Stargate Universe: Justice

By Lisa Fary

A mysterious death transforms Destiny into Law & Order: Universe in “Justice”. And there’s an alien potato that tastes like ass.

First, the alien potato scene. One of the science guys presents Greer with an alien potato. He chews up, announces, “That’s one sweet potato!” and encourages everyone to dig in.

I knew where this was going.

I visited the Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta several years ago. One section was nothing but samples of every product Coca-Cola makes and sells around the world. My friend Daniel had been talking up this drink called Beverly since we walked in. It’s the most amazing soda, he insisted. We all got our Beverly samples and drank.

What followed was pretty close to the scene in Destiny’s mess hall, only Daniel was laughing that maniac cackle of his.

Back to the death.

Spencer, the violently angry guy is found shot in the head in his quarters. The angle and arterial spray are consistent with suicide, but there’s one big problem.

There’s no gun.

Col. Young orders a full search, deepening the divide between the military and the civilians. Being the stand up guy he is, he admits that he has no alibi and removes himself from the proceedings, leaving it Lt. Scott’s and Eli’s capable hands.

. . . which almost immediately find the missing gun in Young’s quarters.

Wray organizes a hearing to review the evidence and question everyone, eliciting one of Dr. Rush’s patented sinister moments as he tries to intimidate her. Since the kinos have nothing, there is no evidence against Young other than the gun, and there are no proper forensic abilities, there’s nothing that can be done other than compromise: Young is out, Wray is in charge.

“But, she’s a woman!” the military crew silently says as they exchange wary glances.

Rush is quick to offer his cooperation to Wray, and just as quick to take advantage of Young’s displacement – he immediately takes his science team to the chair. You know the chair. The Ancient chair that downloads information into a brain, usually resulting in death or a persistent vegetative state in humans.

Of course someone sits in it and turns it on. He’s a vegetable, now.

All that happened and there’s still a planet to explore? Destiny comes out of FTL and opens a gate to a rocky, desert-type planet.

Meanwhile, Eli goes through the kino footage again, noticing that an entire sequence has been deleted. He’s able to find the deleted footage on his laptop – he’s backing it all up for his documentary. The footage clearly shows Spencer shooting himself in the head.

That’s solved, but who planted the gun in Young’s quarters? And why? All signs point to an unpleasant Scottish person.

. . . who is now alone on the rocky desert planet with Col. Young, attempting to get into an unknown alien spacecraft they’ve found. Methinks Rush is about to experience some pain.

Rush gets his well-deserved beat down and Young stands over the scientist lying unconscious in the dirt. Back on Destiny, Wray and the crew panic. There are only twenty seconds left until the ship jumps back to FTL. Young is totally going to step through at the last second carrying Rush over his beefy shoulder.

Of course he will. Young is a stand up guy! He steps through at the last minute, as expected.

Alone.

Destiny jumps back to FTL, marooning Rush on the planet. Although, I doubt this will be the last we see of him. He’s brilliant, and if anyone can get that alien ship running, it’s Rush. The trick will be finding Destiny.

I was really happy with this episode. Thank god it didn’t take the Law & Order procedural crime aspect going for the whole ep, instead bringing in the chair and the new alien ship.

SGU is also impressing me with the characterizations of these people stuck in this situation. Some are deteriorating, as expected. Bad relationships are only getting worse and coming to head, as with Rush and Young.

And I have no idea what’s going to happen from here. I love that feeling.

Now here are some Equal Opportunity Nekkid Nudity pics of Jamil Walker Smith getting undressed, just because I think he’s hot (and because Lt. James was needlessly tank topped while dudes were fully clothed; but, mostly because Walker is hot):

Lisa Fary is a graduate of the creative writing program at Florida State University and holds an advanced degree in Special Education. Her earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She’s angry that it’s almost 2010 and she still doesn’t have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram.