Simon Longmore
Simon played Tathal in the Stargate Atlantis episode the Brotherhood and also guest starred on Psych, Dead Like Me, Special Unit 2, Hell On Wheels, Red Widow and Travelers. IMDBTwitter Jason George
Jason appeared as Jolan in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Babylon and The Fourth Horseman part 2). He recently starred in Eli Stone, Witches of East End, Mistresses, The Closer, Off The Map and Grey’s Anatomy and made his name on Sunset Beach. IMDBTwitter Charles Shaughnessy
Charles played Alec Coulson in the SG1 episode Covenant. He also starred in 147 episodes of The Nanny and has gone onto be very successful on US television with roles on Days Of Our Lives, Revenge, The Magicians, Mad Men and The Mentalist. IMDBTwitterOfficial Bridget McGuire
Bridget was the Art Director for 80 episodes of Stargate SG1 and Supervising Art Director for a further 20. She has also worked on Psych, Doctor Who, Profit and Arrow. IMDB
Dawn Olivieri
Dawn appeared as Neeva Casol in the Stargate Atlantis episode Identity. She’s also had recurring roles on Heroes and The Vampire Diaries and as Monica Talbot in House Of Lies. Guest spots include Rosewood, Lucifer and Secrets and Lies. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Alex Diakun
Alex played Tarek Solamon in the Stargate SG1 episode Memento and has appeared on The Outer Limits, Sanctuary, Motive, Andromeda, Supernatural, The X-Files, Beyond, Intruders and Reaper. IMDB Elizabeth Hoffman
Elizabeth played Catherine Langford in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (There But for the Grace of God and The Torment of Tantalus). She has also appeared in the movie Dante’s Peak and starred in Sisters. IMDB Jeffrey A. Okun
Jeffrey was the digital effects supervisor on the theatrical feature Stargate and has also worked on Sphere, Red Planet, Blood Diamond, Lolita, The Last Starfighter and The Day the Earth Stood Still. He has also produced, directed, edited and been the cinematographer on tv and movie productions. IMDBTwitter
David Nykl
David played Radek Zelenka on Stargate Atlantis and appeared once on SG1 in the episode The Pegasus Project. He has also appeared on Seven Days, Cold Squad, Psych, Sanctuary and recently Supernatural and Arrow. IMDBTwitter
James Spader
James was the original Daniel Jackson in the theatrical Stargate movie. He made his name in features but has had huge success on television with The Practice, Boston Legal and now the hit show The Blacklist. IMDB Frank Cassini
Frank played Colonel Sean Grieves in the Stargate SG1 episode The Sentinel and has also appeared on Wolf Lake, Dead Like Me, The Bridge, Blackstone, Cult and Supernatural. IMDBTwitter
Ivy Isenberg
Ivy was a casting associate on 116 episodes of Stargate SG1 and 58 episodes of Stargate Atlantis including taking the role of casting director for the premiere “Rising”. She has also worked on Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole, Titan Maximum, Robot Chicken, TripTank, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Bullet in the Face and Dead Like Me. IMDBTwitter
Primo Allon
Primo guest starred on six episodes of Stargate Universe as the Lucian Alliance soldier named Koz. He has also appeared on Smallville, Fringe, Once Upon A Time, The 100, Arrow, Motive, Timeless and Ice. IMDB
In the mid-season finale Resurgence the Destiny detects at extreme long range something that peaks Rush’s interest, given how focused he has been on the “mission” it’s surprising he is the one calling for the ship to alter course to investigate. When they arrive at this part of the galaxy they find a wreckage strewn area of space, sensors indicate at least 5 starships were destroyed, once is still fairly intact so a shuttle is sent over to board the ship, Greer and Brody get to don the space suits.
