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We're at the second-last episode of Stargate Universe. In today's podcast, we delve into Blockade. A surprisingly good episode that I remembered little about. While the crew gate to a planet once settled and deserted by the descendant of the Novans, Rush, Eli and Park take Destiny on an extremely risky mission to recharge the ship, with devastating consequences. These drones are not letting up. It's all going to come to a head soon. Join me as we delve deep into Stargate Universe "Blockade" ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of the Stars And I am a nerd.   This is episode 90 of the podcast. Can you believe that? We're getting close to 100. When a TV show gets to their 100th episode, it's a big deal worth celebrating. I still feel like I only just started this podcast, and it's a relatively new thing.   Today, we're talking about the Stargate Universe episode “Blockade”   And if you'd like to check out my original science fiction books, head on over to AdamDavidCollings.com/books   The description on gateworld reads   Destiny is attacked by drone ships while attempting to recharge its power reserves, forcing most of the crew to gate to a nearby planet while Eli tries a risky alternative.   This episode was written by Linda McGibney It was directed by Andy Mikita And it first aired on the 2nd of May 2011.   Eli is still immersed in the history of Novus. Rush doesn't get it. And he admits freely that he had no part of it. His counterpart wasn't there. He had no descendants. But to Eli, it's more than that. They were humans and they lived and died here in this distant galaxy.   And I love that he's adding footage of the descendants to his documentary. I agree wholeheartedly with Eli when he says that he thinks the documentary is important. Hey, I like to document and vlog my holidays. But a journey like the one they're on, that's so much more important.   The Collings Show on youtube, by the way, if you're interested in my travel vlogs.   They've arrived in a star system to refuel. I thought this was the system where they're taking the surviving descendants. But apparently not. The passengers don't show up or get a mention throughout the rest of the episode, so I'm assuming we've already dropped them off on their new world. Destiny is taking the long way around a gas giant for some reason. It clearly has a reason, the crew just don't know what it is. But the longer they take to reach the planet, the more their resources are going to be strained.   Now some bad news. There are drones with a command ship here in this system.   How did the drones know Destiny was going to be in that system? Was it coincidence or are they still tracking the ship somehow? They haven't been using the stargate so that's ruled out.   Maybe they're no longer tracking us, but maybe they can predict our path. So Rush suggests going off their usual course. They drop out of FTL a long way from the star so they'll have time to rebuild their ability to jump before they encounter any potential drones. They got lucky last time.   And guess what. There's drones here too. They've set up a blockade blocking us from the star.   Destiny has to recharge somehow.   They're blockading all stars they think Destiny might try to visit. Power is getting critically low. They only have one more chance.   The drones know Destiny's weakness. It has to recharge from certain types of stars. The only way to ensure there are no drones waiting is if they choose a star that Destiny would never go to. A blue supergiant. I'm not an astrophysicist but I can tell by the character's reactions this is a terrible idea. Volker is convinced the crew would never survive the heat given off by one of these stars. The plan is, leave most of the crew on a planet and a small team pilots the ship. They rely on shields and suits to survive the heat. Hopefully. It can't be fully automated because even if they could convince the ship to do this itself, the core AI systems would stop working at this heat.   There won't be a habitable planet near such a star, so they'll have to gate to a nearby planet, which, of course, will attract the drones.   So they'll have to be quick and get it done before they arrive.   It's an insane plan and it could go wrong in so many ways. But …. What other choice do they have? If they don't charge soon they'll be dead in space. And then they'll make a very tempting target to the drones.   Young makes it clear to Telford they've not asked permission. They're doing this. They don't have a choice.   The plants in the garden won't survive the star any more than people will, so they're gonna have to harvest everything.   I don't think Destiny is very happy about what they're doing. It locks them out of the bridge.   Rush, Eli, and Park are the ones who will stay behind. Park has some medications she wants to protect, and then she'll back up Rush, who, in her words, isn't as great as he thinks he is. It makes good sense since Park is the expert on the suits, as we saw back in early season 1.   When Young announces that Park is staying, we get some insight into Greer. He didn't try to talk her out of it. He has confidence that she'll be all right. In most stories, when someone wants to go into danger, the loved one argues passionately against it. And I get that. It would be very very hard for me to watch my wife put herself in danger like this. But in little ways, we trust our loved ones as they take all sorts of risks during day to day life. My wife is a nurse, and there's risk involved in that job. But I trust her that she has the training and the knowledge to handle it. But a risk like this is something else.   Rush has found a star. As they approach, the gate is dialled to a planet in rage. This is where we get a big surprise. The gate on the planet isn't in the middle of a deserted forest or desert. It's in a building. A big metal shed. It must have been built by the descendants. As Eli says “Holy crap, we dialled pittsburg.” I don't actually know what pittsburg looks like because I'm Australian, but it made me chuckle.   The place looks less advanced than Novus, and there's no sign of life. Due to isolation and different ideologies, it's entirely possible that colonies of Novus would advance at different rates.   But what happened to the people? But this town is a gold mine. They could find all sorts of medical supplies, food, weapons. The benefit is too great to ignore. It definitely outweighs the risk. Of course, the risk is impossible to assess right now because they just don't have enough information. But they make the right call to explore.   I've seen this episode multiple times in the past, but I don't remember this at all. Which is weird, because the discovery of the town on this planet is really cool, and ties in nicely with the previous two episodes that I loved so much.   Brody Makes a very interesting observation. There are paved streets, but no vehicles of any kind. Clearly, this world has cars. So where are they?   Rush and Eli have an interesting conversation. Rush wants to know “how they're gonna do this”. Eli has to push through his frustration to find out what Rush is really getting at. What he really wants to know is, who's gonna be the boss. Who will enter the course changes into the computer?  Naturally, given Rush's self-important ego, Eli assumed Rush would do it. But Rush is asking. So Eli volunteers. It's really hard to read Rush at that moment. If he doesn't trust Eli to do the job then why is he asking? Or is he trying to give Eli the push to step up and believe in himself? He has expressed some of that kind of desire in the past, he does see himself as a bit of a mentor figure to Eli in some ways.   Park is cutting it mightily close to get out of the atrium. And just as she's about to walk through the door, Destiny seals it. In fairness, the ship did give an auditory warning, but not much time to evacuate.   Eli tries to override the door to rescue her, but it's not working.  Rush seems open about the fact that they may have to let Park die. They don't have time for this. And as much as I want to disagree with him, I kinda can't. The entire crew are counting on them accomplishing their mission. In order to achieve that, at some point, Eli may have to stop trying to rescue Park and fulfil his other duties. It's harsh and it sucks, but that's the reality of their situation. Eli doesn't care and is ready to go down and try the door manually. So Rush has to force the issue by explaining the reality of the situation to her. “Eli is spending too much time trying to rescue you, more than we can afford.” She'd got her suit and there's a pool in the middle of the garden. If she's fully submerged, she should have enough protection from the star. Rush promises her she'll be okay. But is he telling the truth?   Meanwhile, Volker and Greer have found a diner, and there's more canned food in there. The labels are worn off, so it's a bit of a mystery what they are, or how old they are. But Greer's not worried. This makes me wonder what date system the Novans used. And would any used-by dates be meaningful to us even if they weren't worn off.   The crew had no way of knowing what year, or even what period of history, it was when they arrived on Novus. So using the Earth calendar would have made little sense. I imagine they started a new calendar. The day they arrived was the beginning of year 1. That would make it easy for our people. Given that the Novan culture started around 2,000 years ago, which is roughly when our calendar starts from, the year would be pretty similar to ours. Technically, this would be the year 2000. (assuming the 200 years wasn't an approximation) To Destiny's crew, it's 2011.   