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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 5020289" data-attributes="member: 8863">The biggest question I have was whether or not marooning Rush was premeditated or something he did in the heat of the moment.  I'm leaning towards "heat of the moment" for now.   That's right  Rush sees the others as disposible if need be, and has been cavalier about it before.And Rush made the mistake of assuming that he was irreplaceable.  Things might be tough for them with just the other scientists and Eli trying to figure out the Ancient tech, because Rush was clearly the biggest expert, but that expertise wasn't enough to warrant further mischief from him.  I'm thinking that's why Young asked for that copy of the Kino footage at the end, becuase it's proof that Rush was the one who framed him.  Then there's the whole lie about the planet that only a few others know about.  He knows that if Rush can fix that ship and does, he'll be back, and with a vengeance.  So he wants to have evidence on his side that Rush has deliberately lied to the others before so they won't be quick to take his side if he returns and tries to smear Young.And I don't see Wray as being a middle ground either.  I think she proved with this episode that she probably can't lead them as well as Young has under the circumstances.I don't think it was premeditated though.  Just like his attack on Telford, he seems to have done it impulsively out of anger rather than planning it out.  This is something that could come back to haunt him, and I think he knows it.But even as the wrong thing morally, Rush was a problem, and his admission that he would keep on going showed that he was a potential menace to not just Young but everyone else.Well, how many people actually do trust Rush?  Eli?  That's about it, and maybe even he doesn't.  Telford doesn't seem to trust him much, and many of the scientists and military personnel on Destiny don't trust him much either.  The things he does doesn't make people trust him or like him very much.</blockquote>

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