PLOT spoilers. I've pretty much typed out everything I remember since some people were asking. Enjoy!
Teyla starts the episode in her workout gear talking to a scientist that she was helping with the stick fighting. They're on their way to lunch when Teyla turns back to retrieve something form the gym. On her way down the hall, there is a huge explosion behind her.
Flashback to three hours earlier where some guy is hitting on Elizabeth trying to get her to go to lunch. Elizabeth agrees, and then goes to explain to Teyla why she can't make the lunch date they had previously arranged.
After lunch, the Doctor kisses Weir and she stands up, upset that she let is get that far. They're interrupted by the explosion at that point.
Flash to next storyline..
John is going to teach Ronon and Teyla how to play golf. Teyla begs off, leaving Ronon to play John's "sport." John hits a couple of balls into the ocean, Ronon raises an eyebrow and hits a ball using a golf club one-handed. Ronon tells John he sould try a real sport, so they flash to a scene of the two of them in the gym with Ronon beating the crap out of Sheppard. Sheppard whines and they flash again to the two of them in Shep's quarters hanging out drinking beer and listening to tunes. At this point, Shep asks Ronon is he's seeing anyone, and if he left anyone behind on Sateda. Ronon says yes, and then turns the same questions on Sheppard. Sheppard says he was married once and he wasn't very good at it, and say that there's no one on Atlantis that he thinks of that way. Ronon says he thought Shep and Teyla would always hook up, which makes John laugh...then they're interrupted by the explosion.
Flashback to 14 hours earlier when Rodney is in his bathrobe in the infirmary bellowing at two newbie scientists for turning on a new ancient device which exposed them to radiation (very funny scene). Apparently they're going to live, so he let's them go.
Rodney doesn't want to go on the fishing trip to the mainland that he and Beckett had planned, so he goes to Katie Brown looking for an excuse not to listen to "the incredibly boring things that Carson would talk about all day." He ends up ditching Carson in favor of the girl..here there's a cute scene between Katie and Rodney in the botony lab while they babysit rare ferns. Lot's of jumbled Rodney speak.
.at which point Carson searches for a replacement fishing buddy. John and Ronon decline. Zelenka is too busy kicking everyone's butt at Chess (and winning a massage, and an anime DVD collection among other things), and Lorne is apparently and artist and he's too busy painting the Atlantis tower. When he can't find a fishing partner, Beckett returns to his infirmary and relieves his coworker of her shift when she complains of a migraine.
Then the explosion interrupts.
At this point we find out that the radiation that the newbie scientists were exposed to actually formed explosive tumors behind their lungs, and it was Teyla's sparring partner that blew up in the hallway. This leaves the other scientist with a tumor that will blow if they don't find him. Teyla was injured in the first blast, and Sheppard is deeply concerned for her safety, which hints that his earlier laugh at Ronon may have been a cover (if you ship that way).
Beckett is operating on him. Beckett won't leave. In the end, even after extracting the tumor is successfully extracted, it blows up and kills Beckett in the process.
There is a funeral scene where everyone is dressed in their best, and Rodney, Sheppard, Zelenka and Ronon, as well as two others serve has palpbearers to get the coffin back through the stargate to Earth.
The last scene is of Rodney and Ghost!Carson on one of the piers looking out at the ocean. Carson tries to tell Rodney that his death wasn't his fault, but Rodney doesn't look convinced. This scene was very sad. In the end, Carson blinks out and Rodney is alone.
Spoiler:
Teyla starts the episode in her workout gear talking to a scientist that she was helping with the stick fighting. They're on their way to lunch when Teyla turns back to retrieve something form the gym. On her way down the hall, there is a huge explosion behind her.
Flashback to three hours earlier where some guy is hitting on Elizabeth trying to get her to go to lunch. Elizabeth agrees, and then goes to explain to Teyla why she can't make the lunch date they had previously arranged.
After lunch, the Doctor kisses Weir and she stands up, upset that she let is get that far. They're interrupted by the explosion at that point.
Flash to next storyline..
