SGU 1.04 "Darkness" Episode Guide

Précis

When the Destiny's power reserves drop to a critical level, the crew is ordered to use power for essential services only, but the rationing isn't enough to keep Rush from announcing that all on board will die within days.

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MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary

Official summary is not available as this episode has not yet aired in the United States.

Cast

• Robert Carlyle as Dr. Nicholas Rush
• Louis Ferreira as Col. Everett Young
• Brian J. Smith as 1st Lt. Matthew Scott
• Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong
• David Blue as Eli Wallace
• Alaina Huffman as 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen
• Jamil Walker Smith as MSgt. Ronald Greer

Production

• Story by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper
• Teleplay by Brad Wright
• Directed by Peter DeLuise

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Keywords

• Ancient Shuttle
• Destiny

Other

• Stargate Universe: Season One
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• Next: SGU 1.05 "Water" Episode Guide

Related Links

Official

• MGM Official Website: Search Results for "{{{MGM_search}}}"
• Syfy: 1.04 "Fire" Guide

Fan

• Solutions News and Spoiler Blog
• Solutions at LJ: Universe Tagged Entries
• Solutions Universe Forum

Galleries

• Sci Fi Wire: Exclusive: Stargate Universe Concept Art!, October 24, 2008.
• Mallozzi's Weblog: Director Peter DeLuise, March 20, 2009.
• Mallozzi's Weblog: Director Peter DeLuise, March 20, 2009.
• Mallozzi's Weblog, Director Peter DeLuise and actor Justin Louis on Destiny set, April 29, 2009.

Production Notes

• "Brad has laid claim to #4, a story that is right up his alley." — Joseph Mallozzi (November 11, 2008).
• "Of the first ten episodes broken, we have a grand total of 0 forested planets. I’m not saying we won’t, eventually, come across one but, for the time being, the emphasis is on the ship and some locations atypical of Stargate. As a matter of fact, Executive Producer Robert Cooper and Director Andy Mikita are in New Mexico as we speak, scouting a cool-looking alien setting." — Joseph Mallozzi (December 19, 2008)
• "Brad, meanwhile, is motoring along on Fire." — Joseph Mallozzi (January 30, 2009)
• "Brad is working on Fire and, from what I hear, is very happy with the way it’s coming along. It’s a great story and, as I’ve already said, right up Brad’s alley. Looking forward to reading the first draft. This episode will see a certain fan favorite retake the director’s chair." — Joseph Mallozzi (February 12, 2009)
• "Brad reports he should have a first draft of Fire sometime next week." — Joseph Mallozzi (February 17, 2009)
• "We received a visit from a Stargate veteran who will be making a return to the franchise with Stargate Universe’s fourth episode: Fire." — Joseph Mallozzi (February 27, 2009)
• Ytimyona writes: "Would this be a *different* veteran than the guest star you chatted with like 3 days ago? Or the same one?" Answer: "This one will be working behind the camera. The other one will appear in front of it." — Joseph Mallozzi (March 1, 2009)
• "Reading "Fire"...BW sure can spin a yarn. Can't wait to start seeing cuts." — Martin Gero (March 9, 2009)
• "Brad’s script, Fire, is also out and it is pure BW: action, humor, and enough angst to trigger an anxiety attack in even the most composed of viewers. The scene about halfway through with the characters when the thing happens (sorry, I can’t be anymore specific) is a real nailbiter!" — Joseph Mallozzi (March 13, 2009)
• "A good day today. I spent the entire morning sitting in Director Peter DeLuise’s office talking about past experiences on the Stargate franchise and looking ahead to Universe - and the episode he’ll be directing, Fire, in particular." — Joseph Mallozzi (March 18, 2009)
• "Yesterday, I was over on Stage 2, watching Peter DeLuise direct the shuttle sequences in Fire. Boy, that shuttle is a beauty. Someone referred to it as “a puddle jumper on steroids”. Anyway, enjoy some shots of Peter in action." — Joseph Mallozzi (March 20, 2009)
• "Peter DeLuise is in the editing room working on Fire..." — Joseph Mallozzi (April 2, 2009)
• "Later in the afternoon, we sat down to watch the director’s cut of Fire. Now I usually dread watching cuts after 4:00 p.m. as, late in the day, my mind tends to wander while my eyelids seem to put on about six pounds a piece, but this episode was absolutely riveting. GREAT - except for the fact that it’s about twenty minutes too long, and this isn’t even taking into consideration a bunch of scenes that Brad actually wrote but had to cut at the script stage for fear that the episode would run long - which it has anyway. And yet even though the running time is long, the episode is tight, moving along at a surprisingly brisk pace. So congrats to Director Peter DeLuise on his triumphant return to the Stargate franchise." — Joseph Mallozzi (April 7, 2009)
• Ytimyona writes: "Any chance Fire might turn into a 90 minute episode? If it’s a tight script, why not? I hate to see significant parts of the story disappear because of a time limit! If all 20 minutes end up being cut, any chance it’ll be put on the special features of the DVD (like with Morpheus in SG-1)?" Answer: "We’re looking at all possibilities. Like I said, the episode is pretty damn tight and even feels like it’s missing a couple of scenes and sequences I would love to see." — Joseph Mallozzi (April 8, 2009)

Further Reading

• Joseph Mallozzi's Blog
• Martin Gero's Twitter

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--DeeKayP 14:28, 14 February 2009 (PST)