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Stargate Universe Season 2 Episode 20

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AIRED: 5/9/11

When the command ships and their drones cut off all access to planets, the Destiny crew must find a way to escape their enemy once and for all.

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Hmmmmm..............will it be contiune on some stage?

9.0

By pl_usmc, Nov 12, 2012

I wrote down one review already about this series and it wasn't good one. As one of the reviewer said before - it took 27 episodes to make it good series. Some series don't even last that long so I don't know where writers find idea that they have some much time to waste. Good, old style Stargate type series started somewhere in the middle of this season. Just when they cut soap opera style, all drama and flashbacks. And exactly when it start becaming interesting, when You was able to attach to some characters they cancelled the show. Luckly it was made that way that there's a chance to revive it. An I hope someone will do it soon and exactly in the manner like last 10 episodes.moreless
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I guess i was looking for more being that this was to be the very last episode, but is it?.....

8.5

By Afriaus, Dec 01, 2011

I kind of have a feeling that they left it this way so that there is always a possibility of reviving the show or blending it into something else.

After all the crew are off to sleep for 3 years and left us with will they drop back out of FTL on time before the ship runs out of power?

Will Eli get another Pod working? That part is the worst part to leave a fan thinking about....what about Eli!

Who knows... Even though Atlantis finished abruptly after flying all the way back to earth and into San Francisco Bay we still seen the likes of Mr Woolsey and Dr McKay in SGU....... Though it would have been nice to know what happened to Ronan, Taylor and others. Most fans were happiest when both SG1 and Atlantis were running sisde by side in Seasons 9&10 in SG1 and 1&2 in Atlantis....i'd vote that we have something like that back again, where you can get crossovers...happens in shows like CSI as well.moreless
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By PeterJones3, Dec 01, 2011

Season 2 got it right, where season one failed.

The bickering , backstabbing, bed hopping soap opera style drama, was ripped up and they started again.

Just a pity they lost all the viewers from 15 seasons of previous stargates due to the drivel that was season one.

Season two is spot on and to be honest for a cancelled show it was a better ending than i had expected.
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In the thrilling conclusion to the Destiny's travels the crew make peace with their own Destiny as they say their last good bye's.

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By Aegaeon_33, Nov 09, 2011

In the thrilling conclusion to the Destiny's travels the crew make peace with their own Destiny as they say their last good bye's.

* warning - spoilers ahead *

In an episode that ended way too soon we see Destiny come face to face with her demons. The crew have no choice but to run the gauntlet and drop-out in a system to gather desperately needed food and water. Knowing that the Drones will be waiting for them a distraction is devised to buy them the time they need to gather their supplies.

Meanwhile - preparations are made and goodbye's said as the crew decide to enter suspended animation in a risky venture to completely evade the dreaded drone menace.

Touchingly we see the vulnerable side of many of the crew as they seek out their loved ones for a, perhaps final farewell. One beloved character is able to slip the bonds of her ailment in a magic moment and regain her lost sight.

It is this side of SGU that made it exceptional and perhaps lost on the masses.

Finally, a sacrifice is made by one of the main characters - their fate left unknown - as the remainder of the crew slumber for at least three years.

This episode had me jeering during the first half and in tears for the majority of the last half.

Left with so many unanswered questions this was most absolutely the finale it wanted to be, the only finale it could be... but it also conveyed the sense of hope of renewal for the series - as the story lines were not wrapped up - but merely frozen in time.

I dont think anyone could have asked for a better story to close the books - not just for SGU but for the Stargate Universe itself.

It was with an awful gut wrench that i watched the credits begin to roll and the realisations began - for not only was SGU over, or Stargate for that matter - but in a way this finale spelled the end of an era.

There will be no more new trips through the gate for any of us and i started to realise with the mortality of the show - my own mortality. I guess when you grow up with something you start to take it for granted - and i feel it will be some time before the general population realise the absence, unfortunately for us fans, we all feel the pain now.

SGU - for all its troubled first season became a true gem and regardless of the reasons and the blame - it is over. But, we should be grateful to have had SGU at all and i know this show will take a treasured place in my collection forever.moreless
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A decent episode but a pretty unsatisfactory series final.

5.5

By prankster106, Jun 24, 2011

Ok I admit 5.5 is probably a little severe but coming off such an excellent run with the last three episodes I found this to be an abysmal disappointment. It contained elements of a decent finale but for those of us interested in something even approaching a resolution to the plot it was a complete flop.

