SGU 2x07 "The Greater Good" [SPOILERS]

Overheal

I know I always say this, but this one looks good.

off.the.walls

What time is it usually up for...viewing.. in ireland

Overheal

This episode will probably go up quickly. I was very happy with it.

Ken.

it was a fairly good episode. i've watched sg1,stargate atlantis and universe and universe is by far the best

smellslikeshoes

off.the.walls wrote: »

What time is it usually up for...viewing.. in ireland

Usually about 3:10am, depending on where you get it.

off.the.walls

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vibe666

bejesus, it looks like someone is in for a

Teabagging

! :eek:

great episode, you can really tell they're going out of their way to up the ante and imho they did a good job of it this episode. this certainly opens up the way for a lot more diversity in what they can offer in each episode now that

they can control the ship and have access to the full database and ships systems.

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not sure if i should be using spoiler tags or not since there's no

tag in the thread title, so best to be safe for now until i hear otherwise.

Tristram

Best episode in a long time.

Antar Bolaeisk

Brilliant episode tonight, nice and tense at the end as well with jumping off the spinning ship. Some great colonel on Rush action and it's about time he got a good knock about after messing everyone around for so long.

Anyone else think the bridge is a wee bit impractical. What happens if someone needed to go to the loo for instance, the entire bridge would have to be lowered then raised just to let them out.

Also, who's idea was it to let the woman drive?

Overheal

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

Brilliant episode tonight, nice and tense at the end as well with jumping off the spinning ship. Some great colonel on Rush action and it's about time he got a good knock about after messing everyone around for so long.

Anyone else think the bridge is a wee bit impractical. What happens if someone needed to go to the loo for instance, the entire bridge would have to be lowered then raised just to let them out.

Also, who's idea was it to let the woman drive?

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68376274&postcount=10

JohnK

Sure didnt Scott and Camille manage to walk right in when Eli and the others were trying to fly the ship so I'd say the corridor outside probably rises with the bridge

Antar Bolaeisk

See, I could accept this if the bridge rose at an angle or if the corridor behind the bridge was perpendicular to it instead of parallel to it. Neither of these seem to be the case though and since the bridge just rises straight out of the hull of the ship it would appear to cut off any entrance.

Stargate Universe really needs to start addressing the big, important questions like how that doorway still works when the bridge is active!

JohnK

Well I dont think we've ever really seen the corridor or how people get to it so my guess would be that its a self contained corridor with lift access that just always goes to the correct level depending on if the bridge is up or not.

FreudianSlippers

It was actually good. We have an idea of the mission, everyone knows about the bridge and actually a well written and directed episode.

Only thing is if they kill Eli's girlfriend I'm going to be pissed off. lol

Peace

Back to normal service it seems. Don't know why they had a 3 episode arch of waffle.

Richard Dower

That was a rather solid ep. all round - redhead LA babe is sooo frickin' hot!....but what about that end?, will Knepper pummel her or "pump" her?, the Rush/Commander who needs a haircut scenes were good, the reveal of Eli solving the equations to them finding the bridge was quite tense.

Bit of action already, thank the stars!....a much more enjoyable ep. then a few others this season.

Richard Dower

I'm still convinced Ginn is not legit on Eli, i think that end scene + others with her and Knepper point to something, i'm thinking now Knepper is her older brother and controlling her.

Overheal

will Knepper pummel her or "pump" her?

He got owned by Johannsen ffs. And Ginn looks like she can probably handle herself. She's have at least been through as much combat training as the medic.

I'm still convinced Ginn is not legit on Eli, i think that end scene + others with her and Knepper point to something, i'm thinking now Knepper is her older brother and controlling her.

Odd hypothesis, I might watch it again and try to place what relationship the two have. As for Eli I'm not so sure you're right; I stand by my original theory that she could be genuinely attracted to him and to the personality. Though I do suspect you're right in that she's going to eventually bow to pressure to sabotage and spy.

Richard Dower

^ not to be an ass Overheal, but spoiler tags would have been welcomed.

AlmightyCushion

I don't know why it took so long for this to happen but at least it did. Great episode. Eli is finally more than a big bag of organs that whinges all the fecking time and manages to step up to the plate and show us why he is on that ship in the first place. Pity he's still whinges all the time like he did towards the end.

Hopefully the access to the bridge will provide some good interesting story lines.

Overheal

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ not to be an ass Overheal, but spoiler tags would have been welcomed.

to which part, exactly?

