I actually liked this one!! I've always been partial to the 'morality' episodes and it was about time they did one here. I'm sure someone has done it at some point, but i have often thought of starting a thread that basically said "who are we to say we are the superior ones". Does everyone remember the episode 'Pretence' in SG1 where Lord Sepakna says someting like "if a human has the right to take a pig and do what it wishes with it because he is a superior being, then so does a goa'uld, because he is a superior being."
I thought Conner Trinner was excellent as Michael. Especially in the early parts of the episode. I really empathised with him, to the extent that even when he was a wraith i still felt for him which was obviously need for the episode. But i can imagine other actors not pulling that off as well.
Rachel was great again, and i liked the new development that the wraith can 'make' her do things. that could be interesting in the future.
Beckett..now there was one specific moment i will remember from this episode..when elizabeth turns to him and asks if he wants to up the dose. He really seemed to be wrestling, but more importantly as soon as he said 'yes' he almost looked ashamed with himself. Ashamed that there was something in him, some character trait that would allow him to take that action...which brings to mind something else...
People have been saying that we are fiting the characters to the plot and that developments don't match what we know of our characters. i do see your point but i also think we have to be careful not to put our characters in a box that they started in and say 'this character is defined by these values and will not stray'. Obviously people are way way more complicated than that. Not only are there things we don't know about these guys, but there are things they don't even know about themselves. and after all, alot has happened to all of them. Look at what 7yrs as a runner did to ronon. there are bound to be consequences for our lot too. However, I actually agree in the case of Weir for this episode. I believe her characters 'omg how could i have done/said that' was really in 'critical mass' where she almost resorted to torture. but i did believe it for beckett in this episode, mainly because of the scene and his reaction mentioned above. he almost looked scared!
I thought Conner Trinner was excellent as Michael. Especially in the early parts of the episode. I really empathised with him, to the extent that even when he was a wraith i still felt for him which was obviously need for the episode. But i can imagine other actors not pulling that off as well.
Rachel was great again, and i liked the new development that the wraith can 'make' her do things. that could be interesting in the future.
Beckett..now there was one specific moment i will remember from this episode..when elizabeth turns to him and asks if he wants to up the dose. He really seemed to be wrestling, but more importantly as soon as he said 'yes' he almost looked ashamed with himself. Ashamed that there was something in him, some character trait that would allow him to take that action...which brings to mind something else...
People have been saying that we are fiting the characters to the plot and that developments don't match what we know of our characters. i do see your point but i also think we have to be careful not to put our characters in a box that they started in and say 'this character is defined by these values and will not stray'. Obviously people are way way more complicated than that. Not only are there things we don't know about these guys, but there are things they don't even know about themselves. and after all, alot has happened to all of them. Look at what 7yrs as a runner did to ronon. there are bound to be consequences for our lot too. However, I actually agree in the case of Weir for this episode. I believe her characters 'omg how could i have done/said that' was really in 'critical mass' where she almost resorted to torture. but i did believe it for beckett in this episode, mainly because of the scene and his reaction mentioned above. he almost looked scared!
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