SGA:4x16 - Trio

[sholio]

That was awesome.

This is what I WANT from this show. Neat little episodes that showcase the Pegasus Galaxy. Danger that doesn't always have to rely on bad guys. Tightly plotted, well-written episodes that make me laugh and squee and gasp. Fun character interactions, and unexpected heroism, and little indications that the characters all have lives outside their work. Girl bonding! Rodney joining in girl bonding! Missions that go wrong in goofy and dorky and unexpectedly dangerous ways. It just makes the place feel real.

This show has been rocking the women this season. I think this is seriously one of my favorite episodes this season, even though none of my usual "favorite" character relationships were showcased. This is the show I want to watch each week -- no big giant space battles (though they're fun from time to time), just ultra-dorky space explorers bumbling around and succeeding in spite of themselves -- moments of real person heroism rather than big grand gestures.

I want more like this. MORE MORE MORE.

Comments

[wildcat88.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the ep, and Martin Gero really is a genius. I loved Sam and Jennifer in this - geeky and competent, finding humor in a bad situation (for the record: George Clooney, Paul Newman, who cares about the physicists, and Jon Stewart), and creative.

But above all - I love this Rodney. I could easily fall in love with him. From his competitiveness with Keller at the beginning to his running commentary throughout on his manliness to his newfound ability to laugh at himself (only his pride was hurt) to his complete guyness in being irritated when Sam found the rope then wanting them to flash the boys *giggles* to his girl talk. He was completely adorable.

But the best parts were the look on his face when Keller told him Katie deserved a nice guy like him, his quite "I'm not leaving you behind" to Sam even though his hands were hamburger and most of all the last moment with Keller in the infirmary - no ranting or blustering about his condition. Just a quiet comment on wanting to bath in the lotion they put on his hands. Then his complete obliviousness to Keller coming on to him but not getting all goofy when she finally points it out, and going with her for that drink. Yea, Rodney! You've come a long way, baby.

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

He really has come a long way, and I love that they've done it without sacrificing any of his flaws -- he's still whiny and oblivious and cowardly in certain ways, capable of irritating everyone around him, but he's so much more emotionally open, and openly brave, than he was in the beginning. He's gone from being an irritating guy with occasional flashes of likability, to a likable guy with occasional irritating moments.