The essential episodes of Stargate Universe
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Stargate Universe — each pick states its reason.
- 01
When a secret military research base is attacked, a small group of civilians and military personnel escape through the Stargate to a ship that is locked on course through deep space.
- 02
Unable to make it back to the gate before the Destiny jumped to FTL, the team is left stranded.
- 03
Dr. Rush becomes embroiled in a risky plan to expose a mole inside Homeworld Command.
- 04
The Lucian Alliance forces Dr. Rush to help them stage an assault on the Destiny.
- 05
The Destiny crew must fight for their lives when members of the Lucian Alliance come through the Stargate, bent on taking the ship by force.
- 06
Dr. Rush and Col. Young are stranded aboard an alien ship.
- 07
All is not as it seems when Destiny follows a remote energy signature that leads them to a sea of damaged and lifeless ships.
- 08
Locked in a battle with a Drone Command Ship, the Destiny is surprised by the arrival of the Aliens that abducted Rush and Chloe.
- 09
Excitement spreads through the ship as Eli believes he's found a way to dial Earth, only Dr. Rush has serious reservations about the plan and abandoning Destiny.
- 10
Another consciousness finds it's way into Chloe's body through the stones, while Volker succumbs to an illness Tamara may not be able to treat.
- 11
Homeworld Command tries to convince an ally they suspect might be infiltrated by the Lucian Alliance to let them use their planet to dial Destiny. Meanwhile Rush is trapped in a simulation created by Amanda Perry.
- 12
Destiny discovers the survivors of an interplanetary expedition who claim their civilization, Novus, was founded two thousand years earlier by Destiny's crew.
- 13
Returning the settlers to their home planet Novus, the Destiny crew discover the planet has been abandoned and on the verge of seismic destruction.
- 14
Alien drones create a blockade of viable power sources forcing Destiny to recharge in a star so hot it could destroy the ship.
- 15
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.
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