SG:U Is Great

I was very happy with the premiere of SG:U. It did appear that O'Neil had packed on the pounds. We briefly saw Colonel Carter and Daniel Jackson. No mention of Teal'c though. That was a shame as everyone loves Teal'c.

All in all the story breaks down like this: at project base Icarus they find the ninth chevron but can't encode or lock it. One of the doctors decided to put the problem into a video game (ala The Last Starfighter) for a kid to solve. He solves it and they beam him aboard the ship orbiting Earth.

Then they hyperspace over to Icarus base. When the base comes under attack by the Gou'ald they find a way to solve the problem to lock the ninth chevron. The stargate engages and they evacuate the base to an Ancient starship. The Ancients built the stargate system.

The ship is very old and heavily damaged. They have immediate problems of air leaks and the atmosphere scrubbers are barely working leaving air, food, and water as immediate goals of the evacuees.

Where the show will go from here is up in the air. They can explore planets when they near one with a stargate. I'm sure they will encounter different alien life forms, good ones and bad ones. They have limited everything now as they are billions of light years away from Earth and no way to dial home for some reason I don't quite understand unless it is just too far away.

I'm looking forward to next week and seeing how this show progresses through the season:)