Air: Part 3 (9 Oct. 2009)

With the ship out of hyper-space for twelve hours, Lt. Scott, Sgt. Spencer, Ian, Dr. Rush and others travel down to the planet to find the minerals necessary for the scrubbers to provide ... See full summary »

Director:

Andy Mikita

Writers:

Brad Wright (creator), Robert C. Cooper (creator),

Stars:

Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Carlyle	...	Dr. Nicholas Rush
Louis Ferreira	...	Colonel Everett Young
Brian J. Smith	...	Lt. Matthew Scott
Elyse Levesque	...	Chloe Armstrong
David Blue	...	Eli Wallace
Alaina Huffman	...	Lt. Tamara Johansen
Jamil Walker Smith	...	Master Sgt. Ronald Greer
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill
Peter Kelamis	...	Adam Brody
Timothy Webber	...	Priest
Mark Burgess	...	Dr. Jeremy Franklin
Jennifer Spence	...	Dr. Lisa Park
Anna Galvin	...	Mrs. Armstrong
Bradley Stryker	...	Curtis
Ming-Na Wen	...	Camile Wray (as Ming-Na)

Storyline

With the ship out of hyper-space for twelve hours, Lt. Scott, Sgt. Spencer, Ian, Dr. Rush and others travel down to the planet to find the minerals necessary for the scrubbers to provide them with breathable air. They find a desert planet that should have what they need but they will have to locate a dried lake bed as it will be the likely source. Scott recalls some of his troubled past. As time winds down, some of the team decide to use the gate to transport themselves to a habitable planet, despite Ian's advice to the contrary. Chloe Armstrong communicates with her mother to tell her about what's happened to her father.

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Plot Keywords:

desert planet | implosion | shuttle craft | torture | sex with alien | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Sky1 [uk]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Acme Shark, MGM Television, Sci-Fi Channel, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo (Dolby Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Chloe goes to see her mother using the communication stones (at around 40 mins), there is a shot with a piano, its ornate music stand is lying flat. In this particular shot it would have been a distraction had it been up. Moments later we see that piano (at around 20 mins) and the music stand has been mysteriously raised.

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Quotes

Master Sgt. Ronald Greer: [to Rush] Right now I pray to the God above that dehydration will shut you the hell up!

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Connections

References Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Breathe"
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Alexi Murdoch

User Reviews

A better series

This early in all the characters are still discovering themselves as well as each other. I would have liked more action but this is an excellent start to the new series.

The whole tone of this series is similar to the start of Stargate Atlantis, in that first we all need to find ways to live, cool stuff comes later.

This episode left me with a much greater sense of character development and confirmed some expectations while cementing others as to what to expect from the future episodes.

The soundtrack is also very excellent, neither of the previous series have made much of their audio during the show. The rise to action, drama etc notwithstanding. The end left me wanting the next episode but without that feeling of incompleteness that the premier did.