'Faith' (113) General Discussion

[GateWorld]

UNIVERSE SEASON ONE FAITH EPISODE NUMBER - 113 The crew finds a idyllic planet when Destiny stops without its countdown clock running, tempting some crew members to stay permanently. VISIT THE EPISODE GUIDE > SPOILERS! PHOTOS! AND MORE!

[JackO'Neill]

After being disappointed with Space and Divided, my faith in this show is restored.

Be worried dude Young just gave most of the non military personnel a reason to kick him out again & even the medic might turn on him next time

[striker7770]

it was good, but im getting a little tired of not explaining a damn thing, or at least showing us somthing cool or unexpected at the ending montage

also, REPAIR BOTs

[JackO'Neill]

it was the first Off-World Episode we got to see in the second half of the season. hopefully we'll see more off-world episode. i love off-world episodes.

Not just that it was just refreshing seeing everyone be nice to each other for once

[Coronach]

Not just that it was just refreshing seeing everyone be nice to each other for once

Oh, I definitely agree. That was one of the bigger things I liked about the episode.

[EllieVee]

Do we know how much time there is between Divided and Faith? Not much I assume given what Jel said about Rush's state of disrepair?

[JackO'Neill]

Oh, I definitely agree. That was one of the bigger things I liked about the episode.

Even Greer was tolerable & with this experience he may learn to be nicer lol

[Alan Wake]

I'll admit I'm annoyed there isn't a folder for this episode yet.

but this episode is my FAVORITE of the series so far. I love it!

[MattZat]

In that last exchange between Rush and Young, when he mentioned he liked to play chess, did anyone else pick up on the subtle double-meaning there, as if Young made his attempt at a joke ("Hey look I can be a nice guy") but then reminded Rush he's good at what he does ("I still have my eye on you, and I am ready to make the next move if you ever do"). Or was I reading way too much into it?

[EllieVee]

In that last exchange between Rush and Young, when he mentioned he liked to play chess, did anyone else pick up on the subtle double-meaning there, as if Young made his attempt at a joke ("Hey look I can be a nice guy") but then reminded Rush he's good at what he does ("I still have my eye on you, and I am ready to make the next move if you ever do"). Or was I reading way too much into it?

Their chess games will become bitter battlegrounds, I can see it now.

[JackO'Neill]

In that last exchange between Rush and Young, when he mentioned he liked to play chess, did anyone else pick up on the subtle double-meaning there, as if Young made his attempt at a joke ("Hey look I can be a nice guy") but then reminded Rush he's good at what he does ("I still have my eye on you, and I am ready to make the next move if you ever do"). Or was I reading way too much into it?

In my opinion with Young forcing everyone to go back to the Destiny they both know the non military now have a reason to try & get Young out of command again & Young is expecting it now

[Coronach]

In that last exchange between Rush and Young, when he mentioned he liked to play chess, did anyone else pick up on the subtle double-meaning there, as if Young made his attempt at a joke ("Hey look I can be a nice guy") but then reminded Rush he's good at what he does ("I still have my eye on you, and I am ready to make the next move if you ever do"). Or was I reading way too much into it?

Haha, interesting. There might be something to that for sure, though I can't say I picked up on it right away. It's possible, though.

[Alan Wake]

I was hoping the stone-guy who was arguing about faith and staying, would stay... and we'd see a clip of him at the end. Aliens coming down... and then we never know what happens.

I think that would have been a much better ending.

[Lt.Colonel John Sheppard]

Hey what did they do with Senator Armstrong's Body? Cause wasn't he in the damaged shuttle?

[Coronach]

By the way, was it ever said who ended up staying behind? I mean, I just assumed Dr. Caine (and a couple others?) stayed behind due to not seeing them get off the shuttle...but is that right?

Just want to make sure I'm not going crazy and didn't miss some mention of this.

[Alan Wake]

Hey what did they do with Senator Armstrong's Body?

The vacuum of space persevered it... and they needed food. Soo....

They ate it.

[J-Whitt Remastered]

Does anyone else really wish they hadn't showed the alien obelisk in the previews? That would have been a much bigger shock if we hadn't already seen the damn thing.

I'd never seen it in the previews. So it was a good shock for me. I leaned all the way in for that. Makes me think of the Preserver Obelisk that Captain Kirk found on that planet with the Native American Indians in Star Trek TOS.

How come that food hasn't spoiled yet?

One question that pops into EVERYONE'S mind, but of course it should NEVER be asked!

I suppose I read too much news, but when I saw Chloe swimming all I could think of 'do you really know what's in the water with you' like leeches with teeth?? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...eech-orifices/

I was thinking along the same line. I was worried more about unknown bacteria that could swim into... openings and cause infections. Space herpes anyone? I don't think Scott would like that much!

[Lt.Colonel John Sheppard]

How can space preserve a body.

[Yoshi442]

I was hoping the stone-guy who was arguing about faith and staying, would stay... and we'd see a clip of him at the end. Aliens coming down... and then we never know what happens.

I think that would have been a much better ending.

That would've defeated the purpose of the episode. Either you have faith or you don't. Having one side or the other proven right moves it from faith to fact. I, personally, was with the guy who said there is no god/fate/master plan--but we and they will never know.

As for whether anyone stayed, I wasn't clear on that.

[Briangate78]

Not a bad episode. It had some exploration and it peeked some interest in these possible aliens. Not the best ep of the series, but it had it's moments. Would give it a B or 8/10 for keeping interest and making it feel like old school SG with forested planets and exploration.

Characters

T.J. was very real in this episode, excellent peformance. Chloe was Chloe sadly, lol. Eli was pushed to the background but had a nice scene with Wray. Young is really trying to make things work, and he even is starting to reach out a hand to Rush, and Rush smirks after Young leaves the room. So it is good they are working things out.

Greer was good how he handled the civillian vs military thing about digging trenches.

Scott just annoyed me in this episode, but won't get into that now, lol.

Plot

Always love exploration and finding out new planets and aliens and old civilliazations of aliens. It is what made Stargate, Stargate pretty much. I am sure this episode plot will be revisited later in the show, if not then this episode was pretty much a waste except for letting us know about TJ and the other characters.

Anyway to sum it all, I sorta had a feeling this ep would not be as exciting as the last two, so when you shoot low and the show ends up low it is not a dissapointing. I was intrigued by the story and some of the character moments, so that is a win in my book. Still not a very strong ep, but I don't expect them all to be.

Final Score: B

Peace!