Tony Amendola
Tony played Master Bra’tac on 26 episodes of Stargate SG1 and has recently had recurring roles on Once Upon A Time and Continuum as well as guest spots on The Mentalist, Dexter, CSI, NCIS: LA, New Girl and Intelligence. IMDBTwitter Kwesi Ameyaw
Kwesi was Olokun in two episodes of SG1 (Last Stand & Summit) as well as playing a Tactical Sargent in the Atlantis episode Outcast. He’s also guest starred on Fringe, Smallville, Once Upon A Time, Bates Motel, iZombie, Psych and Sanctuary. IMDBTwitter Sonja Bennett
Many happy returns of the day to Sonja Bennett who was Dahlia Radim in the Stargate Atlantis episode Coup D’etat. She has also been in Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Cold Squad, Godiva’s, Mistresses, Supernatural, Motive and played Ruth in Preggoland. IMDBTwitterOfficial Carlo Marks
Carlo played Andy on the Stargate Universe episode Earth as well as appearing on Smallville (twice), Pretty Little Liars, The Deadly Pledge and Scarecrow. IMDBTwitter
Aaron Douglas
Aaron played Moac in the SG1 episode Maternal Instinct and a Jaffa in Redemption Part 2 but of course he is much better known for playing Chief Tyrol in Battlestar Galactica. He’s also starred in Hemlock Grove, The Killing, The Bridge, Hellcats, The Returned, iZombie and The Flash. IMDBTwitter
Allan Lee
Allan was the editor for 24 episodes of Stargate SG1 and also directed the season four episode Entity and has ran the second unit on the show. He’s also worked on Continuum, Highlander, The L Word, The 4400, Missing, Alice, Dirk Gently and Olympus. IMDBTwitter
Michael Gordin Shore
Michael played Lt. Menard in the Stargate SG1 episode Enemy Mine, he also appeared on Postal, Psych, Blood Ties, The Dead Zone, The Will, Best Christmas Party Ever, The Strain and White Chicks. He has also produced and directed shows such as Glass, Treatment and Hit ‘n Strum. IMDBOfficialTwitter
Joey Aresco
Joey appeared twice on Stargate SG1, he played Slaviash in Company of Thieves and then Mr Parker on Full Alert. He has also guest starred on Dallas, MacGyver, The Flash, Just Cause, Dark Skies, Kojak, Lou Grant, TNG and Taxi. IMDB
Cathy Weseluck
Cathy played a resident within the machine on the Stargate SG1 episode The Gamekeeper but is better known for her voice work on shows such as Dragon Ball Z, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Double Dragon, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, 1001 Nights and the upcoming My Little Pony: The Movie. IMDBTwitterOfficialBehind The Voice
We all have those movies from our youth, the ones we remember almost too fondly to rewatch as an adult. Well, after suddenly coming down with a low-grade fever last week, I decided to pound two doses of Dayquil and turn on Stargate…
In the episode Faith we see the Destiny drop out of FTL in a star system with a single planet that had not been charted by any of the seed ships which had passed through their part of the galaxy. Rush investigates and determines that this star and planet where simply not there when the seeders were looking to place Stargate and the scans of the system simply make no sense in terms of the age of the star and the planet’s structure and ecosystem. However Destiny will be in the system for at least a month as it orbits the star so the shuttle is sent down along with a full compliment of volunteers who set up camp and proceed to live the life of hunter/gathers. TJ goes along and realising now she is well into her pregnancy makes the most of the fresh air and water and good local food to revitalise her soul, many in the camp follow suit.
On Destiny the remaining crew take the time to do some maintenance and explore the ship further, they find a few things that may come in useful at a later date but overall a depression has set in thanks to the daily grind and as the ship gets nowhere rather slowly. Of course not everyone had the opportunity to visit the planet but with gate travel limited perhaps many people still have not physically left the shop since they arrived. As the days go by and the camp prospers many begin to question the existence of the planet and the strange tower, perhaps the planet was created by an advanced species for purposes unknown or as Dr. Caine mentions perhaps it’s a gift from god. When their time on the planet draws to a close Young is rather startled to hear that not everyone wants to come back, mostly the group consists of the civilians but Scott and TJ want to stay, this does not go down well with the Colonel. Taking the partially repaired second shuttle he makes planetall and offers a deal, if all the military return he will leave that shuttle (shelter, power and limited flight) for the civilians and wish them well. TJ is heartbroken but a realist and returns forcing Scott to follow suit and the primary shuttle returns to Destiny with less people than before but packed with food and water.
