Stargate Universe is a Canadian-American military science fiction television series created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin off from its sister shows, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
The show has stand-alone episodes and multi-parters, and it also has more season-long story and character arcs running through every episode than any other Stargate series.[1] Brad Wright was hopeful that the show would last three or more seasons.[2] As of December 16th, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that the show would end after the second season.[3]
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1 | October 2, 2009 | June 11, 2010 | Stargate SG-U: 1.0[4] | 10 | February 9, 2010[4] | N/A | N/A | February 9, 2010[5] | N/A | |
Stargate SG-U: 1.5 | 10 | July 27, 2010[6] | N/A | N/A | July 27, 2010[7] | N/A | ||||
Complete Season 1[8] | 20 | October 5, 2010[9] | July 5, 2010[8] | January 12, 2011[10] | October 5, 2010[11] | July 5, 2010[12] | ||||
2 | September 28, 2010[13] | N/A | Complete Season 2 | 20 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The first season consists of 20 episodes.[14] Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper wrote the three-parter series opener named "Air", which was originally planned to be a two-parter.[15] The first two parts of "Air" premiered on Syfy on October 2, 2009, with regularly weekly airing beginning on October 9, 2009.[16] "Fire" was originally going to be the title for episode four, but the story and script was too big to be able to fit into one episode, so the producers changed it to become a two-parter called "Darkness" and "Light", therefore pushing all future episodes forward one slot. "Justice" was the mid-season finale. The back half of the first season aired on Friday April 2, 2010 on Space and Syfy.[17]
British channel Sky1 acquired the exclusive UK rights to Stargate Universe and began airing the series from October 6, 2009.[18] The series currently airs on Space in Canada.[19] In Australia Stargate Universe commenced airing on free-to-air-TV on Network TEN from 20:30 on Monday 14 December 2009, broadcasting the first two episodes: "Air (Part 1)" and "Air (Part 2)" as a movie-length premiere.[20] However, Network TEN dropped the series after just three weeks.[21] All available episodes were however fast-tracked from the US and broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel on Foxtel screening in Australia only 'days' after the US.[22]
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Air (Part 1)" | Andy Mikita | Robert C. Cooper & Brad Wright | 2.346[23] | October 2, 2009 |
During an official visit to the top secret base Icarus, an attack from space forces the team to evacuate. Rather than dialing Earth, Dr. Nicholas Rush dials a nine chevron address, sending them to Destiny, an Ancient starship located billions of lightyears from Earth. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Air (Part 2)" | Andy Mikita | Robert C. Cooper & Brad Wright | 2.346[23] | October 2, 2009 |
After arriving on the Destiny, the team discovers that the ship's life support system is failing, and they must find a way to fix it. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Air (Part 3)" | Andy Mikita | Robert C. Cooper & Brad Wright | 2.447[23] | October 9, 2009 |
The Destiny dials the Stargate to a desert planet which has a mineral needed to repair the life support system. Meanwhile, Chloe Armstrong has a last chance to see her mother. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Darkness (Part 1)" | Peter DeLuise | Brad Wright | 2.099[24] | October 16, 2009 |
Power fails on the Destiny, but the ship has maneuvered toward three probably-habitable planets to save the crew. Meanwhile, Eli Wallace records individual messages from the crew in case they don't survive. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Light (Part 2)" | Peter DeLuise | Brad Wright | 2.015[25] | October 23, 2009 |
Following from the end of "Darkness", the Destiny is on a collision course with a star. A plan is devised to use the last working shuttle to evacuate to one of the three planets. However, there is only room for seventeen people and no time for additional trips, so a lottery is held to determine who will leave. Ultimately it's discovered Destiny was flying into the sun to replenish its power and afterwards the shuttle docks with Destiny which jumps back into FTL. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Water" | Will Waring | Story by: Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper & Carl Binder Teleplay by: Carl Binder |
1.974[26] | October 30, 2009 |
The ship drops out of FTL in range of an ice planet so the crew can replenish their water supply. While Scott and Young look for suitable ice, the rest of the crew learns that the living dust cloud from "Air (Part 3)" has stowed away on the ship and is rapidly absorbing their remaining water. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Earth" | Ernest Dickerson | Story by: Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper & Martin Gero Teleplay by: Martin Gero |
1.626[27] | November 6, 2009 |
Young, Eli, and Chloe use the Ancient communication device to contact Earth. Telford takes over command of the Destiny during the switch, while Williams and Jack O'Neill inform the trio about a potentially dangerous plan that could bring them all back to Earth. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Time" | Robert C. Cooper | Robert C. Cooper | 1.802[28] | November 13, 2009 |
