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Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999)

Action · Adventure · Animation

The exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad, "Razak's Roughnecks," during the SICON–Bugs War between a newly united humanity and an extraterrestrial race, known as the "Bugs," also sometimes referred to as Arachnids.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (2,476 votes)
Episode average: 7.1 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.11 avg 40 episodes 7.0 → 7.7 21 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Freefall	7.0	66
2	Plasma Bugs of Navarone	7.2	44
3	Handle with Care	7.4	47
4	Basic Training	6.9	41
5	Deep Trouble	6.8	40
6	Water, Water Everywhere	7.4	34
7	Swarm	7.3	32
8	Search & Destroy	7.4	31
9	Missing in Action	7.3	31
10	Sole Survivor	7.6	32
11	Betrayal	7.1	29
12	Stranded	6.9	29
13	Of Flesh and Steel	7.7	30
14	Captured	7.2	28
15	The Face of Truth	7.2	28
16	No Substitute	7.3	29
17	...And Then There Were Two	7.0	28
18	Marauder	7.2	29
19	Liquid Dreams	6.9	29
20	Heart	7.6	29
21	Ice-Olation	7.1	25
22	Mixed Signals	7.3	26
23	Hot Ice	6.9	26
24	The Inside Story	7.2	25
25	The Ice Men Goeth	6.6	24
26	Metamorphosis	6.9	26
27	D-Day	7.2	25
28	The Mission	7.0	24
29	Letters Home	7.2	20
30	Checkmate	7.1	21
31	Trackers	7.4	22
32	Among Us	6.9	21
34	Hide N' Seek	6.9	25
35	Requiem	7.2	25
36	Funeral for a Friend	6.5	26
37	Spirits of the Departed	7.6	28
41	Pluto and Beyond	6.4	22
42	Propaganda Machine	6.4	21
43	Marooned	6.4	23
44	The Court-Martial of Lt. Razak (Clip Show #4)	7.7	25