As the Destiny crew prepares to dial Earth from within a star, they are surprised to receive a communication from Dr. Rush and the Destiny. Temporal weirdness abounds.
Tropes
- Accidental Murder - Colonel Telford confronts Future!Rush about how the Future!Destiny was really destroyed, believing that Future!Rush somehow sabotaged the Nine Chevron Gate Travel just like what happened last time Telford attempted the Destiny Expedition to return home. After being pressed too much into trying to confess that Future!Rush did sabotage the attempt, Future!Rush shoved Colonel Telford against the wall in anger; only to realize that Telford was pushed against the damaged weapon relay both Rushes were trying to remove, electrocuting Colonel Telford to death.
- Foreshadowing: Rodney McKay is mentioned (for the very first time in the franchise since the conclusion of Stargate Atlantis) 3 episodes in advance of his crossover appearance in "Seizure".
- Help Yourself in the Future - The expedition are able to salvage equipment and supplies from the future version of Destiny to replenish their own resources before the other ship is destroyed.
- I Cannot Self-Terminate - After accidentally killing Colonel Telford, Future!Rush heads for the Chair Room planning on interfacing with the accumulated knowledge of the Future!Destiny before it is lost forever; knowing full-well that the ship is about to be destroyed by the star, and that if he returns to the Present!Destiny, nobody would believe him that Telfords' death was an accident. Present!Rush finds him as Future!Rush asks him to activate the console for him since the chair requires external activation.
- I Choose to Stay – Rush did not want to abandon the ship, and asked for volunteers to stay and help him complete the mission. He got them, too.
- Legendary in the Sequel: Given the Stargate Program's been running for 14 years at this point, it's no surprise that Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, and even Rodney McKay are considered SGC legends and brainiacs.
- My Future Self and Me – Rush doesn't even get along with himself
- My God, What Have I Done? - Both Eli Wallace and Future!Rush experience this, Eli when he sees the resulting destruction and apparent death of the people aboard the Future!Destiny from the Observation Deck, and Future!Rush when he accidentally electrocutes Present!Telford to death aboard the Future!Destiny after the Colonel kept pushing his buttons on sabotaging the Expeditions way off the ship like last time.
- Noodle Incident: James had an encounter with Rodney McKay at some point before Icarus. Rodney did not make a good impression with the disgusted Lieutenant.
- Other Me Annoys Me – more accurately, Present!Rush annoys Future!Rush
- Outrun the Fireball - Dr. Rush having to run towards the Stargate on the Future!Destiny before its shields fail and it plunges stern-first into the star is a very literal example of this trope in-action.
- Portal Cut - Scott holds open the Future!Destiny's Stargate by sticking his left arm into the event horizon to prevent the Stargate from deactivating to allow himself and Present!Rush to get off of Future!Destiny and back to their original Destiny.
- Race Against the Clock - The Destiny Expedition plan to use the Stargate on the Present!Destiny to get replacement parts, weapons, food, medical supplies from the Future!Destiny before it sinks into the star. Arriving aboard the other Destiny Both versions of Rush calculate that the Future!Destiny's shields will fail in about 40 minutes.
- Temporal Paradox – the crew salvages replacement parts, weaponry, ammo, medical supplies and foodstuffs from a temporal duplicate of the Destiny from 12 hours ahead.
