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Stargate Universe Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2009 - 2010
The first season follows a group of soldiers, civilians and scientists who retreat through the stargate when their base is attacked to a ship built millennia ago by an ancient race of beings. On an unalterable course billions of light years from home, our unlikely band of space travelers find themselves locked in a fierce battle for survival as the Destiny lacks resources to support a large group of people. Colonel Young (Louis Ferreira) must keep everyone focused on repairing the ship's system and obtaining food and water while Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) tries to figure out how to control the ship. Tensions arise on board Destiny between the military and civilian personnel and everyone must learn to adjust to their situation and each other while working together to survive. The crew of Destiny must deal with the aftermath of the return of two abducted crew members and prepare for and battle repeated attempts to take over the ship by different factions.
Episode 1
Air
Fri, Oct 2, 2009 60 mins
Part 1 of 3. A soldier leads evacuees through a stargate onto an unknown, but somewhat familiar spacecraft.
Episode 2
Air
Fri, Oct 2, 2009 60 mins
Part 2 of 3. A soldier leads evacuees through a stargate onto an unknown, but somewhat familiar spacecraft.
Episode 3
Air
Fri, Oct 9, 2009 60 mins
Conclusion. A search team combs a desert planet for a vital mineral to scrub away the carbon dioxide that's accumulating on the Destiny. Meanwhile, Chloe (Elyse Levesque) reaches out to her mother via the communication stones.
Episode 4
Darkness
Fri, Oct 16, 2009 60 mins
When the Destiny's power reserves drop to a critical level, the crew is ordered to use power for essential services only, but the rationing isn't enough to keep Rush from announcing that all on board will die within days.
Episode 5
Light
Fri, Oct 23, 2009 60 mins
With the Destiny on a collision course with a star, the crew considers abandoning the ship. A grim lottery is held to choose 17 passengers to escape in the Destiny's only working shuttle.
Episode 6
Water
Fri, Oct 30, 2009 60 mins
The ship's water supply dwindles, prompting Col. Young and Lt. Scott to visit a frozen planet in search of drinkable samples. Meanwhile, the crew attempts to snare an intruder.
Episode 7
Earth
Fri, Nov 6, 2009 60 mins
General O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) wants Col. Young to implement a high-risk plan hatched by IOA scientists that could possibly return the Destiny crew to Earth. Elsewhere, Eli and Chloe use the communication stones to visit their loved ones, culminating in a trip to a club. Carlo Rota, Janelle Monáe.
Episode 8
Time
Fri, Nov 13, 2009 60 mins
An away team finds a kino beside a Stargate on a jungle world, which contains video footage of the team that was shot prior to their arrival. Then, an illness cripples the team, forcing them to quarantine themselves on the planet.
Episode 9
Life
Fri, Nov 20, 2009 60 mins
Lt. Scott and Camile return to Earth via the communication stones to spend time with those they left behind. On the Destiny, the crew explores new sections of the ship and discover a promising Ancient device.
Episode 10
Justice
Fri, Dec 4, 2009 60 mins
Col. Young cedes command to Camile Wray after a crew member is found dead from a gunshot wound and the gun is recovered from Young's quarters. Meanwhile, a planet harbors a secret that threatens the Destiny in the first-season finale.
Episode 11
Space
Fri, Apr 2, 2010 60 mins
A snafu with the communications stones lands Col. Young's consciousness in an unknown being, resulting in a standoff between the Destiny and an alien vessel and the abduction of Chloe.
Episode 12
Divided
Fri, Apr 9, 2010 60 mins
Dr. Nicholas Rush and Chloe suffer nightmares following their ordeal on the alien vessel, and Rush suspects that a tracking device may have been placed on the ship's hull. Later, a splinter group on Destiny executes a coup with life-threatening consequences.
Episode 13
Faith
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 60 mins
Destiny stops near an uncharted star orbited by one planet, this time without activating the countdown clock. Lt. Scott leads a small team to the planet's surface, where the explorers are amazed to find an abundance of food, water and sunshine.
Episode 14
Human
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 60 mins
Dr. Rush defies orders to interface with the Destiny's computer in a bid to control the ship's flight path, which puts Col. Young in a difficult position. Meanwhile, Lt. Scott, Eli, Chloe and Greer explore a planet's underground ruins.
Episode 15
Lost
Fri, Apr 30, 2010 60 mins
The Destiny takes off and leaves Lt. Scott, Eli, Chloe and Greer trapped in the ruins of an underground maze, prompting Dr. Rush and Col. Young to devise a recovery plan to save the stranded away team before the ship leaves the galaxy.
Episode 16
Sabotage
Fri, May 7, 2010 60 mins
An expert in hyper drives, who has a past with Dr. Rush, arrives on the Destiny via the communication stones when it seems the ship will run out of power before it reaches its next destination, which would leave the crew adrift.
Episode 17
Pain
Fri, May 14, 2010 60 mins
When the crew suffers from vivid hallucinations that tap into their personal fears, Tamara Johansen isolates the affected from the rest and then tries to seek out the cause of the affliction as it spreads and becomes life-threatening.
Episode 18
Subversion
Fri, May 21, 2010 60 mins
Col. Telford is suspected of espionage after Dr. Rush has a disturbing dream about a covert meeting with the Lucian Alliance. Col. Young investigates the matter with the help of Gen. Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson.
Episode 19
Incursion
Fri, Jun 4, 2010 60 mins
Part 1 of 2. Col. Telford reveals a threat to the Destiny from the Lucian Alliance, prompting Gen. O'Neill to launch a preemptive attack on the foes' base.
Episode 20
Incursion
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 60 mins
Conclusion. A hostage crisis unfolds following an attempt by the Lucian Alliance to seize Destiny, which starts to have ship-wide power fluctuations and blackouts due to its proximity to a binary pulsar in the first-season finale.
