I've been trying all day to put my feelings about "Sunday" into words eloquent enough to post here. I've been through the anger, been through the grief, and been through the "but why?" stages.
I knew it was coming. It wasn't as if I was unprepared. I've been involved in the Save Carson campaign since the outset, and, though I may not have always been the most vocal here on GateWorld, I've been beavering away behind the scenes helping with the campaign organisation. I've believed since day one that he was going to die. I've believed since day one that Atlantis was going to lose its heart in this episode.
And now I've seen it? Despite everything, I still can't quite believe that TPTB have stooped so low.
And for what? I'd like to know the REAL reasons behind Carson being killed off. A blunt "this is why we did it", no matter how harsh, no matter how ridiculous, would be better than the silence that we are all subjected to from TPTB.
We had all been led to believe that "Sunday" was one of the best Atlantis eps ever, that it had a depth of emotion that would leave us all stunned. If we had listened to Martin Gero specifically, we would have believed that this was Emmy-worthy material.
And what did we get?
We got a plot stolen straight from a Brosnan movie, and a mish-mash of "personal" moments spread out throughout the cast. And for what? What deep insights into the characters did we gain in the sacrifice of Carson? None that would justify his death.
In fact, I can't think of a single thing in that ep that would make his death either worthwhile or noteworthy. It's almost as if they got to the allotted length of the script, and said "oh, crap, I'm stuck! How can we finish it? Oh, I know! We'll do something truly groundbreaking and off the doctor!"
What was the motivation to kill Carson? I see no reason - other than maybe to give Rodney the chance to prove that he DOES have feelings - to have killed him. Personally, I think the episode suffered from the death of a major character - not just Carson, but it would have been the poorer for the needless death of ANY regular. It felt like overkill, a death for death's sake. It didn;t feel "realistic", like they would have us believe, and it didn't feel "satisfying".
It made me feel cheated, wronged and wondering what on earth the writers were on when they came up with that gem.
I don't WANT some babe-licious kiddy doc next season. I don't want another female character they can't write for. I don't want the entire show to be thrown even more off kilter than it already would have been with Sam's arrival.
I want my Carson back, pure and simple.
I knew it was coming. It wasn't as if I was unprepared. I've been involved in the Save Carson campaign since the outset, and, though I may not have always been the most vocal here on GateWorld, I've been beavering away behind the scenes helping with the campaign organisation. I've believed since day one that he was going to die. I've believed since day one that Atlantis was going to lose its heart in this episode.
And now I've seen it? Despite everything, I still can't quite believe that TPTB have stooped so low.
And for what? I'd like to know the REAL reasons behind Carson being killed off. A blunt "this is why we did it", no matter how harsh, no matter how ridiculous, would be better than the silence that we are all subjected to from TPTB.
We had all been led to believe that "Sunday" was one of the best Atlantis eps ever, that it had a depth of emotion that would leave us all stunned. If we had listened to Martin Gero specifically, we would have believed that this was Emmy-worthy material.
And what did we get?
We got a plot stolen straight from a Brosnan movie, and a mish-mash of "personal" moments spread out throughout the cast. And for what? What deep insights into the characters did we gain in the sacrifice of Carson? None that would justify his death.
In fact, I can't think of a single thing in that ep that would make his death either worthwhile or noteworthy. It's almost as if they got to the allotted length of the script, and said "oh, crap, I'm stuck! How can we finish it? Oh, I know! We'll do something truly groundbreaking and off the doctor!"
What was the motivation to kill Carson? I see no reason - other than maybe to give Rodney the chance to prove that he DOES have feelings - to have killed him. Personally, I think the episode suffered from the death of a major character - not just Carson, but it would have been the poorer for the needless death of ANY regular. It felt like overkill, a death for death's sake. It didn;t feel "realistic", like they would have us believe, and it didn't feel "satisfying".
It made me feel cheated, wronged and wondering what on earth the writers were on when they came up with that gem.
I don't WANT some babe-licious kiddy doc next season. I don't want another female character they can't write for. I don't want the entire show to be thrown even more off kilter than it already would have been with Sam's arrival.
I want my Carson back, pure and simple.
Maybe they'll let us in on it now that the ep has aired in Canada, or maybe they'll decide to wait until it's aired in the USA, or maybe they'll never decide to tell us. That's one of the things that's so frustrating about this.
I think it's difficult to make the death of a character seem really meaningful. Not only does it have to be meaningful for Carson, which it was to the extent that he died saving one of his patients, but Carson's death should be meaningful and provoking for Paul as well. As meaningful a death as they meant to give Carson, I don't believe that TPTB will see that his death is treated as anything more than a footnote in the grand scheme of things, and I don't feel any of this was fair to Paul. He was REPLACED for no good reason, the potential of the character and of the actor himself WASTED, and that is essentially the whole reason why I'm pissed.
I really don't believe he's gone!!!!! They can't do this!!!!!
). No matter how good 'Sunday' is, and it was good dont get me wrong, it will just been a cheap filler ep and a complete waste of a character whose surface was barely scratched.
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