During a mission to a jungle planet, the crew finds a Kino from the future that predicts their death from a virulent disease. However, even armed with the knowledge of their deaths, finding a way to stop the disease proves problematic. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Life" | Alex Chapple | Carl Binder | 1.891[29] | November 20, 2009 |
The scientific crew find an ancient chair interface similar to one in Antarctica used by O'Neill. Lt. Scott and Camille visit their loved ones using the communication stones. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Justice" | Will Waring | Alan McCullough | 1.340[30] | December 4, 2009 |
Sgt. Spencer is found dead, and Col. Young is implicated in his possible murder. Meanwhile, a crew member tries to use the chair interface and Rush is marooned on an alien planet, when Col. Young discovers that Rush is the one who framed him. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "Space (Part 1)" | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.486[31] | April 2, 2010 |
A malfunction with the communication stones leads Young to discover an alien presence near the Destiny. When confronted, the aliens attack, placing captives Rush and Chloe in mortal danger and leading Young and Scott to take desperate measures. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Divided (Part 2)" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.600[32] | April 9, 2010 |
Following the alien attack, Rush suspects there is a tracking device aboard Destiny. Meanwhile, dissatisfied with the military leadership, the civilian population stages a coup to take control of the ship. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "Faith" | Will Waring | Denis McGrath | 1.422[33] | April 16, 2010 |
The Destiny arrives at a star system that shouldn't exist. The crew discover a planet there that could meet all of their needs. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Human" | Robert C. Cooper | Jeff Vlaming | 1.313[34] | April 23, 2010 |
Rush risks his life in an experiment involving the ship's chair interface and flashes back to when he was recruited into the Stargate Program. Gloria Rush, his deceased wife, and Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson appear in the flashbacks. | ||||||
15 | 15 | "Lost" | Ronn Schmidt | Martin Gero | 1.587[35] | April 30, 2010 |
The off world team is trapped in some ruins on a planet, and the ordeal brings back memories of Greer's abusive father and inept mother. Meanwhile, the crew on the Destiny continues their attempt at gaining access to the ship's flight controls, so they can rescue Eli, Chloe, Scott and Greer. | ||||||
16 | 16 | "Sabotage" | Peter DeLuise | Barbara Marshall | 1.391[36] | May 7, 2010 |
One of the FTL drives of Destiny explodes, and the crew suspects the aliens that kidnapped Rush and Chloe have taken control of one of the crew members. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Pain" | Will Waring | Carl Binder | 1.554[37] | May 14, 2010 |
When the crew suffers from vivid hallucinations that tap into their personal fears, Tamara Johansen isolates the affected from the rest and then tries to seek out the cause of the affliction as it spreads and becomes life-threatening. | ||||||
18 | 18 | "Subversion" | Alex Chapple | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.454[37] | May 21, 2010 |
A blended memory from a communication stone side effect causes Rush to suspect Colonel Telford of collaborating with the Lucian Alliance. Colonel Young and General Jack O'Neill formulate a plan to expose the mole, which requires a little help from Daniel Jackson. | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Incursion (Part 1)" | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.178[38] | June 4, 2010 |
The Lucian Alliance finds a way to board the Destiny and takes several crew members hostage. Samantha Carter tries to locate the captured Rush and the planet from which they are gating to Destiny. | ||||||
20 | 20 | "Incursion (Part 2)" | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.469[39] | June 11, 2010 |
Destiny has a power failure which causes failure of an attempt by Young to overpower the Lucian Alliance leader, Kiva, who shoots a hostage in retaliation. They later realize these power failures are caused by the radiation of a binary neutron star and Destiny is diverting all power to the shields to compensate. Young decides to surrender control of the ship while sending Rush to hide and regain control from one of the other panels aided by Telford. When Kiva and Telford shoot each other the new leader of the Lucian Alliance decides this must be a plot and separates the civilians from the military personnel to "put an end to this". All military personnel are about to be executed when the next burst hits the ship. |
The second season of Stargate Universe was announced by Syfy on December 13, 2009. Like the first season, the second season will consist of 20 episodes.[40] Nine episodes have already been reserved by the primary series writers. The series was moved from the franchise's usual time on Friday to Tuesday, along with Caprica. This is due to Syfy picking up WWE Friday Night SmackDown.[41] The series resumed on September 28, 2010, USA.[13] In Ireland & UK the series resumed on October 5 at 9pm on Sky1 and Sky1 HD.