Faith is beautiful looking episode making full use of the location shooting, some of the visuals are truly awe inspiring including the “night” shooting which was actually done during the day and making use of post production to create a truly believable night scape. The discussions between all the characters on the planet be it about TJ and her pregnancy and the existence of the plant and the tower be it from god or another species showed how good the writing was in the show and the chemistry between both regular and guest actors. There are many questions asked in this episode and they tend to be ones with no direct answer, certainly this planet will remain a bit of a mystery for a while as such things should be although I am sure it’s existence may have been addressed if Universe had been on the air longer than it was.
Our thanks to Steve for joining us for this episode of the podcast and for bringing great insights into the story, he will be back. This weeks promo is for the Flash Pulp podcast and next week we will be taking a look at the episode Human with one of our long term guest hosts Thomas, hope you join us for that and we would be delighted to hear from you.
Jamil Walker Smith
Jamil played Master Sgt. Ronald Greer in Stargate Universe and has also appeared in Any Given Sunday, Girlfriends, Supernatural, Bones, Blind Justice, Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins and he directed The American Dream. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice Colin Cunningham
Colin appeared in 15 episodes of Stargate SG1 and a single episode of Stargate Atlantis as Major Paul Davis and also starred as John pope in the scifi series Falling Skies. Colin has also guest starred on The Collector, The Dead Zone, Psych, The 4400, Eureka, Sanctuary and Blood Drive. IMDBTwitter Jay Acovone
Jay was Major Charles Kawalsky on Stargate SG1 for five episodes, he has also been in Monk, 24, Criminal Minds, General Hospital and the upcoming Gun. IMDB John Noble
John only appeared once on Stargate SG1 in the episodes Camelot playing Meurik, he starred as Dr Walter Bishop in Fringe and more recently in Sleepy Hollow as Henry Parrish and let’s not forget playing his part in The Lord of the Rings franchise. He has also provided the voice for animated features/shows. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice
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In Memory Of… Isaac Hayes (August 20th 1942 – August 10th 2008)
Isaac was an award winning musician and actor who wrote and performed the global hit song “Shaft” and also voiced “Chief” on South Park. We also benefitted from having Issac appear three times on Stargate SG1 (Reckoning Parts 1 and 2 plus Threads) as the Jaffa Tolok and an announcer on a fourth (200). IMDB
Matthew Glave
Matthew played Colonel Paul Emerson commander of the “Odyssey” in six episodes of Stargate SG1, he has also guest starred on Suits, Nikita, Touch, Growing Up Fisher, Hawaii Five-0, Angie Tribeca, The Wedding Singer, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Revenge. IMDB
Loyd Bateman
Loyd played a soldier on the Stargate Atlantis episode Duet as well as spots on Glee and Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief. He has far more screen credits via his work in the stunt field including shows such as Continuum, Stargate, Glee, Tron Legacy, Sucker Punch, Godzilla and the upcoming Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. He is married to Rachel Luttrell and they have two children. IMDBTwitter Artine Brown
Artine appeared in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Kindred Part 1 as the trader who revealed knowledge of Michael. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Smallville, Psych, Supernatural, Backstorm, Helix, The 100, Arrow and the upcoming Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story. IMDBTwitter
Adam Thomas
Adam played an Airman on the Stargate Universe episode Seizure and has also appeared on The L Word, Seeing Red, Fringe, Smallville and Kyle XY. IMDBOfficial Wendy Noel
Wendy played a member of the council on the Stargate SG1 episode Revisions, she has also guest starred on Psych, The Dead Zone, Da Vinci’s Inquest, Reindeer Games and performed on stage including a starring role in Calendar Girls. IMDB
Carrie Anne Fleming
