I’m all for allowing a show to gradually introduce itself as much as the next guy, but all the survival arcs in the first seven episodes of “Stargate: Universe” is starting to wear a little thin. And it’s not as if they’re even slowly introducing new characters with each episode; we already know everyone that matters, which left a lot of really pointless filler stuff like the characters coming home (okay, I like the Eli homecoming scene, but do we really need two of Young and Chloe?), going to clubs (clubbing!) and bedding the ex-wife while you’re a gazillion miles away on an alien ship, nevermind all the implications of your wife having sex with another man, even though it’s you in his mind, but it ain’t you, if you know what I mean. BRRRRRRRR. That episode still gives me the creeps.
Anyways, it feels like things are finally turning on the show with this week’s new episode, “Time”, which has our characters gating to an unexplored alien planet and finding a kino there. A familiar looking kino, because it’s been recording them, only they don’t remember anything on it. Holy space-time continuum busting, Batman! Now this is what I want more from my “Stargate” show. Let’s see if we get more of it, or if the show will return to wallowing in its “gritty” filler status.