One of the crew finds an old Novan newspaper and shows it to Camille. The headline says attack. Firstly, I want to praise the fact that the props people spelled it without a c. A t a k. In reality, it's pretty unrealistic that the Novan survivors would speak contemporary English after 2000 years. Just think what the English language was like in the real world, 2000 years ago. English didn't really exist 200 years ago. It was brought to Britain by the Anglo Saxons in the mid 5th century. So let's just look at how English has changed in the last 1500 years. Have you ever looked at old english? Or listened to somebody speak it? It's unrecognisable as anything I'd call english. It's a whole other language. It kinda sounds alien and I find it a little creepy. It's really fascinating. Definitely worth a google.   Anyway, the language the descendants speak now, would be vastly different to what the drew of Destiny spoke when they first arrived on Novus. For the sake of storytelling, the show has ignored that, and fair enough. Stargate has been doing that since early SG-1. How many aliens we've never met have spoken english with no explanation at all.   But I do like that they at least acknowledge this concept by showing that spelling has changed. Not only that, the guy is having a little trouble reading the article. He can make the gist of it, but it's difficult for him. So while spoken English seems to be the same, at least for the descendants we found, written English has definitely changed. Maybe the people who lived on this planet changed their language more than those closer to Novus. Anyway, a big thumbs up for that detail. Very cool.   But let's talk about what the article actually means. The people on this planet were attacked. Young will shortly discover that half this city has been destroyed. And they'll spot a drone flying through the streets.   Now the drones may have just come here because they noticed the stargate use, but this is a single scout. IF they knew destiny's crew were here, they'd come in force.   It's very likely that the original inhabitants of this city were destroyed by the drones. And that's worrying. It means even without interference by Destiny's crew, the Novan descendants are at risk from these drones.   Morrison wants to run to one of the planets in range, which won't be in range of destiny. He starts dialling but James punches him out before the wormhole can form.  Still, that might have been enough to attract the drone's attention. Idiot.   It's all well and good seeing those drones flying through space, but there's something extra creepy seeing one of them flying above the rooftops in a planetary setting. And that noise they make. I don't normally notice sound design, but I'm really appreciating it in this episode.   Turns out, it's a lot quicker to take out a drone with a rocket launcher than it is to take it out with machine guns. Who knew?   When the team get back near the warehouse, TJ asks if there are any injuries. And JAmes says “Just Morrison. I broke his nose.” TJ doesn't ask any questions. She just smiles. I love that. We haven't seen a lot of Morrison in this show, but what we have seen makes it pretty clear he's the kind of guy whose nose a lot of people would like to break.   I like the visual effect of Destiny flying into the blue giant star. I know it's just CGI, and pretty average by today's standard, but with the loud whooshing sound, and then cutting to the control room with the shaking camera and the actors in their suits. I dunno, I really got the sense of the danger.   Eli is starting to worry that Destiny locked out the dome because it knew it wouldn't be survivable in there. Rush admits he had considered that possibility, but still maintains PArk should be okay as long as they both focus on doing their jobs.   The scene where Park makes her way to the pond is really tense. The lighting is very bright, to show how much light and radiation is coming through that dome. And there's a bit of a heat haze effect on the footage too, which is very effective. But the anxious heavy breathing that the actress does as she desperately tries to survive is what really sells it. The music really adds to this too.   As we get another beauty shot of Destiny flying through the star, we see the shields fritzing on and off. That's the kind of effect you might often see in sci-fi but in this case, we know what that means. We know how vital that shield is to keeping Park alive, not to mention Rush and Eli. Every time that shields drop out, my throat gets a lump in it.  They get closer.   The plants in the dome start to burn up. And the water in the pod is bubbling around Park. She's hiding in boiling water. That's intense. How long before it all evaporates?   Apparently, when shooting this scene, the helmet was filling up with water. So Jennifer Spence had to do the scene as long as she could, and then stand up, remove the helmet, and let the water out so she could breathe. It must have been pretty scary, but the stunt coordinator got her through it, helping her realise she was in complete control.   What I love about all of this is that it's giving us real stakes and real tension. We don't know at this point if Park will survive or not. We don't know how honest Rush was being about her chances. We know this show isn't afraid to kill off semi-regular characters like Park. They've done it before.   They really are giving us a bit of a treat in terms of exterior ship visual effects in this one.   You can see the dome filling with fire. And then the glass shatters. And the water is gone. And park is being sucked out, holding on to the edge of the pond for dear life. And inside that helmet, she's screaming.   They make it out of the star. It's done. They made it. They can start cooling the gate room so the crew can return. But that's when Rush noticed that the hydroponic dome has been breached. No point trying to hide it from Eli. Eli runs.   Back on the planet, we learn a little more of the history of the attack from the newspaper. They moved the stargate to a less technological part of the city, and they drove all their vehicles out of the city to try to lead the drones away and save as many as possible. I wonder where they went. One of the other planets in range, I guess.   Young didn't find any food or guns, but he did get some clothes from a dry cleaner. And while Camille's desire for a new outfit sounds comedic, it's not so silly. Clothes ARE going to wear out. And unless they all want to become nudists, which I don't think would be a good idea, they're going to need new options. So it makes sense to grab some while they're here.   Eli is relieved to hear that Park is still alive. The atmosphere has been vented and she's near the door. She's not out of the woods yet, but she hasn't been killed by the heat of the star.   Now that they're through the star, Rush can override the door. It opens. Eli pulls her to safety. Jennifer Spense gives a great performance as she lets all of that emotion out. It's not just the fear that she's just been through. She can't see. She's been blinded by the experience. The way she cries, it churns me all up inside and makes me just want to give her a hug.   The most important thing is that Park has been saved. But there has been a loss. All the plants in the dome. Some of them were medicinal hybrids they may not be able to recreate. But they at least have stores of seeds so they should be able to start the vegetables again from scratch.   They have a scheduled time when they're supposed to dial back to Destiny. It's ten minutes too soon, but the drones are at the door. So they dial now. We know the ship is through the star. Let's hope Rush has succeeded in cooling the gate room enough for them to survive.   As the wormhole engages, a giant alien ship descends on the city. Is that a command ship or something bigger? Either way, it's creepy as hell. Especially when it makes that noise.   As the crew comes back through the gate, Rush tells TJ there's a patient waiting. Greer overhears.   The mission has been a success. Eli was brilliant. And Rush is seriously impressed. He just doesn't want Eli to know he said that. And I think that's so stupid. Eli probably needs to hear that. I know I would. In this life, we are bombarded with so many negative messages. So many of us spend most of our lives doubting ourselves. To know that somebody believes in us, that they think we did a good job. Hearing those words is gold to a wounded soul. And most of us have wounded souls. Why do we have this embarrassment about praising people? We need to get over that. We really do.   But we have to face a difficult reality check. It worked this time, but we won't be able to fool the drones the same way again, and those blue stars are pretty rare. The ship is recharged for now, but it's not gonna stay that way. AT some point, they're going to need to recharge again.   What will they do when that day comes?   That's the question that will take us into the next episode - the show's season finale, and the last show ever produced.   This was another fantastic episode. We remember the big moments., Twin Destinies, the Novan two-parter. The finale. But we don't always remember the episodes in between. This was an episode in between, but it was really good.   And that stuff with Doctor Park - that was really intense. The writers could very easily have killed her off. And where would that leave Eli and Rush? Where would that leave Greer and Rush?   I think Rush was lying when he assured Park she'd be okay. I'm not saying he believed she'd die, but he wasn't certain. There was a chance, but he had no idea if it would work. Luckily, she did survive. But she's lost her sight.   And yet, I'm still faced with the uncomfortable realisation that Rush probably did the right thing. They had to do those calculations. They had to get the ship through the star. They didn't have time to keep messing with the door. They probably wouldn't have succeeded.   I like when shows put our characters in difficult situations like this. But I'm sure glad I'm not in one of those situations.   I'm starting to feel sad about getting to the end of Stargate Universe. And feeling again the pain of this show's cancellation.   One episode left. I guess I'll see you next time as we discuss Gauntlet.   In the meantime, have a great two weeks.   Live long and prosper.   Make it so.

