Category Archives: Television

Rating systems

I’ve been thinking a lot about rating systems lately. People like to categorize things in neat little boxes.  It helps us keep track of things, especially when there are a lot of them, or when they’re complicated.  When I was around 10 years old, I had a big plastic box full of Legos.  When I… Read More: Rating systems »

Stargate Universe: Pathogen

I’m still trying to figure out why this episode is named “Pathogen”. A pathogen is a disease-producing agent; the only person in the episode who has an actual disease is Eli’s mother. Chloe probably isn’t sick, she’s likely just possessed. Are they just running out of ideas?

Stargate Universe: Aftermath

I didn’t like this episode.  Rush is quite literally going insane.  He’s hallucinating, and he knows it, but he still thinks he’s a better candidate to lead the expedition than Col. Young.  It doesn’t feel very realistic.  It also doesn’t seem likely that he would actually keep to himself the information he is keeping to… Read More: Stargate Universe: Aftermath »