Everyone in the control room (is that where they were) picks themselves up almost from the floor basically. Rodney's really pissed off by the nature of John's ability to kiss. The chair returns to an upright position while John just sits there, processing everything.
Rodney gives Sam an optimistic sitrep and the music is a variation of the Atlantis theme. Rodney drops the shield upon Sam's command. Whoa – John still looks stunned as Sam acknowledges they made it down safely. Why do I get the impression the city was already telling him that directly while he was looking stunned?
After an establishing shot of the city floating on its new planet, we see Teyla packing away some of Liz's belongings. A photograph. An old-fashioned pocket watch. Ronon comes in then as Teyla continues to put things away. He wonders who will replace Liz. Teyla doesn't know. Hmm. I wonder when Ronon picked up the earth expression of tough shoes to fill. It's a lovely gesture to see him place his hand on Teyla's right shoulder and for Teyla to cover his hand with her left one. Teyla looks up, wondering where she's going to find strength (that's the impression I got) ... that this loss especially affected her (like the way Carson's affected Rodney). I also because Teyla was more affected because Elizabeth had been the leader.
Sam and Bill are leaning over Rodney's shoulder in the control room. He's about to dial ... somewhere. The gate bursts into life. Radek looks up, hopeful. Sam hails Stargate Command. Gee – it sure took them a few seconds to respond. The look of intense relief on Rodney's face is almost hilarious.
Well, there's nothing funny when Radek interrupts to say there's a fleet of ships leaving the Asurans' world. The only strange thing is they're not headed toward Atlantis (well, duh, how could they, as they don't know where it is), but toward what Rodney identifies is a Wraith planet. Rodney figures the attack command must have been activated. Radek's laughing and Rodney's quite pleased with the whole thing.
Sam joins John out on the balcony staring at two moons. Well, according to her, there are five but only two can be seen by the naked eye. John sneaks in congratulations about Sam's recent promotion to full bird Colonel. I just thought to myself, it's a good thing the insignia reflects the position. Otherwise, what if he hadn't received that memo?
Anyway, Sam's not sticking around. She and Bill are gating back ... and this is where I'm going to rant about the low state of North American English. “General Landry wants Dr. Lee and I to gate back....” Arrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!! Does nobody else on the continent know what “me” is??? Or that it's to be used when the pronoun “I” is the object? Apparently not.
Okay, no more time to rant. Let's get this episode finished. So ... the Apollo's going to stick around. I tell you, the Daedalus and Apollo, either a taxi company, or long haul shipping (verrry long, lol), or security and defence. John considers what the Apollo did was a risky move, but Sam says it pales in comparison to what he did. Well, he had help ... and they both reflect on the nature of that help for a moment. Sam passes along condolences from General Landry. It's nice to see that John's not giving up hope. That's so like John. They continue to look out over the ocean as the music and episode come to an end.
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Date: 2012-08-05 03:25 am (UTC)Rodney gives Sam an optimistic sitrep and the music is a variation of the Atlantis theme. Rodney drops the shield upon Sam's command. Whoa – John still looks stunned as Sam acknowledges they made it down safely. Why do I get the impression the city was already telling him that directly while he was looking stunned?
After an establishing shot of the city floating on its new planet, we see Teyla packing away some of Liz's belongings. A photograph. An old-fashioned pocket watch. Ronon comes in then as Teyla continues to put things away. He wonders who will replace Liz. Teyla doesn't know. Hmm. I wonder when Ronon picked up the earth expression of tough shoes to fill. It's a lovely gesture to see him place his hand on Teyla's right shoulder and for Teyla to cover his hand with her left one. Teyla looks up, wondering where she's going to find strength (that's the impression I got) ... that this loss especially affected her (like the way Carson's affected Rodney). I also because Teyla was more affected because Elizabeth had been the leader.
Sam and Bill are leaning over Rodney's shoulder in the control room. He's about to dial ... somewhere. The gate bursts into life. Radek looks up, hopeful. Sam hails Stargate Command. Gee – it sure took them a few seconds to respond. The look of intense relief on Rodney's face is almost hilarious.
Well, there's nothing funny when Radek interrupts to say there's a fleet of ships leaving the Asurans' world. The only strange thing is they're not headed toward Atlantis (well, duh, how could they, as they don't know where it is), but toward what Rodney identifies is a Wraith planet. Rodney figures the attack command must have been activated. Radek's laughing and Rodney's quite pleased with the whole thing.
Sam joins John out on the balcony staring at two moons. Well, according to her, there are five but only two can be seen by the naked eye. John sneaks in congratulations about Sam's recent promotion to full bird Colonel. I just thought to myself, it's a good thing the insignia reflects the position. Otherwise, what if he hadn't received that memo?
Anyway, Sam's not sticking around. She and Bill are gating back ... and this is where I'm going to rant about the low state of North American English. “General Landry wants Dr. Lee and I to gate back....” Arrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!! Does nobody else on the continent know what “me” is??? Or that it's to be used when the pronoun “I” is the object? Apparently not.
Okay, no more time to rant. Let's get this episode finished. So ... the Apollo's going to stick around. I tell you, the Daedalus and Apollo, either a taxi company, or long haul shipping (verrry long, lol), or security and defence. John considers what the Apollo did was a risky move, but Sam says it pales in comparison to what he did. Well, he had help ... and they both reflect on the nature of that help for a moment. Sam passes along condolences from General Landry. It's nice to see that John's not giving up hope. That's so like John. They continue to look out over the ocean as the music and episode come to an end.