New York Daily News by David Hinckley

With 19 episodes remaining in this season, there's plenty of time for all this drama to intensify and the characters to sort themselves out as good and not-so-good.

Boston Globe by Joanna Weiss

Stargate Universe isn’t quite so ambitious [as "Lost"], but it’s intriguing in its way, down to the ship, bathed in blue light, that emerges as a character in its own right. The ship is more interesting thus far, alas, than any of the female characters, but perhaps that will change over time.

TV Guide Magazine by Matt Roush

So far, this seems a very promising ride. Maybe not one for the ages like BSG, but for the next few weeks, I’ll be curious to see how these space castaways cope.

Entertainment Weekly by Marc Bernardin

Hopefully the story itself, which finds a band of alien-attack victims jumping blindly through a Stargate and landing on a mysterious spaceship billions of light years from Earth, will eventually transcend this premiere's BSG-lite-ness.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Rob Owen

Given time, Stargate Universe may become worth watching if it develops its characters and continues to mine its premise for stories. Just hope they avoid more desert planets.

The New York Times by Mike Hale

Robert Carlyle has a gravity that allows him to sell the most implausible science-fiction hokum, making you realize that performance as much as writing makes this kind of thing work.

Chicago Tribune by Maureen Ryan

Stories aren't particularly dense or surprising, and some of the conflict feels quite contrived

Variety by Laura Fries

It all makes for an intriguing setup that doesn't quite gel, even by the end of the third episode.

Washington Post by Hank Stuever

Now it's a little bit "Lost" meets "Star Trek: Voyager." Why are we here? How do we get home? Stay tuned, if it's your thing.

Entertainment Weekly by Christian Blauvelt

In its final season, this is one space opera that deserves to be put out of its misery. [11 Mar 2011, p.70]