I'm about to unleash a whole lot of fury at this episode. Beyond the fact that it's another stupid post-Michael episode, the level of sexist or juvenile romantic content is pathetic. OTOH why should I be surprised, since it was an M&M episode. Okay, here goes ... nothing.
With all the gloomy fog and darkness, I'm really having a hard time discerning what's on the screen. So let's just ignore the scary and yucky opening.
One year later, there's a four-woman team exploring. Ooh, yeah. Gotta have chicks in a horror episode.
Back on Atlantis, there's a sweet scene between Rodney and Carson 'cuz Rodney doesn't want Carson to leave so soon. I believe this is the first time I've heard Carson diagnose his own ethical shortcomings and I'm very proud of him for trying to do something – anything – to alleviate the physical suffering of the galaxy's inhabitants.
Well, he can't leave because John's just walked into his quarters. Hmm. Joe F must have been having one of his cold spells, considering that's the first and only time (I believe) he's worn a turtleneck. Salacious minds would prompt that he's just hiding an otherwise visible hickey, lol.
[Even though I can't stand JM, I did like the fact that he offered the winner of his blog contest the opportunity to have his/her name assigned to an OC. The winner was Anne Teldy (not her real name); as she died recently, it's really sweet that she can be remembered in such a fannish way, especially as she adored SGA.]
Okay, back on track, John's grabbed poor Carson to the planet and it's Carson who's being given a rigorous workout that he's unaccustomed to. However I loved the back-and-forth about being in a stasis pod: definitely, two months has nothing on 800 years!
Okay, time for sexist stupidity. The men come across Major Teldy's team and John's surprised to see that it's all female. Oh, really??? I guess Evan must be doing ALL of John's paperwork for him to be so unaware of the composition of the teams. Has John been all emo and hiding away in his quarters that he's not kept informed. Wow – what a military commander, always on the ball! /sarcasm.
As if that weren't bad enough, when the women lead the way in the direction of the lab, the transcript says: As soon as their backs are turned, John and Carson grin at each other and bump their fists together triumphantly before following the girls. Obviously ::sneers:: men and women can never work together in a professional manner unless it's understood that the women are there only to titillate the men. UGH.
Is it just me, or did the catacombs not look all that catacomby? Upon seeing the stasis pods, of course it just had to be the Marine who knocks on one. Careful, you may not want to wake up the inhabitant!
Hmm. I liked the dialogue between John and Alison who'd been using one of the consoles. Considering the fact that he didn't want to have "three tons of rubble falling" on his head, it was understandable. So it was a relief to hear that Alison had disabled the security protocols. Which she'd learnt from the info Rodney had gathered during the disaster in one of Michael's facilities (S&R).
John wants to check out the village the team spotted earlier. Poor Dusty, she gets stuck geek-sitting.
Okay, time for embarrassed flirting from Carson to Alison. I can tell that Dusty's embarrassed just by being in their presence.
Let's switch to irrelevant conversation as John, Anne and Alicia are walking toward the village. I think John's feeling his age from all the walking compared to how Anne's reacting.
Back in the underground lab, while the geeks are busy, Dusty just has to go knock on a stasis pod ... AGAIN. ::rolls eyes:: Is Dusty so new to the SGC that she doesn't know what stasis is?!? Who let her go to another galaxy? Though, oops, she's not aware that she's talking to someone who was in stasis, who was resurrected. But it doesn't make sense to me that Alison knew Carson was a clone. Was that relevant to her posting?
Sweet to hear Carson talking about "interesting reunions". AFAIC, I believe that Rodney took up with Carson-the-clone as if nothing bad had happened before. Though their BFF status had been told in Sunday, I feel that at the beginning of this episode, we're actually being shown that it was real (and perhaps that it was just bad timing that Rodney didn't want to spend that tragic day fishing with his friend).
Another cute joke about cloning being a second (or third) year thing.
Let's hit the deserted village. Yucky cobwebs, etc. Soooo, who's spying on John?
