Niall Matter
Niall is well known for his lead roles in Primeval New World and his recurring role on Eureka but he also appeared twice on Stargate Atlantis as Lt Kemp, he also played Tag Cummins on Arctic Air and has guest starred on Motive, Constantine, Warehouse 13 and Remedy. IMDBTwitterOfficial William Russ
William played the rogue SG1 captain Jonas Hanson in the Stargate first season episode The First Commandment and also had a long running lead role in Boy Meets world and guest starred on Boston Legal, Vegas and Wildfire. IMDB George Wyner
George guest starred as Al Martell in the SG1 episode Prometheus and has had guest spots on House, The Mentalist, ER, Melissa & Joey, NCIS and Desperate Housewives. IMDB
Roger Cross
Roger played Lt. Conner and Captain Conner in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Spirits, The First Commandment), he’s recently been seen in Motive, Continuum, Arrow, Dark Matter, The Returned, Eureka and The Strain. His earlier tv roles include 24 and First Wave. IMDBTwitter
Anna Galvin
Anna appeared in all three live action series, she was Mrs Armstrong in four episodes of Stargate Universe, Dr. Reya Varrick in SG1 Collateral Damage and Vanessa Conrad in the Atlantis episode Remnants. She has also guest starred on Motive, Smallville, Supernatural, Once Upon A Time, Mr Young, Witches of East End and Warcraft: The Beginning. IMDB
Christopher Pearce
Christopher played Senior Airman Jake Bosworth on four episodes of Stargate SG1 (Heroes Parts 1 & 2, Prometheus Unbound and Moebius Part 2). He also appeared on Atlantis in the episode Infection as Williams. Other roles include Fringe, Arrow, The Killing and The Tomorrow People. IMDB
A member of the accomplished generation of actresses born in Regina in the mid-eighties (a group that includes Tatiana Maslany and Amy Matysio), Elyse Levesque had already reached notoriety thanks …
Venus Terzo
Venus played Dr Michaels in the Stargate SG1 episode Frozen. She has also guest starred on Shattered, Andromeda, Whistler, Blackstone, The Christmas Secret and Continuum as well as provided the voice for numerous animated productions. IMDBBehind The Voice
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight
Tiffany was Evalla in the Stargate SG1 episode Revisions and La Moor in Touchstone, she was also The Hybrid in Battlestar Galactica (with added goo) and has guest starred on Supernatural, Smallville, Danger 5, Flash Gordon, The Babadook and Dead Like Me. IMDB Thomas Kopache
Thomas was Ellori in the SG1 episode Prophecy and has appeared in Enterprise, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, The Blacklist, Person Of Interest, Jessica Jones, The Good Wife and The West Wing. IMDB
Joseph Mallozzi
Producer and Writer of far too many episodes of Stargate to mention as well as penning episodes with his writing partner for Transporter The Series, Delete and Student Bodies. His scifi series Dark Matter recently finished it’s second season and will be returning for a third. IMDBTwitterOfficial
The second season of Stargate Universe begins with the episode Intervention. In terms of the show it is technically the final part of a three part story which encompasses the finale of the first season and the beginning of the second. Most of the expedition have been stranded on an alien world and after a power struggle amongst the alliance a number of the invaders are also marooned including Varro.The remaining Lucian Alliance still retain partial control after the ship was saved by Greer and Scott by adjusting the shields on the outer hull. Rush now begins to reduce the energy to the shields which will eventually allow the radiation to kill the crew or at least those who are not in a more secure location which is where Rush and company are going to hole up, as he says to Dannic those that are not safe are a necessary sacrifice. Dannic refuses to give up but is then killed by one of his own who then turns over control of the ship to Rush and they then gate back to the planet to retrieve the stranded people. Young returns to discover that TJ has lost the baby.
The secondary or maybe primary storyline in Intervention is centered on TJ who is unconscious in the med bay after being shot and losing her child. She awakes in a cabin and is greeted by Dr Cane who tells her she has been brought to the world they visited earlier in recognition of her sacrifice by returning to Destiny. Her daughter is alive and well and she is told that her child “Carmen” will be allowed to stay but TJ had to return to Destiny. She finally wakes up and indeed she is on Destiny and yes her child died due to the trauma of the bullet wound but something calls to her and she struggles to the main viewing port and sees the same nebula that was revealed to her on the planet…
Intervention is an excellent episode to begin the second season of Stargate Universe, we get some action and full introduction to a few new players in this part of the story such as Ginn and Simeon. Varro continues to be the sensible and intelligent alliance member and one who Young could probably work with but that’s some way away, at this point keeping them confined is the only safe option barring abandoning them on a planet just as they were.
