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

[amathela.livejournal.com]

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

Oh, yes! Plots and arcs and everything are all good, but the self-contained episodes can be so much fun.

I really wasn't sure how much I'd like the episode in the beginning - Sam, Keller and Rodney aren't the most obviously dynamic trio - but I really enjoyed it. I like Sam a lot, and Rodney was wonderful, and I was really happy with the way Gero wrote Keller. As a Teyla fan in particular, I'm almost ashamed to admit that I didn't like Missing all that much; I love Jewel Staite, but I found Keller whiny, shaky (which a doctor - particularly one posted in an alien galaxy - shouldn't be), and uninteresting, and her single kickass moment at the end didn't really convince me that the character had actually grown as a result of her experience. On the other hand, I found her much more likeable in this ep - more like the way I wanted to see her than the way she seemed to have been portrayed.

[archaeodancer.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! Plots and arcs and everything are all good, but the self-contained episodes can be so much fun

Totally agree! I was quite looking forward to this ep, and I enjoyed it.
All but the Zelenka bashing :(

As a Teyla fan in particular, I'm almost ashamed to admit that I didn't like Missing all that much

So glad to hear someone else feels that way!
And I'm glad Keller is developing as a character too.

[amathela.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Zelenka bashing made me sad :(

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

You know, I honestly didn't see any bashing -- I was talking to my sister about that, and she was bothered by that too, but to me Sam's comment just sounded like one of those foot-in-mouth things that sounds good in your *head* and then falls utterly flat when you say it; and then that got Rodney off on the sort of jealous-rivalry thing that he does tend to do with Radek. So, I didn't see it as bashing so much as just awkward.

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Well, I did love Missing, but I agree with you that Keller was very likeable in this episode compared to past ones -- I think this is the most I've liked her since Adrift. Her scenes with Rodney were especially fun -- and come to think of it, maybe that's part of it for me, because I really loved her with Rodney in Adrift too. He seems to bring out a better side of her (the smart/funny/competent side) than she displays around the fighter-types. I have no clue if they're intending to head in a shippy direction with Rodney/Keller, but as much as I like the idea of Ronon/Keller, I'd be perfectly okay with this pairing too.