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Underground is this week's episode. This is a fun one and introduces us to the Genii, who turn up again and again. As always, feel free to leave comments about whatever strikes your interest.

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melagan

First off, pretty team is pretty.

Two things I liked immediately - Teyla isn't above making a misjudgment, and that laid to rest my fear that the writers were going to make her some type of Pegasus know-it-all.

We have a new enemy that's NOT the Wraith. Thank you.

We also find out no one likes harvest celebrations. Even the Genii look bored.

John and Rodney are lousy negotiators. But oh! how I enjoyed their Hardy Boys investigation of the secret underground lair.

Things that we find out:

John's sense of direction hasn't improved any, and Rodney built a nonworking atomic bomb for his grade six Science Fair exhibit.

There are more things this episode reveals, but the one that stands out the most for me is the way John and Rodney are so on the same page even their body language is in sync.

I'm going to stop now and draw a few hearts.

Wait! One last word. Grodin. ♥

From:

popkin16

They are an attractive team, aren't they? What an impression they must make on people. I would love a fic where the people of Atlantis have a reputation for being incredibly attractive.

I also like that they showed Teyla making a mistake here. Plus that line later on about her lack of cooking skills. It makes Teyla feel more real~

It's nice how they dropped little character bits between all the plot :) It's endearing that John has no sense of direction on the ground, and completely unsurprising that Rodney built a non-working atomic bomb.

One of the things I wrote down when watching was also how in sync John and Rodney were ♥ ♥

From:

popkin16

- "Maybe you should stop drinking eleven cups (of coffee) a day." And thus Rodney's love of coffee has been planted in fandom mind.

- Rodney's eyelashes are On Point in this scene.

- Ahaha, "She's bethrothed." And thus John being mistaken for flirting with aliens has been planted.

- I really love the John and Rodney banter in this episode. It's still early days, but already they play off each other so well. Completing each other's sentences, bickering like a married couple, getting into trouble...all good things.

- John: My solution is to blow shit up. Always.

- The Genii, seeing C4 at work: AT LAAAAAST, MY LOVE HAS COME ALONG.

- Rodney: I should go back with the major. We can make out among the trees.

- Ford: Moonshine?
Oh, you sweet summer child. Did you think they were going to pull out a six pack? Of course it'd be moonshine.

- lol John pretending he's not lost.

- The Genii are so bad at keeping secrets. Though I suppose it makes sense: they greet people at the gate when they first come through and walk with them back to the village. They thought John and Rodney would stay on the path to the village. Plus, they probably don't run into too many people who can pick up their radioactive readings - most people are low tech.

- John & Rodney and their matching poses!! Both sitting with their arms crossed over their chests, and when Cowen walks in, they turn in unison. Same wavelength <3

- Again, Rodney's long eyelashes are ON POINT. Jesus, look at them.

- John makes THE BEST faces.

- "They let you do that up in Canada?" God, I love Ford.

- "How many harvest ceremonies did I make you endure?"
"Never again, I promise you."
How prophetic. Teyla never WILL join them for a harvest ceremony again. They're enemies after this point (and then very tenuous allies).

- "McKay, you're with me." Always.

- Tyrus ended up making more noise killing the guy than he did if they'd saved him. "We must leave him - they must never know we were here!" You're planning to blow the hive up! It's not like your presence needs to be a long term secret.

- Damn, John is clever <3 He knew the Genii were not to be trusted and planned accordingly.

- The Genii could have been such good allies too. But Cowen wanted to be Top Dog, and Ladon is way too deceptive to make a strong ally.

- "The data we downloaded from the Genii data device-" So when the Genii take back the device during The Storm/The Eye, it's no real big loss, because they'd already downloaded the information from it.