My initial reaction? Joe M: if fans ever ask you again to resurrect a character, ignore, refuse, play deaf. This didn't work for me at all. I liked Carson Beckett as a character, Sunday had a big emotional impact, the funeral, Rodney's sadness, everything rang true, and now this, a cloned Beckett, put away in storage until they can find a cure for old age. Arrgh! Yet another character who is dead but not really.

On the other hand, I enjoy villain Michael immensely, the best kind, creepy and horrible, but with a flicker of just cause and the way they've tied his storyline with Beckett, Hoff and Teyla's people and her pregnancy is very well done.

And Teyla finally found a handful of her people (among which were Joe F's kids. Awwww, too cute).

So, in conclusion, not a great episode, but I may have to watch it again - I was exhausted the other night, so it probably influenced my judgement.