《星际之门：宇宙（Stargate Universe）》的设定是人类在成功揭开星际之门第九个符号的秘密之后，一组探险队员被传送到荒废已久的古人飞船 "命运号" 上。这艘飞船是古人在其文明达到顶峰的时候建造的，它是古人的一次重大实验，承载着一项重要任遗憾的是，这个实验始终未能完成。 探险队员很快发现他们被困在了 "命运号" 上，无法通过原路返回地球。他们只有登上 "命运号"，向未知的宇宙深处出发。一路上，船员们将与古人先前向宇宙发射的星际之门一一取得联系，实现 "命运号" 最初的任务。这些星际之门在 "命运号" 被建造之前几个世纪就已被安放好了，"命运号" 能与其航向同步的时间窗口很短。一旦错过了其中一个，回头再找已经很困难了。此外，"命运号" 在旅途中还将遇到无数新的种族、敌人和奇闻趣事。
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
《烈火金刚》是以抗日战争中冀中平原1941年“五一”反扫荡为背景的。当时，抗日战争已经进入战略相持阶段。抗战头两年，八路军一二〇师在贺龙、关向应的带领下，开辟了冀中敌后革命根据地，并取得了很大成绩。然而，在日寇的围攻之下，不得不做出战略调整，即贺龙关相应带领一二〇师主力进入太行山，加入到聂荣臻所创立的晋察冀抗日革命根据地，仅仅留下原东北军将领吕正操在冀中坚持敌后游击斗争。