_Kaiser_

Excellent episode.. Rush's secret is out, he got the ass-kicking he deserved, and they now have control of the ship

I just hope it doesn't turn into TNG or VOY now after that line near the end - ie:

"we're coming up on some planets that look promising"

"drop us out of FTL"

Ship's Log, today's date... The Destiny has encountered a planet/alien of the week that we won't remember next week but until then, settle in... :rolleyes:

Oh and one thing that's been bugging me about this whole "secret bridge" thing anyway - you find yourself and your team stranded on an alien starship with no obvious way home.. surely one of the first things Young would/should have done was have teams exploring and mapping every square inch they could access??

Still, these minor gripes aside this week's episode is a definite step up!

Overheal

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Oh and one thing that's been bugging me about this whole "secret bridge" thing anyway - you find yourself and your team stranded on an alien starship with no obvious way home.. surely one of the first things Young would/should have done was have teams exploring and mapping every square inch they could access??

It wasn't a stumbleupon, Rush had to crack the code that even opened up to the bridge and they wouldn't have had a way of knowing that it was in fact the bridge. They may not have even had access to the adjoining corridor before the security was overridden. When he cracked the master code it probably flashed up the ship status screen we saw in this episode that gave Rush a notion as to where it was.

_Kaiser_

Overheal wrote: »

It wasn't a stumbleupon, Rush had to crack the code that even opened up to the bridge and they wouldn't have had a way of knowing that it was in fact the bridge. They may not have even had access to the adjoining corridor before the security was overridden. When he cracked the master code it probably flashed up the ship status screen we saw in this episode that gave Rush a notion as to where it was.

My bad.. I should go back and watch that one again

don ramo

from what i saw the bridge is a hugh section raising from destiny, the bridge itself is pretty small so id say some of the corridors raise-up with hydrolic ramps up to that section,

excellent episode, this should give the show the kick start it needs, glad to see rush get a hammering, to bad he made it back to the ship, i thought it was weird that the ship fired its engines for no particular reason,

i was hopeing theyd get some information or even some kind of teachnology or weapons from the ship, sadly it wasnt to be,

its great now that they know about the bridge, so they can finally start repairing the systems, (in the background of course not over the next 10 episodes)

i wonder why t-bag was heading to ginns quarters alright, i cant see what exactly hes gonna do, it wont be long before hes escort finds him, and its not like rushs friend will help him out anyway, all ill say is that they better not kill ginn, if there gonna kill anyone kill t-bag cause in all honesty i dunno why they got such a known actor for such a small role,

Richard Dower

Ratings, steady.....

Stargate Universe (9pm, 61 minutes)
- 1.074 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49

Richard Dower

don ramo wrote: »

from what i saw the bridge is a hugh section raising from destiny, the bridge itself is pretty small so id say some of the corridors raise-up with hydrolic ramps up to that section,

excellent episode, this should give the show the kick start it needs, glad to see rush get a hammering, to bad he made it back to the ship, i thought it was weird that the ship fired its engines for no particular reason,

i was hopeing theyd get some information or even some kind of teachnology or weapons from the ship, sadly it wasnt to be,

its great now that they know about the bridge, so they can finally start repairing the systems, (in the background of course not over the next 10 episodes)

i wonder why t-bag was heading to ginns quarters alright, i cant see what exactly hes gonna do, it wont be long before hes escort finds him, and its not like rushs friend will help him out anyway, all ill say is that they better not kill ginn, if there gonna kill anyone kill t-bag cause in all honesty i dunno why they got such a known actor for such a small role,

They need a proper hottie on this show, Chloe and TJ ain't cutting it....it's a male show, you need someone like Ginn to keep the fanboys happy.

RolandIRL

Overheal wrote: »

It wasn't a stumbleupon, Rush had to crack the code that even opened up to the bridge and they wouldn't have had a way of knowing that it was in fact the bridge. They may not have even had access to the adjoining corridor before the security was overridden. When he cracked the master code it probably flashed up the ship status screen we saw in this episode that gave Rush a notion as to where it was.

what i found the weirdest though, was just how scott and camil just walked in and said WTF is going on here..????
it looks like the bridge is on a different level, so elevator access is needed. it just seems a bit stupid them just popping in.

though i did have a good aul laugh when they were trying to drive destiny like children fighting over a new toy

Overheal

whiteman19 wrote: »

though i did have a good aul laugh when they were trying to drive destiny like children fighting over a new toy

That was stargate.

Goldstein

That was a glorious episode.

Real science fiction and great television epitomised.

I smiled about 20 different times throughout.

SG-U's back baby

RolandIRL

Overheal wrote: »

That was stargate.

i'm not following

Sherifu

A great episode.

