I’ve been wondering how they were going to manage to patch things up between the civilians and military, what with the perpetual alien attacks and infighting.  I guess this episode answers that question.

It was obvious from the beginning that TJ would want to stay behind.  She needs to patch things up with Young – oh wait, he’s married.  That could get messy (messier).

I hope they’ll bring back this episode’s mystery later on; it could prove to be quite interesting.

I’m not really sure what to think about this episode.  (Spoilers ahead!) On the one hand, they finally let the civilian-vs-military tension explode into action; on the other hand, there’s no clear indication what the civilians meant to do once they got control.  (Rush knew, but what about the people he was working with?)

I’m also a bit confused about Eli’s loyalty for Colenel Young.  Is it just that he’s a kid who looks up to the military?  Is it that he doesn’t really like Rush?  I’m not really sure.

And of course there’s the obvious just-in-the-nick-of-time escape that’s completely out of their control.  Wouldn’t the ship realize it’s under attack, and jump early?

That’s a good question.  I’m glad you asked.  (Then again, maybe I’m not, because now I have to come up with an answer.)

Can I still use “just bought a house” as an excuse?  No?  Hmm.

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Well, I’m officially a homeowner.  Yesterday morning we signed revised papers for the county recording office, and at 5:30 we got the keys.  We immediately set about repainting one of the upstairs bedrooms.  No time to waste

We’re moving in on Saturday, so we’ve got a lot of packing to do…

Hmm.  This is starting to sound suspiciously like work.

After the last episode, Justice, I was excited to see the series continue.  It took them four months to get around to airing the rest of the season.  Was it worth the wait?  Let’s see.

(If you don’t want spoilers, stop reading…)

Back in November I mentioned this:

Did anyone else notice a ship detaching from Destiny at the end of the first or second episode and flying away?  What was that?  Did they ever give any other indication of what that might be?

As it turns out, the answer is not “Dan, you’re crazy and you were seeing things.”  The answer is, “Gee, Dan, you’re very observant.”

What that means is that the show’s creators aren’t making it up as they go along.  They do appear to have a longer-term plan, at least for the season as a whole.  A couple of the episodes last year had me worried about that.

Once you understand the premise of this episode, though, it does turn a little predictable.  When they answered Eli’s message in English, rather than in Ancient or in gibberish, it was obvious that they had captured Dr. Rush from the desert planet and therefore knew enough to tell the humans to surrender in their own language.

What they didn’t explain yet is why the communications stones stopped working.  My guess is that the alien ship prevented it somehow while it was in the near vicinity; that does still leave the question, why did the stones work for just that one alien?  Obviously we’ll have to watch and find out

Stargate Universe is very much a departure from the standard Stargate format, but I think if they keep going the way they are we’ll get a decent show out of it.