Suddenly a number of objects power up within the debris field and on board Destiny Eli thanks to a computer simulation realises that some of the debris is not as advertised and contain dormant power sources now activating. These small vessels zoom towards Destiny, the ship powers up shields and weapons and attempts to communicate, the response is sudden and violent as the ship comes under fire from these very fast moving drones. The ship looks doomed that an unexpected visitor arrives in the shape of a Seed Ship, together they jump away from the area and Colonel Telford gets to tell his story and how he has been spending his time alone with a bunch of aliens on the seed ship.
Resurgence is quite an important episode as it introduces the main antagonist for the remainder of the second season, we also get the return of Telford and more information on the Ursini and the realities of this area of the galaxy. There are some spectacular CGI scenes in the episode with the Ursini ship, the wreckage field and the fast movers of this mysterious alien race who shoot first and never even worry about asking questions. As expected with a mid-season finale the cliffhanger is strong but unsurprisingly not that “edge of the seat” experience, Destiny is not going to get destroyed and no individual character was in particular dire straits.
Overall a very strong and entertaining episode of Stargate Universe and we don’t have to wait a few months for the conclusion of this particular story. Our thanks to Thomas for joining us over skype from the states and he will return next week for Deliverance. Thank you to Mack for the feedback over on google plus and my appreciation for British Invaders podcast for continued entertainment for when I am working, their promo is featured this week. We hope you tune in next week to find out if the Destiny survives and the consequences of Chloe’s actions and of course we’d love to hear your thoughts on the episode or anything Stargate.
Brandy Ledford
Brandy made her name in the modelling and the glamour side of show business before going more mainstream with acting roles on Andromeda, Baywatch, NCIS: Los Angeles and Whistler. She guest starred as Norina in the Stargate Atlantis episode Inferno and Zaren in the Stargate SG1 episode Endgame. IMDBOfficial
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John P. Jumper
John is a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as a General in the US Air Force played himself in the memorable Stargate SG1 episode Lost City. Wiki Mitchell Kosterman
Mitchell played Colonel Tom Rundell in the Stargate SG1 episodes Heroes Part 1 and 2 and Special Agent James Hamner in the episode Seth. He has also guest starred on Smallville, John Doe, White Noise , MacGyver and Millennium. Producer/director of the Supernatural Fandom Movie. IMDBTwitter Robert Weiss
Robert played a Scientist in the Stargate Atlantis episode “Home” and has appeared on Arrow, Motive, Motive, The X-Files and Hell On Wheels. IMDB
Terry Chen
Terry played the Monk in the SG1 episode Maternal Instinct and has also appeared in The 4400, V, Riverworld, Combat Hospital, Continuum, Arrow, The Returned, The 100, Strange Empire, Van Helsing and a number of features films such as Elysium and War. IMDBTwitter Barry Campbell
Barry was the commander of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in 2009 (APLIS 2009) and a huge fan of Stargate SG1, he was instrumental in the Stargate movie Continuum filming in the Arctic and had a small role in the movie as a crewman. IMDBGateworld
Sean Millington
Sean was in the Stargate Atlantis episode This Mortal Coil as a Marine and also appeared on the SG1 episodes Affinity as a thug and Crossroads as Ronac. He’s been in Smallville, Hell On Wheels, Supernatural, iZombie, The 100 and The 4400 but is better known for his many years as a star fullback in the Canadian Football League. IMDBTwitterOfficial
J.B. Bivens
J.B. played a Guard on the Stargate SG1 pilot Children of the Gods and has appeared on The Santa Clause 2, Smallville, Monk, The Dead Zone, Candiland and The X-Files. He has also worked extensively behind the scenes as a rigging and dolly grip. IMDB
Mark Oliver
Mark appeared just the once on Stargate SG1 in the episode The Fourth Horseman: Part 2 as Jean LaPierre. He has also done extensive voice acting on animated shows and documentaries such as Hell Below, Nexo Knights, Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu and George of the Jungle. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice Lynn Smith
Lynn was the location manager for Stargate SG1 on 132 episodes (Season 2 through to Season 7) and made a cameo appearance on the Atlantis episode Vegas at a casino roulette table. IMDBArticle
Judy Norton
Judy played Talia in the Stargate SG1 episode In The Line of Duty and has also appeared in Millennium, Ed, Cold Squad, Bluff and played Mary Ellen on The Waltons. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Bobbie Phillips
Bobbie was the guest star in the SG1 episode Brief Candle playing Kynthia, she has also starred on The Cape and appeared on Murder One, The Watcher, Seven Days, Doomsday, Renaissance, Amazon, Dharma & Greg and The Good Sister. IMDB
In memory of Brad Sihvon (Jan 29 1971 – Apr 7 2010)
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Joe in Stargate SG1 Affinity plus roles in Huff, Dead Like Me, Taken, SU2 and White Noise.
