Oh, thank you for starting this thread. Much more interesting!
I think it speaks well of Rush's character when Kiva is endeavoring to discover who he is and she comments, "I doubt very much that civilians or the scientists would have endured this, so the question is whether or not Colonel Young would have put himself in this situation or sent his first lieutenant, Scott."
So, the torture must be more mentally abusive than physically, because he certainly has the advantage of having Telford's relatively younger, fit body so as to endure the pain.
As to Young's decision about venting the air, I think his greater concern is for David Telford - certainly not Rush. Young calls Telford by his first name; no one uses Rush's first name except Wray and Mandy. Young also comments that Telford's "recent behavior" is the result of the brainwashing and so it is implied that before that point in time, he must've been a great guy and possibly a close friend of Young's.
Young (O'Neill for that matter, too) was apparently not concerned for Rush's welfare while he was in the custody of the LA. It's been stated that no one is really sure what will happen if one of the two parties using the stone dies, but hey! let's "kill" David and worry about Rush later. Same thing happened after Rush endured the Chair. No "Are you all right?" but rather, "All right, listen to me. We've got five minutes to stop this ship from jumping into F.T.L."
And I realize it's a script thing, but was there no debriefing for Rush and Chloe when they returned from the alien ship? Isn't someone concerned about how Rush is handling his abduction, which we know was especially traumatic because of the resulting "tick terror" episode? Granted, Rush probably wouldn't want to talk about it anyway. He gave TJ the cold shoulder when she tried to ask him a few questions early on. But after so much, I think he would at least feel better just knowing that someone cares enough to ask after him. It must have done him some good to have had Chloe to talk to and Mandy later on.
The one thing that concerns me re his character development is that he appeared to have adopted a softer attitude after the Chair incident, but recent events seem to have returned him to his old self. All that bickering! Although, given Young's inaction, I'd probably let loose in frustration, too. Young's handling of this crisis has certainly given weight to Rush's accusation that Young isn't capable of making the hard decisions, with which O'Neill seems to agree.
There was that moment when Rush had to make a decision to go back for TJ, but Brody sealed the door. What do you think Rush would have done had not Brody intervened? What is the relationship between Brody and Rush?
And how did Rush find time to change from his fatigues back into his jeans and t-shirt during the middle of a crisis?
I think it speaks well of Rush's character when Kiva is endeavoring to discover who he is and she comments, "I doubt very much that civilians or the scientists would have endured this, so the question is whether or not Colonel Young would have put himself in this situation or sent his first lieutenant, Scott."
So, the torture must be more mentally abusive than physically, because he certainly has the advantage of having Telford's relatively younger, fit body so as to endure the pain.
As to Young's decision about venting the air, I think his greater concern is for David Telford - certainly not Rush. Young calls Telford by his first name; no one uses Rush's first name except Wray and Mandy. Young also comments that Telford's "recent behavior" is the result of the brainwashing and so it is implied that before that point in time, he must've been a great guy and possibly a close friend of Young's.
Young (O'Neill for that matter, too) was apparently not concerned for Rush's welfare while he was in the custody of the LA. It's been stated that no one is really sure what will happen if one of the two parties using the stone dies, but hey! let's "kill" David and worry about Rush later. Same thing happened after Rush endured the Chair. No "Are you all right?" but rather, "All right, listen to me. We've got five minutes to stop this ship from jumping into F.T.L."
And I realize it's a script thing, but was there no debriefing for Rush and Chloe when they returned from the alien ship? Isn't someone concerned about how Rush is handling his abduction, which we know was especially traumatic because of the resulting "tick terror" episode? Granted, Rush probably wouldn't want to talk about it anyway. He gave TJ the cold shoulder when she tried to ask him a few questions early on. But after so much, I think he would at least feel better just knowing that someone cares enough to ask after him. It must have done him some good to have had Chloe to talk to and Mandy later on.
The one thing that concerns me re his character development is that he appeared to have adopted a softer attitude after the Chair incident, but recent events seem to have returned him to his old self. All that bickering! Although, given Young's inaction, I'd probably let loose in frustration, too. Young's handling of this crisis has certainly given weight to Rush's accusation that Young isn't capable of making the hard decisions, with which O'Neill seems to agree.
There was that moment when Rush had to make a decision to go back for TJ, but Brody sealed the door. What do you think Rush would have done had not Brody intervened? What is the relationship between Brody and Rush?
And how did Rush find time to change from his fatigues back into his jeans and t-shirt during the middle of a crisis?
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