Stargate Universe Series Wrap Up
I can honestly say that I’ll miss Stargate Universe more than any other cancelled show on television since Stargate Atlantis. The Good Guys is one notable exception, but that show isn’t science fiction and it isn’t drama. Of all the science fiction series I became enamored of, the Stargate franchise has been the one that truly captured my heart.
I began watching Stargate when it came on Syfy. Stargate SG-1 played in 4 hour blocks on Monday nights and I watched until I had seen every episode. Stargate SG-1 began airing season 6 and I was hooked. When Stargate Atlantis began, I wasn’t that thrilled with it, but then, before I knew it, I loved it just as much.
For me, my love for Stargate Universe followed a similar path. At first, I wasn’t that happy with the series. It wasn’t SG-1 or Atlantis, and frankly, I found some of the earlier episodes tedious to watch. Then, near the end of season 1, after I had almost decided not to watch anymore at all, the magic started to happen. The series developed its own mythology and I began to get into the characters and the plots.
Season 2 really improved, although I wondered for a while if it was going to hold, because there were some not-quite-as-interesting episodes in the early part of season 2. But then the mid-point of the season arrived and the quality of the season’s episodes just kept climbing.
When I look back over the series as a whole, I think of the interesting plot threads that started to develop really well in season 2. Although season 1 had several interesting elements with the Lucian Alliance, the season 2 plots were more intricate and interesting, as were the characters.
It is easy to see that the series could have continued into many more seasons of great entertainment, furthering the Stargate universe. It’s really too bad the series was cut short.
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