McKay's Determination (Spoilers)

[Gate-builder]

The thing that really got me when watching this episode is how tough McKay is.

Sheppard gets sent 48 000 yrs into the future, Teyla is murdered, Sam sacrifices herself fighting 3 hives and Ronan blows himself up. After all this Woolsey is put in charge and Rodney disagrees with his decisions about running Atlantis so much he goes back to Earth. Things look up a bit when he starts going out with Keller, but then he has to watch her slowly die of a horrible disease.

Not many people could handle losing 5 of their best friends (not including Beckett and Wier previously) in the space of about a year without having a mental breakdown or something.

But McKay instead spends the next 25 years of his life working on a way to try and save everyone. Now that is what I call dedication.

This episode really made me see Rodney in a new light. Not many people could work for 25 years after going through all that, without giving up. It shows how much time he had for his friends.

What do you guys think?

[ykickamoocow]

I agree completely. He essentially spent 25 years of his life working on something which MAY save his friends and girlfriend. Dispite the fact that he could have just been wasting his life (as it may not have been possible) he continued to work. I got the impression that even if there was only a 1 in 100 chance of it actually working McKay still would have dedicated his entire life to the project.

[SanGate]

I completely agree too! It was rather heartbreaking actually for me to see he was working on something that may or may not save everyone, and he knew he would not live the day to find out whether or not it would work. It really showed the strenght of Rodney and his dedication to the people of Atlantis and the people of the Pegasus Galaxy. loved it!

[MattSilver 3k]

He's come a long way from the SG-1 days.

[The.Road.Not.Taken]

He's come a long way from the SG-1 days.

defo!! he is such a dedicated person since he came from sg1 where he couldn't care about anyone but himself

[FallenAngelII]

defo!! he is such a dedicated person since he came from sg1 where he couldn't care about anyone but himself

Not true. He had his cat.

[hisg1fans]

The thing that really got me when watching this episode is how tough McKay is.

Sheppard gets sent 48 000 yrs into the future, Teyla is murdered, Sam sacrifices herself fighting 3 hives and Ronan blows himself up. After all this Woolsey is put in charge and Rodney disagrees with his decisions about running Atlantis so much he goes back to Earth. Things look up a bit when he starts going out with Keller, but then he has to watch her slowly die of a horrible disease.

Not many people could handle losing 5 of their best friends (not including Beckett and Wier previously) in the space of about a year without having a mental breakdown or something.

But McKay instead spends the next 25 years of his life working on a way to try and save everyone. Now that is what I call dedication.

This episode really made me see Rodney in a new light. Not many people could work for 25 years after going through all that, without giving up. It shows how much time he had for his friends.

What do you guys think?

Per the bolded part....This is why I think the episode is named 'The Last Man'. Rodney is the last one and he keeps fighting until the very end. And then, he doesn't even know if he is successful or not.

[FallenAngelII]

Not true, the Last Man is most probably John, the last man alive (or so we assume).

Lorne also survived and made general, got command of the SGC and helped Rodney save the world.

[hisg1fans]

Not true, the Last Man is most probably John, the last man alive (or so we assume).

Lorne also survived and made general, got command of the SGC and helped Rodney save the world.

You can 'assume' what you want. I'll think what I want. And neither one of us are 'wrong' for doing so.

[Invictus]

He is now a true hero, or it well be

[KindlyKeller]

This is very, very true. The look of utter devastation on his face about what happened to Jen was so gut-wrenching. He could have crawled into a hole and died, but instead he dedicated the rest of his life to the hope that he might save her and the others.

[SP90]

I'm glad to see he finally channeled that massive ego of his into something worthwhile. It was so sad to hear that eventually even his sister walked out on him.

[talyn2k1]

You can 'assume' what you want. I'll think what I want. And neither one of us are 'wrong' for doing so.

I think the title can be equally attributed to both of them. They are both The Last Man in their own way. It's one of those titles that is intentionally left open to interpretation as to who it relates too.
I like it when the meaning of the title isn't necessarily black and white, makes you think a little more deeply than you normally would.

[P-90_177]

I think the title can be equally attributed to both of them. They are both The Last Man in their own way. It's one of those titles that is intentionally left open to interpretation as to who it relates too.
I like it when the meaning of the title isn't necessarily black and white, makes you think a little more deeply than you normally would.

Agreed. I'd say it can be attributed to both too.

[PG15]

This episode just affirms why Rodney McKay is, IMHO, the greatest character on Stargate. He's an everyday hero, you know? We've seen this time and time again, and now we've seen him at his best...for now.

But what really got to me was how he was living the "dream" of many of this world. I'm sure a lot of us would like to turn back time and change something in the past to make our lives better (well, I would like that, anyway), but Rodney has actually the tools to do so. Or rather, he was driven to such desperation by all of his hurt and pain that he spent 25 years looking for those tools. It's hard to describe in words just how powerful that idea is.

The more I think about it, the more agree with McKay = The Last Man. John was really just coming along for the ride on a Mckay story.