Another excellent episode. Of course Enterprise: Season 4 tells us that improved quality doesn't necessarily mean an escape from bad ratings and cancellation (which the numbers from last week's premiere seem to indicate will probably be SGU's fate), but it's still a treat for viewers while it's on.
Unlocking Destiny's controls is a breath of fresh air. As is the mention of the stones without actually having them in use onscreen. They were the bane of the season 1.0; I wished several times that they'd get airlocked, though I have to admit that they were put to good use in Sabotage and the Lucian Alliance arc. It looks like the show's getting it's footing.
Rush proves that he is NOT fit to take command, despite last week's Crowning Moments of Awesome. Unfortunately for the crew of Destiny, Colonel Young proves that he's even less fit than I thought before. It's bad enough to be criminally negligent, as his total refusal to defend the gate against the Lucian alliance was. Remember that a Stargate is a highly defensible location. If he wasn't prepared to evacuate the atmosphere, he damned-well should have had soldiers shooting whatever came through. Anyway, now he also proves that he's out of control be almost killing one of the Alliance rioters with his bare hands by chocking when doing so undermines quelling the riot rather than aided it (he could have been attacked, for example). Deciding to dump them all on the is defensible, but strangling a random dude is just crazy. As Rush points out to Angel Gloria (which is what I'll call her since Rush's establishment as a Scottish version of Gaius Baltar without the horny is almost complete). Or was it Angel Franklin?
Anyway, pity they didn't order debrainwashed Telford to take command immediately.
Update: More crappy ratings. They'd better start planning to bring some kind of closure with the Season 2 finale, because at this rate there won't be a third season.
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