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Young, Rush and Wallace figure out what is going on

Spoiler Warning
This is a recap of SG·U Episode 5. Plot details revealed

This episode begins with Greer having his “kino snippet”.  He seems pretty calm considering the Destiny is about to fly directly into a star.   After the title screen Colonel Young addresses the crew.  There is no power.  The Destiny is flying directly into a star.  The crew “are having another bad day”.  Following the status report he announces that there will be a lottery for fifteen spots on the working shuttle.  In addition he will choose two more people who will pilot and have the necessary survival skills. He also announces that he will not be part of the lotery. The crew are understandably frustrated.  A montage shows us Sgt Becker downing some pills.  Matthew and Cloe hit the bedroom and the second sex scene in Universe.

Camile visits Col. Young and tries to weasel her way onto the shuttle.  Young, having none of it, threatens to remove her name from the lottery. She promptly retreats. Meanwhile, in his quarters, Eli has a flashback of his mother giving him grief about not attending  a job interview.  Meanwhile Cloe and Matthew were discussing who was going on the shuttle.  As per usual Cloe was being her pessimistic hopeless self. Yawn.

Eli continues his promotion of the “message-in-a-bottle” kino.  He is still trying to get everyone to talk into the kino to preserve a record of their presence. Cloe volunteers for  her “kino snippet”.  Elsewhere on the ship Young  approaches Rush to find out which of the three planets the lottery winners are bound for.  One of the three is on the other side of the star but being between the two planets which are too hot and too cold placed it in the “Goldilocks Zone“.  The Shuttle will be flying blind to the planet. (continue reading…)

Destiny passing through a gas giant

Spoiler Warning
This is a recap of SG·U Episode 4. Plot details revealed

Dr. Rush is trying to preserve as much power as possible at the cost of sleep deprivation.   He is still locked out of Destiny’s primary systems.  It is revealed that the water reserves are pretty low, approximately 90,000 liters remain.  Some of the crew discover an Ancient device  which they dub a “Recharging plate” which, after being tweeked, recharges various human devices.  In an effort to try and ease Rush’s mind, Colonel Young orders them to cease activating systems. The power reserves fail regardless.  When confronted about the blackout Rush finally succumbs to his extreme exhaustion and caffeine withdrawal and passes out.

Young ‘returns’ to Earth to inform the Pentagon of the situation.  After doing so travels to see his wife, Emily.  She’s understandably frustrated and slightly confused by his use of the Ancient communication stone.  His attempts to reassure her that he will return sometime fall on deaf ears.  Meanwhile Colonel Telford takes the opportunity to find out whats going on on the ship.  He is decidedly unhappy with what he finds.

Vanessa misleads Eli to an intervention of sorts.  The crew feel they’re being kept in the dark.  Eli tries to reassure them that there’s nothing being hidden from them.

It becomes apparent that the ship came out of FTL on purpose.  As the ship approached the system it skims the atmosphere of a gas giant on the outer edge of a system of planets.  The crew surmise that Destiny is trying to get within reach of one of the habitable planets.  They are disappointed.  Destiny is heading for the red dwarf.

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