Rewatch: Trinity

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The away team visits Doranda, inhabited according to the Ancient database. McKay doesn't detect any life signs however. In orbit they find a large destroyed Wraith fleet, on the surface everything is turned into dust. Only one building is left standing and McKay recognizes it as Ancient. It looks like an improved ground based version of the weapons satellite. McKay and Zelenka find out the ancients were experimenting with high-energy physics to find the ultimate power source, harnessing vacuum energy from our own space-time. McKay is one hundred percent convinced he can finish their project. Meanwhile Teyla travels to the planet Belkan to obtain a disease-resistant strain of flaxseed. Ronon joins her and one of the Belkan negotiators tells he's not the only surviving Satedan.  [Poll #1798215]

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Comment 3B

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Liz asks him point blank if he can do this and Rodney says yes. John persists. "Are you sure?" "Are you sure you're sure?" It's a very tense moment between the two of them. John says he'll call Liz back after the test. And then another defining statement from Rodney to John. "I won't let you down." John turns back to face Rodney, giving him a very hard stare.

Of course, we have to heighten the dramatic tension by returning to Balkon. It's morning. Ronon looks a bit woozy. Teyla wants to return to Atlantis, but Ronon tells her than Kel's on Balkon. He wants to see him. But he needs Teyla to arrange a meeting. With the official Ronon threatened yesterday. Oh, terrific.

Back to over-confident Rodney whose equations are "working like a charm". But, just to be on the safe side, Rodney's only powering it up to 40%. We see the star thingy gleam.

John just noticed something. It's an energy surge, but Rodney assures him he can regulate it. Uh-oh. Things are starting to get out of control. Rodney claims he can still control things when John says they should abort. It's overloading just like last time. Rodney says there's "no logical reason" why it would. "None of this should be happening."

John gives him the command to "shut it down". "Fine." We see the star thingy blaze even more. While Rodney's typing in commands on his laptop, we hear three repeated beeps. I don't think that's a good sign. "I can't shut it down." For the first time in this entire episode, we see uncertainty and near-horror on Rodney's face. Which earns him another hard stare from John.

This is a cute trick, the opening of an upper window and seeing the village on Balkon below.
Teyla is inside when two men walk in. Kel introduces himself to her. But needs to know all members of her party, if they are to trade. Then Ronon reveals himself.

Whoa!!! I so did not expect Ronon to shoot Kel. Neither did a totally shocked Teyla. But she's standing with Ronon, with her knife pointed outwards. Ronon explains that they all knew what kind of a man Kel was. No one does anything to avenge his death, as Ronon predicted they wouldn't, so they let Ronon and Teyla leave.

Teyla catches up with him and gets a fist at his neck. Now she's beyond pissed. He used her to "murder an innocent man". Ronon says "he deserved worse". Ronon explains that Kel was "a traitor and a coward" when the Wraith came. Teyla understands and believes she would have done the same thing. But she's canny enough to know that they can't mention any of this when they return to Atlantis, that the others wouldn't understand. Then she threatens Ronon to never use their friendship "in such a way again".

This is so not good. Back on Doranda, we see the weapon rotating and firing randomly. John hears it and wants to know what it was. Guess.

With the weapon firing into space, Rodney says this is the safest place for them to be. He just needs a few seconds (didn't we already hear this earlier) to get the weapon under control. John replies vehemently, "No. You. Can't." He says he's seen pilots do this, who won't eject, trying to fix their planes, until they hit the ground.

Re: Comment 3B

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He says he's seen pilots do this, who won't eject, trying to fix their planes, until they hit the ground. Wasn't there something in John's background about him disobeying orders to rescue some soldiers? I can't remember, but this line made me wonder if he was reliving something, or at least hoping not to relive it.