And let's have the cheap thrill of Dusty's voice suddenly surprising Carson and Alison.
Whoever's tracking John is still doing it until John surprises him; the man can't retreat because Anne and Alicia are behind him. So, it's Mirellus, a former inhabitant of the village (who was in the first scene). Yadda-yadda, cursed village, dangerous place, vanishing people.
Mirellus takes off after John talks with the people in the lab who are coming over to the village for the night. While they're walking over, Dusty hears a noise, but Carson scoffs. So, of course, there just HAS to be a shape rising from behind a tree.
Um ... I'm shaking my head. Everybody's just gotten together (and having something to eat), when John says he's going to head out to the next village. John, it's dark out. Just what do you think you're going to accomplish? But Dusty – lucky – gets to babysit the geeks, again.
Time for a stupid spooky interlude, as a stasis pod opens and mist flows out.
Back with the geeks, Carson finds out just how much younger Alison is. But, hey, this is Stargate, where TPTB like to pair impossibly young women with middle-aged men. I guess it must be like a reward system, but ONLY for the men, you see. ::groans::
Spooky time for the trio headed to the next village, then creepy time for Dusty who's decided to check the perimeter instead of watching the icky flirting.
Back to the scary stuff outdoors when Mirellus bumps into the military trio, warning of "demons". Oh, yeah, 'cuz that's so accurate. It doesn't help that Alicia is grabbed and killed in seconds. Too bad John can't do anything about her body as they're surrounded by the creepy creatures. They fire on them and retreat.
More goofy stuff between Alison and Carson until they hear something. It's gunfire in the distance. The radios don't work, so Dusty says she'll go and check it out. But Carson has to dig up his totally unnecessary chivalry, by insisting he's going with her. We don't have to imagine how Dusty takes that. She manages to insist that Carson stay behind. [Seriously, Carson. Do you have NO understanding of the rule of military protecting scientists, no matter what gender? I guess not, because Dusty's just a wee lassie or something. Young, too. And, if you go out, you'd be leaving Alison all alone.]
Back in the forest, Mirellus, John and Anne have made it to the catacombs. Their prior equipment failure (lights on P90s) seems to be fixed. So it's time for Mirellus to confess that he opened the stasis pods, releasing their inhabitants. Why? Because his wife had been one of the missing. [Very stupid question time? Did he open ALL of them and then need to flee? Seriously, was he expecting to find her in any decent condition? What if she had still been human and opening the pod killed her? Stupid villager. And, while we're talking stupid, you don't think he might have mentioned any of the important info the FIRST time he ran into the team? Nah, just say "demons".]
So, let's go visit the other stupid person back in the village. Carson's determined to go looking for Dusty. And he actually thinks he'll have an advantage! Why? "I'd like to surprise them instead of the other way around." Seriously, Carson? So you now have stealth combat training?????
Well, he comes across something and it's sure not Dusty. What with the eyes covered with skin and scary teeth, was anyone else reminded of the Bringers from Buffy? I sure was. Though the mist from the neck is a new variation. The creature gets way too close to Carson, so it's a good thing he's rescued by Dusty. She prods him to run back to the house. Except now Alison seems to be missing. Can't people stay put? Luckily, John, Anne and Mirellus show up. John naturally picks up on the horror movie trope immediately, lol.
So, mist = bad and nobody wants to know what long-term exposure to it may mean.
More stupid words from Mirellus who says they should wait until dawn at which time it will be safe. Why should anybody believe him? Thankfully Carson and John insist it's necessary to go out. Mirellus freaks out.
It's weird to hear the reason why Michael abandoned his research: because even he couldn't control those creatures. Um ... how ridiculous is this story getting now? He very easily pulled the plug on all the maturing hybrids from the captured Athosians when he took off with Teyla, but here he just left ALL those stasis pods still functioning. Arrgghh.
So, while the others go out, Carson is left with Mirellus.
John tells Anne and Dusty to split up and regroup in twenty minutes. Um ... just how much ground does he think they're going to cover in that short a time? This time they're using portable glow sticks as markers and flashlights. Smart idea.