We continue this two-part arc was Destiny arrives at Novus - the planet where their alternate timeline counterparts founded a new civilisation 2,000 years ago. I love this episode. In the present, we get to see our heroes digging through the ruins of their descendant's civilisation like archeologists, and in the past, we watch as our heroes slowly form a new society. It's all good stuff. So let's dig in to Stargate Universe "Epilogue". ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a Nerd. This is episode 89 of the podcast Today, we're talking about  the Stargate Universe episode “Epilogue”   And if you'd like to check out my original science fiction books, head on over to AdamDavidCollings.com/books   The description on Gateworld reads While attempting to return a group of colonists to their home, the crew finds records of their own alternate lives -- and a planet on the verge of seismic destruction.   This episode was written by Carl Binder It was directed by Alex Chapple And it first aired on the 25th of April 2011   We open with a very elderly Colonel Young in his deathbed. Chloe sits by his side, and his grown son Steve approaches.   Then we cut to present day. The shuttle is landing in a big city square, which features a statue of Young.   It's so ominous seeing this very familiar modern-day type city covered in ice and ash. Completely deserted.   They've found an underground bunker. It's possible somebody might have survived down there. But how do they get in? They gonna try using Destiny's weapon on low power. It works. They gain entrance and even find that there's still working power in the facility.   It's nice to know that bad elevator music is a constant throughout the entire universe. Although, to be honest, lifts don't tend to play music here in Australia. I'm not sure I can think of one time I've been in one where it's happened. But I get the concept.   Anyway, it's a mildly amusing moment.   In the bunker, they find an archive. The entire history of the Novan civilisation. Eli hopes they'll find answers to exactly what happened.   What they find is kind of remarkable. A 2,000 year old recording of the first moment the twin-destiny crew arrived through the gate and found that they weren't on Earth. It looks like they're surrounded by a sand storm. Not a very hospitable place.   Imagine having something like this. A video record of the exact moment that your civilisation began. The moment your ancestors first walked on the surface of your planet. It's like finding footage of their equivalents of Adam and Eve.   But while Eli is geeking out over the history, Rush is more concerned over life-support supplies, like more Lime. They haven't found any of that yet, but there are a lot of food supplies. Canned goods. That is huge. I can't overstate how important and useful this is. Imagine going two years with nothing to eat but alien vegetables that taste so bad it almost makes you vomit. And then you find a supermarket. This will greatly improve their chances of surviving, but also be a massive boost to morale.   Turns out, the planet they first appeared on wasn't Novus. But there were several gates in range. They explored and one of the worlds they found was Novus. The green trees and blue sky would certainly be a welcome sight after the caves where they sought refuge from the sandstorm.   When Park remarks on how they documented everything, Yaozu says “It is easier to know where you are going when you know where you have been. Eli Wallace.”   And I just love that. Any time Eli gets credit and appreciation for his space vlogging is gonna get a big thumbs up from me.   It took me a moment to realise why Yaozu was being a little weird around Brody. I was thinking maybe he thought it insensitive that they wanted to upload the data without acknowledging the pain of the Novans losing their world. And then the episode reminded me that Brody was the founder of the opposing nation.   And again, Valko is still giving him a hard time about the name Futura. Give it up Volker. We get it. You think the name is stupid. Shut up and move on!   I love how Chloe has found a bunch of science and maths textbooks all written by Eli. Of all the scientific minds on that ship, he, more than anyone else, would be the one to want to preserve that knowledge for the next generation. Rush, would see the value, of course, but to actually sit down and explain science in a way that kids could understand? No, he wouldn't do that.   But she's also found her own diary. That's gotta be weird   In the next flashback, we see the beginnings of Brody's dissatisfaction with everyone. He's specifically angry at Eli. It was Eli's calculations that got them stuck on this planet. The fact that he agreed with Eli's calculations seems to be irrelevant to him. But that's fine. This is an emotional reaction, not a rational one. And that's completely believable given their situation.   Meanwhile, Scott has found some nasty animal life, so they're gonna need walls around their city. It's like they're playing a real-life game of Civilisation.   I love watching this episode. I love fantasising about being one of them, settling a new world. Building a new civilisation. In reality, it would suck, of course. But fantasies are not meant to be realistic. I'm not saying the portrayal of the show isn't realistic. Just my desire to be among them, and conveniently ignore the harsh realities.   I'd actually watch an entire show about this. The people who have to build a new life on an alien world. But then, I kind of have seen that show already. It's called Terra Nova. And rather than an alien planet, it was the distant past, with dinosaurs. It only ran for one season, despite its popularity, because it was expensive to produce. It was shot here in Australia. But if you haven't seen it, I would highly recommend Terra Nova. Seriously, check it out. I may even cover it on the podcast someday.   6 weeks in, they have their first death. It's Volker. Probably his kidneys, but without any medical equipment, she can't be sure. And that's one of the big harsh realities. It might be fun to plan out where in the forest you're gonna found your city, but having to go back to the stone age, medically speaking, that's horrific.   Volker is there looking over Chloe's shoulder as she reads about his funeral. How weird would that be? He looks pretty confronted by it. It's not his future, of course, but it's a sobering reminder that he has a medical condition that is difficult to manage so far from Earth.   Young, of course, is beating himself up over this. TJ tries to encourage him. And that's when they finally allow their prior feelings to come back out again. They'll be trapped on this planet for the rest of their lives. He's divorced from his wife now. So there seems little reason for them not to pursue it all.   Keep in mind, Varro is on the planet with them. I wonder how he's going to react to TJ choosing Young over him.   They've got a shuttle-load of supplies they're sending up to the ship. It's funny. As horrible as all this was for the crew in the previous timeline, the whole twin destiny thing has been pretty good for the crew in our timeline. This is the second time we've managed to benefit heavily from supplies left by that crew. First Destiny itself, and now all this stuff left behind by their ancestors.   Eli has figured out what happened to the people. Many of them escaped through the stargate before it was buried in lava by a volcano, but those that remained needed another way off. Both countries realised they stood a better chance working together, so they built huge ships together. But they weren't capable of FTL.   They set off for one of the planets they'd previously sent expeditions to. Destiny could get there in a few days but it'll be a 200-year journey for the Novans. I guess they figured out cryogenic stasis. So that's good news. There are survivors. They didn't all completely die out.   Back in the past, Scott finally works up the guts to talk to Lieutenant James about their past, and how he used her up and threw her away. The reason - he's getting married to Chloe. James, for her part, is surprisingly forgiving. I guess she moved on a long time ago. Anyway, nice to see these two finally put it all to rest.  But I wish, instead of just saying “Y'know, we never talker” he could have said, “I'm sorry.”    Anyway, during the ceremony, Varro gives James a look. So I think she'll be okay.   A lot of this history is about people hooking up. But that kind of makes sense. They're a community of people living on a planet now. They kinda need to perpetuate the species if they're going to survive. So marriage and children is an important part of Novus's history.   Eli actually remarks on this in one of his kino vlogs. Every else is getting together. Except him.   Chloe is pregnant. Scott is building them a house. They have a bit of a township going on now. They have what look like stables.   I laughed at the montage of various children being born. Rapidly cutting from one screaming face to another. Chloe, TJ, James, and Park are all now mothers. The tribe is growing. Park is with Greer, obviously.   Eli is truly happy for all of them. But still feeling very lonely and left out. And then Corporal Barnes sits next to him. Cut to Barnes giving birth to their first child. The editing of this section of the episode gives us some great comedic storytelling.   But the best bit is when we see Eli and Chloe watching this vlog together. And Chloe says “Something worth pursuing.”   Barnes is a character that is sometimes around, but we really don't know much, if anything, about her.   The one person who hasn't hooked up is Camille. Not because she can't find anyone, but because she already found her soul mate, back on Earth.   Park has discovered that the black hole theory is right. The planet will soon be torn apart. They may have to leave before they've got all the data uploaded.   They've found one of those ships that the Novans built. It's still in the factory on the planet. It never left. That's convenient. If it's operational, it could take the entire group of descendants.   TJ has made a disturbing discovery. Her counterpart developed a disease she was pretty sure was ALS. I always thought ALS was just what Americans called MS, but according to Google they're two similar but different conditions. Which is interesting, because I don't think I've ever heard Americans talk about MS, and you never hear about ALS here in Australia. Either way, it's a pretty horrible thing. And it's really scary for TJ. It means she will develop a deliberating disease in her future. It could be a few years away. It's not something you contract. She's carrying it in her right now. And there's no cure. And that really sucks   I actually lost an aunty to MS. It's a horrible thing. As interesting as it is for them to see what their other versions of them got up to, it can be kind of disturbing. In some ways, you're better off not knowing.   TJ has about 5 years before she'll start displaying symptoms. She'll die a few years after that. Volker is looking in the ship's database to see if the ancients had anything in there about this, or similar conditions.   The scenes of Young nursing and caring for his wife to her eventual death are heartbreaking. But then there's some good news. The Novans had a cure for ALS and many other diseased. Developed over 200 years ago. It's in the archive.   But some bad news, the spaceship factory is now a river of lava. So everyone is gonna have to cam back onto Destiny. How long will the air filtration system hold out?   Rush has found something interesting. Some kind of foam. He's keeping pretty quiet about what it is, but he certainly seems to think it's important.   Back in the past, while most of the crew are enjoying being grandparents, Camille is drafting a constitution. Their fledgling township is becoming a nation.    And Brody is turning into a grumpy old man. He hasn't broken away and founded Futura yet, but he's cranky and doesn't appreciate the kids running on his lawn.   For various technobabble reasons they can't search the database until it's finished uploading, or they stop the transfer. They've uploaded a third of the data so far. They might have it, they might not.   But they're gonna have to leave soon.   The bunker is falling apart around them. The ladder is coming apart as they climb it. Varro helps TJ but falls in the process. They have to pull him up. Fortunately, he's alive.   On his deathbed, Young apologises that he never got them home. Chloe tells him what is obvious at this point. They are home.   Rush finally reveals that the special foam he found is for C02 scrubbing. Their problems have been solved. Much more effective than lime. It'll last for years. Volker has an interesting remark for Rush. It burns you up that we did okay without you. He's probably right. They'll be dropping off their descendants on a nearby planet shortly.   Eli hasn't found the ALS cure in the data they were able to upload. Nothing in Destiny's database either. It's hard because different cultures have different names for diseases, but it doesn't look good.   Still, this is sci-fi. There's lots of other medical knowledge they can learn from. They can figure out a cure. That's what Eli believes.   I love how Eli's grandson has named the school after him. Eli is gone now, but one crew member remains alive. Camille.   The makeup job making her look really old is pretty great. I was quite moved listening to her speak to the descendants of her friends. Seeing how proud she was of the civilisation they'd created.   The final shot of the townscape changing over the centuries is a fitting end to the episode.   I really enjoy this one. I think it might actually be my favourite episode of season 2. Joseph Malozzi mentioned in his blog that this episode actually would have made a great finale for the show, and I agree, but at the time, they planned Gauntlet as a season finale, not a series finale.   Two left to go. It's time to see how our heroes will deal with those drones.   I'll see you next time for Blockade.   Have a great two weeks Live long and prosper.   Make it so  

