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This Week On Stargate Universe - 11 - 06 - 09

[caption id="attachment_4084" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Chloe (Elyse Levesque), Colonel Young (Louis Ferreira) and Eli (David Blue) prepare to use the Ancients communications stones while Sgt. Riley (Haig Sutherland) sits and observes in "Earth." Photo by Carole Segal and copyright of the Syfy Channel"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - With the situation onboard the Destiny dire, General O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Home World Command orders Colonel Young (Louis Ferreira) to execute a high risk plan by the IOA (International Oversight Authority) scientists which, in theory, could return the crew to Earth. The colonel tries to buy more time so that he can consult those on the ship whose lives are at stake. While using the communications stones, Camile Wray (Ming-Na) is approached by IOA representative Dale Strom (Carlo Rota), who suggests that she steer opinion on the ship in favor of the plan. [caption id="attachment_4085" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Camile Wray (Ming-Na) meets up with fellow IOA rep Dale Strom (Carlo Rota) when her consciousness makes a far too brief return visit to Earth. Photo by Carole Segal and copyright of the Syfy Channel"][/caption] Eli (David Blue) and Chloe (Elyse Levesque) are allowed to use the communications stones to visit Earth and their loved ones for what may be the last time. Their homecoming is not what they expected and the two try to drink away their worries at a club (featuring Janelle Monae), but are unable to ignore the looming fate of the Destiny that they have left behind. Earth airs Friday,November 6th @ 9 p.m. on The Syfy Channel. [caption id="attachment_4086" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Colonel Telford (Lou Diamond Phillps) makes a return visit to the Destiny. Photo by Carole Segal and copyright of the Syfy Channel"][/caption] Click on the following link for a preview of this episode - https://rcpt.yousendit.com/766636113/0984fa63a0b73a3801d15e22987879ab As noted above, all photos by Carole Segal and copyright of The Syfy Channel, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

This Week On Stargate Universe - 10 - 09 - 09

[caption id="attachment_3551" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Lt. Scott (Brian J. Smith), Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) and Eli (David Blue) try to unravel the Destiny's secrets. Photo copyright of The Syfy Channel"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - With the air supply failing on the Destiny, a team gates to a desert-like planet in Air: Part 2 to search for the mineral needed to scrub the ship's air of carbon dioxide. After testing numerous sand samples without success, and with their window of opportunity closing fast, the group opts to split into two to cover more ground, despite the unbearable heat. While one team presses on to find the treasured mineral, the other has another goal in mind. When it is apparent that Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) can't go on, Lt. Scott (Brian J. Smith) decides to go it alone and orders Sergeant Greer (Jamil Walker Smith) to return to safety with the exhausted scientist. Meanwhile, with life on the ship looking bleak, and with the aid of the communication stones, Colonel Young (Louis Ferreira) reports in to General O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Chloe (Elyse Levesque) has one last chance to see her mother. Air: Part 2 airs Friday night, October 9th @ 9 p.m. EST on The Syfy Channel. As noted above, photo courtesy of and copyright of The Syfy Channel, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

Ever-Growing Universe

This morning, the Sci Fi Channel announced some additional guest-stars set to appear in Stargate Universe, which premieres this fall. Joining former Stargate SG-1 regulars Richard Dean Anderson (General Jack O'Neill), Amanda Tapping (Colonel Samantha Carter), Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson) and Gary Jones (Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman), all of whom will be reprising their SG-1 roles, are Christopher McDonald, Carlo Rota and Grammy nominated recording artist Janelle Monae. Christopher McDonald (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Medium, Family Law) stars as Senator Alan Armstrong, the U.S. senator and head of the International Oversight Committee that governs the Stargate program. He is the father of Chloe Armstrong. Carlo Rota (24, La Femme Nikita, Queer As Folk) stars as Carl Strom, head of the International Oversight Advisory (IOA), the civilian oversight committee that heads up the Atlantis Expedition and all funding. Janelle Monae (Bad Boy/Atlantic Records), the Grammy nominated artist plays herself in an upcoming episode. Janelle and her band will perform "Many Moons" and "Sincerely," two songs featured from her latest album entitled Metropolis.