"The Greater Good" (207) Pre-Airing Discussion Thread

[spinny magee]

Dang no more 1 ep titles.

My hopes are dissolved someone get the T shaped piece of wood with a noose-like feel to it

[xxxevilgrinxxx]

Because the title is very Rushian and a several part Rush episode would be utterly splendid.

yes, yes it would!

[PG15]

Small update:

Carl put out his revised writer’s draft of The Greater Good late this afternoon

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[PG15]

Update!

PG15 writes: “1. So, which episode in the 1st half of the 2nd season was once the elusive 17th episode of the 1st season?”

Answer: Episode 7, The Greater Good.

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Finally, I can unload the info I've got on that former episode 17:

Brad will probably write the story Rob pitched out (Given the premise, it’s right up his alley),

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Today, we set aside an hour to talk stories – specifically, the back half of SGU’s first season. Okay, okay. I think that, this time, I’ve got it right. […] #17 is the Rob-pitched idea that sounds like a story right up Brad’s alley. Still awaiting word on who’ll be doing the honors on this one. […]

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After completing his pass on Sabotage, Brad will shift gears to Episode #17, as yet untitled, which, I assume, we’ll be breaking sometime next week?

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PG15 writes: “1. Ok, so you told us that, when your season finale got expanded to 2 episodes, the concept for episode 17 was scrapped to make room for it. Will that episode 17 show up in Season 2 now? […]”

Answers: 1. Yes. A drastically modified form of the story will figure into the first half of season two. […]

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PG15 writes: “Nice! Thank goodness I’ve saved the snippets of info you’ve revealed about episode 17.

So now the question is, which one is it? Is it one of the first 5 that are already under way?”

Answer: It’ll fall somewhere between the sixth and tenth slot.

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[Jumper_One]

PG15 writes: “[...] 2. Is there any significance to the fact that the only 2 non-one-word SGU episode titles so far are right next to each other? Are they a 2-parter perhaps? [...]

Answers: [...] 2. Nope, no significance. They were simply more suitable titles. [...]

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[Jumper_One]

Carl is prepping episode #7, The Greater Good. You know, the one in which secrets will finally be revealed.

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[FoX-1028]

Secrets revealed?.. Interesting

[Nikec3]

Secrets revealed?.. Interesting

Franklin?

[Jumper_One]

Sure, I could give you a production update, tell you that Brad and Rob are in New Mexico for Day #2 of Malice, that Carl was on set for Day #1 of The Greater Good, that Remi delivered his revised writer’s draft of Visitation, Linda delivered her first draft of Alliances, Paul delivered his outline of Resurgence : Electric Boogaloo, and that I’ve almost completed my rewrite of Resurgence – but, instead, I think I’ll let the pics do the talking today...

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[EllieVee]

If they're filming The Greater Good, then this note from the mailbag likely belongs here:

Karen writes: “Just letting you know in case you care. I was almost ready to give up on SGU because I didn’t actually like any of the characters but then Amanda Perry was introduced in the episode Sabotage. She’s the first character on SGU that I`ve really really liked and I loved her interactions with Rush. I really hope you find a way to bring her back as a recurring character because I think she would make a great addition to the cast.”

Answer: Coincidentally, guess who’s on set today.

[Jumper_One]

Today, we sat down to watch Andy Mikita’s director’s cut of Trial and Error, one of my favorite episodes of SGU’s second season. And that’s saying someting given that I wasn’t initially onboard with the story when it was first pitched. Well, one terrific script and a solid week of production behind us, and we’ve got ourselves an amazing episode – t hat, once second unit shoots that final missing scene next week, will come in at seven minutes over. Even with the expected tightening, Paul will be hard-pressed not to lose some scenes (the first two off the top, the discussion that may find a home in Carl’s episode) and Mr. Sparkle. Poor, Mr. Sparkles .

Meanwhile, Paul has started work on the second part of the mid-season two-parter and he’s elected to abandon all three place-holder titles “Resurgence II: The Heretic”, “Resurgence II: Electric Boogaloo”, and “Still Resurging” in favor of the much more understated “Deliverance”. Brad is working on his rewrite of Twin Destinies following our marathon morning mind-bending discussion. Carl’s on set hanging with the guest stars for his episode, The Greater Good. Linda is working on her rewrite of Alliances while Remi has started fleshing out one of his new arenas. Rob should be in post, working on his director/producer’s cut of Malice. And, with my revised draft of Resurgence out, I am looking ahead to my next story…whatever that may be. I’m thinking musical.

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[Jumper_One]

PG15 writes: “ [...] 2. Who’s the director of The Greater Good? [...]?”

Answers: [...] 2. Will Waring. [...]

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[Giantevilhead]

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Thought for the day: "If you will not serve in combat, then you will serve on the firing line".

That makes perfect sense, the blue aliens are Tau. The aliens who built that giant obelisk on the paradise planet must be the Necrons/C'tan. Those little flesh eating aliens in "Time" must be Tyranids.

[Skydiver]

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[Jumper_One]

We screened back to back director’s cuts today: episode 207 (The Greater Good) and episode 208 (Malice). Great stuff. This first half will see a narrative progression very similar to what we saw in the back half of season one, with various story elements building to occasionally explosive conclusions. Plenty of secrets, surprises, and shocking revelations.

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