This episode begins a two-part arc that may just be my favourite plotline in Stargate Universe. Running from the drone ships, Destiny finds a planet populated by a settlement of humans. These humans claim to be the descendants of the crew of Destiny, their civilisation founded 2,000 years ago. This episode covers a lot of ground and has a very interesting structure. Let's dig into Stargate Universe "Common Ground." ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a Nerd. This is episode 88 of the podcast Today, we're talking about  the Stargate Universe episode “Common Descent”   And if you'd like to check out my original science fiction books, head on over to AdamDavidCollings.com/books   The description on Gateworld reads Destiny comes upon a colony of humans who claim that their civilization was founded two thousand years earlier ... by Destiny's own crew.   This episode was written by Robert C. Cooper. It was directed by Peter DeLuise And it first aired on the 18th of April 2011.   We're really in the home stretch of Stargate Universe now. This episode and next episode form a little two-part arc, and then the final two episodes round off the season arc.   I'll warn you in advance that I may be doing a lot of gushing over these next two podcasts. I love this episode and the next one.   Remember the CO2 scrubbers that were failing back in the pilot episode Air? Well, some of them on one of the decks are failing, resulting in headaches and nausea for the crew who sleep in that section.   I like how TJ immediately reports the unusually high number of people with similar symptoms all in the same area. There could be a cause which presents a bigger problem than just the medical one. Fortunately, Brody is already onto it.   They're still allowing Destiny to follow its own predetermined course, for the most part. They can control the ship if they have to, but the rest of the time they let it do its thing. It's just dropped out of FTL and there are two planets with stargates in range. One of them looks promising. Destiny is still helping them find the supplies they need.   When Eli meets Chloe and Camille in the observation deck, Chloe talks about how she hopes they find some of the purple fruit they discovered recently. Interesting that you'd expect to find the same fruit on multiple planets. I wouldn't expect that to be likely. Voyager did the same kind of the with Leola root being common to many planets in the delta quadrant.   Anyway, like most edible plant life in this part of the universe, they tasted terrible, but Chloe and Camille share a knowing look. Apparently, they were good for something else. But they're not gonna let on what that was to Eli.   That's when Chloe spots something out the window. Drones. Our old friends. We haven't seen them in a while, but last time we did, they nearly destroyed the ship. As they come into range, they open fire immediately.   So that's not good.   One would assume the crew have been practising operating the ship in a combat situation since last time. They seem to be doing a decent job flying and shooting. Greer is actually getting pretty good at it.   Scott detects the command ship. It's on an intercept course.   They're keeping distance between them, but they won't be able to keep it up until it's time to jump. That'll burn out the engines.   Young and his crew had assumed they were out of drone space, and Rush still believes this, so it seems the drones are actively pursuing Destiny. They may have tracked us using the re-programmed drone that got the crew out of their last encounter. They destroy it, but that'll only help after they make their next jump, assuming that really is how they were tracking us.   Rush thinks the damage they'll suffer from jumping early is a greater risk than the damage they'll suffer from the next attack.  Which just goes to show how bad an idea it really is to jump early. Something you only do in the most dire of circumstances.   This episode is our first indication that the drone problem really is going to be a bigger issue than just that two-parter in the middle of the season.   As the command ship comes into range, we see a huge swarm of drones. They're not gonna make it.   Except they do. Rush boosts the shields and they make it until the timer runs out. They jump.   As Eli says, they're lucky they're still alive. There's a lot of repair work to do. Destiny is not going to be able to survive continual attacks like that one. So let's hope the drones no longer have the ability to track Destiny.   They must have been travelling for quite some time, because Destiny wants to drop out of FTL again, near a planet. This presents a bit of a dilemma. Young is inclined to override Destiny and keep going. Just to be sure they can get far away from those drones. And I get that. When you're being chased by something scary, the last thing you want to do is stop running and stand still. But that's a very emotional response. It's actually Brody who is looking at this a little more logically. They need lime for the CO2 scrubbers. It's safe to assume Destiny has found some on this planet, which is why it wants to stop. They've dealt with the worse of the repairs. And as Rush says, if they don't stop soon, they're gonna have trouble breathing.   There are no drones immediately on sensors. The planet seems relatively inhabitable. At least this time they're not searching for lime in a dessert.   Space exploration has always been an important part of the Stargate franchise.  But you know one of the big things I like about SGU, there really is a sense of going where no one has gone before. In SG-1 and Atlantis, they were travelling to planets populated by humans, who had been placed there by the Goa'uld, or the Ancients. But here, in Stargate Universe, we're in the deep distant reaches, where no human, or any other race known to humans, has ever been. Not even the ancients. There's a real sense of wonder I get from that. But it's a spine-tingling, cold almost scary kind of wonder. It's hard to describe, but I think it's cool.   However, as I say that, who should run out of the forest, but two human beings. At least, they look human,   And they understand and speak English. But even more surprising, the young woman says “I know you. You're Matthew Scott.”   Okay.   When Scott demands to know how they know our names, the male says “You're the ancestors.”   They claim that their civilisation was founded 2,000 years ago by the crew of Destiny. They have historical Kino footage, which is how they recognised Scott and Greer. The logical conclusion here is that the ancestors were the alternate timeline crew from Twin Destinies. The time anomaly sent Destiny itself back a few hours, but the wormhole itself may have sent the crew back thousands of years. So why didn't they arrive on Earth in the first century? We know the wormhole was connected to Earth because Telford made it through. Remember that when a stargate gets impacted by a solar flair, not only does it travel through time, it also loops back on itself, so you come back out the source gate, not the destination. And since there was no Destiny there 2,000 years ago, Rush theorises that it simply connected to a nearby gate in the network. A gate that had already been placed by a seed ship far in advance of Destiny. 2,00 years ahead of it in fact. That's not too unbelievable. I mean, we know that Destiny will just plod along at sublight until it reaches a star to recharge, if necessary. If that ever happened in the past, Destiny could easily have fallen back a few thousand years behind its furthest seed ships.   Eli seems to be the only one who sees this as super cool. As he says “Don't you at least want to know how they survived and developed as a society?” I know I sure as heck would. Chloe rekons Eli played too much Sim City as a kid, but I'm with Eli. Chloe, Young, TJ and the rest have no poetry in their souls. I'd want to know every little thing about this society's history.   But Rush has to remind everyone why they came to this planet in the first place. They need lime. Jason and Eli can probably help them find it.   The crew are subjected to some hero-worship, which has got to be a little uncomfortable, if flattering.   Jason and Ellie don't understand how their ancestors can be here alive, but they mention their testament said that Destiny might return someday. The other Eli probably theorised about what had happened, and his words may have taken on sacred, almost religious importance.   This planet is not where they first established their civilisation. That was on a planet called Novus. This group came here as part of an expedition to try to find other viable worlds. But one day something happened and they couldn't dial Novus anymore. They think it was likely destroyed in an earthquake. And with no other gates in range, they were stuck here. That was 30 years ago.   These settlers have tents, radios and soccer balls. But no permanent buildings, it seems. You'd think that over the course of a generation they'd build some houses.   Camille is chuffed that the leader of this tribe has the same name as her father. It's nice to know that their descendants have finally managed to find palatable food and drink.   Eli wants to get his hands on the testament. How cool would it be to just sit down in a nice library for a few days and just read through it all. I'd be up for that in heartbeat.   