Young and Scott search for “Water”
“The episode ‘Water’ takes place on an ice planet as they are looking for water,” executive producer and co-creator Robert C. Cooper told SFX Magazine (reprinted by Sci Fi Pulse). Sounds simple, right? But you’ve got to know by now, nothing is that simple when it comes to Stargate.
What complicates things more than the severe environment of the planet “Hoth” (pop culture reference of the icy planet from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back) is that, according to TV Guide, “the crew attempts to snare an intruder,” too! See, it’s never that simple!
“Water” will be shown tonight, October 30, on the Syfy Channel (US) and Space (Canada) at 9 PM ET and 10 PM ET, respectively. The episode will be broadcast by Sky One (UK) on Tuesday, November 3, at 8 PM, and finally, on Friday, November 6, on the Sci Fi Channel (Australia) at 8:30 PM.
After viewing, you’re invited to return to the site to vote in the episode poll on the main page and discuss the episode here (in the comments), in our on-site forum, or at our LiveJournal Companion.
Guides to the Season One episodes can be found in our Stargate Wiki. And don’t forget the episode chatter that’s bound to take place from the actors, writers, producers, and the press that you can read from our Stargate Twitter Superfeed.
Last Week’s “Light” Ratings
“Though this episode [“Light”] was down,” reported TV By The Numbers, “it was the same as the Live+SD ratings for the series finale of SGA in January.” The episode ranked third for Syfy’s week of broadcasts, with 2.015 million viewers, down from 2.099 million from the previous week’s episode, “Darkness”.
On Sky One in the UK, Digital Spy reported, “The latest instalment of Stargate Universe pulled in 677k (3%) during the 8pm hour for Sky1 last night, according to early viewing figures. The Robert Carlyle-fronted sci-fi series was up slightly on last week’s episode, which drew 635k (2.9%) over the same period.”
Even though word on an official renewal “could be as late as December,” creative consultant Joseph Mallozzi has reported in his weblog that the writers are already spinning stories and assigning scripts. He wrote, “More spinning today in the writers’ room and more headway made on those first ten episodes. We ended up discussing the details of episode 1 (Paul will be doing the honors on this one), talking about the what’s and wherefore’s and, most importantly, answering Brad’s burning question: “How the hell are we going to get out of this one?!”. Carl has requested Episode 5 while I’ve cast my lot with Episode 2. Brad’s idea falls in the four slot, so he’ll take that one, which means Rob will be jumping on 3. What fun! One more day of broadstroking stories and arcs and then we get to breaking. If all goes as planned, we’ll each have a story in hand by the end of next week, meaning we won’t have to come back to the office in December…”
[Images from MGM.]