The point to comment is hoping that those who write a show SG1 lovers would have liked might throw them a bone or two. There is plenty of room to add some fun to what has become a long, angst-ridden slog through misery. Yes, life isn't all laughter and gaiety, but neither is it all suicidal depression with brief breaks for terror. I doubt the DVD sales will even come close to those of SG Atlantis if the writers insist on going the current route.

I am not a fan of SG-U. It's just too dark a show for me. I gave it a try, but after the first couple of episodes, I lost all interest in watching any more of it. Fortunately, CBS was able to fill the Friday night void with new episodes of Ghost Whispere and Medium.

Very nice to see RDA and Michael Shanks again, doing a more serious but still unflappable O'Neill and a darker Daniel Jackson, but I wish there had been more for Dr. Jackson to do besides watch and look tough. And Rhona Mitra rocks, as always. HOWEVER: the whole scenario with the Lucian Alliance isn't credible given that they're **A LOT** further from home than they should be. Destiny travels at much greater speeds for greater distances than anything the Lucians have, so how could they have been anywhere near that far out in the first place? Answer is, they shouldn't be there -- and unless you completely forgot that Destiny was right at the very edge of the galaxy in a previous episode, so much further out than the Lucians had ever been with their ragtag space navy and much slower craft, that entire storyline was unbelievable. Frankly, I'd just as soon not hear from the Lucians again, despite the excellent Ms. Mitra: Destiny should be encountering more forms of non-humanoid-shaped intelligent life instead of variations on the two-armed, two-legged forms. It's hard to believe there wouldn't be more variety out there in space, much of it simply incomprehensible in human terms.

True, there were some odd bits in this episode (Jackson trailing Rush? Okay...), but overall, it was extremely enjoyable, and very interesting.

A joy to see Lt. Gen. Jack O'Neill again. I loved that a photo of Jack and his son Charlie was in his office (obviously MGM isn't auctioning everything from SG1 and SGA off), and Jack's reaction to the effect of the communication stones. And walking off in the wrong direction when first boarding Destiny.

And who is the spy? Is it really Young? Could it really be Rush, doing a wonderful con job on everyone? Why WAS he so determined to find the secret of the ninth chevron? Was it because he wanted to learn how to ascend so that he could be with his wife again? (And he's making a very big assumption that every human who dies ascends, isn't he?)

I loved that Col. Young has made a determination that HE is in command of Destiny, and stepped up to the plate with steely resolve. Scott is learning to about the shades of gray in the chain of command. And Greer is always awesome.

Wonderful performances by Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira and Lou Diamond Phillips. Looking forward to the rest of the season and then on to season two in the fall.

As someone who never cared for SG1, this ep wasn't a favorite. It wasn't terrible, but seeing the two men from SG1 didn't do anything for me. I'm assuming that is was geared toward fans of the original. I agree with the other poster that it seemed weird that they'd leave Rush with the bad guys. I'm assuming Young would still like to be rid of him, but the Richard Dean Anderson character surely doesn't feel the same way?

Not my favorite episode. I like it better when they're dealing with living on Destiny and fighting aliens/visiting strange worlds.

Great episode? Wtf was that? It made no sense. So, to locate the Alliance base they leave Rush -- probably the most crucial scientest on Destiny -- in the hands of mobsters who have no problem torturing and killing (and known for it) where they can gain far more valuable intel from Rush than Young can get from Telford. It would have been believable if they cut the connection between Rush and Telford the moment it became obvious that Telford was a traitorous POS and not just brainwashed. Telford would have been killed by the Alliance for failure and Rush would have been back safe and reseasonably sound.

Overall, the writing for this series has been truly awful. My wife and I have kept watching out of an obviously misplaced loyalty to the previous series but I think this episode has pretty well killed that. I look forward to this epic fail being binned and maybe something new and better rising from the ashes. However, I suspect that this is it for the Stargate franchise.

Loved it! You know, I also think Young didn't really mind beating the crap out of (Rush's physical body) because he still, you know, hates him.

I would have thought they'd have a tracer implant in Telford's physical body like they did for all the characters in SG-1 and Atlantis. Maybe that's part 2...

This was a great episode for many reasons but especially because we got the return of the much-missed Jack O'Neill humor. However, what was odd to me is that he sent Daniel Jackson, the archaeologist, to watch over Rush. Yeah, he's seen a lot of action, but he's still just an archaeologist.

I have to give some credit to SGU. It finally seems to have found its way. All that's left is to trim the cast so those left can actually be developed more.