Good point about Ronon! That was a very chilling scene and I think it (along with Michael's refusal to turn off the self-destruct) drove home how cold and hate-filled he really is. And I think it improved the episode immeasurably to have Michael (in both the writing and Connor Trineer's acting) played very straight, even a little bit sympathetic, not at all cartoony or over-the-top. There was genuine pathos in the scene where he begs Teyla to go with him. And that makes his callousness towards the lives of the humans all the more striking -- he's not acting out of blind "evil", but because he really does hate them and wants to see them suffer and die.

I didn't even notice the "my people" scene! Where was that?