More unidentified creepy lurking and shooting. Ugh. John manages to find Alison hiding underneath some steps. Will anybody please stay in one place?
Back to more irresponsible behaviour in the house where Carson's stuck with Mirellus who refuses to keep quiet and continues to speak very loudly. Well, he gets his as two creatures attack. Bye-bye, Mirellus. Carson pulls a cupboard over to block the broken window. And of course there's spooky mist coming through under the door.
John and Alison meet up with Dusty and then bump into Anne back in the house. Of course Carson's missing and there's blood on the floor. Carson's seen running through the village. ::shakes head::
Anne mentions she saw a creature climb out of the well. Uh-oh. So the catacombs probably run for miles, to the well and into town, making it very convenient for Michael to grab people. [Can I roll my eyes, please?]
Then they start doing the math as to how many pods there were and how many they've eliminated. Dusty's on top so far.
Alison comes up with an idea to lure the creatures into a trap using a computer tablet. John decides he'll be the one to implement the plan to blow up the well while the women are at a safe distance. Yup, typical John, taking all the risks. And for once there's no sexist reasoning. It's just how John operates.
So John's trying to place the computer in the bucket, but he has to crank the SQUEAKY handle to raise and lower it. Uh-oh. Noise = very bad and gets him attacked. Naturally he loses hold of the timer for the explosive and the countdown's already begun. Luckily he's rescued by the most improbable source, namely Carson, who shoots the apparently female creature and helps to down her.
We're back to misplaced chivalry as Carson asks John if Alison is okay. Gee, Carson, I guess everybody else is chopped liver.
Well, there's no time to chat as the sound of clicking comes nearer. Oops, too late. The two men appear to be surrounded. They back up toward the well.
The C4 goes boom and the women fire at the hybrid creatures until there's no more screaming. Alison calls out John's rank but there's no answer.
Yay – the fog seems to be lifting. The women are counting bodies and think they've got all twelve. Of course that's when another hybrid attacks. They kill it and Dusty recalculates her totals, lol. Then they're hailed over their radios by John who just happens to be down the well, in the catacombs. He wants them to join Carson and him.
Alison declines to join the others in the lab and Dusty (for once, not cracking a comment) stays behind to keep her company. [Is this realistic? Once again, it seems that some of the female civilians are given the leeway to be freaked out in the Pegasus galaxy. So, poor preparation and inadequate aptitude evaluations (identical to what I mentioned about Jennifer in previous episodes)?]
While Carson's trying to be quick in downloading data from Michael's console, Alison hears ... something. So does Dusty. In the meantime, John and Anne are walking through the lab. Beyond some metal doors, there are more open stasis pods. Oops. Back in the corridor, Alison and Dusty reach a dead end. [Of course they do.] And then a creature drops down from the ceiling. John gives Carson and Anne his new orders. If they're overrun, he wants them to fall back and make it back to the gate. But there's no need; as the creatures rush out, they're gunned down. Finally there's a reunion of all the survivors.
The ending is a bookend to the beginning where Rodney's in Carson's quarters and Carson is packing again. John drops by, but he's not halting Carson's plans. And John just has to ask Carson how Alison is. [So, now, John keeps track of who's dating whom on Atlantis, but didn't know that Anne had an all-female team? ::rolls eyes::] But he had to in order to advance the dialogue and to get Rodney curious. Also, Carson thinks that she'd be very helpful for his work. That gets a sarcastic agreement from John. Carson suggests that John mention it to Richard. Uh – just when did the MILITARY commander of Atlantis become able to affect positions on the CIVILIAN side? [Can I growl and shred TPTB yet? Please?]
Rodney then turns petulant and decides he's not interested ... though he's dying to know. As the doors are already closing after John and Carson have left the room carrying luggage, the doors slam in Rodney's face.
