Interesting Episode.
Now that I have had time for the details of the episode sink in, the following points are of interest.
The Good - Rush blaming himself for the death of Dr. Perry.
This is exactly the point I made in the last episode which brought so much criticism from Rush defenders. So, what happens in this episode? Rush blamed himself for the death of Dr. Perry. And rightfully so. If it wasn't for his scheming and lying, Dr. Perry wouldn't have been on Destiny. Rush is sorely responsible, and he knew it.
The Bad - Rush blaming himself for the death of Dr. Perry.
If Rush keeps on having these moments of clarity, these forum pages are going to be bare of any argument regarding Rush's guilt.
Countless of pages were used to defend Rush in regards to Riley's death. Not necessary any more.
A few pages were used to defend Rush regarding Dr. Perry's death, Not necessary anymore.
As for Rush's declaration that he won't keep secrets and co-operate fully, well, that lasted less than a day. Just like the last time.
In end of 'Space' Rush agreed to put the past behind, then proceeded to wage a mutiny, almost leading to Young and Scott, in the shuttle, vaporizing.
This time was no different.
Asked by Scott what he was doing with the Kino remote. Rush said he was checking time. How quaint. The character just doesn't change.
He has the ability to concentrate on a singular goal, everything and everybody else be damned.
Scott's perception of Rush in 'Cloverdale' is absolutely correct.
Rush, as Justice of Peace had such a narrow office, illustrating Rush's narrow mindset.
Now, on to the Destiny Mission.
As I have opined before, the mission is problematic as defined by Rush.
As we have learned in this episode, the structure in the background radiation is a repeating loop.
It would be reasonable to conclude that it doesn't take million+ years to see the loop.
Then, the question would be how long does it take to view one loop? After recognizing the loop, why is Destiny still on it's journey? Is it to find the source of this transmission? If it were, how long and how far would Destiny have to continue to travel to find it? Can it be found? How does Destiny know which way to go? Why send Seeder ships ahead of Destiny if investigating the background radiation was the mission? Does the seeder ships have some kind of detection device to locate the source?
Too many questions without a reasonable theory to answer these questions.
An interesting tidbit is that Rush said the Ancients meant to come to Destiny.
Who's to say they didn't? What if the Ancients did make it to Destiny, over 10,000 years ago, from Atlantis in Pegasus Galaxy, before they lost the war to the Wraith, and deciphering the background radiation was a key component that enabled the Alterans to ascend? Then, the Alterans gated back to Atlantis leaving Destiny on it's journey to be found later by their descendants.
This possibility makes a lot of sense because the possibility to ascension would be a perfect motive for Rush to risk everything to attain. Power to change things, to right the wrongs, to control one's fate.
Rush has mentioned about ascension in 'Time', Dr. Perry talked about conversation with Rush regarding this subject before the Icarus project, etc...
It would explain Rush's singular obsession with Destiny. As well as LA's interest in it.
Now that I have had time for the details of the episode sink in, the following points are of interest.
The Good - Rush blaming himself for the death of Dr. Perry.
This is exactly the point I made in the last episode which brought so much criticism from Rush defenders. So, what happens in this episode? Rush blamed himself for the death of Dr. Perry. And rightfully so. If it wasn't for his scheming and lying, Dr. Perry wouldn't have been on Destiny. Rush is sorely responsible, and he knew it.
The Bad - Rush blaming himself for the death of Dr. Perry.
If Rush keeps on having these moments of clarity, these forum pages are going to be bare of any argument regarding Rush's guilt.
Countless of pages were used to defend Rush in regards to Riley's death. Not necessary any more.
A few pages were used to defend Rush regarding Dr. Perry's death, Not necessary anymore.
As for Rush's declaration that he won't keep secrets and co-operate fully, well, that lasted less than a day. Just like the last time.
In end of 'Space' Rush agreed to put the past behind, then proceeded to wage a mutiny, almost leading to Young and Scott, in the shuttle, vaporizing.
This time was no different.
Asked by Scott what he was doing with the Kino remote. Rush said he was checking time. How quaint. The character just doesn't change.
He has the ability to concentrate on a singular goal, everything and everybody else be damned.
Scott's perception of Rush in 'Cloverdale' is absolutely correct.
Rush, as Justice of Peace had such a narrow office, illustrating Rush's narrow mindset.
Now, on to the Destiny Mission.
As I have opined before, the mission is problematic as defined by Rush.
As we have learned in this episode, the structure in the background radiation is a repeating loop.
It would be reasonable to conclude that it doesn't take million+ years to see the loop.
Then, the question would be how long does it take to view one loop? After recognizing the loop, why is Destiny still on it's journey? Is it to find the source of this transmission? If it were, how long and how far would Destiny have to continue to travel to find it? Can it be found? How does Destiny know which way to go? Why send Seeder ships ahead of Destiny if investigating the background radiation was the mission? Does the seeder ships have some kind of detection device to locate the source?
Too many questions without a reasonable theory to answer these questions.
An interesting tidbit is that Rush said the Ancients meant to come to Destiny.
Who's to say they didn't? What if the Ancients did make it to Destiny, over 10,000 years ago, from Atlantis in Pegasus Galaxy, before they lost the war to the Wraith, and deciphering the background radiation was a key component that enabled the Alterans to ascend? Then, the Alterans gated back to Atlantis leaving Destiny on it's journey to be found later by their descendants.
This possibility makes a lot of sense because the possibility to ascension would be a perfect motive for Rush to risk everything to attain. Power to change things, to right the wrongs, to control one's fate.
Rush has mentioned about ascension in 'Time', Dr. Perry talked about conversation with Rush regarding this subject before the Icarus project, etc...
It would explain Rush's singular obsession with Destiny. As well as LA's interest in it.
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