Just over a year after the miniseries aired, the first season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica launched on 14 January, 2005. It opened with an episode titled 33. It’s tense, it’s well-crafted and a helluva way to launch the main series. Written by Ronald D. Moore who also served as the series showrunner, it finds…
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Battlestar Galactica (2003) – Episode 1
Ronald D. Moore, who was a driving storytelling force behind Star Trek: The Next Generation, took Glen Larson’s beloved (but expensive) 70s television series and retooled it. He and his creative crew and cast delivered a proof-of-concept miniseries, which would introduce us to the characters and situations that would drive this incarnation. The miniseries aired…
Firefly (2002) – Shindig, and Safe
Since Fox had already screwed up the airing order of Firefly, it’s no surprise that despite Shindig being the fifth episode aired sixth after episodes that would come later in the timeline. Morons. Written by the talented Jane Espenson, this episode was broadcast on 1 November, 2002. Mal (Nathan Fillion) and company need a job….
Stargate: Universe (2011) – Blockade, and Gauntlet
The penultimate episode of Stargate Universe, Blockade, was written by Linda McGibney, and debuted on 2 May, 2011. Destiny needs to be refueled. It needs to get into a star to recharge. Unfortunately, every time she comes out of FTL, the drones find them. They only have enough fuel for one more try. Eli (David…
Stargate: Universe (2011) – Deliverance, and Twin Destinies
Deliverance picks up where the mid-season finale left off. Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, it launched the second half of the final season on 7 March, 2011. Chloe (Elyse Levesque) is free and has sent a signal for help (to whom? the aliens that abducted her, and are slowly transforming her). The Destiny…
Stargate: Universe (2010) – Incursion: Part 1, and Part 2
The finale for Stargate Universe’s inaugural season was the two-parter, Incursion. The first part aired on 4 June, 2010. It was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie. The Lucian Alliance is preparing to attack and seize control of the Destiny thanks to the work they have forced Rush (Robert Carlyle) to do in working…
Stargate: Universe (2010) – Lost, and Sabotage
Lost was written by Martin Gero and debuted on 30 April, 2010. It picks up shortly after the previously episode. The Destiny is continuing on its way, while Rush (Robert Carlyle) and his team try to figure out a way to leave those left behind, trapped in the cave-in. Things are hampered as the ship…
Stargate: Universe (2009) – Earth, and Time
Martin Gero pens the teleplay for Earth from a story developed alongside series creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. First broadcast on 6 November, 2009, things take an interesting turn for the Destiny crew. Young (Louis Ferreira), and Camile (Ming-Na Wen) use the communication stones to report in to Homeworld Command on Earth. They…
Star Trek: Furlough to Fury (1976)
This was the first Star Trek comic I ever owned. Issue 40, Furlough to Fury. It was on shelves for September 1976. It was written by Arnold Drake, had art by Alden McWilliams, and had a cover by George Wilson. The splash page shows the Enterprise about to whether a giant cosmic storm, though an…
Smallville (2002) – Ryan, and Dichotic
Ryan (Ryan Kelly) last seen in the season one episode Stray is back. First airing on 12 November, 2002, Ryan was written by Philip Levens. Ryan makes a desperate call to Clark (Tom Welling) claiming his being held against his will in a hospital that is doing testing on his mind-reading ability. Clark is determined…
The Mind Reels 