I don't see why so many seem to think that Rob Cooper failed in giving us Ronon's backstory. The use of interspersed flashbacks was done wonderfully, showing us, without words, the reason for Ronon's very existence. We see him lose everyone he ever loved, including his wife, his best friends and commrades-in-arms, in addition to the loss of his home world. It more than explains Ronon's blood lust hatred of the Wraith and one in particular.
As for Rodney's ramblings, morphine is not used as an anesthetic, but a pain killer. He was probably given IV sedation along with morphine, and in that case, the resulting "twilight sleep" could and usually does produce "ramblings" from people under it's effects. I won't bore anyone with the specific agents that may have been used.
I think it was a well written and well directed episode and I enjoyed it both times I watched. Not only do we more fully understand Ronon, but also Sheppard and even Rodney shows he is capable of real human emotion.
I also wondered where Major Lorne was, as his interactions with Rodney in past episodes have always had great chemistry and humor. He would have been the perfect one to try and question Rodney, while our dear Doctor was under the influence, so to speak.
Final analysis, the best Atlantis episode, to date. Loved the use of neon arcing, back lighting and flashbacks. The action scenes were masterful, my kudoes to BamBam. And now, I'm rambling, so I shall end it here.
As for Rodney's ramblings, morphine is not used as an anesthetic, but a pain killer. He was probably given IV sedation along with morphine, and in that case, the resulting "twilight sleep" could and usually does produce "ramblings" from people under it's effects. I won't bore anyone with the specific agents that may have been used.
I think it was a well written and well directed episode and I enjoyed it both times I watched. Not only do we more fully understand Ronon, but also Sheppard and even Rodney shows he is capable of real human emotion.
I also wondered where Major Lorne was, as his interactions with Rodney in past episodes have always had great chemistry and humor. He would have been the perfect one to try and question Rodney, while our dear Doctor was under the influence, so to speak.
Final analysis, the best Atlantis episode, to date. Loved the use of neon arcing, back lighting and flashbacks. The action scenes were masterful, my kudoes to BamBam. And now, I'm rambling, so I shall end it here.
...that I could forgive the humiliation-of-the-week this time. And it led to some other nice scenes, namely Rodney lying on the floor with Shep beside him as they talked, and all the scenes with Carson. My thought about the absent Lorne was that they wanted someone less familiar to Rodney and with less hair so Rodney could make the crack about messy hair. I don't see why else they wouldn't have used Lorne there.
I'm like it's not SG1, don't expect it to be handled the same way, just take the ep for what it was. And this was just undoubtedly a fantastic ep---the flashbacks were even better (every part of where he visited in Sateda, as he's running from Wraith, brings back the awful and hurting memories of his last days on Sateda, that was do well done, it's not funny). 
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