With the series (cliffhanger) finale just hours away, GateWorld is bidding farewell with 10 of our favorite, stand-out moments from Stargate Universe‘s 2-year run! (Watch out for spoilers through last week’s episode, “Blockade.”)
1. Hold That Gate!
Episode: “Air, Part 3”
Character: Eli
It’s the new team’s first off-world mission, to find a substance capable of repairing Destiny‘s air filtration system. Lt. Matthew Scott and MSgt. Ronald Greer have found the lime and are running back to the gate at break-neck speed, but there’s no way they will make it in time. Destiny‘s clock is about to hit zero, and the crew back on board can’t stop it from entering F.T.L. and leaving the team behind. But Nicholas Rush suspects that the ship may have a safety protocol that can give them the few moments they need. He radios Eli on the planet and tells him to stick his arm into the event horizon. The gambit pays off, giving the men time to reach the gate … and save everyone on board.
2. ‘You Are All Going To Die’
Episode: “Time”
Character: Matt
The team’s first encounter with time-travel is intense and personal, as they find a kino on a jungle planet which contains footage of their gruesome deaths. They had originally arrived and begun collecting food, only to be attacked in the night by vicious creatures that burrowed into their bodies and left bloody corpses behind. A solar flare is bending the Stargate’s wormhole back in time, so there is no going back to the ship. Meanwhile, people are falling ill from an infection in their recently-acquired water supply. The team’s mission to retrieve the creature’s venom to save the crew … fails miserably when the team is attacked and killed by the creatures. Lt. Scott is the only survivor, and uses another kino to send a message back in time to Destiny‘s crew once again — telling them everything they need to survive this incredible ordeal the next time around.
3. Close Encounters
Episode: “Space”
Character: Everett
Now away from Earth for months, the crew has acquired the basic necessities of survival and is settling into a routine of using the long-range communication stones to visit their loved ones back on earth (and report to Homeworld Command). Transferring your consciousness into the body of someone back on Earth has almost become too commonplace — until it goes terribly wrong for Everett Young. The Colonel activates his communication stone but, instead of opening his eyes back on Earth, he finds himself occupying the body of an alien on board a mothership. It is the first time he has seen the species that would threaten his people so many times in the future, and though he’s only connected for a few minutes, it is a startling event both for the Colonel and for SGU viewers.
4. Escape!
Episode: “Space”
Character: Rush and Chloe
“Space” opens with that jaw-dropping scene, and closes with Rush and Chloe’s daring escape from alien captivity. He was picked up after being left behind on a planet and breaking into a crashed alien ship (“Justice”); she was abducted from Destiny in the middle of a firefight. After Colonel Young has used the communication stone to get on board the alien ship and set Rush free from his watery prison, Rush discovers that Chloe is also a prisoner. He kills one of the aliens, locates Chloe and frees her from the water tank holding her, and the two hurry to steal a fighter craft to escape the mothership. It sets up much of what is to come — the blue aliens’ constant pursuit and Chloe’s transformation — but after so many episodes of dark brooding by the characters, it also felt to us like one of SGU‘s first epic moments. Two characters who were once enemies, now desperately escaping together from an alien threat.
NEXT: Memorable moments from Season Two!
I’ll go ahead and pre-empt the haters here with: “You forgot the ending of the final episode”
Tennant’s right, it is going to horrible watching it all end. But in typical Stargate fashion, it’ll make some unreal telly !!
Also some memorable moments, Cloverdale, Greer using the Stargate’s unstable vortex to fend off the alien plant yolkies. And, when Brody gets caught in one of the Stasis Pods. Good times !
Farewell Destiny? way to be optimistic gateworld.
I sure wish none of the stargates would end. I love them all and they didnt give SGU a chance at least one more season but who really cares what the fans want. I will miss it alot, whos ever fault it is it will bite them in arse one day. I am gonna miss ya SGU. thank you Theresa Huskey
my favorite moment of all during the final episodes was Camile Wray’s speach at the end of the episode “Epilogue” that scene could have been appropriate as a series finale closing scene. I cried hard after that episode ended, and I am shocked that it is not in the top 10 SGU Moments here.
I agree with “merrik86”. That scene was very uplifting. Did I cry too? I’m not sayin’.
Gotta say, the numa numa moment to this day still cracks me up and is one of the funniest moments Stargate has done since before Richard Dean Anderson left the series! I laughed more watching SGU this season than I did watching Atlantis’ entire run!
My absolute favorite moment in the series is Rush’s call for volunteers to stay on Destiny in “Twin Destinies”
That speech moved me. And the line, “As the Ancients said.. the truth in all things.” and “Destiny has come this far… if we abandon her now, there will be no coming back.” Just an incredible delivery by Mr.Carlyle.