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
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21 | 1 | "Intervention (Part 3)" | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.175[42] | September 28, 2010 |
Colonel Young and the crew continue to clash with the Lucian Alliance soldiers over control of the Destiny, while the unconscious Lt. Johansen experiences a vision. Eventually, after Kiva dies of her wounds and one of the Lucian Alliance members kills her insane replacement Dannic, Rush, Eli, Brody and Chloe are able to force the rest to surrender, retaking the ship. | ||||||
22 | 2 | "Aftermath" | William Waring | Robert C. Cooper | 1.070[43] | October 5, 2010 |
Rush finds Destiny's bridge, but keeps it a secret while sending a team via shuttle to investigate a planet with an inactive Stargate. While Young and Wray argue over the future of the Lucian Alliance captives, the shuttle crashes on the planet while Destiny prepares to jump to FTL. All but a small number of Alliance members are abandoned on the planet, but Hunter Riley, who is mortally wounded in the crash, dies after asking Young to end his suffering. | ||||||
23 | 3 | "Awakening" | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.222[44] | October 12, 2010 |
The Destiny docks with an ancient Stargate-seeding ship. Rush, Eli, and the scientists try to link the ships' power together to dial Earth, while Scott and Greer explore the ship. The group encounters an alien and tries to befriend it. When Col. Young decides to capture the alien, the alien escapes and the other aliens that were with it decide to reverse the energy transfer, interrupting the dialing and threatening to leave Destiny power-drained and adrift. Eventually Rush manages to unlink the two ships in time, but Telford is left behind. | ||||||
24 | 4 | "Pathogen" | Robert Carlyle | Carl Binder | 0.974[45] | October 19, 2010 |
Eli and Scott realize Chloe is acting strangely, prompting a thorough investigation of possible alien control over her. Eli is called to Earth to deal with his ailing mother, while Young grants Lucian Alliance prisoners limited freedom of movement throughout the ship. After investigating the alien influence over Chloe, Rush stages a "cure" for her, intending to reassure the rest of the crew while using her for his own ends. | ||||||
25 | 5 | "Cloverdale" | Alex Chapple | Brad Wright | 1.012[46] | October 26, 2010 |
Matthew Scott is infected by a plant-like alien organism and hallucinates a life on earth involving the rest of the Destiny crew. Reluctant to bring the infection back to the ship, Johansen and Rush try to find a cure for Scott's infection on the planet while Greer leads a team defending their position against the aggressive plants. Chloe's alien infection protects her from infection by the plants, and a transfusion ultimately cures Scott, but leaves them both under suspicion of alien influence. | ||||||
26 | 6 | "Trial and Error" | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 0.967[47] | November 2, 2010 |
Young has a series of vivid dreams, wherein the aliens who infected Chloe surround Destiny and destroy the ship no matter how he responds to their demands. Young questions his sanity and confides in Wray. Meanwhile, Eli is working with Ginn, the Lucian Alliance scientist, and Greer challenges Eli to act on her attraction to him. The ship drops out of FTL with no countdown clock, and while Scott attempts to rouse Young from his alcohol-fueled slump, Eli discovers that the ship has been running a series of combat simulations that mirror Young's dreams. The crew prepares for an attack, but once Young accepts Scott's challenge and arrives to take charge of the defenses, the ship jumps back to FTL. Brody and Volker believe Destiny has decided that Young is now the proper commander, while the jump to FTL was actually prompted by Rush, working from the still-secret bridge. | ||||||
27 | 7 | "The Greater Good" | Will Waring | Carl Binder | 1.074[48] | November 9, 2010 |
