Originally posted by ShadowMaat
ITA. I was furious with the character at that point. Basically, he pulled a military coup on the civilian leadership of the base. And this is the guy who, when Sumner told him to remember who was in command, replied, "That would be Dr. Weir." Unless, apparently, she doesn't do what he wants her to do.
And his action actually made things worse. He ended up being responsible for exposing a lot of other people to the disease.
I'm very glad that TPTB addressed it and had her ream him out at the end; I was afraid that it was going to be another "male" and "military" gets to diss "female" and "civilian" situation. He stepped way over the line and he didn't seem remotely apologetic about it until she hit him.
BTW, in my opinion, Bates was wrong, too. If Gen. Jumper gave a sergeant an order to disobey a direct order from the President, would he be expected to follow it? No, he wouldn't. Weir was in command of that base and Bates should have followed *that* chain of command.
I don't like the increasingly skimpy costumes for Teyla. Hey, TPTB: try working on her character instead of her bustline!
The most interesting thing for me was the question of who created the virus, and why. Was it an enemy of the Wraith with a Ree'tou rebel idea that humans were the Wraith's primary food source, so destroy the food, destroy the Wraith? Or something worse than the Wraith out there?
(Watch: this will be the "new enemy" of SG-1's season 9!)
J.
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