We learn that Novus had a population of millions, and it was pretty advanced technologically. But it was facing some kind of natural disaster. There was a lot of political tension around the issue, as you can imagine, but it turns out there were two countries on the planet, each with a different political philosophy.  Tenara believed in the testament, which some of them wrote. The name means “The land of the Young” in ancient. The other group blamed alternate Eli for what happened. They thought Rush was still on board Destiny and would one day come and rescue them. He became a saviour figure. They broke off and formed a country of their own. Futura. Brody was one of them. He came up with the name.   They have some of the old footage on a data port compatible with Destiny. The original Kinos that first housed that footage are viewed like the Dead Sea Scrolls. Which makes perfect sense to me.   Rush seems to lack the enthusiasm everyone else has for all of this. But then, he doesn't have any descendants down there. His counterpart never made it to Novus.   When Jason and Ellie meet Rush on the bridge, they bow their heads, but apparently, it's not in reverence. Some of their descendants have come to believe that Rush was a demon who would drag their souls down to hell. And when Park remarks on how some things get twisted and exaggerated, Volker says “and some don't” which I found amusing.   But many Futurans worship Rush like a god, which I'm sure Rush would be thrilled about. We're treated to some footage of Eli showing where they're going to break ground building their town. He also explains the history of how the planet got the name Novus.   The settlers have helped the crew get the supplies they need and now they have a request. “Take us home to Novus.” They know the gate won't dial, but they don't know exactly what happened to their world. What state is it currently in?   These guys were sent out to create a colony, but with the expectation of help and support from the homeworld. Since they were cut off, they've had to make do on their own, and they're barely surviving.   Goodness, that all sounds familiar. Seems the Destiny crew have a lot in common with their descendants.   Eli and Camille feel they have a moral duty to help these people, which I would agree with. But Young points out they can't take that many people on Destiny. Eli has figured out the location of the planet. The trip will only be about a week. But with that many people on board, the lime they got here will be running out by the time they get there. If they can't secure more lime on Novus, they're finished. And that's not a risk Rush wants to take.   The people of Novus might be advanced enough to help them get Destiny back into a fully working condition, or, they could all be dead.   The theory, 30 years ago, was that a rogue black hole was approaching the system. The tidal forces could rip it all apart. But that process could have taken hundreds of years. And all of this was happening in the early eighties. Crazy. While I was a pre-school kid here on Earth, the Novans were looking for a new homeworld.   And there's another problem. The drones. In all the excitement, we'd kind of forgotten about them, hadn't we? That's actually how this episode started. The last thing they need right now is a drain on their resources. So… what's the alternative? Say “no thanks” and let their descendants, possibly their only remaining living descendants, just slowly die on this planet?   Young has a good compromise. The planet is close. They go there and investigate the planet and see what's up. Maybe they can repair the gate and then the settlers can get there without the ship.   It seems a reasonable first step to me.   Another clip from the Kino footage shows TJ giving birth to the first baby born on Novus. I love how Eli practically has tears in his eyes as he says it. It seems those versions of TJ and Young got back together and started a family.   They had a boy, by the way.   Then there's a big jump ahead. The town is well established. There are wooden structures that don't look too dissimilar from what you might see in an American frontier town in a western. It seems Eli has a child too. His only regret is that his mother will never know how they turned out, or get to meet her grandson.   A much older Young is giving a speech. This is the time when the Futurans broke off and formed their own country. Young seems pretty magnanimous about it all. But he talks about how the early days were hard, but it brought them closer together. They've build a life they can all be very proud of.   Eli still thinks Young's plan isn't enough. They should be taking everyone on board now. He hoped showing Young the footage would convince him of that.   So what are they going to do if they reach Novus and the gate can't be repaired, or there's nothing there to go back to?   Will they return here and help these people find some other home? Will they at least go back and tell them what they've learned?   It seems Young is offering no promises on that front. And that, I think, is what is really bothering Eli and Camille.   The leader of this world sadly observes that the Futurans were wrong at all. Destiny didn't come back to help them. If they'd known this sooner, they could have avoided generations of conflict over the question.   And that's when the drones appear. Not just in orbit, but flying through the atmosphere of this world.   That's a problem. Because if they leave the settlers here, they'll die.   There's only one option now. They all evacuate through the gate, as the drones blow the settlement to pieces.   Destiny is also under attack.   Young allows the settlers to evacuate. Good thing he has a heart after all.   Rush doesn't know how the drones found them.   Scott and Greer manage to destroy the drones, but the gate has a big chunk out of it. They're not getting off this planet that way.   Young has no choice. Destiny jumps.   Eli, Scott, Greer and Camille are stranded on the planet with the remaining settlers. Ellie asks an uncomfortable question. Why would the drones come here? And that's our fault. Destiny brought them here. So …. Rather than bringing salvation, Destiny's return has brought destruction and ruin. Boy were those Futurans wrong.   Eli and Rush have both come to the same conclusion. The drones are tracking Destiny via the gates. An active Stargate is a massive subspace event. The drones can detect that event.   There are other settlements on the planet. Jason and Ellie run off to warn them, but it's probably already too late.   This means that as long as they don't use the gate, they should be able to hide. They'll have to use the shuttle to get supplies from planets.   Young agrees with Rush that it's too dangerous to risk going back for everyone else. But…..if they don't use the gate, then the drones shouldn't be able to track them. I'd be buying a little time to get the drones off the scent and then going back, personally.   Eli may have found a way to get a signal out to Destiny. Stargates have a transmitter. They communicate updates with one another and send status to destiny. So far, all Eli can do is turn it on and off, but that's all they need to tap out an SOS.   I kinda wish they'd all give Brody a break. Yeah, I don't think Futura is the greatest name, but do they have to keep mocking him for that? The answer, by the way, is no. They don't. It's getting a bit old and I'm kind of annoyed on Brody's behalf. I think this is possibly meant to be funny? I'm not sure. But it reminds me of the kind of humour you sometimes see in old DC comics, where everyone makes fun of Aqua Man because he's the butt of all their jokes. And similar nonsense between Superman and Batman.  I hate that kind of humour, and really don't understand why people find it funny. If you do, then great. But it does nothing for me.   Anyway, they're overjoyed when they see that shuttle in the sky.   As they near the planet, speculation is rife. As usual, Eli is the voice of optimism. Their descendants have to be there. We passed down all our knowledge to them. But, as TJ points out, they passed down some of their disagreements too.   The shuttle descents toward Novus. There are no radio signals, which is odd, given they were advanced. They're passing through a layer of particulate matter. Dust and Ash. That's ominous. It's very cold down there. A nuclear winter?   They see a huge modern city. But it's completely deserted. It seems the ash came from a supervolcano and it produced conditions similar to a nuclear winter. There's nobody alive down there. So….where did they go? Are they all dead?   We'll have to tune in next time to find out.   This episode had a pretty unusual structure. It actually covered a lot of ground. First it raised the issue of the CO2, but very quickly became an episode all about the drone attacks. But then it transitioned, almost into an entirely different episode about finding their descendants. Only to have it all come together with the drones, and the CO2 being important elements of the climax. Then, we make it all the way to Novus before the episode ends. In my memory of earlier watches, this was all covered over a series of several episodes, not just one. But … as unusual as it may feel, this structure works for the episode. It's a thrilling ride.   And I can't wait to delve into the next one with you. That'll be called Epilogue.   Until then, have a great two weeks. Live long and prosper.   Make it so.  

