Janina Gavankar
Janina played Sgt “Dusty” Mehra in the Stargate Atlantis episode Whispers and also had recurring roles on True Blood, The League and The Gates. More recently she has appeared on the Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, The Mysteries of Laura and she will be starring in the new season of Sleepy Hollow. IMDBOfficialTwitterYoutube
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In Memory of… Robert Manitopyes (Nov 29th 1970 – Jan 16th 2005)
Robert played a guard in the SG1 episode Desperate Measures and also appeared in the movie The Core, Honey, Tom Stone, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show and on the US soap The Days of Our Lives. He was a father of two sons and passed at a very young 34 years. IMDB
Martin Cummins
Martin played Aden Corso in the Stargate SG1 episode “Forsaken” as well as appearing in DarkAngel, Smallville, Kyle XY, Eureka, V, Fringe, The Whispers, Shattered, When Calls the Heart and UnREAL. IMDB Penelope Corrin
Penelope was Dr Lindsay in both Stargate SG1 ( Origin & Avalon ) and Atlantis (Coup D’etat) as well as starring on Royal Canadian Air Farce, Kingdom Hospital and guest starring on Masters of Horror, The L Word and The Collector. IMDB Sasha Piltsin
Sasha was one of the Russian drivers in the Stargate SG1 episode Desperate Measures and has guest starred on Chaos, Cold Squad, Seven Days, Dead of Summer and Life with an Accent. IMDB Jeremy Presner
Jeremy was an editor on twenty one episodes of Stargate Atlantis, he has also worked on Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister, Breaking Amish, Voyage of Terror and Touching Evil. IMDB
Bill Nye
Bill appeared as himself on the Stargate Atlantis episode Brainstorm, he has also hosted his own show called “The Science Guy” and has graced many other productions as an expert in his field as well as guest starring on Back to the Future, Numb3rs, Miles from Tomorrowland and The Big Bang Theory. IMDBOfficialTwitter
Sonia Gilmore
Sonia Gilmore (Henkel) was the Visual Effects Coordinator on six episodes of Stargate SG1, ten episodes of Atlantis and seventeen episodes of Universe. She has also worked on The Secret Circle, Final Destination 5, Ender’s Game and X-Men: Days of Future Past. IMDBTwitter
Ryan Robbins
Ryan played Ladon Radim on five episodes of Stargate Atlantis, he also starred in Sanctuary (Henry Foss) and has had significant recurring roles on Hell On Wheels and Falling Skies and guest starred on Caprica, Battlestar Galactica, Continuum, Van Helsing, Arrow and Ascension. IMDBTwitter
Adam Harrington
Adam played Khonsu in the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Guys and a Goa’uld in Children of the Gods, he has also been in The Secret Circle, Dexter, Supernatural, The Mob Doctor, NCIS New Orleans, Major Crimes, Castle and TURN: Washington’s Spies. IMDBTwitter
The question of what is the greater good is asked of many of the crew of Destiny in this episode as the ship comes across an alien derelict. Without a shuttle the decision is made to leap across the void (in the space suits) and employ a Kino as motive force and to string a connecting rope to aid the second person across. Colonel Young and Rush both volunteer and are probably both being a little paranoid but the unlikely couple do make it across safe and sound and enter the alien ship through a rupture in its hull. Rush is able to secure a compartment and bring power up and sends the Kino in search mode, they discover the alien pods they found previously on the Seed ship and unfortunately trigger an energy surge which propels the ship far away from Destiny.
Rush is extremely unwilling to reveal the secret of the bridge and his partial control of the ship so convinces Young that the only solution would be to bring Amanda Perry back on board. Ginn has been supplying Homeworld with intel so is swapped with Amanda and once she is onboard then Rush lets her onto his secret. She gains access to the bridge and is able to fly the Destiny towards the alien ship and attempts to bluff Eli and the others that she has been able to tweak the maneuvering thrusters. Eli digs deeper and sees the secret messages Rush was passing onto Amanda and tracks hers down to the bridge, no one is pleased to say the least. Young and Rush have a knock down drag out fight before clearing the air and coming towards a consensus which if they survive could allow Destiny to be unified and to pursue the great mission that Rush has been tantalised by. Young and Rush are of course rescued but Simeon who has been disturbed by how close Ginn is to the crew and learns of her visit to Earth pays Amanda a visit in her quarters with a glorious amount of foreboding…
The Great Good was an excellent episode, some of the CGI visuals where stunning more so because they were slow and deliberate allowing you to appreciate the detail the artists applied to their computer constructed models. The continued relationship between Ginn and Eli is fantastic and Amanda and Rush spark as you would expect. The highlight of the episode barring Eli getting seriously pissed when he discovers Rush’s betrayal is the dialogue heavy discussion between Young and Rush, two great actors performing with a good script and twenty six episodes of character growth behind them.
