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Second Season Premieres On A New Night, Tuesday, September 28 At 9PM (ET/PT) On Syfy
NEW YORK – September 16, 2010 – Syfy unveils an impressive roster of guest stars set to make appearances throughout the second season of the drama-adventure series, Stargate Universe, including Victor Garber, David Hewlett, Robert Picardo, Kathleen Quinlan and French Stewart, along with the previously announced guest appearances by Robert Knepper and Julie McNiven, who will both appear in multi-episode arcs. The second season of Stargate Universe debuts Tuesday, September 28 at 9PM (ET/PT) on Syfy.
Stargate Universe follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves as they are forced through a Stargate when their hidden base comes under attack. The desperate survivors emerge aboard an ancient ship, which is locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth.
In the new season, the team fights to take back the ship from the Lucian Alliance, who transported themselves on board Destiny with plans to take control. The team also discovers their true mission. It’s not about going home, it’s about going further.
Stargate Universe stars Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty) as Dr. Nicholas Rush; Louis Ferreira (Hidden Hills, Grey Gardens) as Colonel Everett Young; Brian J. Smith (The War Boys, Hate Crime) as 1st Lt. Matthew Scott; Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong; David Blue (Ugly Betty, Moonlight) as Eli Wallace; Alaina Huffman (Smallville, Painkiller Jane) as Lt. Tamara Johansen; Jamil Walker Smith (Waynehead, Sister, Sister) as Master Sergeant Ronald Greer; Ming-Na (ER, The Joy Luck Club) as Camile Wray; and Lou Diamond Phillips (Stand and Deliver, Young Guns) as Colonel Telford. This season, series star Robert Carlyle makes his directorial debut in episode four, “Pathogen.”
Second Season Guest Stars Include:
- o Victor Garber (Alias, Titanic) Acclaimed stage and film actor Garber stars as Ambassador Ovirda of planet Langara.
o David Hewlett (Splice, Whistleblower) reprises his role as Dr. Rodney McKay, the lead scientist of the Atlantis team.
o Robert Picardo (Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: Voyager, China Beach) reprises his role as Richard Woolsey, commander of the Atlantis expedition.
o Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13) stars as Senator Michaels, who replaced the late Senator Armstrong as the new head of the off-world spending committee.
o French Stewart (3rd Rock From The Sun) guest stars as Dr. Andrew Covel, the new head of research at Stargate Command.
o Robert Knepper (Heroes, Prison Break) portrays a member of the Lucian Alliance in a multi-episode arc.
o Julie McNiven (Supernatural, Mad Men) portrays a member of the Lucian Alliance in a multi-episode arc.
Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, serve as executive producers and writers. SGU is produced and distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution.
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Does that mean will finally know what happened to Jonas Quinn?
Whoops! I meant “we’ll.”
I wouldn’t call those spoiler ‘minor’.
And I meant ‘spoilers’ :/
As much as it would be great to find out about what happened to Jonas, I’d much prefer actually seeing him! I really hope Corin Nemec has a somewhat “surprise” cameo.
i was wondering when they would include Jonas’ planet into SGU since i remember it being where they discovered naquadria in the first place
You made a mistake. David Hewlett and Robert Picardo will appear in episode 15 “Seizure” with Victor Garber and NOT in episode 13 “Alliances” with French Stewart.
i would rather see Jonas, myself than hear about him.
I’m curious why the wouldn’t have Jonas. How can you talk about langara without Jonas? Do they just say, oh, Jonas is currently in Andari working on an experiment and thats it?! We’ve haven’t seen Jonas in so many years and it’d be nice to hear how he’s doing, even just as a guide like in season 5.
Why are people assuming Jonas is alive? The Ori conquered Langara, Jonas would probably have been on the front lines, I wouldn’t be surprised if he were long since dead.
Jones probably died folks calm down. Im curious as to how SGU will involve Langara without delving into past sg-1 stuff.
Nooo! Say it ain’t so! Jonas is one of my favorite characters, it would be great to see what happened to him but I don’t want it confirmed that he’s dead, I’d rather live in a happy fantasy land :)
I always hoped he’d pop up in a ep of SG1 or SGa someday.
Per Joe Mallozzi, he said Jonas was alive and was a leader among his peope. I like that version.
Here’s hoping for a surprise appearance from Jonas (and Corin). He has been long missed in the Stargate franchise. Let’s not forget McKay and Jonas have worked together in the past too. Maybe there is hope or maybe it is just wishful thinking on my part, but I think a lot of fans would love to see this happen.
It would give me reason to tune in for the first time since the pilot! ;)
Yeah, kinda figured it would be French Stewart.
Anyway about Jonas. I would love it if when Jack meets Ambassador Ovirda (assuming they do meet in the ep), Ovirda were to say something like “High Councilor/Prime Minister/President Quinn sends his regards.”
Awesome! Victor Garber was cool enough, but we get to find out the state of Langara? DUDE! This season just keeps getting more and more awesome, and I haven’t even seen any of it yet! As for Jonas, I’m guessing they’re not building a surprise cameo (it’d be too hard to keep under wraps, although I guess they’ve pulled that off once before), but if Garber’s character does indeed become recurring, I bet there’s a chance we’ll eventually see Jonas! Also, I’m guessing there will be some people on the other side of this issue, but I love that it’s… Read more »
@Duneknight: “Without delving into SG1”, Yet you are curious how Langara is going to be shown on SGU? Either you accept SG1/SGA, or keep their ties out. Can’t have the cake and eat it too huh?
@ Yorel
Do you mean Jack O’Neill? As far as I know, he won’t be in season 2.
@ Jenks Jonas Quinn is not a soldier. He’s a leader. There is no way he would be allowed to be on the frontlines. Also, I’d expect him to be smart enough not to confront the Ori directly.
@Evilslayer: Jonas also seems like a patriot as well as a leader. I think he would be on the front lines. As a patriot in defense of his world and as a leader who would not ask his people to do anything that he would not be willing to do himself.
I would hope they would do what Yorel said instead of saying Jonas died in the battle. You would think they would mention in somewhere along the line in SG1 if he died. It would suck if they’d just go “oh yeah, he’s dead”
Joseph Mallozzi said in the mailbag of his September 18th blog entry that there should be mention of Jonas in the episode.
I just hope they don’t do something stupid, and say he’s dead or anything (especially after they mishandled his departure to begin with). I am still hoping for another Jonas appearance one day.