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Originally Posted by MG1962A
I just looked through my episode guide - And the episode was Computer Affair. I might be confused about the ending - but I recall two ground units closing in on a downed UFO - one comes under attack, the other holds fire to avoid detection. The last part I am working on a 20 year old memory, but I am sure the final scene is Straeker and Foster talking about the event, and wondering if ultimately they did the right thing
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Ah yes!
You've got the final events slightly confused.
Early in the episode, a UFO had survived its encounter with the three interceptors, and was heading on a collision course with them. Lt Gay Ellis on Moonbase had to compute evasive courses for all three, but she gave priority to the one piloted by Mark Bradley. As a result, one of the other pilots was killed.
Ellis and Bradley were sent to Earth, and various tests were run on them. The conclusion drawn - by the computer, not by them - was that they were in love, but in denial.
Meanwhile, the UFO, which had survived a near-miss by an interceptor, a glancing hit by Peter Calvin in Sky One, and a bad landing in Canada, was still at large.
Three mobiles went after the downed UFO. The first mobile was destroyed by it. With two remaining, Gay Ellis deliberately put the one with Mark Bradley in danger by sending his one in, even though the other was better placed.
Bradley survived, and even managed to bring in a surviving alien.
The episode ended with Ellis and Bradley going out to dinner together, unsure of their feelings towards each other.