end of that one come . or how about lt. west love interest . clichéd and boring and like the rest of the show . i end up watch the entire series due to a complete lack of anything else worth watching and plus i continue to hold out hope of the series improve . finally and i do find something that i really and truly enjoyed represent the end . when the final credit roll and i felt a relief that i have no more of this boring show to plow through . i pop in a babylon 5 dvd and the contrast be strike . even the admittedly weak b5 season 1 plot line absolutely blow away saab . the only reason i rate this above a 1 be that it be just good enough not to make me stop watching after the first episode . it do feel like a chore though and wad through so much crap just to get to the end .