Instinct (207)

[placid]

very sad episode. One thing I don't understand is why Beckett brought the retrovirus if it was so far from completion. Was he hoping to finish it there? Any why did he need to "show" the father the vial? Telling him wouldn't have been enough? yeah yeah the plot needed it, whatever...

[garhkal]

very sad episode. One thing I don't understand is why Beckett brought the retrovirus if it was so far from completion. Was he hoping to finish it there? Any why did he need to "show" the father the vial? Telling him wouldn't have been enough? yeah yeah the plot needed it, whatever...

Mabe he thoiught if Ella was willing he could work on her with it, and hope to complete it..

[gateman2007]

wait, so was Elia a queen? We haven't seen any non-queen female wraiths yet, have we? I don't think it ever really came up, but it would have been nice if it had...

[Butlersgate]

this is probably my least favourite episode in the season, probably out of all of atlantis. i still enjoy it but something about it just bugs me im not sure.

[Ulkesh47]

this is probably my least favourite episode in the season, probably out of all of atlantis. i still enjoy it but something about it just bugs me im not sure.

Intentional or unintentional pun?

[escyos]

i liked how we found out the wraith kids eat normally, does that mean the hive have food onboard

[fazza92]

great episode,
felt sorry for the wraith girl

[luzestelar]

Very sad episode, but at the same time it shows that psychologically and intellectually Wraith are basically humans.

[gateship15]

i agree. i felt sorry for the girl all she wanted to be was normal.

[Sp!der]

wow, noticed for the first time yesterday that jewel staite played in it. i just love her (even not her jennifer keller character, but i love her as an actress..) other then that..... it was kinda weird episode... dont know. its a 6/10 one of the less wanted episodes of season two though....

[gateship15]

i watched it again yesterday and i still like this episode

[luzestelar]

wow, noticed for the first time yesterday that jewel staite played in it. i just love her (even not her jennifer keller character, but i love her as an actress..) other then that..... it was kinda weird episode... dont know. its a 6/10 one of the less wanted episodes of season two though....

Jewel was fab

[ktebid]

I felt this episode introduced some interesting facts. It showed that the environment in which we are raised has a large influence on our behaviour. Elia was raised with human love and compassion and she displayed this in her behaviour, but also how difficult it is to overcome instinct - feeding on humans was in her "blood" it was her true nature no matter how much she knew it to be wrong.

I disagreed with Beckett bring the vial along, but perhaps he felt he could use it in some experiments.

A good overall episode.

[mrscopterdoc]

Not a bad episode, just not one of my favorites.

[maneth]

Ellia was creepy! Still, rather interesting story, and the way Zaddik aged was rather scary. He really must have loved her to allow her to feed like that, even if it was shortsighted since she would have killed him sooner or later anyway.