Rush and Young investigate an abandoned alien craft adrift just outside Destiny, accidentally activating its engines. Ginn travels to earth while Dr. Perry comes aboard via the communication stones to assist with Rush's "maneuvering calculations". After she follows Rush's coded instructions to the bridge, Eli, Volker, and Brody follow. While Young and Rush awkwardly await rescue, Rush tells Young the Destiny's mission is actually to explore an anomaly in the background radiation of the universe. | ||||||
28 | 8 | "Malice" | Robert C. Cooper | Robert C. Cooper | 1.025[49] | November 16, 2010 |
Simeon makes his escape from Destiny after killing Ginn/Amanda Perry and taking Dr. Park hostage, with Rush in hot pursuit. Young orders Scott, Greer, and James to retrieve Simeon alive as he may have information about a Lucian Alliance attack on Earth. Meanwhile, Eli, Brody, and Volker try to override the bridge controls and buy time for the manhunt by keeping Destiny from jumping away. | ||||||
29 | 9 | "Visitation" | Peter DeLuise | Remi Aubuchon | 1.169[50] | November 23, 2010 |
Destiny exits FTL to find a shuttle alongside. They rapidly ascertain that it is the one left behind on "Eden" (in episode 1.13, "Faith"), complete with the personnel who had stayed behind on the planet. Young, Greer, and the rest of the crew instantly sense something "off" in the new arrivals, who have few memories of their life on the planet. Wray begins interviewing them under hypnosis, after one returnee dies mysteriously. While TJ searches for a medical answer, Chloe continues to physically transform, and begins to record her goodbyes via Kino. | ||||||
30 | 10 | "Resurgence (Part 1)" | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | 1.094[51] | November 30, 2010 |
With their new-found control over Destiny's flight path, the crew finds themselves in the middle of a war between two species while searching out a faint energy reading. When Destiny's FTL drives are knocked out in the battle, Telford arrives in a seed ship to help and accounts his experience with the "Ursini" after being left on the seed ship a month before (episode 2.03, "Awakening"). Eli is approached by several people looking to help him deal with the loss of Ginn. Chloe escapes her quarters after beating a guard outside her room and is found working at a terminal saying it's too late for something. | ||||||
31 | 11 | "Deliverance (Part 2)"[52] | Peter DeLuise[53] | Paul Mullie | ||
32 | 12 | "Twin Destinies"[54] | Peter DeLuise | Brad Wright | ||
33 | 13 | "Alliances"[55] | Linda McGibney | |||
34 | 14 | "Hope"[56] | Carl Binder[56] | |||
35 | 15 | "Seizure"[57] | Helen Shaver[58] | Remi Aubuchon[59] | ||
Seizure will guest star former Stargate Atlantis cast members Robert Picardo and David Hewlett. [57] | ||||||
36 | 16 | "The Hunt"[60] | Andy Mikita[60] | Joseph Mallozzi[60] | ||
37 | 17 | "Common Descent"[61] | Robert C. Cooper[57] | |||
38 | 18 | "Epilogue"[62] | Carl Binder[57] | |||
39 | 19 | "Blockade"[57] | Andy Mikita | Linda McGibney[59] | ||
40 | 20 | "Gauntlet"[63] | Paul Mullie[59] |
Thirty webisodes have also been released to tie into the series. The webisodes use "SG·U Stargate Universe KINO" as their title card. They center on the Kino (described by Mallozzi as an Ancient version of the MALP) following around the crew of the Destiny.[64][65] The webisodes are available for viewing at the Kino character profile.
# | Title | Release date |
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Kino 1 | "Get Outta Here" | October 22, 2009 |
Eli spies on Col. Young with the Kino. | ||
Kino 2 | "Not The Com Lab" | October 23, 2009 |
Eli gets lost trying to find the com lab. | ||
Kino 3 | "No Idea" | October 22, 2009 |
Eli is exploring the ship and has no idea what room he is in. | ||
Kino 4 | "The Stargate Room" | October 22, 2009 |
Eli shows the Gate Room. | ||
Kino 5 | "Eli's Room" | October 22, 2009 |
Eli shows his room. | ||
Kino 6 | "Don't Encourage Him" | October 23, 2009 |
Eli talks through the Kino to Scott, Johansen, and Greer. Greer warns Eli not to use the Kino to spy on women, in response to the failed attempt to spy on Lt. James in "Darkness". | ||
Kino 7 | "Corridor Conversation" | October 23, 2009 |
Eli spies on Chloe and Lt. Scott. | ||
Kino 8 | "Marked Hatch" | October 26, 2009 |
Eli talks about one of the hatches that is sealing a damaged compartment. | ||
Kino 9 | "Not Supposed To Be In Here" | October 26, 2009 |
Eli shows one of the shuttles. | ||