The same formula of over-dramatic, drama for the sake of drama, dull, slow paced and plotless drivel that caused the series to be cancelled came back full force in this episode. I genuinely enjoyed the end scene but it REALLY didn't need to take 45 minutes to get there, the fact that they are in space and "it's so hard on my social life" has been established and established and established, we don't need to see 20 minutes of earth visits!

I have seen comments comparing this episode favourably to the final of Atlantis where the entire thing was rushed into a conclusion which was downright insulting. In that regard I agree, this is a much better resolution. But the producers of this show had ample warning that the series was ending, 10 episodes is more than enough to establish an appropriate and satisfactory ending. Instead we get RUBBISH "filler" episodes like "the hunt" and the entire series culminating in a perpetual mid-series cliff hanger. So I suppose I will ask that you excuse the rating, it is my opinion of the wrap up of the series rather than the episode itself.moreless
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Robert Carlyle	Dr. Nicholas Rush
Louis Ferreira	Colonel Everett Young
Brian J. Smith	Lt. Matthew Scott
Elyse Levesque	Chloe Armstrong
David Blue	Eli Wallace
Alaina Huffman	1st Lt. Tamara Johansen

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Anna Galvin	Mrs. Armstrong	Guest Star
Trevor Carroll	Sgt. Graham	Guest Star
Sarah Smyth	Annie Balic	Guest Star
Mike Dopud	Varro	Recurring Role
Jennifer Spence	Lisa Park	Recurring Role
Patrick Gilmore	Dale Volker	Recurring Role

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- Eli: We did it.
  Young: Fantastic.
  Camille: What'd they do?
  Young: I have no idea.
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- Johansen: Well, I know it seems unfair, but sometimes you have to play the hand that you're dealt.
  Chloe: Why do I get the feeling you're not just talking about Lisa. There's still hope, for her and for you.
  Johansen: ALS is a death sentence, Chloe. You know that. And it's not going to be pretty. It'll start with muscle weakness and cramping. Then I'll have trouble walking, talking, feeding myself. and eventually full paralysis will set in. But my mind will be unaffected. I'll be a prisoner trapped inside my own body. Like I said, you play the hand you're dealt.
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- Eli: Colonel, you have a minute?
  Young: I know it sounds like a crazy idea, Eli, but I was actually thinking of getting some sleep. So, unless you have some genius idea to solve all our problems...
  Eli: As a matter of fact, I do. But you're not going to like it.
  Young: Well, that goes without saying. I am notoriously hard to please.
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- Eli: I feel like I've abandoned you.
  Maryann Wallace: You haven't abandoned me. You're living your life. I mean, it was hard when i didn't.. when I didn't know where you were or what you were doing. But now I understand. You don't have to be here, Eli. I just, I just need to know... are you happy?
  Eli: In spite of everything, yeah, I am.
  Maryann Wallace: That's good enough for me.
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- Park: Don't even think about it.
  Greer: What?
  Park: Volunteering to be one of the eight. I know you are.
  Greer: Maybe I would if it came to it, but I wouldn't ask seven others to do it with me, and I don't think Colonel Young would either. I mean, the way I see it, we all came here together and if need be, we'll all go out together.
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- Scott: All right, Colonel, how about a toast?
  Young: Really?
  Scott: Yes.
  Young: All right. Right now. Well, uh, we've been through a hell of a lot together, that's for sure. I guess it'd be easy to dwell on everything that we have lost, but I think today I would rather think about what we still have, and maybe what we've gained. We're, uh, a family now, whether we like it or not. Sons, daughters, sisters. Even the slightly crazy uncle who, despite everything, manages to come through for you in the end. (everyone but Rush chuckles) You are the smartest, bravest, most compassionate people that I have ever had the honor to serve with. To family.
  Everyone: To family.
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- Rush: We're going to need you on the other side.
  Eli: Oh. I'll be there.
  Rush: You know, maybe I haven't said this often enough, Eli, but you do have... you do have tremendous potential. I'd hate to see you throw it all away.
  Eli: I'm not. anyway, what's the point of having potential if you're not going to step up when you're really needed.
  Rush: You've come a long way from that video game slacker I discovered a year ago.
  Eli: Thanks. You've been pretty consistent.
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- International Airdates:
  Canada: May 10, 2011 on SPACE
  Australia: May 13, 2011 on SCI FI
  Germany: June 8, 2011 on RTL II
  UK: June 13, 2011 on Sky1
  Sweden: November 5, 2011 on TV6
  Czech Republic: February 20, 2013 on FANDA
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