5/5

Elohim

Overheal wrote: »

He got owned by Johannsen ffs. And Ginn looks like she can probably handle herself. She's have at least been through as much combat training as the medic. Odd hypothesis, I might watch it again and try to place what relationship the two have. As for Eli I'm not so sure you're right; I stand by my original theory that she could be genuinely attracted to him and to the personality. Though I do suspect you're right in that she's going to eventually bow to pressure to sabotage and spy.

Amanda Perry is still in Gin's body at this point. Since she's been a quadriplegic most of her life I doubt she'll put up any defence at all and will get "pummeled!

Great ep overall. You'd have to wonder how Simeon got away from his guard...does that mean he's already killed/incapacitated him? If he's already done that it'll mean either him or ginn will die I think or at the very least all the LA guys will be locked up again.

Yakuza

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

Also, who's idea was it to let the woman drive?

My exact thoughts ...."back it up, love, you're six inches off the starboard bow"

fayer

Yakuza wrote: »

My exact thoughts ...."back it up, love, you're six inches off the starboard bow"

And she crashed it, safer drivers my ass!

Excellent EP!

vibe666

fayer wrote: »

And she crashed it, safer drivers my ass!

Excellent EP!

that would have to put a major dint in the insurance premium!

Tar.Aldarion

rush definitely changed his mind based on the body she was in

Not sure what is going on with the entrance, as for them walking in at the end, probably left the displays running with the pic of the command centre on it

somuj

Am curious to know how Rush was able to operate the controls on the alien ship

LoGiE

Loved this episode. Finally some progression.... Now to find out what happened to Tel.ford

off.the.walls

Eli's gonna go to town on simeon once he gets his hands on him...

Overheal

Yeah, Eli had a nice good shout at Rush didn't he? I wonder what he'd do if he was actually pissed off.

builder22

Re: Gin - i suggest that you check out gate world for the next episode...

Tar.Aldarion

somuj wrote: »

Am curious to know how Rush was able to operate the controls on the alien ship

'alien technology expert' lol

ixoy

I'm finally up-to-date! Had to watch four episodes within a week due to being on holidays - poor me

I liked this one. A lot of the plots that have been brewing are coming to the fore, the most important bit of course being the bridge. I'm curious to see how this will play out. Rush is best placed to control it but he's hardly going to be favourites with anyone. He'll really have pissed off all his fellow scientists - I do like the idea now that maybe Eli can step forward, as a leader for Brody / Park / Volkner.
Young beating up Rush ... well as unprofessional as he was once more (and I'm convinced this element isn't over yet), Rush had it coming. He endangered many lives and his defence is tenuous at best.

There's also the fact that Destiny has a bigger purpose now, as well as them having control of it. It should remove some of the sense of aimless wandering and bring in focus. There's also potential in T-Bag really causing some havoc on the ship.

Snowie

somuj wrote: »

Am curious to know how Rush was able to operate the controls on the alien ship

unnnnnnghghghghhghghhggh

who cares :rolleyes: always one :P


Been watching this series very closely. i've gotta say its taken some time to grow on me, but I have to say its very good.

Im delighted to say that I really enjoyed this episode.
That chap from the lousin alliance disserves a bullet.

Overheal

Or why Jaffa the galaxy over spoke in fluent american english?

gsxr1

somuj wrote: »

Am curious to know how Rush was able to operate the controls on the alien ship

Overheal wrote: »

Or why Jaffa the galaxy over spoke in fluent american english?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_license

Pepe LeFrits

To be fair, Universe has been taking on a more realistic tone, similar to the Stargate film I'd say, and things like that (and the Lucian Alliance speaking) do tend to stand out. Semi-legitimate gripe imo!

RolandIRL

Overheal wrote: »

Or why Jaffa the galaxy over spoke in fluent american english?

how about why the lucian alliance guys were using human weaponry, and not Goa'uld technology when they boarded destiny..? it's the little things

Overheal

whiteman19 wrote: »

how about why the lucian alliance guys were using human weaponry, and not Goa'uld technology when they boarded destiny..? it's the little things

Well one, you'd have to explain for newtimers what a Zat'nik'atel is, or a Staff Weapon.

Second, Earth Weapons are effective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUWG8p5Frs4

RolandIRL

well the fact that the Lucian Alliance is in it, when i had no idea who they were in the pilot also needed to be explained. Goa'uld are mentioned, and other stuff from SG1 is mentioned, but not elaborated on eg brain-washing tech, goa'uld motherships
would it have been so hard to believe that the lucian alliance have spaceships and can have lasers as well? :rolleyes: