Spoiler:
Wier, McKay, Ronin, Teyla, and Sheppard were bringing Niam with them, saving him from the immanent annihalation of the Asuras city ship. McKay had every intention of helping Niam, and did so to the best of his ability.
In the end, though, we didn't "leave Niam out to dry." We didn't use his trust against him.
He was reprogramed by the other Asurans through the Asuran sub space connection and turned on US. He went for Wier's throat and wasn't going to let go for crying out loud!
There wasn't enough time for McKay to "fix" the problem, and throwing him into the back of the jumper and closing the doors wouldn't have prevented Niam from walking back into the pilot cabin by going all Terminator 2 and bleeding through the door.
The only action our heros could take was to jetisin him out in space. There was nothing else we could do, and it's nothing like when SG-1 actually BETRAYED Fifth.
It would be kind of like me rescuing an animal in the forrest from some random pitfall, only to have it try to bite me because it's rabid, so I toss it away from myself and leave it be.
And here's another thing that gripes me. I see lots of people complaining about how much of Progeny was just recycled material, and then they make snide comments like "we need new writers."
What's wrong with you people? The Asurans may not be the most original enemy, but I for one find it nice that one element of the stargate universe has finally recieved ultimate closure: the replicators. Within both shows, we have now seen the experiments that lead up to their existance, all the way to their ultimate demise in the Reckoning two parter.
And it doesn't bother me in the least that the Asurans are still alive and now we have to deal with them.
It's like picking a fight with a kid and giving him a good beating, only to have his father step in.
And then there are complaints about "freezing the Asurans" like Daniel froze the Replicators. Get over it, will you? What's wrong with using a tactic that's been proven to work in the past if it will help you a second time?
Seriously, if you encountered a problem that was similar to one that you knew happened in the past, would you not think "ok, the problem was handled this way before, and the same solution might work here as well." Or would you sit back and think "no, I'm not reusing a tactic that's already been used, even though it will probably work, because that wouldn't be original."
Just get over it and enjoy the show. Sheesh!
In the end, though, we didn't "leave Niam out to dry." We didn't use his trust against him.
He was reprogramed by the other Asurans through the Asuran sub space connection and turned on US. He went for Wier's throat and wasn't going to let go for crying out loud!
There wasn't enough time for McKay to "fix" the problem, and throwing him into the back of the jumper and closing the doors wouldn't have prevented Niam from walking back into the pilot cabin by going all Terminator 2 and bleeding through the door.
The only action our heros could take was to jetisin him out in space. There was nothing else we could do, and it's nothing like when SG-1 actually BETRAYED Fifth.
It would be kind of like me rescuing an animal in the forrest from some random pitfall, only to have it try to bite me because it's rabid, so I toss it away from myself and leave it be.
And here's another thing that gripes me. I see lots of people complaining about how much of Progeny was just recycled material, and then they make snide comments like "we need new writers."
What's wrong with you people? The Asurans may not be the most original enemy, but I for one find it nice that one element of the stargate universe has finally recieved ultimate closure: the replicators. Within both shows, we have now seen the experiments that lead up to their existance, all the way to their ultimate demise in the Reckoning two parter.
And it doesn't bother me in the least that the Asurans are still alive and now we have to deal with them.
It's like picking a fight with a kid and giving him a good beating, only to have his father step in.
And then there are complaints about "freezing the Asurans" like Daniel froze the Replicators. Get over it, will you? What's wrong with using a tactic that's been proven to work in the past if it will help you a second time?
Seriously, if you encountered a problem that was similar to one that you knew happened in the past, would you not think "ok, the problem was handled this way before, and the same solution might work here as well." Or would you sit back and think "no, I'm not reusing a tactic that's already been used, even though it will probably work, because that wouldn't be original."
Just get over it and enjoy the show. Sheesh!
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