Sunday (317)

[Falcon Horus]

Spoiler:

Not surprising we don't see Dr. Hewston anymore since she exploded.

It's the thought that counts - something that SGA in general failed gigantically with.

[mathpiglet]

Poor Dr. Hewston. Sigh.

[Dr. Carson Beckett]

Incredibly heartbreaking episode, I'm pretty sure its the most heartbreaking episode of SGA...

Agreed, the hardest part of the episode for me to watch was the final scene of McKay and "Beckett" saying goodbye. David Hewlett's performance really epitomized the loss more than any other character.

[hedwig]

They didn't ask Paul McGillion about killing off Beckett, they just did and they regretted that act, and brought in the clone.

And didn't he only find out when he got the script for that episode?

At least in SG1, "Heroes", they had the decency to tell Teryl Rothery ahead of time they were going to kill Janet (at least that's what I read in an article about it). It's a shame they couldn't have done the same for Paul.

[garhkal]

In that case, one wonders when the decision to kill off carson was made??

[Sue_Jackson]

Just finished watching this episode. I've watched this episode like a gazillion times, and even to this day, it still makes me cry. Even...while watching with commentaries...I find myself weeping at the end. Such a sad episode. The scene with Rodney talking to Carson's spirit is just so touching...brings me to tears everytime.

[Okaina]

No, no, no! Just watched this episode.. Oh god even I with my stone cold heart started crying! He was my favourite character since ep. 1, why why why

[Falcon Horus]

No, no, no! Just watched this episode.. Oh god even I with my stone cold heart started crying! He was my favourite character since ep. 1, why why why

To answer this very simple question:

Jennifer Keller

To shake things up and what better way than to kill off a character with an exploding tumor in an episode that deals with a day off.

[Arica15]

To answer this very simple question:

Jennifer Keller

To shake things up and what better way than to kill off a character with an exploding tumor in an episode that deals with a day off.

Because it just had to be done......or because they had run out of ideas for the character......or because they wanted to shake things up.........because they wanted to increase the risk factor for every character...or....well I could go through every reason TPTP gave at various junctions but I rather agree with Falcon's analysis........

[jelgate]

To answer this very simple question:

Jennifer Keller

To shake things up and what better way than to kill off a character with an exploding tumor in an episode that deals with a day off.

Do we really have proof that adding Keller was the reason for him dying? Its obvious that a doctor was going to be added when the writers choose to kill Carson off but I have never seen proof that they killed him just to add the Keller character and Jewel Staite to the cast

[Falcon Horus]

Do we really have proof that adding Keller was the reason for him dying? Its obvious that a doctor was going to be added when the writers choose to kill Carson off but I have never seen proof that they killed him just to add the Keller character and Jewel Staite to the cast

We don't need proof - just watch the show.

[jelgate]

We don't need proof - just watch the show.

If you are going to make the claim that Carson was killed off to add Keller then of course you are going to need proof.

[LT. COL. John Sheppard]

i was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad to see carson go
for me it was the same as when Dr Fraiser died in season 7
RIP

[Falcon Horus]

Both went with a bang...

[LT. COL. John Sheppard]

Both went with a bang...

well janet's was a smaller bang notably