But that's why they were going to New Athos -- so that the Athosians could dial the gate for them!
But then Sheppard's is still using a poor choice of words. He literally says "Obviously we can’t go back straight to Atlantis, they’d take us out before we had a chance to explain". He should've told Weir they were heading for New Athos, the only link to Atlantis they had knowledge of, so they could contact Atlantis from there.
Whoa, brain wave here. If Elisabeth knew of New Athos, then the Replicators knew. The replicators could've easily abducted the Athosians and done that mindprobe thing, to get the code for the Atlantis gate! Wow, maybe they did.
This must've been a hella complicated episode to write.
Oh heck yes. Alternate realities and doubles must be near impossible to write, especially since they only have 45 minutes to cram in all the complicated detail and do a decent story line and end it with a mid season finale cliff hanger. But they did a lot of things right. I'm with you on the Ronon tattoo. My first thought was, wow, they remembered to cover it up. *g*
Also (yes, I watched the ending again), Sheppard coming into the lab to send Rodney to bed, squee. Their friendship just kills me with its cuteness.
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But then Sheppard's is still using a poor choice of words. He literally says "Obviously we can’t go back straight to Atlantis, they’d take us out before we had a chance to explain". He should've told Weir they were heading for New Athos, the only link to Atlantis they had knowledge of, so they could contact Atlantis from there.
Whoa, brain wave here. If Elisabeth knew of New Athos, then the Replicators knew. The replicators could've easily abducted the Athosians and done that mindprobe thing, to get the code for the Atlantis gate! Wow, maybe they did.
This must've been a hella complicated episode to write.
Oh heck yes. Alternate realities and doubles must be near impossible to write, especially since they only have 45 minutes to cram in all the complicated detail and do a decent story line and end it with a mid season finale cliff hanger. But they did a lot of things right. I'm with you on the Ronon tattoo. My first thought was, wow, they remembered to cover it up. *g*
Also (yes, I watched the ending again), Sheppard coming into the lab to send Rodney to bed, squee. Their friendship just kills me with its cuteness.