Our continued thanks to Brad for joining us this week and the featured promo was for Generations Geek. Next week since it will be December we will be dipping into this season’s bonus episodes recording over this last year. Up first will be the episode “Penance” from Sanctuary which guest starred Michael Shanks so we hope you can join us for that and of course we’d love to know what you thought of the episode.
Oh yeah, the Stargate Atlantis favourite episode poll is open for one more week, we would love to have your opinions:)
Phoenix Ly
Phoenix played Yamato in the Stargate Atlantis episode “Suspicion”, guest starred on Cold Squad, Tru Calling, The 4400, Saved. True Justice and Painkiller Jane. He has also done stunt work on the movie War. IMDB
Danielle Nicolet
Danielle played Reese in the Stargate SG1 episode Menace and Caryn in Third Rock from the Sun. She has also appeared on Elementary, Family Tools, Born Again Virgin, Central Intelligence, The Game, The Flash and Warehouse 13 and has voiced characters on animated television. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice
Dwight Schultz
Dwight was The Keeper in the Stargate SG1 episode The Gamekeeper but is known for his time on The A-Team and Star Trek (TNG & Voyager). He has also done a lot of voice work for shows and games such as Ben 10, Chowder, Dragon Age, Mass Effect and Avengers Assemble. IMDBBehind The Voice Rhys Williams
Rhys is an actor and stuntman, he worked on Stargate Universe primarily as a stunt double and also worked on Arrow, Almost Human, Legends of Tomorrow, The 100, Deadpool and Godzilla. He has also acted on Arrow, Supernatural, The Flash, Fringe and Psych. IMDBTwitterOfficial Lane Edwards
Lane played Matthew Wallace on the Stargate Universe episode Epilogue as well as guest starring on Supernatural, Arrow, The Whispers, Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million and Falling Skies. IMDBTwitter
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Salli played Drey’auc in the first season Stargate SG1 episode Bloodlines and went on to star in Eureka as Allison Blake and has appeared in Mercy Point, I Am Legend, Family Law, NCIS, Castle, The Newsroom and now starring as Maggie Baptiste in Stitchers. IMDBTwitterOfficial Adam Lolacher
Adam played a Genii in the Stargate Atlantis episode Harmony, he also appeared on Flash Gordon, Fringe, Smallville, Being Erica, The Killing, Supernatural, Claddagh, Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story and Once Upon A Time. IMDBTwitter Vera Menoza-Cuadra
Vera played a US Airman Metner on the Stargate Universe episode Sabotage. IMDB
Richard Kind
Richard appeared twice in Stargate Atlantis playing Lucius Lavin in the episodes Irresponsible and Irresistible and was in the Stargate movie playing Gary Meyers.
He has also starred in Spin City and has guest starred on Scrubs, Leverage, Burn Notice and is currently guest starring on Gotham. IMDBBehind The Voice Mackenzie Gray
Mackenzie voiced Pahk’kal in Stargate Infinity and has also appeared in Man of Steel, Spooksville, Bitten, Smallville, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Warcraft: The Beginning, Legion and Fringe as well as providing the voices for a number of animated shows such as Iron Man: Armored Adventures. Behind The VoiceIMDBOfficial Twitter Reece Thompson
Reece was the young Athosian Jinto in Rising the Stargate Atlantis premiere, he has also had some guest spots on Jeremiah, Final Girl, The 4400, Motive, Smallville, Almost Human and provided the voices for characters in shows such as Zixx and Trollz. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice
Christian Bocher
Christian Bocher guest starred in the SG1 episodes Wormhole X-Treme, 200 and Shades of Grey and then on Stargate Atlantis as Torrell in the episode Condemned. He has also appeared on The Dead Zone, Wolf Lake, Masters Of Horror, Brimstone, The Collector and Andromeda. IMDB James C.D. Robbins
James was the art director on Stargate SG1 and Atlantis and also the production designer on those two as well as Stargate Universe. He has also worked on Cedar Cove, When Calls the Heart, Painkiller Jane, A Dog’s Breakfast, Jingle All the Way 2 and the upcoming This Is Your Death. IMDBOfficial
We will be chatting about the Stargate Atlantis series on December the fourth and along with the results of our favourite episode poll we will be covering some simple questions. It will provide a more structured show and with 5 seasons we would end up going all over the place and a show lasting perhaps half a day. We have of course already covered every episode and each season in depth so again specific questions makes more sense.
