Hide And Seek (103)

[Ilios]

You can compare Weir to Hammond... remember in the first episode Hammond was a straight military guy... I hated him... but his character developed and he became lovable... I think/hope the same will happen with Weir.

Yeah, I just think that we have to wait and see if Weir can really grow into her character... which I think she will but it might just take some time.

[Danny-boy]

This was one of my favorite parts of this episode (i may not have the wording exactly right):

Weir: "This is the way you decided to test the shield?"
Sheppard: "No, we did some other things first."
McKay: "He shot me."

I probably got the wording totally wrong, but you get the point and you probably know what im talking about.

[VirtualCLD]

Close, reverse McKay and Shepards lines and you pretty much got it (obviously the pronouns will need to change to match). Also, I think Weir said something more like "And you thought throwing him off the balcony was the best way to test it?", then McKay, and then Shepard's famous "I shot him" line.

[Nolamom]

Finally asked the hubby what game *exactly* was it that Sheppard loved - it was the 1984 National Championship between Boston College and Miami. Doug Flutie won the Heisman trophy that year...(sorry, it was just bugging me!)

[Tok'Ra Hostess]

Doug Flutie won the Heisman trophy that year...(sorry, it was just bugging me!)

Ah, could someone please tell me what MacKay responded, that made Teyla ask if he played hockey, too? With my old age, squinty-vision sound and MacKay mumbling at 100/kph, I think I'm gonna be missing a lot of the dialogue, this year.

And, no, squinty-vision doesn't have subtitles - yet.

[greytop]

I think it was something like that he played for Canada (Canadian football) after he got out of college.

[april_flower75]

I thought it was something about the team they were watching playing in Canada. Like they went on to play in Canada or sumthing.

[GhostPoet]

Close, reverse McKay and Shepards lines and you pretty much got it (obviously the pronouns will need to change to match). Also, I think Weir said something more like "And you thought throwing him off the balcony was the best way to test it?", then McKay, and then Shepard's famous "I shot him" line.

The look on Shepards face when he said that is classic. Cracked me up so much.

[Anthro Girl]

I thought I'd replied to this already, but after watching part of it during the rebroadcast last night I realized I hadn't.

I really liked Hide & Seek and I think MediaSharX's review is spot-on in calling it a money-saving "bottle" episode. However, I still don't understand the "Hail Mary" reference...but that's probably because I despise football. I know, I know...how terribly un-American of me.

[Ugly Pig]

Don't worry about it... Me, I can't stand soccer. But if I were to say so out loud here in Norway I'd get stoned to death.

[VirtualCLD]

Don't worry about it... Me, I can't stand soccer. But if I were to say so out loud here in Norway I'd get stoned to death.

What?! You call it soccer? I thought every country except the US called soccer football. I'm confused now. Anyway, the "Hail Mary" is usually a very long, last resort, forward pass the quarterback makes. This usually occurs when the offense is on the completely oppositte end of the field, and some catcher/runner guy runs all of the way down the field and the QB throws him the ball. Runner/catcher thingy guy looks over his shoulder and caches the ball while running full tilt. QBs usually do this if the offense is about to lose control of the ball. I'm sure you absolutely didn't want to hear that, so I'm happy to help.

I don't follow football either, but when you play in a pep band for college and you attend every home game... well, you get the idea.

[Ugly Pig]

What?! You call it soccer? I thought every country except the US called soccer football. I'm confused now.

Actually, you're right - we don't call it soccer here. I just refer to it as soccer when speaking English to avoid confusion.

[Anthro Girl]

Indeed. Best keep your mouth shut about that. I went to two HUGE football universities. It was nuts. The whole town practically shut-down during games. They would play the game on the radio in the grocery store. Going to the library was a traffic nightmare. It turned out to be the best time to go to the movies. When I got a job at a university, I can't tell you how thrilled I was to find out that their football program was canceled due to lack of funding.

Back /on-topic: I sort of do get the "Hail Mary" reference, but it was more like "oh...I get it...football reference...ugh". Still liked the ep, though.

[VirtualCLD]

Ah, fortunately, my school sucks at football, so the games themselves weren't a big deal... except for one game called "The Longest Running College Football Rivallry" TM by ESPN.... Anyway, yeah, the "Hail Mary" refference seemed very targetted at US fans. Kind of singles out the international fans a little bit.

[Anthro Girl]

I guess it was one of those "Let's bonk you over the head with the idea that Sheppard is an AMERICAN" kind of things. It could have been baseball. I would have preferred baseball. Unfortunately, (American) football is seen as more "macho".