IRRESPONSIBLE
Might well be what the writers were for penning this episode.
The beginning teaser was amusing – establishing some background stuff on our guys – who their heroes were – Sheppard had Evil Knievel, Rodney’s hero was Batman while Ronon had a real person (first commander) and sorry, couldn’t decipher McKay’s hero. Alas, since Teyla asked, we didn’t find out if she had one, but I wouldn’t doubt it was a real person.
The episode immediately tanked as soon as Lucius was revealed as the ‘superhero.’ I’m sorry, but Lucius was an amoral piece of slug slime for his behavior in “Irresistible.” You can’t forgive a guy for having drugged up an entire community, etc. Why didn’t his wives just kill him once they got their senses back? Talk about suspending reality. Unctuous, smarmy, etc. etc. I wouldn’t shed a tear if this guy got nailed by a wraith. In fact, I’d cheer!
And Sheppard’s team just sits around and tolerates this guy? After what he did to them? After nearly costing them their lives and the safety of Atlantis? I missed the episode where they forgave him for such horrid behavior.
I suppose the male members of the audience will be amused by watching what is going on behind Sheppard as he sat listening to Lucius outside (i.e. cleavage galore of buxom wenches. Aieeee).
You know, Rodney’s look of disgust during Lucius’ talk was pretty appropriate though.
Okay, Lucius admits to having perused a lot of stuff – hello? Security risk??? Bangs head on keyboard. They didn’t think that he might have done this while he’d drugged up the base??
Oh come on, and the team is excusing his behavior and think he’s turned over a new leaf when all his behavior indicates he hasn’t and never will?
T here was a lot of well, obvious plotting – the fake attack on the village, the rescue. Even Sheppard had that figured out quickly. I did like how McKay turned around and nearly got run over by Ronon as the team left the village.
Snort, Cowan’s personal guards hiring themselves as rent-a-thugs. Pretty ironic.
Okay, I liked how Sheppard went for petty revenge and dragged back the broken-wrist thug to spill the beans about the fake attack, but sigh, that village is full of idiots, thinking Lucius is such hot stuff.
Some good dialogue:
Lucius: “So go ahead, shoot him.’
Sheppard: (readies gun) “Good idea.”
When asked why they didn’t rescue the village before…
Teyla: We were concerned for the safety of the village
Ronon: Now we don’t care.
Kolya…. It’s great to see him again, but…. He was really wasted in this episode because of Lucius. I would have killed to have seen a nice gritty cat and mouse episode between him and Kolya, the team really being threatened (it was done so dryly here one could nearly yawn in response). While there was some good tension in the final scene between Kolya and Shep, you KNEW who was gonna drop. Yeah, I did want a gritty, cat-and-mouse chase episode. What a waste L
Meanwhile, while Sheppard has not always made brilliant decisions (hence, his being in the Pegasus Galaxy in the first place). Eegads, I’m sorry, but the first tactical maneuver an enemy does is block your means of escape. I missed the scene where Sheppard got bonked on the head, forgot basic TV plots, and went all the way out to the gate to go ‘oh darn, it’s guarded. Shucks.’ ARGH!!!!
And the segment of Sheppard and Lucius heading back to the village, on the very exposed path, arguing could probably be heard a mile away. ARGH AGAIN!
The townspeople were, um, well, village idiots. I mean, at least Lucius’ other village was drugged. What’s their excuse for such incredible stupidity? It’s not like they’re watching TV 24/7 and burning out their brain cells? Inbreeding? What??
Lucius is slime. He was quite ready to abandon his own village to Kolya and his soldiers, didn’t give a rat’s ass about Shep’s team (and hello? Shep was right next to him when he admitted it).
Best thing about this episode: it’s over.
Worst thing: The writers could be idiotic and think Lucius is a great character to bring back.
Overall, it was more forgettable than anything else, and I can’t summon the energy to waste to hate it as it had a few good bit, but that’ss really sad as I expect better of SGA, but then I don’t expect a lot out of Mallozzi & Mullie after they penned “The Tower” and some other more forgettable SG1 episodes.
Missed opportunities: Kolya tortured Sheppard, probably put him through the worst experience of his life and there’s not a single mention of why Sheppard is keen on shooting him. Kolya’s demise should have been handled in its own episode (yeah, I’m beating a dead horse, I know). I would have at least expected Teyla to say it’s not the time to seek revenge and risk the villagers’ lives.
While this episode had some fun moments, the rest was predestrian, mind-boggling in that the team didn’t turn an about-face and leave immediately upon seeing Lucius (yeah, yeah, they wanted to check for the drug first but still they could have left -
Can we NOT have this character ever appear again? Can Mallozzi and Mullie realize that SGA viewers aren’t all sitcom viewers? Enough with the self-centered campy humor with obnoxious characters. Can we have scripts that make our heroes – Shep’s team – look smarter than the average low-watt appliance bulb??
Sigh.
Might well be what the writers were for penning this episode.
