Actually, I can. Just finished watching all four episodes.
Episode 7, "Farewell to the Solar System," has the Yamato cross the heliopause out of Sol's system and fly into deep space. We have a version of the "Crossing The Line" ceremony surface ships hold when they cross the Equator; this is just an excuse for the crew to throw a party, of course.
Episode 8, "Wish Upon A Star," is where the Yamato has to face a plasma weapon called the "Dessler Torpedo" that was designed to literally consume the ship. We get a chance to see Dessler's inner cabinet as they watch the "game." After Yamato escapes, Dessler is actually quite impressed.
Episode 9, "Clockwork Prisoner," allows Analyser a chance to shine. One of the Gamilas androids is reassembled and it senses the presence of a "goddess" (the special navigation system that allows Yamato to sail on to Iscandar). Analyser tries to befriend the alien robot, but the human crew overreacts and the alien effectively kills himself on the ship's forward weather-deck.
And Episode 10, "Graveyard of the Universe," is where the Yamato finds itself trapped in a dimensional rift with a Gamilas destroyer. The two ships are forced to play out the Prisoner's Dilemma to escape the rift. This is the episode where the red-haired female Gamilas first appears. Her name is Melda Ditz, an officer of the local theatre air corps; she is the "ceasefire officer" who tries to arrange for the two ships to escape the rift. Unfortunately for Melda, Commander Goer — your atypical arrogant goon who's more than happy to lay blame for failures on everyone else save himself; on seeing him in action, I thought "Shades of Cornelius Fudge!" — decides to attack the Yamato, destroying Melda's ship along the way. The story ends with Akira Yamamoto giving her the bad news after the attacking fleet has been wiped out thanks to the rift…with Goer escaping on his own ship, of course.
An aside about Melda; she's is ranked "lower storm leader"…which, given the emphasis on the similarities between Gamilas and Nazi Germany in this series, would make her the equivalent of a Navy ensign/acting sub-lieutenant, Army second lieutenant or Air Force pilot officer. Atop that, Melda is the daughter of Admiral Gul Ditz, introduced in Episode 8 as the Supreme Commander of Gamilas' Astrofleets; this makes him one of Dessler's chief advisors. She also seems very honourable.
Episode 7, "Farewell to the Solar System," has the Yamato cross the heliopause out of Sol's system and fly into deep space. We have a version of the "Crossing The Line" ceremony surface ships hold when they cross the Equator; this is just an excuse for the crew to throw a party, of course.
Episode 8, "Wish Upon A Star," is where the Yamato has to face a plasma weapon called the "Dessler Torpedo" that was designed to literally consume the ship. We get a chance to see Dessler's inner cabinet as they watch the "game." After Yamato escapes, Dessler is actually quite impressed.
Episode 9, "Clockwork Prisoner," allows Analyser a chance to shine. One of the Gamilas androids is reassembled and it senses the presence of a "goddess" (the special navigation system that allows Yamato to sail on to Iscandar). Analyser tries to befriend the alien robot, but the human crew overreacts and the alien effectively kills himself on the ship's forward weather-deck.
And Episode 10, "Graveyard of the Universe," is where the Yamato finds itself trapped in a dimensional rift with a Gamilas destroyer. The two ships are forced to play out the Prisoner's Dilemma to escape the rift. This is the episode where the red-haired female Gamilas first appears. Her name is Melda Ditz, an officer of the local theatre air corps; she is the "ceasefire officer" who tries to arrange for the two ships to escape the rift. Unfortunately for Melda, Commander Goer — your atypical arrogant goon who's more than happy to lay blame for failures on everyone else save himself; on seeing him in action, I thought "Shades of Cornelius Fudge!" — decides to attack the Yamato, destroying Melda's ship along the way. The story ends with Akira Yamamoto giving her the bad news after the attacking fleet has been wiped out thanks to the rift…with Goer escaping on his own ship, of course.
An aside about Melda; she's is ranked "lower storm leader"…which, given the emphasis on the similarities between Gamilas and Nazi Germany in this series, would make her the equivalent of a Navy ensign/acting sub-lieutenant, Army second lieutenant or Air Force pilot officer. Atop that, Melda is the daughter of Admiral Gul Ditz, introduced in Episode 8 as the Supreme Commander of Gamilas' Astrofleets; this makes him one of Dessler's chief advisors. She also seems very honourable.
Canadian lighthouse to U.S. Warship approaching it: "This is a lighthouse. Your call!"