The mystery of TJ and her child will remain just that for quite a while but the writing provides the viewer to follow the more scientific or mystical path as they so choose which gives plenty of options further down the line as the season develops. Overall we got a very good episode, great effects and character interaction, new characters making their mark and opportunities for the writers to expand in many directions and maintain the mystery that is Destiny.
We want to thank Steve for joining us this week and he will be back for the episode Pathogen in a few weeks. Our thanks to Mack for the feedback over on our Google+ page and our continued gratitude for all the interactions over social media. This weeks podcast promo is for The Batcave Podcast which is coming up to wrapping up the their coverage of the Adam West and Burt Ward classic series so get in there while you can. Next week we are going to be taking a look at the episode Aftermath with our guest Thomas so please have a listen and let us know what you think 🙂
Don Ackerman
Don played Doran in the Stargate Atlantis episode “The Storm” and also appeared on Fringe, The Dead Zone, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures, Human Cargo, Wolf Lake, The X-Files, Z Nation and Glitter. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Robert C Cooper
Robert was a Producer, Writer, Director & Story Editor on the Stargate TV franchise and responsible for some of the key episodes in the series. He has also written for Flash Forward, PSI Factor, Blown Away, Dark Matter, Da Vinci’s Inquest and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. IMDB David Kaye
David was an interviewer on Stargate Continuum and is a voice performer on a number of animated shows such as Toon Wolf, Ben 10, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, The Clone Wars, Xiaolin Chronicles and video game voice performer. IMDBBehind The VoiceOfficialTwitter Nels Lennarson
Nels played Major Green in the SG1 episode Death Knell and Captain Holland in the Atlantis episode Phantoms. He’s also guest starred on Psych, Sanctuary, Supernatural, Endgame, Bates Motel, Once Upon A Time in Wonderland and Smallville. IMDBTwitter
Christopher Judge
Christopher was the Jaffa Teal’c in Stargate SG1 & Stargate Atlantis. He’s also appeared on MacGyver, Mentalist, Paradox, Sharknado 3 and Dark Knight Rises. IMDBTwitter Hiro Kanagawa
Hiro played Mr Wayne in the Stargate SG1 episode Full Alert, he has also starred in Caprica and has guest starred on Arrow, Intelligence, Bates Motel, Dark Matter, The Magicians and The Killing. IMDBBehind The Voice Michael Karl Richards
Michael was Major Peterson in five episodes of Stargate Universe and a Guard in the SG1 episode Sight Unseen. He’s also guest starred on Fringe, Psych, Whistler and appeared in 2012, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Rogue and Chesapeake Shores. IMDBTwitterTwitter Robert Duncan
Robert played the Goa’uld Seth on the Stargate SG1 episode of the same name and Melburn Jackson on the Gamekeeper. He has also appeared on Hotel Secrets & Legends, First Wave, One Ten and Devil’s Night. IMDBTwitter
Dion Johnstone
Dion was the man of many faces on Stargate SG1, he appeared in nine episodes playing characters such as Chaka, Wodan, Nelson and Warrick. He’s also guest starred on Defiance, Flashpoint, Ties That Bind and The Listener as well as appearing on stage. IMDBOfficialTwitter
Brian J. Smith
Brian appeared as a series main character on Stargate Universe playing Lt. Matthew Scott, he’s also guest starred on Defiance, Warehouse 13, Coma. He was nominated for a TONY award for his Broadway role on The Glass Menagerie and stars in Sense8. IMDBTwitter
Sarah Smyth
Sarah appeared twice as Annie Balic in Stargate Universe and she is currently starring in Cedar Cove as Justine and has guest starred on episodes of Supernatural, Durham County, Naked Josh and Shattered. IMDBTwitter
Claudia Black
Claudia lit up the screen as Vala in Stargate SG1 and before that was excellent as Aeryn on Farscape. She has also guest starred on Haven, The Dresden Files and Moonlight as well as quite a bit of voice work for tv/movies and games such as Strange Frame: Love & Sax and Dragon Age: Inquisition. More recently she has guest starred on The Originals as Dahlia and on Containment as Sabine Lommers. IMDBTwitter Julie McNiven
Julie played Ginn in Stargate Universe and has made appearances on Nikita, Fringe, Brotherhood, Book Club, Supernatural, Motive, Code Black and Mad Men. IMDBTwitter Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean played Orlin in the SG1 episode Ascension. He’s recently guest starred on Dexter and has also been on The Young and the Restless, Charmed, Blackout, The Strip and The Dead Zone. IMDB Twitter John G. Lenic