Welcome to the overside and to episode 6 of Discovering Trek: Enterprise! This episode, Co-Hosts Sara and Kasey take an exploration trip to the great experiment in deep space, Terra Nova. Archer and a landing party have anything but a party on the planet surface and below. Can humans regain trust of the Novans after 70 years? Are all our bridge crew involved in this adventure? Is T’Pol the voice that Archer needs to listen to? What price comes with colonization and does this episode of Enterprise wish we could see back, or did it taste like digger meat? So don’t confuse your path, settle on in and investigate this episode with us. We talk all that and discuss the benefits Trek as a franchise enjoys with actors that also direct. That is no shale! Sara and Kasey hope you’ll join them after tracking from Earth, on Discovering Trek: Enterprise. Come explore the First Frontier with us!

Welcome to the overside and to episode 6 of Discovering Trek: Enterprise! This episode, Co-Hosts Sara and Kasey take an exploration trip to the great experiment in deep space, Terra Nova. Archer and a landing party have anything but a party on the planet surface and below. Can humans regain trust of the Novans after 70 years? Are all our bridge crew involved in this adventure? Is T’Pol the voice that Archer needs to listen to? What price comes with colonization and does this episode of Enterprise wish we could see back, or did it taste like digger meat? So don’t confuse your path, settle on in and investigate this episode with us. We talk all that and discuss the benefits Trek as a franchise enjoys with actors that also direct. That is no shale! Sara and Kasey hope you’ll join them after tracking from Earth, on Discovering Trek: Enterprise. Come explore the First Frontier with us!