The beginning teaser was amusing – establishing some background stuff on our guys – who their heroes were – Sheppard had Evil Knievel, Rodney’s hero was Batman while Ronon had a real person (first commander) and sorry, couldn’t decipher McKay’s hero. Alas, since Teyla asked, we didn’t find out if she had one, but I wouldn’t doubt it was a real person.
The episode immediately tanked as soon as Lucius was revealed as the ‘superhero.’ I’m sorry, but Lucius was an amoral piece of slug slime for his behavior in “Irresistible.” You can’t forgive a guy for having drugged up an entire community, etc. Why didn’t his wives just kill him once they got their senses back? Talk about suspending reality. Unctuous, smarmy, etc. etc. I wouldn’t shed a tear if this guy got nailed by a wraith. In fact, I’d cheer!
And Sheppard’s team just sits around and tolerates this guy? After what he did to them? After nearly costing them their lives and the safety of Atlantis? I missed the episode where they forgave him for such horrid behavior.
I suppose the male members of the audience will be amused by watching what is going on behind Sheppard as he sat listening to Lucius outside (i.e. cleavage galore of buxom wenches. Aieeee).
You know, Rodney’s look of disgust during Lucius’ talk was pretty appropriate though.
Okay, Lucius admits to having perused a lot of stuff – hello? Security risk??? Bangs head on keyboard. They didn’t think that he might have done this while he’d drugged up the base??
Oh come on, and the team is excusing his behavior and think he’s turned over a new leaf when all his behavior indicates he hasn’t and never will?
T here was a lot of well, obvious plotting – the fake attack on the village, the rescue. Even Sheppard had that figured out quickly. I did like how McKay turned around and nearly got run over by Ronon as the team left the village.
Snort, Cowan’s personal guards hiring themselves as rent-a-thugs. Pretty ironic.
Okay, I liked how Sheppard went for petty revenge and dragged back the broken-wrist thug to spill the beans about the fake attack, but sigh, that village is full of idiots, thinking Lucius is such hot stuff.
Some good dialogue:
Lucius: “So go ahead, shoot him.’
Sheppard: (readies gun) “Good idea.”
When asked why they didn’t rescue the village before…
Teyla: We were concerned for the safety of the village
Ronon: Now we don’t care.
Kolya…. It’s great to see him again, but…. He was really wasted in this episode because of Lucius. I would have killed to have seen a nice gritty cat and mouse episode between him and Kolya, the team really being threatened (it was done so dryly here one could nearly yawn in response). While there was some good tension in the final scene between Kolya and Shep, you KNEW who was gonna drop. Yeah, I did want a gritty, cat-and-mouse chase episode. What a waste L
Meanwhile, while Sheppard has not always made brilliant decisions (hence, his being in the Pegasus Galaxy in the first place). Eegads, I’m sorry, but the first tactical maneuver an enemy does is block your means of escape. I missed the scene where Sheppard got bonked on the head, forgot basic TV plots, and went all the way out to the gate to go ‘oh darn, it’s guarded. Shucks.’ ARGH!!!!
And the segment of Sheppard and Lucius heading back to the village, on the very exposed path, arguing could probably be heard a mile away. ARGH AGAIN!
The townspeople were, um, well, village idiots. I mean, at least Lucius’ other village was drugged. What’s their excuse for such incredible stupidity? It’s not like they’re watching TV 24/7 and burning out their brain cells? Inbreeding? What??
Lucius is slime. He was quite ready to abandon his own village to Kolya and his soldiers, didn’t give a rat’s ass about Shep’s team (and hello? Shep was right next to him when he admitted it).
Best thing about this episode: it’s over.
Worst thing: The writers could be idiotic and think Lucius is a great character to bring back.
Overall, it was more forgettable than anything else, and I can’t summon the energy to waste to hate it as it had a few good bit, but that’ss really sad as I expect better of SGA, but then I don’t expect a lot out of Mallozzi & Mullie after they penned “The Tower” and some other more forgettable SG1 episodes.
Missed opportunities: Kolya tortured Sheppard, probably put him through the worst experience of his life and there’s not a single mention of why Sheppard is keen on shooting him. Kolya’s demise should have been handled in its own episode (yeah, I’m beating a dead horse, I know). I would have at least expected Teyla to say it’s not the time to seek revenge and risk the villagers’ lives.
While this episode had some fun moments, the rest was predestrian, mind-boggling in that the team didn’t turn an about-face and leave immediately upon seeing Lucius (yeah, yeah, they wanted to check for the drug first but still they could have left -
Can we NOT have this character ever appear again? Can Mallozzi and Mullie realize that SGA viewers aren’t all sitcom viewers? Enough with the self-centered campy humor with obnoxious characters. Can we have scripts that make our heroes – Shep’s team – look smarter than the average low-watt appliance bulb??
Sigh.
Sounds like you stole the yucky one we have at work. Takes five minutes to toast a bagel!
I struggle to get my toaster to find a happy medium between warm bread and burnt! 
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