John is going to teach Ronon and Teyla how to play golf. Teyla begs off, leaving Ronon to play John's "sport." John hits a couple of balls into the ocean, Ronon raises an eyebrow and hits a ball using a golf club one-handed. Ronon tells John he sould try a real sport, so they flash to a scene of the two of them in the gym with Ronon beating the crap out of Sheppard. Sheppard whines and they flash again to the two of them in Shep's quarters hanging out drinking beer and listening to tunes. At this point, Shep asks Ronon is he's seeing anyone, and if he left anyone behind on Sateda. Ronon says yes, and then turns the same questions on Sheppard. Sheppard says he was married once and he wasn't very good at it, and say that there's no one on Atlantis that he thinks of that way. Ronon says he thought Shep and Teyla would always hook up, which makes John laugh...then they're interrupted by the explosion.
Flashback to 14 hours earlier when Rodney is in his bathrobe in the infirmary bellowing at two newbie scientists for turning on a new ancient device which exposed them to radiation (very funny scene). Apparently they're going to live, so he let's them go.
Rodney doesn't want to go on the fishing trip to the mainland that he and Beckett had planned, so he goes to Katie Brown looking for an excuse not to listen to "the incredibly boring things that Carson would talk about all day." He ends up ditching Carson in favor of the girl..here there's a cute scene between Katie and Rodney in the botony lab while they babysit rare ferns. Lot's of jumbled Rodney speak.
.at which point Carson searches for a replacement fishing buddy. John and Ronon decline. Zelenka is too busy kicking everyone's butt at Chess (and winning a massage, and an anime DVD collection among other things), and Lorne is apparently and artist and he's too busy painting the Atlantis tower. When he can't find a fishing partner, Beckett returns to his infirmary and relieves his coworker of her shift when she complains of a migraine.
Then the explosion interrupts.
At this point we find out that the radiation that the newbie scientists were exposed to actually formed explosive tumors behind their lungs, and it was Teyla's sparring partner that blew up in the hallway. This leaves the other scientist with a tumor that will blow if they don't find him. Teyla was injured in the first blast, and Sheppard is deeply concerned for her safety, which hints that his earlier laugh at Ronon may have been a cover (if you ship that way).
Beckett is operating on him. Beckett won't leave. In the end, even after extracting the tumor is successfully extracted, it blows up and kills Beckett in the process.
There is a funeral scene where everyone is dressed in their best, and Rodney, Sheppard, Zelenka and Ronon, as well as two others serve has palpbearers to get the coffin back through the stargate to Earth.
The last scene is of Rodney and Ghost!Carson on one of the piers looking out at the ocean. Carson tries to tell Rodney that his death wasn't his fault, but Rodney doesn't look convinced. This scene was very sad. In the end, Carson blinks out and Rodney is alone.
So now I'm left wondering... will they stay together? He was pretty good at talking her into things. 
Rodney/Katie... SO sweet! I love how they babysat her plants together, and how they had a chance to talk through issues, and for Rodney to admit that he likes her so much, and to be honest and open with her. And, yes, I will say it - I am a Sheppard/Weir fan, but the Shep/Teyla stuff was VERY well done. They were cute and flirty and caring - it didn't feel forced at ALL. If it were written that well all the time, I could totally go along with it.
) some nice bonding between Shep and Ronon, and of course, the Rodney/Carson interaction that just made the ending so powerful. It felt like Rodney's losing Carson so suddenly really carried a message - don't put off the time you could be spending with the people you care about, because you never know what might happen.
). Almost all the spoilers I've heard turned out to be true, even the coffin with the Scottish flag. All in all very well done, even the McKay/Becket post-death moment, which could have been corny, but it wasn't. The episode would have felt a little "empty" if that moment hadn't taken place IMO.
No, 'Eureka' is Greek for 'This bath is too hot.'
*sigh* That was hot even if it was meant to be sad. 
and I had to keep stopping, so the flow was a little out of whack, but it is right up there in some ways with M&MM as the most poignant episode of SGA to date *IMHO*
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