Stargate Universe Episode 2.15 Seizure

The recent Lucian attack on Homeworld Command has reawakened the latter's desire to find an Icarus-like planet so that they can defend Destiny. They try to persuade Ovirda, the ambassador from the planet Langara, to let them use the stargate on his planet for this purpose, but he will not risk his world's population. Desperate to help Destiny, and suspicious that the Lucian Alliance has the ambassador in their pocket, Telford and Stargate official Richard Woolsey begin planning an act of espionage that will prove the safety of dialing to Destiny, and hopefully sever any communion between the Lucians and the Langarians.

Returning to Destiny, Young is surprised to find that Rush has taken the day off. He needs him to review the science of Dr. Rodney McKay, the architect of the plan to dial Destiny from Langara, but Rush is inaccessible. He planted himself in the neural interface chair and uploaded his consciousness, putting his brain in a coma-like state. The crew is in a lather trying to safely awaken him, but Rush, on the other side of Destiny's mainframe, is drinking deeply of the company - and simulated physical presence - of Amanda Perry. Eli is the first one to guess at Rush's virtual hideaway, having discussed the option with his own disembodied sweetheart, Ginn. But Ginn, unlike Amanda, was wary of the dangers of up- and downloading human consciousness, and got so mad at Eli for proposing it that she disappeared - he hasn't seen her for days.

Young can't be present to solve this tangle - in a nefarious sleight of hand, he has traded places via the stones with an official at the Langarian stargate facility, and he, Scott, Woolsey and McKay begin their stealth mission to dial the ninth chevron to prove to the Langarians, with or without their permission, that the process is safe. While the military men do the heavy lifting, Woolsey sneaks off to get a look at the paperwork to confirm their suspicions that the Langarians are, indeed, in cahoots with the Lucians. What he finds is much more disturbing: They have repeatedly resisted advances from the Lucians, making the unethical stealth mission entirely indefensible. As Langarian forces bear down and McKay continues to dial the gate, Young narrowly manages to convince Telford to abort the mission. Young and Scott return to Destiny in defeat, and Telford must report to Homeworld Command on the massive amount of faith lost in the diplomatic efforts with Langara. Their planet will not be used as a supply line to Destiny any time soon.

Ginn has managed to squeeze through safeholds put on her existence by Amanda long enough to tell Eli that Amanda's haste and lovesickness have blinded her to the dangers of toying with consciousness, and she has accidentally trapped Rush in a virtual reality. Before Ginn can tell Eli how to get Rush out, she's pulled away by Amanda's massive drain on her consciousness. Eli guesses at the terrible truth, and woefully quarantines the consciousnesses of both Amanda and Ginn. When Rush awakes, he's furious, but Eli defends his action, saying it was the only way to save Rush's life.