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SGA 5x05
I ... um ... oh, SHOW.
I haven't felt this frustrated and unhappy with an episode since "Misbegotten". Not in a "... it was a bad episode!" kind of way, but more of a "BAD characters, BAD!" kind of way.
There were things I really liked about the episode - lots of little bits I liked (from flying monkeys! to the genuine shock of seeing Elizabeth's name on the screen - I was unspoiled for this one - to Woolsey's seriously awesome negotiating abilities, to Teyla and Elizabeth talking about her baby) but ... OH TEAM NO pretty much sums it up.
I can understand their worries about Elizabeth having been compromised or not really being who she claims to be. Really, I can. These are very valid fears! I would wonder about them if they didn't have them! And, honestly, considering that Elizabeth or pseudo-Elizabeth almost KILLED them at the beginning, she's definitely not quite playing from a full deck of cards anymore, even if this really IS original!Elizabeth and not a 2nd-generation copy (of which I'm far from convinced).
But, just how exactly did we get from doing anything for team/family, to betraying a member of said team/family without even TRYING to fix her and sending her to what basically amounts to her death? Even if she's not fully compos mentis anymore? Even if they're not 100% sure she's herself? Even if, at the end, she kinda seemed to "get" (and accept) what they were doing and played along anyway? They STILL treated her as an outsider throughout the episode, and dealt her a really nasty turn at the end. I was appreciative (and a bit surprised) that they were willing to help as much as they did, and Rodney a) accepting responsibility and b) wanting to fix Elizabeth's situation was a really nice surprise, but I just felt icked at the end, both by the "only good Replicator is a dead Replicator" mentality and by what they did to ELIZABETH, of all people. Especially since the implication at the end is that they recognized, through her willingness to sacrifice herself, that this really was Elizabeth (or at least something/someone essentially similar) and so - THEY JUST LEFT HER THERE?!
... and NOW, the next scene is the one where they send a jumper through to scoop up frozen Elizabeth and bring her back so she can build herself a human body, right? RIGHT?
*sigh*
I am reminded again why I actually like this show better when they don't actually try to deal with the darker implications of their more questionable actions, and just focus on the "dorks exploring the galaxy" side of things.
I haven't felt this frustrated and unhappy with an episode since "Misbegotten". Not in a "... it was a bad episode!" kind of way, but more of a "BAD characters, BAD!" kind of way.
There were things I really liked about the episode - lots of little bits I liked (from flying monkeys! to the genuine shock of seeing Elizabeth's name on the screen - I was unspoiled for this one - to Woolsey's seriously awesome negotiating abilities, to Teyla and Elizabeth talking about her baby) but ... OH TEAM NO pretty much sums it up.
I can understand their worries about Elizabeth having been compromised or not really being who she claims to be. Really, I can. These are very valid fears! I would wonder about them if they didn't have them! And, honestly, considering that Elizabeth or pseudo-Elizabeth almost KILLED them at the beginning, she's definitely not quite playing from a full deck of cards anymore, even if this really IS original!Elizabeth and not a 2nd-generation copy (of which I'm far from convinced).
But, just how exactly did we get from doing anything for team/family, to betraying a member of said team/family without even TRYING to fix her and sending her to what basically amounts to her death? Even if she's not fully compos mentis anymore? Even if they're not 100% sure she's herself? Even if, at the end, she kinda seemed to "get" (and accept) what they were doing and played along anyway? They STILL treated her as an outsider throughout the episode, and dealt her a really nasty turn at the end. I was appreciative (and a bit surprised) that they were willing to help as much as they did, and Rodney a) accepting responsibility and b) wanting to fix Elizabeth's situation was a really nice surprise, but I just felt icked at the end, both by the "only good Replicator is a dead Replicator" mentality and by what they did to ELIZABETH, of all people. Especially since the implication at the end is that they recognized, through her willingness to sacrifice herself, that this really was Elizabeth (or at least something/someone essentially similar) and so - THEY JUST LEFT HER THERE?!
... and NOW, the next scene is the one where they send a jumper through to scoop up frozen Elizabeth and bring her back so she can build herself a human body, right? RIGHT?
*sigh*
I am reminded again why I actually like this show better when they don't actually try to deal with the darker implications of their more questionable actions, and just focus on the "dorks exploring the galaxy" side of things.
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(And it does seem to contradict SG-1, but then a lot about the Ancients does - SG-1 was sort of agnostic - the Goa'uld were fake gods but there might be the real deal somewhere - while SGA is more atheist, belief only in what is proved, and the Ancients being more evolutionarily advanced does not grant them any sort of spiritual superiority...)