Kino 10 | "Nobody Cares" | October 26, 2009 |
Eli interviews Chloe. | ||
Kino 11 | "Kino Race" | November 2, 2009 |
Riley and Eli have a race with Kinos. | ||
Kino 12 | "Covered Kino" | November 2, 2009 |
Lt. James covers a Kino that's watching the shower room. | ||
Kino 13 | "Variety" | November 2, 2009 |
Becker, the chef, watches as Inman isolates banana-flavored esters from chemical impurities in water from the ice planet for him to use. At the end, the ship shakes suddenly and everyone leaves to find out what happened. | ||
Kino 14 | "You Okay?" | November 9, 2009 |
Lt. Scott tries to comfort Chloe after the recently-failed attempt to dial home in "Earth". | ||
Kino 15 | "Do I Look Stupid?" | November 9, 2009 |
Lt. Scott and Dr. Volker help Dr. Brody and Sgt. Riley put on the space suits so they can start repairing damaged power conduits. Brody is self-conscious about how the suit looks and can't get his balance. Riley realizes that he has to go to the bathroom, but is reluctant to go in the suit despite it being made for that. Volker takes the opportunity to tease him about it. | ||
Kino 16 | "All Telford's Fault" | November 9, 2009 |
Dr. Park tries to comfort Dr. Brody after Sgt. Riley's accident in "Earth". Brody blames Telford for putting Riley in danger, and decides to help Rush instead. This leads into Rush's scheme to get rid of Telford at the end of the episode. | ||
Kino 17 | "What's That Light?" | November 14, 2009 |
Dr. Brody and Dr. Park have rigged an interface between the radios and Destiny's intercom, but are having trouble distinguishing between the public and private channels, leading to some unfortunate on-air comments. | ||
Kino 18 | "New Kind of Crazy" | November 19, 2009 |
Following from the end of "Time", Eli and Lt. Scott detail how they found the two Kinos which were sent back in time in the two alternate timelines. With that knowledge, T.J. is developing a cure for the disease which they are all infected with. Both Eli and Scott relay their thanks to the alternate Scott who sacrificed his life, and Eli wishes that for once they could have a day where death isn't staring them in the face. | ||
Kino 19 | "Only Run When Chased" | November 19, 2009 |
Eli, Dr. Park, Dr. Volker, and Dr. Brody are watching South Park when Lt. Scott comes in to assign them their daily exercise regimen: a two-mile run in under 21 minutes. Eli claims this to be impossible, and bets Scott a protein bar that he can't do it. When Scott runs off to prove them wrong, they all go back to watching South Park. | ||
Kino 20 | "Want Me To Bust Him Up?" | November 25, 2009 |
Greer finds Dr. Park crying and attempts to comfort her. | ||
Kino 21 | "The Apple Core" | December 9, 2009 |
Eli shows the control interface room, which he has nicknamed the "Apple Core". Brody objects to the name, but his fellow scientists simply go along with Eli's nickname to annoy him. | ||
Kino 22 | "Not Just For Posterity" | December 9, 2009 |
Dr. Park records a video diary for her family and friends, but records more than she intended when she forgets how to use the pause button. | ||
Kino 23 | "We Volunteer To Do This" | April 16, 2010 |
Eli interviews Airman Kelly, while her consciousness is in Chloe's body, about why she volunteered to use the communication stones. | ||
Kino 24 | "Wait For It" | April 23, 2010 |
Dr. Brody attempts to take revenge on Sgt. Riley by playing a prank on him. | ||
Kino 25 | "Drop The Sirs" | May 14, 2010 |
Scott tells Greer to be sometimes less formal. After that they chat a bit. | ||
Kino 26 | "Like a Hug" | May 19, 2010 |
TJ and Dr. Park discuss Rush's relationship with Dr. Perry. | ||
Kino 27 | "Chloe's Room" | August 9, 2010 |
Eli stops by Chloe's room while he's touring the ship, but she doesn't answer the door. | ||
Kino 28 | "Disgusting Habit" | August 9, 2010 |
Sgt. Spencer and Dr. Brody sneak a smoke and catch the Kino watching them. | ||
Kino 29 | "Favorite Meal Of All Time" | August 9, 2010 |
Msgt. Greer refuses, but Dr. Park, Dr. Brody, Lt. James, Dr. Franklin and Lt. Scott share their favorite meals. | ||
Kino 30 | "Not Being There" | August 9, 2010 |
Riley gives an update on his family back home on Earth. |
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