Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Irresistible, and Sateda

McKay (David Hewlett) is organizing the harvesting of stargates so they can make an intergalactic bridge that will allow transit from Earth to Atlantis in thirty minutes instead of three weeks. But the latest planet they’ve arrived on seems a little… interesting. Lots of lovely women, and a bit of a cult. Irresistible debuted on…

Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – No Man’s Land, and Misbegotten

Season three of Stargate: Atlantis got underway on 14 July, 2006. It was written by Martin Gero and picks up exactly where the season two finale ended. The Daedalus is still engaged with the Wraith hiveship, Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) is leading a squad of 302s against Darts and we get a huge space battle. And…

The Last Astronaut (2019) – David Wellington

Whatever 1I/2017 Oumuamua and now 3I/Atlas are, they fired my imagination. These intersolar voyagers are cloaked in mystery and possibilities. David Wellington’s novel, The Last Astronaut, takes that idea and runs with it giving us a cross of Crichton, Clarke and Lovecraft. A combination of science and wonder with unnerving horror. Sally Jansen was the…

Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Inferno, and Allies

The penultimate episode of season two finds Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team discovering that some new possible allies not only have ancient tech, they may have an ancient warship. Inferno was written by Carl Binder and debuted on 3 March, 2006. While McKay (David Hewlett) helps Norina (Brandy Ledford) with the planetary defense shield,…

Stargate SG-1 (2005) – Prototype, and The Fourth Horseman: Part 1

A previously undiscovered safety feature in the stargate is revealed in this episode when Carter (Amanda Tapping) plans to go to one planet, but the gate sends her to a different one. It’s preventing her from traveling to a planet that is now too close to a black hole. Carter is able to override it…

Alien: Earth (2025) – Neverland

Disney did me a huge favor and sent me the first six episodes of their new Alien: Earth series to take a look at. I only watched one. And let me tell you, it’s not because I hated it. Oh no. I knew I could sit there and easily devour all six episodes that they…

Stargate SG-1 (2005) – Ex Deus Machina, and Babylon

Jaffa politics led by Gerak (Louis Gossett Jr.), a missing CEO, and the reveal of Ba’al (Cliff Simon) hiding out on Earth, plunge SG-1 into global intrigue in Ex Dues Machina. Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, this episode was first broadcast on 26 August, 2005. Carter (Amanda Tapping) is settling back into Stargate…

Farscape (2003) – Mental as Anything, and Bringing Home the Beacon

Mark Saraceni pens Mental as Anything, which first debuted on 20 January, 2003. We get a wrap-up of D’Argo’s (Anthony Simcoe) series long quest to bring justice to his wife’s murderer. But it doesn’t quite work as well as it should, and definitely doesn’t feel quite as epic as it should. D’Argo, Crichton (Ben Browder),…