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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 5141906" data-attributes="member: 57939">I didn't see this at all in the episode. I never thought that the creators were going to turn Rush into some kind of villain or antagonist to the crew. The idea that Rush would join up with some aliens and attack the Destiny seems both out of character for him and rather silly and cliche. I was completely expecting him to be back on the crew in a few episodes (I expected it to take another one or two episodes, but returning the next episode didn't really surprise me).The reason the creators had Young ditch Rush wasn't to set up Rush as a villain, it was to put Young's morality in question and increase the tension between the civilian and military factions on the ship. This latest episode spent a good amount of time exploring these things. Heck, a wedge has even been driven between Col. Young and Eli. So I would say that the creators have already milked everything they needed to out of the period when Rush was off the ship. Keeping him off longer would have only unnecessarily prolonged the resolution of that plot thread.</blockquote>