I enjoyed Elizabeth Weir's character arc right up to the climactic ending in Season 4's "Lifeline." She returned for three more episodes after this, all of which were a bit of a let down. If you could rewrite these three episodes, how would you change her storyline? Try and structure it the same in that there'd be two more Season 4 episodes and then a final appearance in Season 5.
I'd have dumped the clone from "This Mortal Coil" in favor of AsurWeir and reveal that the nanites are slowly replacing her organic body with nanites. There's no going back to humanity, no going back to Atlantis. I'd have the episode deal with her escape from Asuras and mighty return to Atlantis. Rather than be welcomed home, she's treated as the enemy and flees through the stargate. Where did she go? No one knows.
For her next and final appearance for the season, I'd deal with Weir as the leader of the rebel Asurans trying to ascend. The plan is to build organic bodies, download themselves into them, then use the organic bodies to ascend. However, there's a problem... once ascended, they have defied the others. A small war is about to break out between the ascended Asurans and the others. Weir, finally back in the flesh and ready to return home to Atlantis, must ascend herself to join the others and stop her brethren. The episode's ending would be reminiscent of Jackson's ascension in SG-1's "Meridian."
In the fifth season, Weir would return one last time as an ascended being. The ascended Asurans have been dealt with, thanks to her help. The others have bestowed her a gift... she may return home in ascended form, but she cannot use her powers on the mortal plane. The "First Contact" / "Lost Tribe" two-parter would play out the same, but it would continue into a third episode with Weir's return. The Asgard come gunning for Atlantis to take revenge upon them for destroying the... "stargate exploder" device (name???). Weir must use all of her ascended might to save the day, sacrificing herself in the process. I'm not sure what the sacrifice would be, but... that's how I'd end her story.
Can anyone think of a better storyline? Remember, you've got three episodes to work with.
I'd have dumped the clone from "This Mortal Coil" in favor of AsurWeir and reveal that the nanites are slowly replacing her organic body with nanites. There's no going back to humanity, no going back to Atlantis. I'd have the episode deal with her escape from Asuras and mighty return to Atlantis. Rather than be welcomed home, she's treated as the enemy and flees through the stargate. Where did she go? No one knows.
For her next and final appearance for the season, I'd deal with Weir as the leader of the rebel Asurans trying to ascend. The plan is to build organic bodies, download themselves into them, then use the organic bodies to ascend. However, there's a problem... once ascended, they have defied the others. A small war is about to break out between the ascended Asurans and the others. Weir, finally back in the flesh and ready to return home to Atlantis, must ascend herself to join the others and stop her brethren. The episode's ending would be reminiscent of Jackson's ascension in SG-1's "Meridian."
In the fifth season, Weir would return one last time as an ascended being. The ascended Asurans have been dealt with, thanks to her help. The others have bestowed her a gift... she may return home in ascended form, but she cannot use her powers on the mortal plane. The "First Contact" / "Lost Tribe" two-parter would play out the same, but it would continue into a third episode with Weir's return. The Asgard come gunning for Atlantis to take revenge upon them for destroying the... "stargate exploder" device (name???). Weir must use all of her ascended might to save the day, sacrificing herself in the process. I'm not sure what the sacrifice would be, but... that's how I'd end her story.
Can anyone think of a better storyline? Remember, you've got three episodes to work with.
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