Best moment is when Greer is hallucinating and on his walkie with the Colonel asking for permission to use deadly force. I could not stop laughing. It still cracks me up when he hears the opposite answer.
My favorite moment was the Camile speach in “Epilogue“, too! I think it was fantasting, so strong moment!!
My favourite members of the crew are dr.Johansen , Camile, Eli and Greer
SyFy should have at least been decent and allowed for a mini series to be produced to end the story. Though I think a proper ending would be the crew after some big event fly watch the ship jump into FTL continuing the journey.
One of the best moments was when they were in the elevator & the music came on, they just all looked at each other & has a smile.
The old bloke didn’t have a clue.
Some great moments with SGU.. ‘Time’ is one of my all time fav eps.. I Love Park now more than any other character, was so sad when she said she couldn’t see..
Theres so much I love about the show, i’ve been dreading today, i’m welling up just thinking about it.. Don’t think I could bare watching the last ep :(
I know it’s all business, all entertaiment, all about money… but ending SGU this way feels so wrong. I know that life will go on, but still…all characters, ship, all mythos… I want them to live on.
I really hope that Bred will get some agreement with MGM about finishing SGU story in books. We need them. Wee need closure of SGU.
I liked Epilogue very much I think It’s my favorite SGU episode. In fact, I believe that would be a more proper ending to series. It was a nice story for the characters. Lot of memorable moments in that one. I’m still having mixed feeling on the last episode. I just hope the cliffhanger isn’t too big. I’m definitely gonna watch. It’s just gonna be very hard. Something tells me I’m gonna be screaming at my TV. I have feeling we’re gonna be left dangling. I just can’t believe it’s gonna be all over after tonight. It’s just not fair.… Read more »
Definitely the end of “Epilogue”..that entire episode,the ending scene,the speach should’ve been and in fact in my book is the finale of this amazing,but shortly-lived series.
Extinguished just as it’s started to bloom!
My favorite moment was when in ‘Light’ crew dicovered that Destiny activated its shields and started recharging. It was so dramatic.
Very few recent shows have caused me to well up. And to be honest Stargate has not as of yet. The last episode of Battlestar when Laura died made me completly break down.. However I must admit the scene where Brody switched from Also Sprach Zarathustra to that other song had me rolling. It was nice to see humor in such a serious show. The elevator scene was chuckle worthy as was seeing Brody as a old man complaining about kids on his lawn, making noise was funny. Eli has been a source of humor as well as RDA when… Read more »
One fond fun memory of i have is the creation of the new nation: Rush -> Russia :)
I want to add one additional thing. My hands down most favorite part of the show has to do with how destiny recharges its self. Going into a star to literally collect solar power is just straight up ingenious and a awesome piece of eye candy. The Blue supergiant was nerve wracking but still awesome. I will miss seeing the ship and the crew and I was chapping at the bit to see what this intellegence was. But I guess that will be left to my imagination. Not to sound like Cain, but I think it is God
@Jim Hutto Man,common admit it,you and I know very well it’s not God…it is FURLINGS!!
With all the time travel going on in SGU I wouldnt of been surprised if it was the SGU crew who sent the message in the background radiation :)
I do think that one of their ancestors built the drones though
I so badly wanted them to explore the rest of the ship and have the repair bots return Destiny to her former glory. I do hope they make something else to complete the story. I wish I had 100 million dollars. I would buy the rights and revive all of the SG series and air them on a more worthy station. SyFy can burn! After tonight, I don’t believe there will be any reason to tune into SyFy. :(
@Jim. Furlings. Na its Q. :)
i love the scene in “pain” where rush’s hallucinations of the aliens taking over the ship. after fighting with greer and the team secures him, rush belts m.scott in the back with a pipe. my title= “Dr. rush in the study with the pipe”
What a great list. Pretty perfect.
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Greer asking Chloe for forgiveness…
Well, if I could, I would add ending of “Intervention” when TJ wakes up and find that her baby has died and how she goes out to platform to see that shiny cloud which she saw in the dream. Mumford And Sons “After The Storm” has a chilling/sad/bittersweet effect here. It is actually one of musical montages I really love. Life inspiring.
so many too pick from….plus i guess we will never know if we will see the rest of the crew from the other Destiny
I think I’m done with this network. Like Fox, they don’t seem to have any real backbone for Drama type shows, but want quick payoffs.
SGU was excellent, and the story was just getting started, TNT is fully supporting Falling Skies – and you know they will commit to more than 1 year no matter the initial ratings because it has to develop its audience.