En dokumentär om åren 1958-65 då bossa novan var ny och het. Bossan novan var en blandning mellan traditionell samba och jazz och skapades av bland andra João Gilberto som gick bort tidigare i somras. Bossa novan föddes 1958, bland annat med att radiostjärnan Elizeth Cardoso sjöng in musik av Antonio Carlos Jobim och Vinicius de Moraes och sedan då João Gilbertos första soloskiva kom ut. Bossa var ett modeord, ett sätt att röra sig med taktkänsla. I det här programmet medverkar sångerskan och kompositören Joyce Moreno, skivaffärsinnehavaren Carlos Alberto Afonso, César Vilela som gjorde skivomslag på skivbolaget Elenco och arkitekten Carlos som besöker Afonsos butik. Programmet är repris av del ett av en P2 Dokumentär i fyra delar, som sändes första gången den 14 juli 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Bossa novans heta era 1958-1965". Alla delar i serien hittar du under artikeln. En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.

Fjärde och sista delen om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här träffar vi två svenska bossa nova-entusiaster. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Det är sångerskan och gitarristen Petra Ahlmark och skivsamlaren Lars Crantz som har allt av värde med bossa nova. 1960- och 70-talen kom den brasilianska musiken, framför allt i form av samba och bossa nova, att inspirera många svenska artister. Sångerskan Monica Zetterlund sjöng bossa nova med svenska texter av Hasse å Tage och Beppe Wolgers och trubaduren Cornelis Vreeswijk upplevde Rio de Janeiro under inspelningen av filmen "Svarta palmkronor". Han satte en svensk text på en av Chico Buarques låtar som på svenska blev "Deidres samba". Lill Lindfors och Sylvia Vrethammar uppträdde i Rio de Janeiro bland gräddan av brasilianska artister. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 4 augusti 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Bossa novan i Sverige". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.  

