The BEST episodes of Stargate Universe
Every episode of Stargate Universe ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Stargate Universe!
The previously unknown purpose of the ninth chevron is revealed and takes a group of refugees on a one-way trip to a millions of years old Ancient-built ship. Led by Dr. Nicolas Rush and Colonel Everett Young, the refugees are trapped on the ship, unable to change its programmed mission.
#1 - Epilogue
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2011
While attempting to return a group of colonists to their home, the crew finds that the planet is on the verge of seismic destruction.
#2 - Blockade
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/2011
When the command ships blockade stars along Destiny's path, the crew must find a different, superhot star to recharge at. Eli and Rush are forced to pilot the ship in, while the rest of the crew evacuates to a nearby planet... only to discover that the drones are already there.
#3 - Common Descent
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2011
Destiny comes upon a colony where the people claim their civilization was founded two thousand years earlier ... by Destiny's crew.
#4 - The Greater Good
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2010
Rush and Young investigate an abandoned alien craft which is just outside the Destiny. While they do this, the crew onboard the ship find the bridge and discover that Rush is responsible for the countdown clock not activating when the ship emerges from FTL.
#5 - Incursion (2)
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/11/2010
As Young and Camille attempt to resolve the hostage crisis with Kiva, Destiny suffers from power fluctuations and blackouts due to its proximity to a binary pulsar.
#6 - Incursion (1)
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/4/2010
An enemy from the Milky Way has boarded the Destiny and has taken hostages. Is it possible that they know how to get back or have they stranded themselves as well?
#7 - Gauntlet
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2011
Blocked by Command Ships at every star and unable to gate for supplies without alerting the drones, Destiny must take a stand or be left adrift.
#8 - Twin Destinies
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/14/2011
Rush travels back in time to avert a disaster, meeting a past version of himself.
#9 - Resurgence
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2010
The crew's new-found control over Destiny's flight path introduces new risks when they find themselves in the middle of a war between two races.
#10 - Subversion
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/21/2010
Earth's Stargate Program isn't the only group in the Milky Way that's interested in the Ancients' Destiny. What's worse, this long-time foe may have a spy among those closest to the Icarus project.
#11 - Seizure
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/4/2011
Rush slips into a coma in the neural interface chair, and Amanda connects with him in the ship’s matrix, but Ginn informs Eli of a problem with that scenario. Elsewhere, Dr. Rodney McKay’s plan to dial the ninth chevron address hits a snag.
#12 - Hope
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/28/2011
Chloe's body is taken over by another consciousness. Meanwhile, Dr. Volker is stricken with a mysterious illness.
#13 - Intervention
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2010
Everett and the crew continue their efforts to save Destiny while holding off the Lucian Alliance invaders.
#14 - Malice
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2010
Simeon makes his escape from Destiny, sending Nicholas Rush on a vengeful mission. But Young and Greer attempt to retrieve Simeon unharmed.
#15 - Sabotage
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/7/2010
When one of the twelve FTL drive modules on the Destiny explodes due to an overload, the crew calls upon a brilliant scientist from Earth to help find a solution.
#16 - Air (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2009
When Icarus Base is attacked, it's inhabitants are forced to flee through the Stargate. The base was created on a distant planet to take advantage of a powerful energy supply located there. Their goal is to try and determine the purpose of the mysterious ninth symbol of the Stargate which they have never been able to lock in. In going through the Stargate, they are transported not to Earth but onto an very old, apparently uninhabited but huge spacecraft. With the group's commander injured, Lt. Scott and the chief scientist, Dr. Nicholas Rush lead the exploration of the craft. Several areas of the ship have been damaged but it is basically functional. They are able to learn that they are in fact billions of light years from Earth.
#17 - Awakening
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2010
The crew encounters a ship remarkably similar to Destiny, which may hold the key to their returning home.
#18 - Space
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/2/2010
A snafu with the communications stones lands Col. Young's consciousness in an unknown being, resulting in a standoff between the Destiny and an alien vessel and the abduction of Chloe.
#19 - Divided
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/2010
Dr. Nicholas Rush and Chloe suffer nightmares following their ordeal on the alien vessel, and Rush suspects that a tracking device may have been placed on the ship's hull. Later, a splinter group on Destiny executes a coup with life-threatening consequences.
#20 - Lost
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/30/2010
Trapped on a planet in rubble and left for dead, Ronald Greer must do everything he can to save himself. His ordeal brings back tragic memories of his past with his abusive father and loving mother.
#21 - Light
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2009
With the ship on a collision course, the crew must decide who will stay and who will flee on the shuttle to try and find a habitable planet.
#22 - Deliverance
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/7/2011
Locked in a battle with a Drone Command Ship, the Destiny is surprised by the arrival of the Aliens that abducted Rush and Chloe.
#23 - Air (2)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2009
The survivors arrive on an uninhabited ship floating billions of light years away from Earth. Panic spreads throughout the group and Col. Young, who was severely injured during the escape, transfers command to Lt. Matthew Scott, before lapsing into unconsciousness. Teams led by Dr. Rush and Sgt. Greer try to make sense of the situation, while Lt. Tamara Johansen, a medic who was days away from leaving the program, is thrust into the role of chief medical officer.
#24 - Justice
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2009
Everyone is shocked when a member of the crew is found dead from a gunshot wound. While at first glance it appears to be suicide, the gun is nowhere to be found. The crew is confined to quarters while a search is performed and when the gun shows up in Col. Young’s quarters, he becomes the number one suspect.
#25 - The Hunt
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/11/2011
An alien creature attacks an exploration team from Destiny, taking two crew members captive.