Stargate Universe - Incursion Part 2 (S1Ep20)
Well that was intense. The first season of SG:U goes out with multiple cliffhangers that leave pretty much the entire crew in peril in several different ways. Will Chloe die from blood loss? Will Eli, Scott and Greer all get to the airlock in time? Will TJ and her baby survive the shooting? Are all the soldiers about to be executed? Will the ship escape the next burst of radiation? Why are they making me wait so long to see the next episode?
Plenty of action, bravery and tender moments make for an exhilarating end to a great year, every character getting their moment in the spotlight. It's very much been a season of 2 halves, both literally and figuratively. It's hard to tell how much of the post-mid season break shows were changed after feedback from the first half, but it has morphed from pure survival drama to a more action based show. The great thing is that, apart from the sudden introduction of the aliens,the seams hardly show. In many ways it's remained a survival show, swapping hostile environments and a decaying ship for more proactive external forces like the aliens and the Alliance. I'm glad they still found time to explore planets on occasion (including getting trapped on one) and didn't go down the aliens every week approach they could so easily have taken. It's a brave SF show, trying to combine the grit and thematic scope of BSG, with more mainstream appeal like its parents show SG1. It doesn't always succeed at either, let alone at both, but I'm very happy there's still a space opera on the small screen
5/5
