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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 5019634" data-attributes="member: 8863">I say Rush had that coming.It was pretty shocking to see Young leave Rush behind like that, because while I would except Rush to do that to anyone, that doesn't seem like something Young would do.  But then, Rush has caused a good deal of problems so far.  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He dialed the 9th chevron instead of Earth, stranding everyone on Destiny in the first place.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He uses the communications stones in secret before anyone else knows about them, and tell everyone that he's been placed in charge by O'Neil.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He doesn't work well with either the military officers or the civilians.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He deliberately sabotaged the evacuation plan that Telford attempted (granted, it would have likely failed catastrophically, but it was still deception).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He lied about that Icarus planet.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Finally, in this episode, he deliberately frames Young for selfish reasons.</li> </ul>In short, Rush is a deceitful agent of chaos.  His deceptions haven't always made things better either.  Whatever repercussions this will have for Young remains to be seen, but I still trust him.  He knew enough that the investigation had to be handled transparently, no matter what the other military officers felt, because he knows there's rising tension between the two groups.  He gets credit for trying to tamp it down rather than exploit it, like Rush was doing.On the bright side, Spencer's dead and Franklin is either on his way to being dead, or is going to be out of commission for a while.  So the other two biggest problems on the ship are gone.  I suspected suicide in Spencer's case, and even when the gun went missing, I thought it may have been assisted.  The alien ship is an interesting twist.  Is it the same aliens that apparently were mucking about on Destiny in the first episode, or something else?  Some comments on Hulu suggested the Furlings, but I kind of doubt that.</blockquote>

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