Fjärde och sista delen om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här träffar vi två svenska bossa nova-entusiaster. Det är sångerskan och gitarristen Petra Ahlmark och skivsamlaren Lars Crantz som har allt av värde med bossa nova. 1960- och 70-talen kom den brasilianska musiken, framför allt i form av samba och bossa nova, att inspirera många svenska artister. Sångerskan Monica Zetterlund sjöng bossa nova med svenska texter av Hasse å Tage och Beppe Wolgers och trubaduren Cornelis Vreeswijk upplevde Rio de Janeiro under inspelningen av filmen "Svarta palmkronor". Han satte en svensk text på en av Chico Buarques låtar som på svenska blev "Deidres samba". Lill Lindfors och Sylvia Vrethammar uppträdde i Rio de Janeiro bland gräddan av brasilianska artister. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 4 augusti 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Bossa novan i Sverige". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.  

Tredje delen av fyra om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här träffar vi den andra generationens bossa nova-musiker som har hela världen som spelplan. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Det är sångerskan, gitarristen och kompositören Joyce Moreno, sångaren och låtskrivaren Pierre Aderne och den brasilianska sångerskan och gitarristen Rosa Passos, men vi träffar också skivbutiksinnehavaren Carlos Alberto Afonso. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 28 juli 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Vem spelar bossa nova idag?". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.

Tredje delen av fyra om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här träffar vi den andra generationens bossa nova-musiker som har hela världen som spelplan. Det är sångerskan, gitarristen och kompositören Joyce Moreno, sångaren och låtskrivaren Pierre Aderne och den brasilianska sångerskan och gitarristen Rosa Passos, men vi träffar också skivbutiksinnehavaren Carlos Alberto Afonso. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 28 juli 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Vem spelar bossa nova idag?". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.

Andra delen av fyra om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här står poeten Vinicius de Moraes och kompositören Antonio Carlos Jobim i centrum. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I det här programmet medverkar skivaffärsinnehavaren Carlos Alberto Afonso, sångerskan och kompositören Joyce Moreno, sångaren och kompositören Chico Buarque, Antonio Carlos Jobims son Paulo Jobim och hobbypianisten Gibar. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 21 juli 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Bossa novans radarpar". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.

Andra delen av fyra om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här står poeten Vinicius de Moraes och kompositören Antonio Carlos Jobim i centrum. I det här programmet medverkar skivaffärsinnehavaren Carlos Alberto Afonso, sångerskan och kompositören Joyce Moreno, sångaren och kompositören Chico Buarque, Antonio Carlos Jobims son Paulo Jobim och hobbypianisten Gibar. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 21 juli 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Bossa novans radarpar". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.

Första delen av fyra om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här handlar det om åren 1958-65 då bossa novan var ny och het. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Bossa novan föddes 1958, bland annat med att radiostjärnan Elizeth Cardoso sjöng in musik av Antonio Carlos Jobim och Vinicius de Moraes och sedan då Joao Gilbertos första soloskiva kom ut. Bossa var ett modeord, ett sätt att röra sig med taktkänsla. I det här programmet medverkar sångerskan och kompositören Joyce Moreno, skivaffärsinnehavaren Carlos Alberto Afonso, César Vilela som gjorde skivomslag på skivbolaget Elenco och arkitekten Carlos som besöker Afonsos butik. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 14 juli 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Bossa novans heta era 1958-1965". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.  

Första delen av fyra om var bossa novan kommer ifrån och hur den har utvecklats. Här handlar det om åren 1958-65 då bossa novan var ny och het. Bossa novan föddes 1958, bland annat med att radiostjärnan Elizeth Cardoso sjöng in musik av Antonio Carlos Jobim och Vinicius de Moraes och sedan då Joao Gilbertos första soloskiva kom ut. Bossa var ett modeord, ett sätt att röra sig med taktkänsla. I det här programmet medverkar sångerskan och kompositören Joyce Moreno, skivaffärsinnehavaren Carlos Alberto Afonso, César Vilela som gjorde skivomslag på skivbolaget Elenco och arkitekten Carlos som besöker Afonsos butik. Det här är en repris av ett program som sändes första gången den 14 juli 2013 med rubriken "Planeta Brasil, Bossa novans heta era 1958-1965". En P2 Dokumentär av Åsa Veghed.  

Kompositören Tom Jobim och poeten Vinícius de Moraes är bossaa novans radarpar och skrev en av världens mest sönderspelade låtar A garota de Ipanema The girl from Ipanema. Originalet spelas i programmet och det blir ett besök i Rio de Janeiros botaniska trädgård och Jobimträdet. Naturen var en stark inspirationskälla för bossa novans kompositör nummer ett, berättar Toms son Paulo Jobim. Vinícius de Moraes är en av Brasiliens mest översatta poeter idag. Men på 50- och 60-talen ansågs det vara låg status att en bildad litterär person ägnade sig åt sångtexter. Vinicius de Moraes var en berest diplomat som lämnade sin trygga tjänst för att leva bohemliv och surfa på passionens våg. Han gifte sig nio gånger. Varje ny förälskelse mynnade ut i fantastiska texter om kärlek som blev bossa nova-epokens mest älskade alster. För sjätte sommaren i rad fortsätter frilansproducenten Åsa Veghed berätta om brasiliansk musik i P2-serien Planeta Brasil. I årets fyra program är den internationellt mest kända brasilianska musiken bossa nova i fokus. Planeta Brasil 2013 - en P2 Dokumentärserie av Åsa Veghed

I den lilla bossa nova-butiken Toca de Vinícius i Ipanema kluckar skratten och historierna om bossa nova och engyllene epok då Rio de Janeiro fortfarande "var ett paradis". Det är ett par äldre brasilianare som står och trummar rytmen mot butiksdisken och betecknar bossa novans roll i Brasiliens historia på detta sätt. Butikens entusiastiske ägare Carlos Afonso beskriver skivalbumet Canção do amor demais med Elisethe Cardoso från 1958 som bossa novans förlossning där nya musikaliska element såg dagens ljus. Musiken var skriven av unge pianisten och kompositören Antônio Carlos Jobim och texten av poeten Vinícius de Moraes. På albumet medverkar också unge gitarristen João Gilberto som genom lågmäld sång och rytmiskt gitarrspel kom att revolutionera den brasilianska populärmusiken för alltid. Det här är det första programmet av fyra om bossa nova i Brasilien, utomlands och i Sverige. Åsa Veghed har träffat några av nyckelpersonerna som håller bossa novan vid liv som Paulo Jobim, Joyce och Rosa Passos. För sjätte sommaren i rad fortsätter frilansproducenten Åsa Veghed berätta om brasiliansk musik i serien Planeta Brasil. I årets fyra program är den internationellt mest kända brasilianska musiken bossa nova i fokus. Planeta Brasil 2013 - en P2 Dokumentärserie av Åsa Veghed