Not so long ago a number of the civilian crew of the Destiny elected to stay behind on a world which appeared seemingly out of nowhere. They were led by Dr Robert Caine a charismatic man with a strong religious faith, he believed the world was placed in the path of Destiny as a home for the lost. In Visitation months later a shuttle appears (as if by magic) alongside Destiny which is now in another galaxy, on board the shuttle are the people that were left behind.
The people led by Caine claim not to remember recent events, they went to sleep the night before then awoke to find themselves in the shuttle alongside Destiny. They are checked out and seem to be healthy but for obvious reasons there is a certain level of scepticism, they should not be here and if they are who they say there are how and why are they here? Eli approaches Val (Camille Sullivan) and after a brief friendly chat blood begins to pour from her nose and then scalp, she starts screaming and collapses dead on the floor. Her friend Peter (Tobias Slezak) struggles to recall events on the planet but under memory regression he recalls his relationship with Val and her death after she was struck by a falling tree which smashed her skull. Peter dies soon after of what looks like hypothermia, it seems the people from the planet are dying on board Destiny in the order they died on the planet. Caine is still sceptical but after Rachel (Michelle Harrison) passes he too undergoes memory regression and learns that they had no cabins or crops and they were slowly freezing to death inside the crippled shuttle. Caine was the last survivor and now the only one left alive on Destiny, he knows he is already dead but takes comfort in the fact that his soul has passed on and maybe the divine or an alien species reanimated the body to allow them to say goodbye. Caine passes soon after leaving only a Kino behind which appeared on the shuttle after it was searched, on the Kino are the last few moments of Caine’s life and a bright light that envelops the shuttle, the recording fades and a quiet contemplative silence encompasses the watchers.
Visitation is a mind bending episode drawing upon the events from the episode Faith yet doesn’t really answer the important question as to what the planet represented or who/what created it. Mind you it did solve one important problem, the Destiny finally got a shuttle which she desperately needed. Yes there was always the Stargate but a space ship needs a shuttle type vehicle or there are limits to where stories can go. The episode of course being vague leaves the question of the divine wide open (as it should be), hard to prove a negative and there is a reasonable scientific explanation again unproven. It may be that at the last Caine used his faith to not only accept his fate but to finally give closure to TJ who is still broken over the loss of her child. We also got an excellent scene with Chloe and Greer, her fate may be sealed as the infection spreads but Greer asking for forgiveness as he accepts his hand will be doing the deed was very moving, wonderful dialogue and performances.
As always we couldn’t do this without our guests, this week our thanks go to Ian and of course continued gratitude to Brad for the audio feedback for Malice and to Mack for the posts over on our Google+ page, appreciated. This weeks promo is for Flash Pulp the always entertaining source of original audio content, movie discussion and a little bit of music. Next week we are joined by Thomas to discuss the mid-season two finale “Resurgence” in which Destiny meets new “friends” and is reunited with old ones. We also had to go to the alternate prize draw winner, alas after three attempts the initial winner failed to get back to us so congratulations to Sarah, we’ll be contacting her shortly.
