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

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Yes! Fun episode! My full review is here, but I'll repost my Brilliant Husband's explanation of how the social misfit learned drinking games:

Keller was too young to drink in college and at the start of med school because she skipped grades, so she was designated driver all the time. She learned the beer games, and she won them, because she always was sober! Sadly, she couldn't collect on the bets until she reached legal drinking age, which is why she is darned well gonna collect from Rodney. Well, that, and she wants him to stop feeling sorry for himself and learn to recognize some really basic cues from the opposite sex.

I want more like that too! But, darn it, we're not getting it this season. Maybe season 5!

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Hey, I like your husband's explanation! It's also possible that she picked it up from TV or movies. I know the way she said it implies personal experience, but I've had sort of a socially sheltered life and I still know quite a bit of those sorts of things from movies -- and implying that you have personal experience with a social trick you actually picked up from movies is a very classic nerd thing to do.

(Having said that, I did notice it when I watched the show and go "... wait a minute!")