The plan is that Alan, Mike, Brad and Thomas will be on skype recording the show but hopefully we can get some other responses to the questions to be included in the show. If you do want to let your opinion be heard then reply to this post in the comments section or email us directly.
Ming-Na Wen
Ming-Na played Camile Wray on Stargate Universe and Senator Michaela Wen on Eureka, she is now kicking ass and looking spectacular as Melinda May in Agents Of Shield. She has also starred on ER, The Single Guy and Vanished. IMDBOfficialTwitter Laura Harris
Laura played Nola in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Game and has also starred in Dead Like Me, Defying Gravity and appeared in The Dead Zone, Whole Day Down , Warehouse 13 and 24. IMDB Charles Payne
Charles was a guard in the Stargate SG1 episode Cold Lazarus and has also appeared in Andromeda, First Wave, The Santa Clause 2, Life As We Know It, Highlander and The Dead Zone. IMDB
Colonel Young continues his slide into the abyss in the episode Trial And Error as we see him indulge a little too eagerly the fruits of Brody’s homebrew experiments. Young has also started having what he takes for nightmares, very vivid nightmares of the return of the aliens who we first met when they were discovered to have been tracking the Destiny for who knows how long. Each of these experiences leaves Young failing to save the ship from destruction but he is able to take some action in the real world even though he can not really explain why he is making these specific choices. Eventually he bites the bullet and goes to talk to Camille who is obviously sceptical but when Eli discovers the ship has been running battle scenarios the truth is revealed that Destiny has been interacting with the Colonel perhaps testing his command capabilities and refusing to enter FTL until it is satisfied with the results.
Trial And Error is an interesting episode as it pretty much breaks Young who has been on the edge since first arriving on Destiny. His relationship with his wife and TJ plus the rigors of commanding the military and civilian crew plus day to day gate operations have all taken their toll. The death of Riley in hindsight was the breaking point where he started to use alcohol as a crutch and it’s only been getting worse. The battle scenarios and neural interaction certainly add a layer of complexity and capability to Destiny and opens up a whole world of scifi story lines if the writers so chose to use them given the show would still be around in a few years. Of course the kicker was that when Young finally realised how far he had allowed himself to fall and at least started to correct the matter the pay off of Destiny finally engaging the FTL was undermined by Rush and his antics on the bridge with the “Franklin” persona. Oh well, maybe we’ll learn more of what Destiny is capable of when it isn’t being manipulated by Rush for his own ends.
Overall the episode was entertaining, the groundhog day approach is certainly not unique in scifi but it worked well and the cost of the rather spectacular explosions covered by multiple use. It was also gratifying to see Eli and Ginn simply sparkle with chemistry, it’s been said that she is perhaps a cold blooded opportunist but I want to believe she saw something in Eli that appealed and this was her chance to embrace a new path for herself free from the shadow of the Alliance. It was also without doubt delightful to see Greer playing the role of wingman or say big brother and taking such joy in the act, it confirms that he isn’t the hard nose he makes out to be but retains a very healthy scepticism on those who have yet to prove themselves.
Our thanks to Brad for joining us this week and to Mack for the feedback. This weeks podcast promo was for Nutty Bites and next week we are going to be taking a look at the episode The Greater Good, we hope you can join us for that and if possible let us know what you thought of the episode and this second season of Universe so far, not many episodes left.
Oh yeah, the Stargate Atlantis favourite episode poll is still open, would love to have your contribution:)
Mario Azzopardi
Mario was a director of five episodes of Stargate SG1 and four episodes of Atlantis. He also directed episodes of The Outer Limits, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Total Recall 2070, Backstage, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Sliders. IMDBTwitter Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen played Senator Michaels in the Stargate Universe episode Alliances and she has also starred in Family Law and Event Horizon, she also had recurring roles on Chicago Fire, The Event and Prison Break. IMDB Kristian Ayre
Kristian was Loran in the Stargate SG1 episode The Light and has appeared in Space Cases, The Dead Zone, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy and ELF. IMDBBehind The Voice Dave Hibbert
Dave was a rerecording mixer for an awful lot of Stargate including 56 episodes of SG1 and 46 episodes of Atlantis. He has also worked on Dead Like Me and Jeremiah and was a Foley recordist/engineer on shows such as Arctic Air, Strange Empire, Cedar Cove, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Motive and Travelers. 1010AudioIMDB
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In Memory Of Joel Goldsmith (Nov 19 1957 – Apr 29 2012)
Joel composed the music for Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Universe as well as Sanctuary, Witchblade and many other television shows and movies, he passed far too soon but he left a legacy that will be enthralling millions of us for decades to come. IMDB
