- Robert Carlyle ( The World is not Enough ) as Dr. Nicholas Rush
- Justin Louis ( Missing ) as Col. Everett Young
- David Blue as Eli Wallace
- Brian J. Smith as Lt. Matthew Scott
- Jamil Walker Smith as Msgt. Ronald Greer
- Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong
- Alaina Huffman as Msgt. Tamara Johansen
- Ming-Na as Camile Wray
- Lou Diamond Phillips ( Wolf Lake ) as Col. David Telford
- Patrick Gilmore as Dale Volker
- Peter Kelamis as Adam Brody
- Julia Anderson as Vanessa James
Season 1
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 1]
Air (1)
Shown 02/Oct/09
Eli the nerd is recruited by SGC. Like the hero in The Last Starfighter , he has been recruited by winning a contest of sorts. The SGC beam him onto a starship, and fly him off to another planet. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks - Andromeda ) has a brief appearance, in the orientation video.
On the ship, Eli befriends the only other civilian in his age group. She is Chloe ( Elyse Levesque ), a girl who looks a bit like Summer Glau , and she is the daughter of a US Senator.
When they get to the alien world it is attacked by the Lucian Alliance. Dr Rush (Robert Carlyle - The World is not Enough ) evacuates the survivors though the gate onto Destiny, the Ancients’ ship. Unfortunately, they are now trapped with no way back to their own galaxy.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 2]
Air (2)
Shown 02/Oct/09
This is the Stargate version of BSG (2003) , much like Stargate: Atlantis was the version of Star Trek: Voyager . In other words, instead of slick and glossy it tries to look dark and gritty. Unfortunately, BSG has certain advantages. It has CHARACTERS and PLOT. This has Robert Carlisle, best known as Begbie in Trainspotting. Bear in mind that he was utterly wasted as a Bond villain in the mediocre The World is not Enough , so his presence alone is certainly no guarantee of quality.
Unfortunately there is a problem with the shift in concept. The original movie and follow-up shows are all thrillers, full of action and adventure. This show is a drama, where the conflict is internal. In short, the core audience for Stargate shows is the people who wanted the ORIGINAL Battlestar Galactica (1978) , who would refer to the revamped 2003 show as G.I.N.O. (Galactica In Name Only).
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 3]
Air (3)
Shown 09/Oct/09
Air supplies are running out. To purify it they need a calcium compound. The nearest gate planet is a desert. Rush (Robert Carlyle - The World is not Enough ), Eli, Lt Scott and a landing party go exploring.
Eli has seen POTA, but does not understand why the Statue of Liberty was buried. He thinks the apes did it!
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 4]
Darkness
Shown 16/Oct/09
The ship has power fluctuations. They are in severe trouble.
Chloe ( Elyse Levesque ) takes a shower. The female LT ( Julia Anderson ) prick-teases Eli.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 5]
Light
Shown 23/Oct/09
The ship makes a suicide run into a star.
The crew have to decide - who will go on the shuttle to a nearby planetoid?
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 6]
Water
Shown 30/Oct/09
The water supplies are being mysteriously depleted. Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ) and the Lieutenant (his second in command) suit up and go to an ice planet to get more H2O.
Back on the ship, the Medical Officer TJ ( Alaina Huffman ) is left in charge. She, Rush (Robert Carlyle - The World is not Enough ) and the Corporal must take on a horde of Alien bugs. Eli is just whiny and annoying, and Chloe ( Elyse Levesque ) the Senator's daughter pines for the Lieutenant.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 7]
Earth
Shown 06/Nov/09
O’Neill’s scientists at SGC think they have discovered a way of dialling home. Rush (Robert Carlyle - The World is not Enough ) says it will destroy the Destiny. Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ) does not know if Rush can be trusted, so he delays following O’Neill’s direct order.
On O'Neill's orders, Telford (Lou Diamond Philips - Wolf Lake ) launches a coup d'etat. He and a couple of scientists hijack the Destiny. The Colonel, Eli and Chloe ( Elyse Levesque ) are trapped on Earth, so they make the most of it.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 8]
Time
Shown 13/Nov/09
The Away Team recover a Kino with a recording of future events. The planet they are approaching has dangerous predators, and there is a disease in the water.
Despite his knowledge of 1960s classic movies, Eli does not recognise Rush’s famous last words. For a moment there, I thought we were in trouble!.
Stargate Universe [Season 1, Episode 9]
Life
Shown 20/Nov/09
TJ ( Alaina Huffman ) conducts psychiatric interviews with all the crew. Is anyone going to snap? Luckily, Rush (Robert Carlyle - The World is not Enough ) discovers an Icarus planet they can get to in only a year ...
