As the children fall ill, Troy (Kent McCord) and Dillon (Barry Van Dyke) develop a risky plan to save them, and show the chemical company responsible for the pollution, represented by Stockton (Mike Kellin) the folly of his ways.

The Super Scouts: Part II aired on 23 March, 1980 and was written by series creator Glen A. Larson.

Troy and Dillon with Jamie’s (Robyn Douglass) help as well as the medical doctor seeing over the children go on the run, even as the government and the local PD pursue them across the county. With a number of transmissions sent back and forth between the Galactica, something the government can track but not understand, Adama (Lorne Greene) and Dr. Zee (played now by James Patrick Stuart, replacing Robbie Rist after the series opener).

With a specially designed craft, a landing is organized to rescue and save the dying trio of children, but Adama informs Dillon and Troy that the rest of the children, and the two colonial warriors, will remain on Earth for now.

Troy and Adama exchange farewells, will we see Adama and the fleet again or will we be hanging on Earth with Troy and Dillon to save on episode budgets?

Stockton leaves convinced that he has to change the fate of the planet, and becomes a full-on environmentalist. Perhaps Earth isn’t doomed after all.

It’s a little simple, a little silly, but the special effects work on the new saucer ship looks impressive, especially for television. And of course, much like on The A-Team, the government will continue its pursuit of Troy and Dillon, hoping to catch them and discover the truth about who they are.

Spaceball aired on 30 March, 1980 and was written by Frank Lupo, Jeff Freilich alongside Larson. And if you thought the series was being dumbed down before, and aimed at kids, then buckle up, because this is the worst episode yet.

While Troy and Dillon are off on a mission to hunt down Xavier, Jamie is left looking after the Galactica Kids and is joined by Sherlock Holmes, I mean, Lt. Nash played by Jeremy Brett who may be a baddie! Because he’s not really Nash at all, but Xavier!!! The viper Troy and Dillon are in is about to leave them marooned in space, and Xavier heads out after Jamie and the children.

Colonel Sydell (Allan Miller) continues his pursuit of the Galacticans, and knows that if he can find Jamie, he’ll find them. Luckily a story comes up that lets Jamie cover a kids camp, a perfect place to tuck the children for awhile. Unfortunately, Jamie didn’t realize it was a baseball camp, and the kids aren’t supposed to show any of their superior abilities.

Familiar character actor Bert Rosario plays Jamie’s cameraman, Hal.

And boy this one gets simplistic very quickly. It seems there’s a baddie who wants to take over and dismantle the camp and everything is riding on a baseball game that Jamie has told the kids they can’t win with their powers, but when Sydell shows up the whole thing changes, and the kids have to win to save the day and escape from the government again.

Through it all Dillon and Troy try to figure out how to save themselves as their viper sits motionless in space.

Of course, everything wraps up happily, and now we’ve replaced both Robbie Rist and Richard Lynch, and we’re only six episodes into the series. Not a good sign. Of course the simplistic stories aren’t doing the series ay favours.

Next week we dive into the two parter… The Night the Cylons Landed!