The crew from the desert planet still have traces of their sunburn but the trip to the planet was only yesterday, so they ought to be more burned than they are. I thought at first that more time might have passed, but Brody says that they had the Stargate switched on “all day yesterday” and there’s no indication that we missed any other offworld trips, so that must have been the desert planet trip.

Why have some of the flashlights stopped working already? The crew’s only been on Destiny for a day or two, and surely all the batteries would have been fresh when the flashlights were put into the storage boxes?

Apparently the Ancients weren’t as coy about nakedness as we are, if the clear panels on the shower doors are anything to go by.

I liked Young looking at the reflection of Telford in the car window. The two images were very well matched-up. My screen isn’t big enough to tell whether the later shot of Young talking with Emily and the two of them reflected in the car door was as good, or even if it was obviously Telford in the reflection.

How did TJ know that it was Telford in Young’s body? It could have been anyone from Stargate Command.

Why did Telford tell Scott that he should report to Earth that Young should be replaced? Replaced by whom? Scott himself is too young and inexperienced to take over the military side of the crew but apparently he’s the second most senior member of the marines on board the ship. Does Telford intend that he and Young should swap bodies permanently using the stones? Is Telford so desperate for power that he’s prepared to give up his own, healthier, body and abandon himself on a dying ship?

Mind you, Telford might have a point: after all, Young could have sought help and advice from the experts at Stargate Command, but instead pops home to see the missus.

(And for that matter, why are there no captains, majors, or lieutenant colonels on the crew?)

Lisa Park is apparently training to be the new Rodney McKay with her awesome 91 word sentence during her Kino ‘vlog’!

I’m surprised that people were allowed to smoke on Icarus Base. Apart from the extra storage required on the transportation vessels for their cigarettes, and regardless of there being outside areas at the base where they could go to smoke, I just would have expected all personnel to not be allowed to smoke offworld, if only because of the withdrawal and lack of concentration they would go through if the supply ran out.

I am loving Robert Carlyle’s performance as Rush. He makes the man utterly hateful but still shows enough of his underlying pain for you to want to know more about him, feel sorry for him, and actually understand the pressure he’s under. Plus he’s going through caffeine and nicotine withdrawal – the man’s practically a saint!

I particularly loved the long moment when, after Eli had told him to say what he was feeling, he gazed into the Kino without saying a word, but nevertheless told us exactly what he was feeling.

I know that there are only so many original ideas and techniques in the world, but I get a bit annoyed when the camera work goes completely Battlestar Galactica, especially when the camera was following Destiny towards the gas giant and then zoomed in on her a bit.

Why is young, fit Lieutenant Scott sitting on his backside in the shuttle while others – including barely-able-to-walk Colonel Young – are running/hobbling around the ship warning those without radios about the impending turbulence? It’s not as if there’s anything he can do to help, as even Rush can’t guide the ship at this time.

[Rant mode on] Where the bloody hell did Chloe get a change of clothes from?! Do not tell me that the all-important cases and boxes that were sent through from Icarus contained a selection of casual clothes for the civilians! If they did, why didn’t they also contain equally all-important cigarettes?! [Rant mode off]

Yay! Seatbelts in science fiction!! Is that because inertial dampeners in Ancient shuttles weren’t as good as they later came to be in Puddle Jumpers?

Why has Rush got a cup of water on the shuttle’s console? Is he that confident that Destiny, which is knackered at the best of times, has totally watertight consoles? Even Radek Zelenka, in a Season 1 episode of Atlantis, was snarky about people drinking near consoles.

Again, I know there are only so many original ideas, but is there even an amoeba out there who didn’t see that ending coming?! And, oh, look, everyone, next week’s episode is called Light!!

If someone you knew hadn’t seen this episode and needed to know the important things that would be vital to know for future episodes, you could pretty much sum it up by saying, “Rush is suffering from exhaustion coupled with caffeine and nicotine withdrawal; and Destiny has no power and is flying towards a sun,” and they wouldn’t have missed anything. Despite that, I really enjoyed this episode.

Before it was explained that Rush was suffering from drug withdrawal (nicotine and coffee) I was hoping that someone would just bash him over the head. When he finally passed out, which I *was* expecting, I thought finally, thank goodness.

And I never watched Battlestar Galactica in its new incarnation after the first half hour of the pilot (or Lost in Space or Firefly or any of the shows already mentioned) so have no frame of reference for any scenes that appear to be copycats.

That bit about Young being replaced had me confused as well. It is highly possible that there were majors and captains at the Icarus base but were killed in the attack. As for Lt Colonels, is that not what Young is? or is he better than that? I have not looked at rank insignia so did not notice how many stars he has, or even how many Telford has. I did not get the impression that Telford was hungry for power, just that he really has no idea what is going on and has some idea that Young could have fixed all the problems already. And apparently Young did not take the time to tell him but just took off to see his wife, who was expected to fall into his arms even though he looked like someone else.

I felt a little bad for Eli when everyone seemed to think he was in the know about what was going on.

I thought the whole episode was extremely depressing and do hope that it gets better or I will be finding something else to watch at 8 p.m. on Fridays.

Speaking of Young being replaced, I wonder how long it's gonna be before the military starts breaking down. They're on a ship, a gazllion light years from Earth, decisions made in Washington D.C. are soon gonna be pretty irrelavent to the people of Destiny. That bit about Tamara resigning for instance without going through proper channels. uh, who cares? The nearest military court is on the other side of the universe.

Now, I don't expect mass breakdown of military structure yet, they've only been there a few days. However, I wonder if say, they are still on Destiny ten years from now, will the military still exist there, or would it have dissolved with all the soldiers going their own ways.

I like Rush too. The man may be obnoxious at times, but he does know what is going on. He was right about the power consuption.

Like Callie, I wonder where Chloe got her new clothes. I wonder if someone dies, will their clothes be saved for the others. It may seem disrespectful, but they do have limited supplies.

On thing that irritated fans about Voyager is that they always seemed to have comfort, even far from home. They talked about replicator rations, but you never really saw it. Also, when the ship got damaged, they managed to fix it very quickly. This show, at least, is taking a more realistic look at people stranded in space, far from home. Their supplies and options are limited, and they know. Also, problems carry over from week to week.

I have not looked at rank insignia so did not notice how many stars he has, or even how many Telford has

None. Generals have stars.

Oops. I knew that; blame it on a senior moment . In another life I was in the R.C.A.F., but have long since forgotten anything I knew about rank insignia except for the non-com stripes - sgt, etc. And of course the U.S. ranks are different anyway. So what grade of Colonel are Young and Telford? Lt or full?

Samantha went from Captain to Major to Colonel in the same period of time it took Jack to go to General so I have to assume he was a Lt Col in the beginning and somewhere along the way became a full one without any fanfare.

I'd have to get some stills.... I'm not sure.

Just how long can one stay in another's body due to those stones. Is there a time limit, or can they do so indefinately. As I said, I'm new to the Stargate franchise, so I don't know all the rules yet.

None of us know the rules about the stones yet, Tim, so you're in good company!

Well, in Avalon and Origin, Daniel and Vala spent several (subjective) days in someone else's body, IIRC.

Thanks for the info, I thought I had missed something