SGA 5x04

[sholio]

I'm starting to really wonder if my "meh" reaction to Seed really did have a lot to do with just being stressed-out and unhappy, because the rest of this season is totally knocking it out of the park. We're now four-for-four with strong team episodes, in which everyone gets something to do, the characters get to pair off with their teammates (YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN) in all kinds of interesting ways, and stuff blows up! With extra bonus feelings and teamy squishiness!

The most squeak-and-flail moments in the episode:

- RODNEY AND BABY. (And John: "There are FEELINGS happening here!" *flees*) As adorable as the introductory scene was -- yes, I'm SO easy; stick Rodney and John in a room and let them snark at each other, and I roll right over like a fangirl puppy -- I felt sad for Rodney, not getting to hold Teyla's baby. And then ... BABY!

- Rodney and Teyla! Doing technical stuff! Together! I had so much love for techie-Teyla in this episode that I could EXPLODE.

- Speaking of explosions, John and Ronon blowing stuff up! Ronon and his railguns. Awww. And John fanboying himself! (Much as Rodney was doing earlier with his alt-self's science.) Oh, DORKS.

- Ghost ship! I love derelict ships and abandoned space stations/top-secret facilities of all sorts. I mentioned I'm an easy sell for this stuff, right?

Extra bonus love for the team running the whole ship by themselves. Which, well, logistically, I tried not to think about too hard, really. But the whole theme of the team stranded, alone, forced to rely on themselves and each other, having to improvise and figure things out in a hurry -- that's really the core of what I love most about Atlantis, right there.

And so far, the season is four-for-four with delivering teamy aftermath scenes in the infirmary, too! DID I MENTION HOW EASY I AM? Every single episode, someone's been hurt and the episode wraps up with the characters, in different combinations, having a team moment around the bedside of the hurt one. I don't know whether to be thrilled or slightly worried, because this is pretty much what started burning me out on Supernatural -- it was fun for a while, and then it was just too much. Not that I'm complaining in the meantime, though.

Comments

[sp23.livejournal.com]

I loved the Flying Dutchman Daedalus, but felt awful about the dead Alt-Team. Oh, Alt-Rodney, you so should have been able to figure out the solution. :-(

But I loved Ronon telling Teyla that she couldn't worry about all the other Torrens in all the multi-verse.

John, oh, John. I'm not sure if you push Rodney to perform greater miracles or if you just sound like a screeching fishwife.

But, my Rodney got them home!!!! Yay, my Rodney!

And David + Babies = AWWWWWWW. :-)

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

The Flying Dutchman plot was great! I am a total sucker for that plot on any and all shows. And oh, poor alt-Team. I'm not really convinced that they actually starved to death; it's just hard to believe that our team would simply lay down and die like that. They'd (accidentally, of course!) blow the ship up before they'd give up. I prefer to think they were killed by some other reality's dangers (radiation, enemies, etc) before they were able to fix the drive. Obviously, I'm handwaving here. *g*

And, oh, Rodney and baby. So lovely.

[eretria.livejournal.com]

In addition - if they really had starved, they would have looked different. So, yes, starvation is rather unlikely.

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Oh, Alt-Rodney, you so should have been able to figure out the solution. :-(

You know, to be quite honest, I loved the fact that for once, one Rodney could not figure out what the solution was. Makes him more human, and the whole episode more realistic. That is not to say that I don't agree with you, I did feel bad for the other Rodney, but I thought it was quite the clever device to have one Rodney fail only to get the other to think differently.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. That was so poignant that Alt-Rodney did give our Rodney enough info that, eventually, our Rodney was able to figure out the solution in time. But the thought that in the multi-verse, there are Dead!Rodneys makes my heart hurt. :-(

(*I just may be a bit partial to Rodney*) *g*

[eretria.livejournal.com]

(*I just may be a bit partial to Rodney*) *g*

You? No! I never would have guessed. ;o)

But I agree. The picture is every bit as heartbreaking as the drowned Rodney in season 1.