Okay, I'll finally pick the glove
True, base commander had never been the centre of hte plot - but all three SGC commanders had been regulars on the show, DSD, RD and now Beau Bridges, none of them have ever been reduced to recurring.
Also, Weir has had quite a larger part than either DSD or BB, in all three seasobn. True, there are enough episodes where she just sits there, says a coulpe of commands, shows concern for the team and that's it - but TBH, Teyla and Ronon aren't in a much better position - actually, come season 3, they both had quite less to do than Weir had. Her role isn't small because she's base commander - it has the potential - and at times actualy is - much bigger and more iportant than that. She actually go a lot more character development in these three years, I feel, than Hammond in 7.
Again, I disagree. She's had a major role in every episode that took place on Atlatis, not off world - and htere have been quite a number of thsoe lately. She feels forced into the story when she's got a 2 minute scene in order to show her in the episode, but the number of these episodes has ben decreasing, not increasing.
I wish I could believe that - but from BW's words, it sounds to me as if she's going to be there til Carter comes, and then she's not going to be there anymore. "She'll come back for a while" - that sounds - again, to me - as if the unspoken continuation is "and then she will be gone".
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Also, Weir has had quite a larger part than either DSD or BB, in all three seasobn. True, there are enough episodes where she just sits there, says a coulpe of commands, shows concern for the team and that's it - but TBH, Teyla and Ronon aren't in a much better position - actually, come season 3, they both had quite less to do than Weir had. Her role isn't small because she's base commander - it has the potential - and at times actualy is - much bigger and more iportant than that. She actually go a lot more character development in these three years, I feel, than Hammond in 7.
I think that's evident in how little Weir gets to do in the show. It always feels forced to me when they show her offworld because the simple fact is that it's not her job. Her job is to run Atlantis, which means she needs to be at Atlantis, not running around fighting monsters in time dilation fields. But they seem reluctant to base too many episodes in Atlantis itself, which means that for alot of episodes Weir has basically nothing to do other than say 'Good luck John'. It's a pity because I like Weir/Torri too, but I think it's the simple reality of how the show works.
I actually wonder if this is even going to mean 'less' Weir anyway... Think about it - when the team goes off-world for a mission there's barely any Weir in the episode anyway. It's only when they do the few Atlantis based episodes in the season that Weir has something prominent to do. So she will become a recurring character and the episodes that she had barely anything to do she wont be in, but she will continue to be in the episodes that she usually has a big role to play... Overall loss negligible?
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