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SGA:4x16 - Trio
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.
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.
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I love Jennifer Keller more and more each time I see her. I found her "bar trick" physics interesting. It was a nice indication that although she's not a physicist, she has problem-solving intelligence. And it also kinda showed that although she has some confidence problems about being promoted at a young age, she's still more socially adept than Rodney - and after teasing him about it during the episode, she more or less invites him out for drink at the end. I'm thinking platonic - probably because I usually do.
And it was really nice to see Sam get to be the Sam that we've known since SG-1, but still new in the Pegasus Galaxy and finding her way. Nice to see the competent scientist and field team member. Didn't feel that more was revealed about her character, but hey after ten years...?
And Rodney just being Rodney. Complaining and yet working through considerable physical pain to save Keller's life at the end. (Although I have to admit that I watched it with one of my brothers and we both immediately wondered why he didn't rig a pulley around the pole he was hanging onto when Keller started to fall. I mean he's PHYSICIST! He doesn't think of a pulley until afterwards when he's lowering Sam? Weird.)
But yes, so much love for all the characterisations on this show at the moment - the dorkiness, the camaraderie, the snark, the heroism - I loves it all.
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I saw her invitation to Rodney being a little more than platonic because of her reference back to his cluelessness with Katie --but platonic or not, I find their interactions cute and fun, and I'm glad that they seem to be becoming friends. I really wouldn't mind if the show had them dating for a while. Though, I am very amused by the potential complications of Rodney dating a girl that Ronon's sweet on. Be careful, Rodney! :D
Although I have to admit that I watched it with one of my brothers and we both immediately wondered why he didn't rig a pulley around the pole he was hanging onto when Keller started to fall.
Ha. I wondered the exact same thing!
But, yes, this was definitely the Rodney that I fell in fan-love with, all the way back in "Hide & Seek" -- snarky, annoying, vulnerable, and yet resourceful and heroic when someone else's life depends on him. The character interactions were a delight. I'm avoiding other fan reactions on this one, outside my immediate friend list, because I would not be at all surprised to discover that the fandom as a whole disliked this episode (the slower, set-piece episodes seem not to be favorites, especially since this one didn't have Sheppard or the rest of the team), but for me, it was just about everything I want an episode to be. (I must admit that sticking Rodney and Sheppard in a hole and breaking one of their legs would probably fulfill my squee quota for about the next season! But as lovely as that would be, I actually liked that this wasn't a set of characters that we normally see interacting on the show. Sheppard and McKay have one particular pattern of interaction, and though I love it, it's also nice to see different people, who don't know each other as well, feeling each other out under pressure.)
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LOL! I can just imagine the scene with clueless Rodney babbling how she's got the hots for him and jealous Ronon glowering at him with death in his eyes. Hee!
Sheppard and McKay have one particular pattern of interaction, and though I love it, it's also nice to see different people, who don't know each other as well, feeling each other out under pressure.
Absolutely. Much as I love da boyz, I really do want to meet the other characters and see their relationships develop. It's already very much the Sheppard and McKay Show which I (selfishly, perhaps) do love, but I also love the ensemble feel and the team camaraderie. I adore the way they've spread out the eps between characters this season - maintaining a very nice balance and rarely putting foot wrong.
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