15 Years! Episode fest!

[melagan]

To celebrate the fifteen years since the first airing of Stargate Atlantis, valika proposed a celebration and I whole-heartedly agree.

For the next week, we want to hear all about your favorite Stargate Atlantis episode(s), why should we watch them and what about that episode(s) caught your imagination.

Feel free to elaborate as little or as much as you like.

We'd be delighted if you wanted to tell us a little about your favorite characters too.

(I'm looking at you popkin16)

I've been working my way through a re-watch. I have to keep stopping, stare at the screen and announce, "OMG they're so PRETTY!"

Ahem.

Guess 'll work on something more coherent for this mini fifteen-year fest.

Comments

[brumeier]

Favorite ep: The Shrine. Not just because of the amazing acting from DHew, and the glaring slashiness of the thing. I came into this fandom through the backdoor, reading fic before I ever saw a single ep of the show. And because of the amazing Shrine fics, that was the first ep I chose to watch. (After I watched it, I started the series over from the beginning.)

Favorite character: Rodney, hands down. He's such a layered character, so brash and antagonistic but there's so much more below the surface. And he's super smart, because look how easily he can make the Ancient tech and the Wraith tech work! He always saves the day, and sometimes he blows up part of a galaxy, but Rodney is a guy who gets things done. His relationships with the other characters are just as nuanced, especially John. The love is real!!

Why I rarely re-watch: The only time I'll throw an ep of SGA on is if I'm writing something directly related to that ep. It's hard for me to watch the show now, after having been in fic so long. I have the fic version of these characters stuck in my head and it often conflicts with the canon version. So there's a disconnect for me.

[squidgiepdx]

While I adore The Shrine, and it is my favorite episode by far, sometimes it's hard to watch. I mean it is wonderful to see DHew's range and everything, but just from the anguish standpoint it makes it hard sometimes.

And I also think that The Shrine, along with The Tao of Rodney, are two episodes where you really get to see Joe Flanigan's micro-expressions and gentle body movements that are often overlooked. When I think of The Shrine, I think of John's hand on Rodney's back, his facial expression torn, as his thumb strokes Rodney's back.

Guh... I love these boys.

[allir]

Oh yes! I adore the Shrine, but it's so heart-wrenching I have to be in the right mood to watch it (or have a whole bunch of fluffy, comfort fic lined up to read afterwards)

I adore Joe's micro-expressions - and feel like they work just so well for Sheppard. Sheppard's not someone to wave his arms around and show his emotions easily, and the way things just seep out of him in the Shrine shows just how much it's affecting him.