[Okay, this is just so ludicrous, I don't know if I can express my loathing without spontaneously combusting. First of all, isn't Alison under Rodney's jurisdiction? I didn't get the impression that she was necessarily a medical doctor, especially not when she talks about disabling the security protocols in the lab. Mind you, even if Rodney is her boss, he's known to be terrible with names. But, hey, John's willing to help pimp her out to Carson by getting her assigned to work with him. With a nudge, nudge, wink, wink attitude that lets everyone know it's not her work skills that are desired. And, finally, let's make fun of Rodney by having some doors slam in his face. Ugh. So, I guess if John sets up Carson, any friendship that may have existed between Rodney and Carson (you know, deep and loyal and so sweetly demonstrated when Rodney said his goodbyes to Carson's spirit on the pier at the end of Sunday) is meaningless. And while I'm talking about unsuitability for working in Pegasus, just why does Alison have at least two weeks of R&R back on Earth? I don't believe she was injured, so was she so traumatized she had to be relieved from work? Just. Does. Not. Compute. And adds to the whole civilian female as a fragile flower – as opposed to the no-nonsense toughness of Anne or wise-cracking nonchalance of Dusty.]
So, let's get things straight. There's an underground lab. In some catacombs. And there's a village a few kilometres away. And another village perhaps even further away. And a whole lot of walking between places or just nowhere in particular in this episode. In the darkness and fog. It really made me dizzy. And confused.
If this mist really does affect people, then – as far as I could see – why were the military contingent not affected? Must be all that military discipline, right? It seemed to be only Carson, Alison and Mirellus. The former two seemed to swim in and out of irrational behaviour. I don't know what to make of Mirellus. Was he understandably crazed by the loss of his wife? And yet he could still be lucid enough at times. Until he decided to talk so loudly and couldn't be shut up, leading to his death. Was that a deliberate act of suicide on his part? Who knows.
And this just had to be another creepy Michael-related episode. I am so sick of him. OTOH, it's interesting to see that he's adapted to the throwaway arrogance of the Ancients, where he goes ahead and creates something, only to abandon it ... no matter how dangerous the consequences.
I'm glad that Anne's character didn't get killed off, considering that there was one casualty. It would have been nice to see her in future episodes. [I know that several fic writers have included her character in the military side of Atlantis, so that makes me happy.]
Did anyone else think that Alicia seemed a little young to be a Captain (though she certainly proved her competence by shooting down a Dart in S&R)? It's interesting to see how the military protocol of uniform buns (rather than short hairstyles) seems to neutralize otherwise more easily-discerned age differences in the women. Well, at least that's how I see it.
Okay, I think I'm done with this episode. Definitely No SQUEE From Me.
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Comment 1A
Date: 2013-01-26 06:46 pm (UTC)With all the gloomy fog and darkness, I'm really having a hard time discerning what's on the screen. So let's just ignore the scary and yucky opening.
One year later, there's a four-woman team exploring. Ooh, yeah. Gotta have chicks in a horror episode.
Back on Atlantis, there's a sweet scene between Rodney and Carson 'cuz Rodney doesn't want Carson to leave so soon. I believe this is the first time I've heard Carson diagnose his own ethical shortcomings and I'm very proud of him for trying to do something – anything – to alleviate the physical suffering of the galaxy's inhabitants.
Well, he can't leave because John's just walked into his quarters. Hmm. Joe F must have been having one of his cold spells, considering that's the first and only time (I believe) he's worn a turtleneck. Salacious minds would prompt that he's just hiding an otherwise visible hickey, lol.
[Even though I can't stand JM, I did like the fact that he offered the winner of his blog contest the opportunity to have his/her name assigned to an OC. The winner was Anne Teldy (not her real name); as she died recently, it's really sweet that she can be remembered in such a fannish way, especially as she adored SGA.]
Okay, back on track, John's grabbed poor Carson to the planet and it's Carson who's being given a rigorous workout that he's unaccustomed to. However I loved the back-and-forth about being in a stasis pod: definitely, two months has nothing on 800 years!
