Scripted series · Syfy
Stargate Universe
The Only Mission Is Survival
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Robert Carlyle
Nicholas Rush
40 eps
Louis Ferreira
Everett Young
40 eps
David Blue
Eli Wallace
40 eps
Elyse Levesque
Chloe Armstrong
40 eps
Brian J. Smith
Matthew Scott
40 eps
Alaina Huffman
Tamara Johansen
40 eps
Jamil Walker Smith
Ronald Greer
40 eps
Kathleen Munroe
Amanda Perry
4 eps
Tygh Runyan
Robert Caine
5 eps
Reiko Aylesworth
Sharon Walker
3 eps
Carlo Rota
Carl Strom
2 eps
Richard Dean Anderson
Jack O'Neill
6 eps
Agam Darshi
Dr. Sonja Damji
2 eps
Bradley Stryker
Curtis
3 eps
Christopher McDonald
Alan Armstrong
3 eps
Michael Shanks
Daniel Jackson
5 eps
Amanda Tapping
Samantha Carter
3 eps
Gary Jones
Walter Harriman
2 eps
Bill Dow
Dr. Bill Lee
3 eps
Ona Grauer
Emily Young
5 eps
Ming-Na Wen
Camille Wray
31 eps
Peter Kelamis
Adam Brody
39 eps
Jennifer Spence
Lisa Park
36 eps
Lou Diamond Phillips
David Telford
20 eps
Andrew Dunbar
Marine Cpl. Gorman
3 eps
Julia Benson
Vanessa James
35 eps
Haig Sutherland
Hunter Riley
16 eps
Patrick Gilmore
Dale Volker
39 eps
Anna Galvin
Mrs. Armstrong
4 eps
Alisen Richmond-Peck
Dr. Brightman
3 eps
Louise Lombard
Gloria Rush
4 eps
Rhona Mitra
Commander Kiva
3 eps
Mike Dopud
Varro
15 eps
Julie McNiven
Ginn
8 eps
Robert Knepper
Simeon
6 eps
Glynis Davies
Maryann Wallace
5 eps
Sarah Smyth
Annie Balic
2 eps
Vincent Gale
Morrison
6 eps
Katie Findlay
Ellie
2 eps
August Schellenberg
Yaozu
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Stargate Universe actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Stargate Universe reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 40 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200937 episodes
Special installments of the series.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200920 episodes
7.3IMDbWhen their hidden base comes under attack, a band of civilians and military personnel escape through a Stargate on an ancient ship headed into deep space. Now, these survivors must figure out a way to get back to Earth, while also providing themselves with the most basic of needs - food, water and air.
Best episode · S01E16 Sabotage
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201020 episodes
7.3IMDbThe Destiny continues its journey through the Universe, while its crew suffers from a lack of supplies and no knowledge of its final destination. Struggling to control the ships systems, tempers and personalities of the crew clash. Facing uncharted space and enemies who would take the ship by force, the Destiny crew persevere in their struggle to stay alive and find a way home.
Best episode · S02E20 Gauntlet
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E20
Gauntlet
Eli and Rush have found a way to identify the location of drone mother ships using the Destiny's long range sensors. The bad news is that the Drones seems to be awaiting them at every possible stop along Destiny's path. They find a temporary solution to neutralize the mother ships but realize that they cannot engage in a major battle every time they need to re-supply. Eli suggest that they use the stasis pods for the crew and jump to the next galaxy, a trip that will take three years. All goes well until they realize that one of the pods has been damaged and one person will have to stay behind in the hopes of fixing the unit in the short time available or die.
- Directed by Andy Mikita
- Written by Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
S02E18
Epilogue (2)
While attempting to return a group of colonists to their home, the crew finds that the planet is on the verge of seismic destruction.
- Directed by Alex Chapple
- Written by Carl Binder
S02E19
Blockade
The Destiny needs to be refueled but every time they come out of FTL the drones seem to be waiting for them. It's not obvious how the drones know they're there but it doesn't matter a great deal since they only have one more try before running out of fuel completely. Eli suggests they go through a blue supergiant star, though the heat it creates might destroy the ship. They have little choice so Col. Young evacuates everyone to the only planet available with the exception of Eli and Rush. Lisa also stays behind to collect some of the medicinal herbs they've grown only to be trapped just as the Destiny goes through the star. On the planet, Young and the others find evidence of a destroyed civilization - and the drones.
- Directed by Andy Mikita
S02E17
Common Descent (1)
Destiny comes upon a colony where the people claim their civilization was founded two thousand years earlier ... by Destiny's crew.
- Directed by Peter DeLuise
- Written by Robert C. Cooper
S01E16
Sabotage
The Destiny has jumped into hyperspace and is now traveling through an inter-galactic void. They've also been unable to locate Eli, Chloe and Scott who have been left behind. Dr. Rush has calculated that based on their current energy consumption, the Destiny has insufficient fuel to reach the next galaxy and they are doomed to die. The engines suddenly fail however and they arrange for an expert, Amanda Perry, to come on board via the communication stones and help them out. Perry and Rush have known each other for many years but as a quadriplegic, is experiencing what life has to offer. On Earth, Camile Wray's consciousness has been transferred to Perry's body and is wheelchair bound.
- Directed by Peter DeLuise
S01E05
Light
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.
- Directed by Peter DeLuise
- Written by Brad Wright
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E20
Gauntlet
- Directed by Andy Mikita
- Written by Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
S02E17
Common Descent (1)
- Directed by Peter DeLuise
- Written by Robert C. Cooper
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- John G. LenicProducer
- Robert C. CooperExecutive Producer
- Carl BinderExecutive Producer
- N. John SmithExecutive Producer
- Brad WrightExecutive Producer
Writing
- Robert C. CooperWriter
- Carl BinderWriter
- Jeff VlamingWriter
- Joseph MallozziWriter
- Alan McCulloughWriter
- Brad WrightWriter
Direction
- Andy MikitaDirector
- Helen ShaverDirector
- Robert C. CooperDirector
- William WaringDirector
- Peter DeLuiseDirector
- Alex ChappleDirector
Cinematography
- Rohn SchmidtDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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