Carrie played Tee H’eta the Assistant on the Stargate SG1 episode The Sentinel and she has also appeared on Continuum, The Dead Zone, The 4400, The L Word, Smallville, Good Luck Chuck, Alice, Supernatural, iZombie, Motive and Package Deal. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Vaitiare Hirshon
Vaitiare played the Abyodonian woman Sha’re (as Vaitiare Bandera) who was married to Daniel and then taken by Apophis later to return as Amaunet. She appeared in three episodes of Stargate SG1 and has a child (Tatiana) with Michael Shanks. Vaitiare has performed in many shows made in her native language as well as English language programming such as Pacific Blue, Heartbreakers, US Marshalls, Murder She Wrote and has had a musical career. IMDBTwitter
Paul Jarrett
Paul played Captain Hendricks in the Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas and Special Agent Farrity in the SG1 episode Chimera. He has also been in The Dead Zone, The 4400, Dead Like Me, Supernatural, Fringe and Rogue. IMDB
Danny Wattley
Danny played the SG3 officer Lieutenant Johnson in the Stargate SG1 episode The Broca Divide, he has also guest starred on Smallville, Rogue, Blackstone, Lucifer and in the upcoming Dark Harvest and Kindergarten Cop 2. IMDB
Ben Bass
Ben appeared just once on Stargate SG1 as Dr. Steven Rayner in the episode The Curse, he currently stars as Detective Sam Swarek in Rookie Blue and has guest starred on Beggars and Choosers, Flashpoint, Would Be Kings, Strange Frequency, Jeremiah, Casual and Forever Knight. IMDBTwitter Gerard Plunkett
Gerard appeared in three episodes of Stargate SG1 ( Tuplo in Enigma and The Broca Divide and Nem in Fire and Water). He has also been in The X-Files, Kingdom Hospital, Andromeda, Smallville, Fringe, Intelligence and Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders. IMDBTwitter
We see in Divided that the tensions which have been brewing since the Icarus survivors reached Destiny stoked it has to be said by Rush and Camille come to a head and a core group of the civilians stage a mutiny in an attempt to take control of the ship. The timing turns out to be poor as when the shuttle returns with Young and Scott on board it is unable to secure itself to the ship and as the FTL countdown is almost up it will be left behind when the Destiny jumps. Chloe and Camille pressure Rush to stop his attempts to secure exclusive access to the computer and he reluctantly agrees but it means that some control of the ship remains in the hands of Eli and under the control of the military. The ship now for all intents and purposes is split in two but the military have control over life support but the civilians have all the food and water, someone will have to blink first. Young however is not going to be sitting on his ass, he and Scott go for a walk on the hull of the ship and access the civilian areas through the damage done by the recent alien attack. The conflict is soon resolved as the military quickly secure the ship but then the aliens turn up, three ships then begin firing hoping to break down the shields.
While the crew are indeed divided it turns out that as usual Rush has been manipulating Camille, he knew he had been implanted with a tracking device and afraid of what Young would do he engineered the coup in an affort to protect himself. Alas he had the right idea to defend the ship, unable to fight effectively their best chance for survival was to endure the attack until Destiny jumped away but he was still being selfish, the only true protection would be to totally evade the aliens which means surgery to remove the tracker from Rush. The do use the communication stones to bring a surgeon (via Chole’s body) but the connection breaks during the procedure, Rush was probably lucky they didn’t just throw him out of the airlock!
Divided was a stellar episode, a tightly told story with some wonderful one on one dialogue, TJ excelled when laying down the situation to Chloe (war is what we do) and you can almost feel sorry for Camille who yes has her agenda but was totally manipulated by Rush. The episode delivered the usual high standard of visual effects and the opening sequence (cinematography and music) was a credit to Stargate as a whole. One of the best episodes so far and a lot more to come. Our thanks to Andrew for joining us over skype for this episode and to Mack for the feedback, thanks to Colin and Adriano for their emials as well. This weeks podcast promo is for The SciFi Diner and next week we are going to be watching the episode “Faith”, hope you join us.
Kwesi Ameyaw
