McKay and Mrs. Miller (308)

[ShadowMaat]

I mean, look at how much more elegantly Doctor Who sold a similar concept without bogging it down in all this complex sci-talk.

Funny you should mention that because I had a total DW moment when Jeannie met Shep. His whole greeting to her and McKay's reaction... LOL! I expected him to say, "For you, saying hello IS flirting!"

edit: Oh, I do wish they'd avoided the golf thing, though. Too WOO.

[BellaDona]

Loved this episode, but the Rodney + Rodney reminded me of the "Dimension Jump" episode of Red Dwarf with Rimmer & Rimmer, if that's not too obscure.

[FoolishPleasure]

I loved the first half, and really enjoyed the scenes with Carter and McKay. It seemed to slow down a bit when the 2nd Rodney got "stuck".

The cafeteria scenes bothered me, with Rodney walking in on groups laughing at him behind his back. That just seemed rather mean-spirited to me, and it really hit home when my 14 year old said, "That's just mean." Plus those cafeteria scenes looked like they had all been filmed in the same day with just lighting changed in the background, and no one even getting up from their seats between filming. They could have at least changed tables, and Rachel was the only one who didn't seem to be forcing her laugh.

I really enjoyed Kate Hewlett and I hope they figure a way to bring her back. Loved the scenes of Rodney struggling to admit he cared for her. "Wuvs" him.

Glad that the ZPM is finally dead. Makes life much more interesting now!

Good to see Zelenka but is Beckett still on this show???

[freyr's mother]

Funny you should mention that because I had a total DW moment when Jeannie met Shep. His whole greeting to her and McKay's reaction... LOL! I expected him to say, "For you, saying hello IS flirting!"

edit: Oh, I do wish they'd avoided the golf thing, though. Too WOO.

They probably should have had him surfing.

[ColCaldwell]

Hahah great Episode!! The best part was McKay calling Sheppard Kirk!! Hahahhaahahahahhhahahahahhaaha!

[full.infinity]

This was forgotten in "Ripple Effect" too btw.

Actually, it wasn't. It was mentioned that the proximity of the universes caused a lack of ECF.

Funny you should mention that because I had a total DW moment when Jeannie met Shep. His whole greeting to her and McKay's reaction... LOL! I expected him to say, "For you, saying hello IS flirting!"

edit: Oh, I do wish they'd avoided the golf thing, though. Too WOO.

I almost expected the shot to go into the gate. They should have connected to a Milky Way gate and then they'd've beaten Jack's record

[ShadowMaat]

The cafeteria scenes bothered me, with Rodney walking in on groups laughing at him behind his back. That just seemed rather mean-spirited to me, and it really hit home when my 14 year old said, "That's just mean."

Yeah, seemed a bit mean-spirited and hurtful to me, but then I was always an outsider in school so like I said earlier- that stuff hit a little too close to home.

[Descent]

Good to see Zelenka but is Beckett still on this show???

^^See^^

Yeah, his lack of screentime disturbs me as well.

[ToasterOnFire]

I want to make one comment. Who here remembers a sig by I think a McWeir...and it had alternative universe pics of the cast? It had Teyla as leader of Atlantis. John as a Dr., taking the place of Rodney. Rodney as a military man, and of course Weir as an Athosian?! I think it was PurpleYin's sig.

It is indeed a sig by PurpleYin, and it's over here.

[the fifth man]

Very good episode IMO. I love how we're seeing more personal moments between the team members finally.

[Amanda Eros]

Wow.

No more ZPM.

I couldn't say it better even if I tried. I didn't see the whole episode, but I did catch the end. I guess they are going to have to go back to a Naquida generator system for power.

[expendable_crewman]

OK, so no ZPM ...

Your brother beams you onto a battlecruiser in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth, and, yeah, you got to check out the next galaxy. Important project and all. And you get to work out that whole sibling issue thing while doing cool physics stuff.

Almost as good as brother and sister looking out the window at Earth while discussing saving the universe was the Sam/Rodney interaction.

I must admit I did not call the ending. When I saw Sheppard with a gold club, I thought we were going to find out we were watching the alternate universe.

I am in mourning for the ZPM. Atlantis took losing the ZPM better than I did.

[Sparky13]

OMFG, what the hell are we going to resort to now? We

Spoiler:

lost the frickin ZPM.

No

Spoiler:

shield, no cloak, drones

are useless. The only way we're going to be able to do anything now is by

Spoiler:

hooking up like 200 naquadah generators.

We need to find one or more

Spoiler:

ZPM's

in the next episode.

Yes, yes! I forgot to mention in my earlier post just how...well...great it is that the ZPM is depleted because that opens up a huge number of interesting plot possibilities. I really wasn't all that keen on their being able to skip off to Earth just about anytime. Part of the general dramatic tension of the show in its first season was its inability to get back home again and having to come to regard Atlantis as "home," and thus worth defending. So, okay, now there is no available quick connection with Earth and that can't be good. Which, actually, is very good indeed!

[rarocks24]

Okay, several things, I'm tired of TPTB taking things from us. The ZPM was proven it isn't a deus ex machina, if the Wraith showed up, it'd only be a few days before the ZPM was depleted anyways. That hive ship was heavily damaged, therefore, not a Deus ex Machina. The Orion, perhaps the only Deus ex machina, but she showed us how powerful ancient warships were. So, to TPTB, after reading spoilers for a certain upcoming episode in the second half of the season, will you please give us a power source.

[rarocks24]

Yes, yes! I forgot to mention in my earlier post just how...well...great it is that the ZPM is depleted because that opens up a huge number of interesting plot possibilities. I really wasn't all that keen on their being able to skip off to Earth just about anytime. Part of the general dramatic tension of the show in its first season was its inability to get back home again and having to come to regard Atlantis as "home," and thus worth defending. So, okay, now there is no available quick connection with Earth and that can't be good. Which, actually, is very good indeed!

May I remind you that unless we resorted to stealing ZPMs, Earth's basically screwed if the Wraith determine that indeed Atlantis hasn't been destroyed.