Rewatch: The Intruder

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Returning to Atlantis aboard the Daedalus after a trip to Earth, Dr. Weir, Dr. McKay and newly promoted Lt. Colonel John Sheppard have two murders to solve when scientists are found dead in their labs. The men were seemingly killed by equipment malfunctions but McKay finds it all very peculiar. He soon realizes that a Wraith virus has infected the ship's computer systems. While on Earth, Elizabeth Weir has had to face up to the military who want to replace Sheppard as the senior military officer on Atlantis. She also has to deal with her own personal situation when Simon seems reluctant to return to Atlantis with her.  [Poll #1790604]

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[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

John's been promoted! Yay! Nice quiet moment between Elizabeth and John. I like the thoughts on how inconvenient it is to get to Atlantis now - 18 whole days to cross galaxies.

Uh oh! An accident. Why did a crewman get them, though. Shouldn't he have gone to the Colonel of the ship? Also, the ship doesn't have their own doctor. That's an oversight.

Rodney has a good theory, but oops - Elizabeth is contradicting the Colonel in public. Not a good idea.

Cool - flashback. They don't happen too often on this show. I love how Elizabeth sticks up for John. Foreign allies? Would that be the Asgardians? Or foreign allies on Earth?

Ah ha - she got Sheppard his promotion. She better not bank on her position too often. That never leads to anything good.

Hmm, Rodney is cornering the colonel about his suspicions. He makes some very good points about what happened not being an accident. And, surprise surprise - the Colonel listens. At least, it's a surprise to Rodney. I love the look on his face.

Hermiod doesn't like Rodney's imprecision. Cute. What an odd look John gives to the alien. Especially considering his experience with everything in the Pegasus Galaxy. I love his aside to Rodney - "Is he supposed to be naked?"

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Regarding the medical situation, maybe all they have is a medic on board because - until just recently - they haven't encountered anything dangerous. And Carson is - I presume - the ranking medical officer on board.

When Liz refers to "foreign allies", I think she means all the countries that are involved in the Stargate project. So, definitely Canada, the UK (and other Commonwealth members), several European countries, and China. Since she's been a diplomat, she probably has even more ties beyond the Stargate ones. So, yeah. She's got clout and is willing to use it.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

maybe all they have is a medic on board because I suppose you're right. Besides I shouldn't over think it. They needed to involve the SGA crew, so if they'd had their own doctor aboard, they wouldn't have gone to our guys - they would've handled it internally.

Your thoughts on the foreign allies makes sense, too. I just don't know much about how the Stargate universe works. I feel like TPtB assumed everyone was coming to the new show from the old one, so they didn't need to explain everything again,