- Faith We start with Destiny dropping out of FTL into a seemingly empty area of space. A sun is the only thing in the near vicinity, leaving Dr Rush (Robert Carlyle) to worry about why Destiny would bring them here, as the ship only stops off where Stargates have been placed on planets. Rush eventually notices a small, oxygen-based planet that seems more out of place than the sun. You see, the sun is quite young, apparently, with only 100,000 years in its history. Not long enough to create a planet that would sustain life, unfortunately. The planet therefore, is a mystery. That doesn’t stop them from sending a crew down to wander about and look for supplies, even when they find an alien structure that leads Rush to suspect that it is a planet created from scratch. It seems like an unlikely situation, that much is certain, but it leads to an interesting and well-crafted plot piece. Further complications lead this to be a rather intriguing episode and one that will surely have ramifications for a while to come. Truly, this also gives a few background cast members the chance to step forward and say some powerful things. Dr Caine (Tygh Runyan) comes back again, and becomes the frontman for the half of the planet-based folk that believe the planet was put in their path for a reason. While he does utter some of the same lines a few times, and his faith in an almighty god almost defines his entire character here, he is still an interesting cog in the machine that is Destiny. Robert Carlyle comes back into his own here as the wounded Dr Rush, looking for something to keep the days ticking on. He uses the month aboard Destiny to explore some more areas of Destiny, and with some limited success, it would seem. In that time they find some interesting crates, which would appear to hold the key to a future plotline, and I can’t wait until they are touched upon again. Rush seems as arrogant and stubborn as ever, which is when he’s at his best, but the injury gives the viewers an opportunity to find out just how much they care about the character. One the main focuses of this episode is Lt Johansen (Alaina Huffman) and she does do her character great justice in the many scenes in which she appears. This also gives her a chance to bond with both Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque) and Lt Scott (Brian Smith) and the scenes these three characters have together are brilliantly executed. A few more background characters become a bit more integral in the repairs of the ship and general crew detail. Lisa Park (Jennifer Spence) and Adam Brody (Peter Kelamis) become a great double team here as they try to repair the shuttle that became useless within the first few episodes. What’s good is that this episode shows what Lost has done in the past, which is to work with main characters and bring some background characters to the foreground when they are either needed, or to give them some exposure. It’s great for everyone involved and it also makes the show feel even more worthy of watching. While this episode leans more on the dramatic side of Stargate Universe, it shouldn’t ward off sci-fi fans, as it teases many alien-related plot points to come back to in later weeks. Every week characters come further and further out of their shells, and the show gets better with every episode because of it. The series evolves with every plotline and every scene, growing into a brilliantly drama-heavy sci-fi show, and I cannot wait for pick-ups on the plot threads left by this episode. Check out our review of episode 12 here.
