I do love checking in with SG-1. On the timeline of shows this comes in right after the season five opener of Atlantis, which I watch next week. It also raises some interesting character stuff, because as good as she is, Carter (Amanda Tapping) isn’t as strong a presence and leader in this as she…
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Stargate: Atlantis (2007) – Miller’s Crossing, and This Mortal Coil
Kate Hewlett returns to Stargate” Atlantis in Miller’s Crossing. Written by Martin Gero, this episode was first broadcast on 30 November, 2007. McKay (David Hewlett) returns to Earth with Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Ronon (Jason Momoa), when his sister, Jeannie (Kate Hewlett) is kidnapped. Her computer was being monitored and it’s all about getting McKay…
Stargate SG-1 (2006) – Company of Thieves, and The Quest: Part 1
The Odyssey has been hijacked by the Lucian Alliance and one of its leaders Anateo (Rudolf Martin). To get it back, Mitchell (Ben Browder) and the team are going to have to go undercover and join a Company of Thieves. First airing on 15 September, 2006, this episode was written by Alan McCullough. Carter (Amanda…
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) – Episodes 1
On October 17, 2004, eighteen months after that heartbreaking ending to the series, Farscape returned to screens. The Peacekeeper Wars was a two night miniseries written by series creator Rockne S. O’Bannon and David Kemper. Brian Henson directs the first feature length episode that sees John Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) reassembled,…
Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Critical Mass, and Grace Under Pressure
Landry (Beau Bridges) sends word to the Atlantis expedition, that there is a faction of the Trust (which could mean human villains or Goa’uld) working to hinder the humans in the Pegasus galaxy, and to do it they have set a bomb somewhere in the city. First airing on 20 January, 2006, Critical Mass was…
Farscape (2003) – We’re So Screwed: Part 3 – La Bomba, and Bad Timing
This is it, the final two episodes of the series. And for those of you who weren’t there, all we had were these two episodes. We didn’t know there was a wrap up mini-series coming. We just had everything that happened in these two episodes. So brace yourselves. The third part of We’re So Screwed…
Stargate SG-1 (2006) – The Fourth Horseman: Part 2, and Collateral Damage
The ninth season continued on 6 January, 2006, leaving us with the Gerak (Louis Gossett Jr.) cliffhanger, revealing himself as a Prior for four months. Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, things resume from where we left them… The plague continues sweeping the SGC and North America that threatens to become a global pandemic…
Monday Musings – Boldly Going: My Life’s Journey to The Final Frontier
I can remember a time in my life before Star War and Star Trek. There’s a few years of my childhood in the 70s that were untouched by the pop culture events that would play such a huge part in my life. But when I finally ventured to the final frontier, I was drawn into…
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019) – Becky Chambers
The last (for now) Becky Chambers book for me to read was her first. Again, it’s too short, but it hints at the wonders to come in her Wayfarer Series and Monk and Robot books. The story follows a foursome of Earth explorers as they explore strange new worlds. Well four of them anyway. And…
Farscape (2002) – Crichton Kicks, and What Was Lost: Part 1 – Sacrifice
The fourth and final season of Farscape (with a new credit sequence, and presented in widescreen) got underway on 7 June, 2002. It was written by David Kemper. Last time we saw Crichton (Ben Browder) he was marooned in space, low on fuel. Moya had been pulled away by a wormhole, Aeryn (Claudia Black) has…
The Mind Reels 