Loved the episode. It was Entity with a twist of Battlestar Galactica (computer networks + science fiction → bad news + good story), presented in the unique Atlantis way.
I think I liked the character developments more than the actual story. For starters, in one fell swoop TPTB established that Sheppard was an Air Force pilot (not an Army pilot like many were suggesting on other threads), rectified SG-1's and Atlantis' timelines, and told us that Sheppard has been promoted (and was really happy about it!). Then there was the beginings of the Atlantis team/Caldwell conflict that's bound to become a major plot point. And Weir sticking up for Sheppard in front of (the apparently power-hungry) Caldwell and Landry. Its good to see the team sticking up for one another. My opinion of General Landry has dropped a couple of notches, though.
Hermoid...what can I say about Hermoid? This is what happens when an incredibly advanced alien race decides that Jack O'Neill if the greatest thing since yellow foodstuff cubes ("How perceptive of you."). And Sheppard's reaction was priceless...he is the personification of everyone who came into Atlantis without the foggiest notion of what SG-1 was about ("Is he supposed to be naked like that?).
As for the Weir/Simon story...glad its over. And I'm intrigued by the fact that now, besides her obligatory reports to Stargate Command and the Pentagon, Weir has no reason to return to Earth. Puts her in the same boat as Sheppard.
Not like a shippy boat ot anything, but like their situation; they've got no close relatives or friends or spouses back on Earth...that doesn't mean they should get together, though!...aww, fudgepops.
I think I liked the character developments more than the actual story. For starters, in one fell swoop TPTB established that Sheppard was an Air Force pilot (not an Army pilot like many were suggesting on other threads), rectified SG-1's and Atlantis' timelines, and told us that Sheppard has been promoted (and was really happy about it!). Then there was the beginings of the Atlantis team/Caldwell conflict that's bound to become a major plot point. And Weir sticking up for Sheppard in front of (the apparently power-hungry) Caldwell and Landry. Its good to see the team sticking up for one another. My opinion of General Landry has dropped a couple of notches, though.
Hermoid...what can I say about Hermoid? This is what happens when an incredibly advanced alien race decides that Jack O'Neill if the greatest thing since yellow foodstuff cubes ("How perceptive of you."). And Sheppard's reaction was priceless...he is the personification of everyone who came into Atlantis without the foggiest notion of what SG-1 was about ("Is he supposed to be naked like that?).
As for the Weir/Simon story...glad its over. And I'm intrigued by the fact that now, besides her obligatory reports to Stargate Command and the Pentagon, Weir has no reason to return to Earth. Puts her in the same boat as Sheppard.
Not like a shippy boat ot anything, but like their situation; they've got no close relatives or friends or spouses back on Earth...that doesn't mean they should get together, though!...aww, fudgepops.
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