Camille uses the telepathy stones to go home. Using another woman's body, she spends time with her girlfriend ( Reiko Aylesworth ). She also gets some political advice from her Boss.
Lieutenant Scott got a letter from his ex-GF. He goes to visit her, using the body of Telford (Lou Diamond Philips - Wolf Lake ), and discovers she has an 8-year-old son. He also has flashes of Telford's memories.
Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ) goes home, and discovers his wife is friendly with Colonel Telford.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 10]
Justice
Shown 04/Dec/09
One of the military personnel is discovered with a fatal gunshot wound to his head. Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ) announces there will be an investigation, and when the weapon is found there will be a trial. However, the weapon is found in the Colonel’s quarters.
The conflict between the Military (with their tight chain of command) and the civilians (who have their own agendas) is exacerbated.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 11]
Space
Shown 02/Apr/10
The Destiny encounters another ship, crewed by Aliens! The Aliens want the Destiny, and will take it by force. They even attempt a forced boarding. Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ) has to risk himself to save two crew.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 12]
Divided
Shown 09/Apr/10
There is constant friction between Rush (Robert Carlyle - The World is not Enough ) and Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ). It all has to boil over sooner or later.
The civilians try a takeover of the ship. Unfortunately, Eli takes the Military's side. He does not have any high-minded arguments about Civilian Oversight of Military Hierarchy, he is merely a child who comes across like Britney Spears in Fahrenheit 911. Worse, the aliens are still in pursuit. Can the crew defend the ship without causing irreplacable loss of life?
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 13]
Faith
Shown 16/Apr/10
The Destiny encounters a star and a habitable planet that are completely uncharted. They send a team down to explore, and discover it is an M-Class paradise. So a skeleton crew is left on the Destiny while it orbits the star to the next FTL point. The majority of the crew settle and explore the planet.
Bridges are built and fences mended, metaphorically at least, among the crew. But when their time is up, many want to stay there. Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ) is willing to let the civilians stay, but cannot allow his own military staff to mutiny. TJ ( Alaina Huffman ) has a very tough decision.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 14]
Human
Shown 23/Apr/10
Rush (Robert Carlyle - The World is not Enough ) goes into a VR world where he can solve a scientific problem that can get them home. He is distracted by the fact he has to relive his wife's slow death from an incurable medical condition. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks - Andromeda ) pops up, fully of philosophy and cryptic remarks. Louise Lombard plays Begbie's wife.
The kiddies go down to a planet to investigate creepy caves. Naturally, things go wrong.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 15]
Lost
Shown 30/Apr/10
The kiddies are trapped, seperated and generally screwed. Can they get back to the ship, somehow?
The psycho sergeant has flashbacks to his lousy childhood.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 16]
Sabotage
Shown 07/May/10
Begbie's crippled assistant back in the SGC does a mind-swop with Camille the lesbian on the starship. Back on Earth, Camille visits her GF ( Reiko Aylesworth ).
One of the FTL engines explodes, possibly due to sabotage. Can the crew get it fixed before the Aliens destroy them?
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 17]
Pain
Shown 14/May/10
An Away team comes back from a mission, and starts to hallucinate. It turns out they are infested with ticks that inject a hallucinogen into their bloodstream.
Dr Rush (Robert Carlisle - The World Is Not Enough ) thinks the ship is overrun by Aliens. The black sergeant thinks the civilians are revolting. IYKWIM. Chloe ( Elyse Levesque ) sees her dad's ghost.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 18]
Subversion
Shown 21/May/10
Dr Rush (Robert Carlisle - The World Is Not Enough ) tells Colonel Young (Justin Louis - Missing ) he had a dream that Telford (Lou Diamond Philips - The Big Hit ) has been selling secrets to Lithian Alliance boss Rhona Mitra .
To pull in ratings, General O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson - ) and Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks - Andromeda ) help out. The military then decide to do some BSG 2003 -style severe interrogation, to differentiate this from real Stargate.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 19]
Incursion (1)
Shown 04/Jun/10
O'Neill gets Colonel Carter to track the kidnappers down. But the villains now have Stargate access to the SGU ship ...
Rhona Mitra and her assault team are well-equipped, and Telford (Lou Diamond Philips - Wolf Lake ) knows his way around the place.
Stargate: Universe [Season 1, Episode 20]
Incursion (2)
Shown 11/Jun/10
The Lycians and the Terrans try to fight it out for control of the starship.
They are trapped aboard a rusting space-hulk a billion miles from anywhere. This is not the best place for a vicious little war to break out. Worse, the ship has deathtraps of its own ...
Stargate: Universe [Season 2, Episode 1
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