Originally posted by Madeleine_W
Actually....Shep broke out AFTER Rodney said someone had to go after PETERSON. RODNEY SAID. John followed ROdney for the most part and Rodney agreed with John's choices as well. Rodney was running the SHOW. Period. OVer Beckett the DoCTOR even.
And I still, firmly, believe that Bates opened that door because he agreed with Rodney. Someone had to stop Peterson. It was proven they could NOT stop him from the control area and Peterson would have reached them.
Weir wasn't trying to do much. It was really Rodney telling everyone what to do and Shep listened to Rodney. I was with Rodney and Shep on this one. Weir, if the choice had been hers and they had simply listened in the end, lots of people, including Zalenka and Ford, would have died.
Remember, Rodney kept agreeing with Shep too. So he wasn't listening to Lizzie either. Bottom line. RODNEY was calling the shots and even BECKETT and WEIR were following HIS orders. And HE said someone had to go after Peterson and THAT is when Shep decided to leave. He wanted to leave right away but he LISTENED to Weir and stayed put UNTIL Rodney said what HE said. And Rodney was totally calling the shots and he was totally right. And he agreed with Shep.
The Liz and Shep thing? Had to happen at some point. Like I said. They BOTH made mistakes and had he listened he wouldn't have gotten the messhall infected and he GOT her point on that. But..bottom line. Had he stayed locked in...and Lizzie got her way. More people would have died. Peterson was going to die anyway. John didn't get anyone else killed. And he fixed his mistake.
I expect more conflicts like this with Shep and Weir. I like them. They're both human and this is realistic and I could see BOTH their POV's. But I still would have done what Shep did. Listen to Rodney.
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