STARGATE UNIVERSE - CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 'Stargate Universe' series finale preview with Brian J. Smith
By Curt Wagner
May 9, 2011
“Stargate Universe” ends its voyage tonight, with an episode that, while not intended to be a series finale, works well as one.
In “Guantlet” (May 9, Syfy), Eli (David Blue) and Rush (Robert Carlyle) discover a way to track the drone command ships, only to learn that the drones have blocked the Destiny’s path to every planet with gate and to any star that could repower the ship. The Destiny can stand and fight, or run and slowly run out of power and supplies.
With few options available to him, Col. Young (Louis Ferreira) backs a last-ditch, highly risky plan Eli has devised. The episode is rife with suspense, butting heads and amazing space battles. But there is also a sense of cooperation among the crew as the battle the drones. It foreshadows what might have been in a Season 3.
"Guantlet" was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, and directed, appropriately enough, by Andy Mikita, who directed the series opener.
No one involved with the production knew that “Guantlet” would be the series finale while they were filming it, Brian J. Smith, who plays Lt. Matthew Scott, told me earlier this year. (The series cancellation came later.) But they did realize that things looked bleak for the series, with ratings so depleted since Syfy had moved the show out of its Friday night spot to Tuesdays.
... Smith knows that “Stargate Universe” became the most controversial series of the franchise, and that many people will not look back fondly. But he, like I do, feel it will hold up well over time. When I asked him what he wants fans’ lasting impression to be, he was a bit stumped.
“That is a great question and it’s hard to answer, too, because people’s responses are so individual and it’s so idiosyncratic,” he said. “The people who I talked to who have enjoyed the show and have followed us from the beginning are going to remember that this was a smart show that had a lot of heart. [It was] full of characters who really cared about not just their own survival, safety and their own basic needs, but about everybody around them..."
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