Okay, time for sexist stupidity. The men come across Major Teldy's team and John's surprised to see that it's all female. Oh, really??? I guess Evan must be doing ALL of John's paperwork for him to be so unaware of the composition of the teams. Has John been all emo and hiding away in his quarters that he's not kept informed. Wow – what a military commander, always on the ball! /sarcasm.
As if that weren't bad enough, when the women lead the way in the direction of the lab, the transcript says: As soon as their backs are turned, John and Carson grin at each other and bump their fists together triumphantly before following the girls. Obviously ::sneers:: men and women can never work together in a professional manner unless it's understood that the women are there only to titillate the men. UGH.
Comment 1B
Date: 2013-01-26 06:51 pm (UTC)Hmm. I liked the dialogue between John and Alison who'd been using one of the consoles. Considering the fact that he didn't want to have "three tons of rubble falling" on his head, it was understandable. So it was a relief to hear that Alison had disabled the security protocols. Which she'd learnt from the info Rodney had gathered during the disaster in one of Michael's facilities (S&R).
John wants to check out the village the team spotted earlier. Poor Dusty, she gets stuck geek-sitting.
Okay, time for embarrassed flirting from Carson to Alison. I can tell that Dusty's embarrassed just by being in their presence.
Let's switch to irrelevant conversation as John, Anne and Alicia are walking toward the village. I think John's feeling his age from all the walking compared to how Anne's reacting.
Back in the underground lab, while the geeks are busy, Dusty just has to go knock on a stasis pod ... AGAIN. ::rolls eyes:: Is Dusty so new to the SGC that she doesn't know what stasis is?!? Who let her go to another galaxy? Though, oops, she's not aware that she's talking to someone who was in stasis, who was resurrected. But it doesn't make sense to me that Alison knew Carson was a clone. Was that relevant to her posting?
Sweet to hear Carson talking about "interesting reunions". AFAIC, I believe that Rodney took up with Carson-the-clone as if nothing bad had happened before. Though their BFF status had been told in Sunday, I feel that at the beginning of this episode, we're actually being shown that it was real (and perhaps that it was just bad timing that Rodney didn't want to spend that tragic day fishing with his friend).
Another cute joke about cloning being a second (or third) year thing.
Let's hit the deserted village. Yucky cobwebs, etc. Soooo, who's spying on John?
And let's have the cheap thrill of Dusty's voice suddenly surprising Carson and Alison.
Whoever's tracking John is still doing it until John surprises him; the man can't retreat because Anne and Alicia are behind him. So, it's Mirellus, a former inhabitant of the village (who was in the first scene). Yadda-yadda, cursed village, dangerous place, vanishing people.
Mirellus takes off after John talks with the people in the lab who are coming over to the village for the night. While they're walking over, Dusty hears a noise, but Carson scoffs. So, of course, there just HAS to be a shape rising from behind a tree.
Comment 2
Date: 2013-01-26 06:58 pm (UTC)Time for a stupid spooky interlude, as a stasis pod opens and mist flows out.
Back with the geeks, Carson finds out just how much younger Alison is. But, hey, this is Stargate, where TPTB like to pair impossibly young women with middle-aged men. I guess it must be like a reward system, but ONLY for the men, you see. ::groans::
Spooky time for the trio headed to the next village, then creepy time for Dusty who's decided to check the perimeter instead of watching the icky flirting.
Back to the scary stuff outdoors when Mirellus bumps into the military trio, warning of "demons". Oh, yeah, 'cuz that's so accurate. It doesn't help that Alicia is grabbed and killed in seconds. Too bad John can't do anything about her body as they're surrounded by the creepy creatures. They fire on them and retreat.
More goofy stuff between Alison and Carson until they hear something. It's gunfire in the distance. The radios don't work, so Dusty says she'll go and check it out. But Carson has to dig up his totally unnecessary chivalry, by insisting he's going with her. We don't have to imagine how Dusty takes that. She manages to insist that Carson stay behind. [Seriously, Carson. Do you have NO understanding of the rule of military protecting scientists, no matter what gender? I guess not, because Dusty's just a wee lassie or something. Young, too. And, if you go out, you'd be leaving Alison all alone.]