John was a producer on Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Universe as well as Motive, The Dark Corner, The Real Housewives of Vancouver, HALO 4 Forward Unto Dawn and Travelers. He also appeared in front of the camera as a wedding guest in the SG1 episode 200. IMDBTwitter Eric Keenleyside
Eric played Fred in the Stargate SG1 episode Citizen Joe. He has also appeared on Cold Squad, Once Upon A Time, Hellcats, Supernatural, The Killing and Strange Empire. IMDBTwitter Rimple Sumer
Rimple was the restaurant hostess in the Stargate SG1 episode Memento Mori and has also guest starred on Mercy Point, Smallville, The Dead Zone and Sanctuary. IMDB
Mario Kassar
Mario was an executive producer on the 1994 theatrical feature film Stargate. He has also worked on Showgirls, Lolita, Terminator 3, LA Story, Cliffhanger, Terminator:TSCC and many more theatrical and tv projects. IMDBOfficialTwitter
Jodelle Ferland
Jodelle played Harmony in the Stargate Atlantis episode of the same name and also appeared on SG1 as a young Adria in the episode Flesh and Blood. She has also been in Smallville, Kingdom Hospital, Masters of Horror, Dead Like Me, Silent Hill, Breaking Dawn, R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour and plays Five on Dark Matter which returns for a third season next year. IMDBTwitter
Patrick Keating
Patrick played a councilman on the Stargate SG1 episode Revisions as well as appearing on Smallville, Blood Ties, Psych, Hope Island, Sanctuary and Fringe. IMDB Dean Marshall
Dean guest starred on Stargate Atlantis as Sgt Bates on eight episodes and then as Agent Bates on an episode later in the series. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Supernatural, Arrow, Smallville, Da Vinci’s City Hall and now features in Chesapeake Shores as Inspector Christopher Whitcomb. IMDB
The Lucian Alliance and crew of the Destiny face off in Incursion Part 2, both sides have control of specific areas of the ship and both need/want what the other has. Young and Kiva agree on an exchange of medical and food for civilian hostages. Young is prepared to risk casualties by double crossing Kiva but the power issues intervene blowing the plan apart before it is enacted resulting in a half hearted exchange at best. Kiva then agrees to deal with Camille and a deal is done but alas the body of an executed Cpl Rivers is thrown in underlining how ruthless Kiva can be. Eli and Chloe continue to explore the ship and eventually find an active panel, he contacts the main control center using ancient which Rush recognises.
Destiny thanks to the need to come out of FTL to allow gate access is in the vicinity of a pulsar whose regular output of gamma rays and other exotics is preventing the ship from generating the threshold of energy required to jump away, shields are taking preference. They decide to prioritise shields near the pulsar leaving the ship unprotected elsewhere which will mean less energy required and thus used for the jump engines. The shields however will need manually adjusting on the hull, Scott and Greer are tasked with the job. However to make it happen Young has to give control of the ship to Kiva but is hoping thanks to Telford the transfer can be reversed before any serious consequences.
Incursion Part 2 is a very fitting season finale making the most of the set up in the first half of this series of episodes and delivering action and oodles of suspense and drama. We lose crew and of course the cliffhanger leaves many of the main characters in jeopardy, in fact if contracts hadn’t been sorted before this aired many of the actors could be seriously worried.
There was as you would expect some truly beautiful CGI shots and the stunt work was exceptional no doubt thanks in part to Mike Dopud who started his career as a stuntman, the fight in med bay was intense and brutal and the consequences heart wrenching and maybe the nastiest cliffhanger of them all. Lets not forget Eli and Chloe, a wonderful scene between the two of them which relied on a year’s worth of interaction and emotional ups and downs, credit to both David and Elyse. The final scene was beyond intense and the flickering light and fade to black highly effective in terms of building expectation but going hand in hand with the threat the ship faces from the pulsar. To sum up this was a pretty good episode:)
We would like to thank Brad for joining us once again this week even when these two episodes were recording on the same night. Brad will return for some bonus content later in the year and for a few episodes of the second season of Universe. This week podcast promo was for the Scifi Diner a long running show full of news, reviews and features hosted by Scott, Miles and M. Next week we’ll be taking a look at the season two premiere of Universe with the episode Intervention, join us and let us know what you think.
William Russ
