![]() The eighth season concluded on February 22, 2005, after 20 episodes on British Sky One, which overtook the Sci Fi Channel in mid-season. Incursion Part 2 is one of the best episodes of the series, and if they can keep it this level from here on in, I have no doubts that Stargate Universe will run for as long as, if not longer than either of its predecessors.The eighth season of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian military science fiction television series, began airing on July 9, 2004, on the Sci Fi channel. I eagerly anticipate more from SGU in the coming months and can only hope that the quality of season two is half as good as this series has been. This is some of the best overall output the series has produced and ending on such an incredibly well made high can only boost the season’s impact. It’s their best work in the series so far and I wholeheartedly think they are the best effects team working in television today. And to be honest, they deliver an incredible looking design that puts other shows with bigger budgets to shame. ![]() The effects team have had a hefty weight put on their shoulders this week, with close-up exterior shots of Destiny mixing computer generated effects and physical sets used heavily. Lou Diamond Philips’ welcome return a few weeks ago has already reaped rewards with his performance being the best it has been so far, as Col Telford plays the double agent role perfectly. Their scene together after they are both nearly killed is one of the best moments in the whole season, and shows how good they are together. In her scenes with Eli, Chloe gives undoubtedly her best performance when she confronts him about his attitude toward her. The run up to the finish in episodes 18 and 19 were incredible set-ups, but episode 20 takes the biscuit and runs with it.Īnd it’s not just Col Young’s character that improves, as everyone here is giving some of their best performances from the whole series.Įli plays the role of best friend and personal hero incredibly well and gives a meaningful depth to his seemingly unfazed jokey attitude that he usually carries around. What it does leave us with are a few things to think on, and the one big one in my head is this: do the writers of SGU have the balls to finish what they started, or will this storyline close with a whimper when the series returns later in the year? My guess is the latter, but I can only hope I am wrong on that, as having one of these things play out would be an incredibly interesting thing for them to do.īack to the episode at hand, however, they have entirely outdone themselves. Having said that, however, it was pretty good, rather ballsy, and best of all, brilliantly executed. It wasn’t the ‘Holy shit’ ending I thought it would be. What happened, however, I wasn’t entirely shocked by. In the run up to the second half of the series airing, Joseph Mallozzi posted on his blog about writing “the biggest HOLY ending I have ever written.” As every moment continued to pass was one closer to the end of the season, I waited in eager anticipation of what it could be, imagining huge and horrible things, powered by my love of finales. Even when it’s a life or death situation, she angles her way into controlling more of the situation. ![]() Camile Wray (Ming-Na) is beginning to lean towards working together with the Alliance, but it seems Kiva is a little power hungry, and wants to remain in control of the situation. With a redshirt dead in the first few moments, you can tell that the Lucian Alliance aren’t messing around, and that Commander Kiva is capable of anything. The scenes with these two characters exploring the inner workings of their relationship are some of the best scripted moments of the entire series, and they remain the people I want to see more of together in season two. Meanwhile, Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque) and Eli Wallace (David Blue) are facing a race against time of their own, running out of air in a closed off part of the ship.
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