Back in the forest, Mirellus, John and Anne have made it to the catacombs. Their prior equipment failure (lights on P90s) seems to be fixed. So it's time for Mirellus to confess that he opened the stasis pods, releasing their inhabitants. Why? Because his wife had been one of the missing. [Very stupid question time? Did he open ALL of them and then need to flee? Seriously, was he expecting to find her in any decent condition? What if she had still been human and opening the pod killed her? Stupid villager. And, while we're talking stupid, you don't think he might have mentioned any of the important info the FIRST time he ran into the team? Nah, just say "demons".]
So, let's go visit the other stupid person back in the village. Carson's determined to go looking for Dusty. And he actually thinks he'll have an advantage! Why? "I'd like to surprise them instead of the other way around." Seriously, Carson? So you now have stealth combat training?????
Well, he comes across something and it's sure not Dusty. What with the eyes covered with skin and scary teeth, was anyone else reminded of the Bringers from Buffy? I sure was. Though the mist from the neck is a new variation. The creature gets way too close to Carson, so it's a good thing he's rescued by Dusty. She prods him to run back to the house. Except now Alison seems to be missing. Can't people stay put? Luckily, John, Anne and Mirellus show up. John naturally picks up on the horror movie trope immediately, lol.
So, mist = bad and nobody wants to know what long-term exposure to it may mean.
More stupid words from Mirellus who says they should wait until dawn at which time it will be safe. Why should anybody believe him? Thankfully Carson and John insist it's necessary to go out. Mirellus freaks out.
It's weird to hear the reason why Michael abandoned his research: because even he couldn't control those creatures. Um ... how ridiculous is this story getting now? He very easily pulled the plug on all the maturing hybrids from the captured Athosians when he took off with Teyla, but here he just left ALL those stasis pods still functioning. Arrgghh.
So, while the others go out, Carson is left with Mirellus.
Comment 3A
Date: 2013-01-26 07:08 pm (UTC)More unidentified creepy lurking and shooting. Ugh. John manages to find Alison hiding underneath some steps. Will anybody please stay in one place?
Back to more irresponsible behaviour in the house where Carson's stuck with Mirellus who refuses to keep quiet and continues to speak very loudly. Well, he gets his as two creatures attack. Bye-bye, Mirellus. Carson pulls a cupboard over to block the broken window. And of course there's spooky mist coming through under the door.
John and Alison meet up with Dusty and then bump into Anne back in the house. Of course Carson's missing and there's blood on the floor. Carson's seen running through the village. ::shakes head::
Anne mentions she saw a creature climb out of the well. Uh-oh. So the catacombs probably run for miles, to the well and into town, making it very convenient for Michael to grab people. [Can I roll my eyes, please?]
Then they start doing the math as to how many pods there were and how many they've eliminated. Dusty's on top so far.
Alison comes up with an idea to lure the creatures into a trap using a computer tablet. John decides he'll be the one to implement the plan to blow up the well while the women are at a safe distance. Yup, typical John, taking all the risks. And for once there's no sexist reasoning. It's just how John operates.
So John's trying to place the computer in the bucket, but he has to crank the SQUEAKY handle to raise and lower it. Uh-oh. Noise = very bad and gets him attacked. Naturally he loses hold of the timer for the explosive and the countdown's already begun. Luckily he's rescued by the most improbable source, namely Carson, who shoots the apparently female creature and helps to down her.
We're back to misplaced chivalry as Carson asks John if Alison is okay. Gee, Carson, I guess everybody else is chopped liver.
Well, there's no time to chat as the sound of clicking comes nearer. Oops, too late. The two men appear to be surrounded. They back up toward the well.
The C4 goes boom and the women fire at the hybrid creatures until there's no more screaming. Alison calls out John's rank but there's no answer.
Yay – the fog seems to be lifting. The women are counting bodies and think they've got all twelve. Of course that's when another hybrid attacks. They kill it and Dusty recalculates her totals, lol. Then they're hailed over their radios by John who just happens to be down the well, in the catacombs. He wants them to join Carson and him.
