The lack of Carson did make me sad, though it looks from the previews (not really a spoiler here) that he will be in next week's episode. As much as I love the more character-focused episodes this year, it does mean that there's only so much screen time to go around, and a few characters have ended up getting sidelined quite a bit. Poor Zelenka has hardly gotten to do anything (although he still manages to be adorable when he's around).
So far, the only main characters who haven't had spotlight episodes are Teyla and Carson, I think. A Carson spotlight ep would be just GRAND -- not that I don't want to see Teyla highlighted, too, but we did have Teyla-centric episodes in the first season, and Carson has never really gotten a good one. I guess you could see "Misbegotten" as being kind of Carson-centric, but it didn't really delve into him as a character, the way that this episode did for McKay.
And yes, I did really like the fact that Jeannie had quit school to stay home with her kids and that the show didn't try to pontificate on whether or not it was a right or wrong decision, just that it was clearly HER choice to make and that she didn't regret having chosen that way.
I also got a kick out of the fact that Rodney's sister is basically a sort of latter-day hippie, what with the long skirts and vegetarian cuisine and her rant about intellectual freedom. A more different person from Rodney could hardly be imagined -- which makes it all the sweeter that they were able to ultimately come together in the end.
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So far, the only main characters who haven't had spotlight episodes are Teyla and Carson, I think. A Carson spotlight ep would be just GRAND -- not that I don't want to see Teyla highlighted, too, but we did have Teyla-centric episodes in the first season, and Carson has never really gotten a good one. I guess you could see "Misbegotten" as being kind of Carson-centric, but it didn't really delve into him as a character, the way that this episode did for McKay.
And yes, I did really like the fact that Jeannie had quit school to stay home with her kids and that the show didn't try to pontificate on whether or not it was a right or wrong decision, just that it was clearly HER choice to make and that she didn't regret having chosen that way.
I also got a kick out of the fact that Rodney's sister is basically a sort of latter-day hippie, what with the long skirts and vegetarian cuisine and her rant about intellectual freedom. A more different person from Rodney could hardly be imagined -- which makes it all the sweeter that they were able to ultimately come together in the end.