Stargate Universe - Faith, S01E13

Hmmmm...I'm not exactly sure what I thought about this episode. It was certainly still better than most of the first half of Season 1, but it was still very odd. I can only hope all the feelings of uncertainty and confusions I feel about it will be justified in future developments.

When a mysterious star and heavenly planet appear out of nowhere, the team sent down to explore is overcome with a great desire to stay there forever. Maybe some all-powerful alien race created the planet, or maybe it was a god, but it seems likely it was designed specifically for them and that those all-powerful whatevers might be able to help them get home to Earth.

But in the end, no one stayed behind.

I understand the need for the episode. There was little conflict, and so a lot of time to allow the tension between military personnel and civilian to dissipate. It seems to me like those issues, while they are not gone, will not have to be so hot for upcoming episodes, allowing the writers more freedom to negotiate with.

But there was no real point, since there was no real conflict. It very much felt like an episode of semi-peaceful floating through space. Although nothing ought to have changed by the other side, still a lot is now different.

So I am awaiting the next episode to discover how successful this episode was.