Comment 3B
Date: 2013-01-26 07:16 pm (UTC)While Carson's trying to be quick in downloading data from Michael's console, Alison hears ... something. So does Dusty. In the meantime, John and Anne are walking through the lab. Beyond some metal doors, there are more open stasis pods. Oops. Back in the corridor, Alison and Dusty reach a dead end. [Of course they do.] And then a creature drops down from the ceiling. John gives Carson and Anne his new orders. If they're overrun, he wants them to fall back and make it back to the gate. But there's no need; as the creatures rush out, they're gunned down. Finally there's a reunion of all the survivors.
The ending is a bookend to the beginning where Rodney's in Carson's quarters and Carson is packing again. John drops by, but he's not halting Carson's plans. And John just has to ask Carson how Alison is. [So, now, John keeps track of who's dating whom on Atlantis, but didn't know that Anne had an all-female team? ::rolls eyes::] But he had to in order to advance the dialogue and to get Rodney curious. Also, Carson thinks that she'd be very helpful for his work. That gets a sarcastic agreement from John. Carson suggests that John mention it to Richard. Uh – just when did the MILITARY commander of Atlantis become able to affect positions on the CIVILIAN side? [Can I growl and shred TPTB yet? Please?]
Rodney then turns petulant and decides he's not interested ... though he's dying to know. As the doors are already closing after John and Carson have left the room carrying luggage, the doors slam in Rodney's face.
[Okay, this is just so ludicrous, I don't know if I can express my loathing without spontaneously combusting. First of all, isn't Alison under Rodney's jurisdiction? I didn't get the impression that she was necessarily a medical doctor, especially not when she talks about disabling the security protocols in the lab. Mind you, even if Rodney is her boss, he's known to be terrible with names. But, hey, John's willing to help pimp her out to Carson by getting her assigned to work with him. With a nudge, nudge, wink, wink attitude that lets everyone know it's not her work skills that are desired. And, finally, let's make fun of Rodney by having some doors slam in his face. Ugh. So, I guess if John sets up Carson, any friendship that may have existed between Rodney and Carson (you know, deep and loyal and so sweetly demonstrated when Rodney said his goodbyes to Carson's spirit on the pier at the end of Sunday) is meaningless. And while I'm talking about unsuitability for working in Pegasus, just why does Alison have at least two weeks of R&R back on Earth? I don't believe she was injured, so was she so traumatized she had to be relieved from work? Just. Does. Not. Compute. And adds to the whole civilian female as a fragile flower – as opposed to the no-nonsense toughness of Anne or wise-cracking nonchalance of Dusty.]
Closing thoughts
Date: 2013-01-26 07:37 pm (UTC)If this mist really does affect people, then – as far as I could see – why were the military contingent not affected? Must be all that military discipline, right? It seemed to be only Carson, Alison and Mirellus. The former two seemed to swim in and out of irrational behaviour. I don't know what to make of Mirellus. Was he understandably crazed by the loss of his wife? And yet he could still be lucid enough at times. Until he decided to talk so loudly and couldn't be shut up, leading to his death. Was that a deliberate act of suicide on his part? Who knows.
And this just had to be another creepy Michael-related episode. I am so sick of him. OTOH, it's interesting to see that he's adapted to the throwaway arrogance of the Ancients, where he goes ahead and creates something, only to abandon it ... no matter how dangerous the consequences.
I'm glad that Anne's character didn't get killed off, considering that there was one casualty. It would have been nice to see her in future episodes. [I know that several fic writers have included her character in the military side of Atlantis, so that makes me happy.]
Did anyone else think that Alicia seemed a little young to be a Captain (though she certainly proved her competence by shooting down a Dart in S&R)? It's interesting to see how the military protocol of uniform buns (rather than short hairstyles) seems to neutralize otherwise more easily-discerned age differences in the women. Well, at least that's how I see it.
Okay, I think I'm done with this episode. Definitely No SQUEE From Me.