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Stargate Universe (2009)

Series · 45m episodes · Rated TV-14

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An exploration team navigates the gritty, atmospheric expanse of a distant galaxy, desperately seeking a way home.

Suspenseful and epic. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Prime Video.

Stargate Universe parents guide

Moderate sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, some strong language and strong violence.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
Moderate
Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language
Moderate
Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

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Three questions

Is Stargate Universe scary?
Only a little. Stargate Universe has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Stargate Universe?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is Stargate Universe rated, and is it OK for kids?
For teens, mostly: it is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, some strong language, and strong violence.

What is Stargate Universe about?

The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves things open rather than tying them up.

Cast and crew

Created byRobert C. Cooper, Brad Wright
StarringRobert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, David Blue, Elyse Levesque, Brian J. Smith, Alaina Huffman

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