3x15: The Game (brief)

[sholio]

Okay, I need to go to bed because I have to work in a few hours and I am going to DIE if I don't sleep, but first ...

OMG! I could not stop laughing all through that episode...

I just about DIED when I saw spoilers for it on David Hewlett's blog a few months ago. Of the handful of episodes whose plots I knew ahead of time this year (and aside from the McKay's sister episode, which was THE must-see) this was the one I wanted to see the most.

The reason should be perfectly obvious ...

Sheppard and McKay, competitive! Snarking! SQUEEEE.....

This episode was pretty much everything I was expecting ... except for the fun with Lorne and Zelenka, which totally came out of left field. There weren't really any surprises -- most of the plot twists could be seen coming a mile away (although I didn't anticipate the fake war -- that *was* a surprise, if a kind of hard-to-swallow one). Still! It wasn't the most fantastic episode from a plot perspective, but it delivered everything I was hoping for and more. It was light and fun and filled with one-liners and adorable expressions from the boys (all of them) ... just generally a giant barrel of squee.

And I think it's pretty much canon now that Sheppard and McKay spend all their waking hours together. Playing chess too! The writers have been reading fanfic again, I swear! And wannabe-dictator-Zelenka! I *love* this show!

Gotta sleep now.

Squeeeee!

Comments

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Er ... when I said "this show", I mean the writers of *both* Stargates, as you could probably guess from me mentioning Vala. ;) I just wasn't very clear.

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

Hey! I just scrolled through all these comments and, damn, but you and with_apostrophe are in my BRAIN! So scary! LOL! Just wanted to say that I agree with everything you've said, including about Vala, whom I adore! Anyway...just wanted to say that.

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I read your LJ post on the episode last night, and my reaction was pretty much just a long string of "uh huh" and "yup" and "yeah, good point".

This season has been such JOY. I really can't think of a better time for me to have gotten fannish about SGA, because I watched the 1st and 2nd seasons this spring in rapid succession, and then I *thought* that I knew what to expect (and not to expect) from the series as far as what it would deliver to a fan like me.

And then Season 3 happened, and OH MY GOD. It's all the more wonderful because I didn't expect very much of the emotional and character-interaction stuff. I'm just in a total warm glow of love for the show, the characters and the writers.

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

Hee hee -- I just thought it was so funny to read your review and, especially, the comments after writing mine. I nearly died laughing at the fact that we picked up on the same thing. I've wandered over to some other reviews since then, and...I think we're the only ones who picked on Weir!