Where's Carter?

[KiLL3r]

she was on a picnic with jack at the time, and had their radios switched off

[IcyNeko]

she was on a picnic with jack at the time, and had their radios switched off

I disagree. Jack doesn't picnic.

he does, however, fish. With a pond. That is now full of fish.

[KiLL3r]

I disagree. Jack doesn't picnic.

he does, however, fish. With a pond. That is now full of fish.

exactly carter was having the picnic while jack just went fishing

[Jumper_One]

exactly carter was having the picnic while jack just went fishing

or they went to his cabin and both of them had a good time with the picnic and fishing

[prion]

Er, decided to stop reading most of this thread due to the comments on both side of the fence.

Carter is... who knows where? At base doing her job. At the SGC? Stuck at the airport? When we haven't had her there, it's had an empty feeling, but I honestly didn't miss her at all last night in any respect as Weir was back. But that's another story.

The thing is this isn't the first time fans go "huh?" in respect to missing characters. A throwaway line could easily explain a character's absence, like Teyla last week, but well, the writers don't seem to think of them.

[Shiro]

Er, decided to stop reading most of this thread due to the comments on both side of the fence.

Carter is... who knows where? At base doing her job. At the SGC? Stuck at the airport? When we haven't had her there, it's had an empty feeling, but I honestly didn't miss her at all last night in any respect as Weir was back. But that's another story.

The thing is this isn't the first time fans go "huh?" in respect to missing characters. A throwaway line could easily explain a character's absence, like Teyla last week, but well, the writers don't seem to think of them.

It's interesting, because they did always used to have that throw away line in SG-1. Like Daniel would mention that Sam is at Area 51 fiddling with some alien gadget or whatever.

You're right, she could have been anywhere. I was initially thinking that she could easily have been put in to the episode, if the writers had bothered to, but then I changed my mind as Sam probably didn't fit in to this story.

However, it's important to consider that if characters don't naturally appear in the plots that are being written, then are they serving the purpose that was intended?

[Agent_Dark]

Go cry us a plague, Maya.

haha

[Agent_Dark]

LOL, NAH! as fans we can hate whatever character we damn well please to, I'm glad tptb were thoughtful and kept Carter-Sue out of TMC, at least I can watch the episode without wanting to vomit.

LOL WEIR'S DEAD

[PG15]

Carter was...not needed in this episode. 'Nuff said.

At least they didn't cram her into the episode like they did with Weir sometimes.

[doylefan22]

I hate to see her in a Hammond/Weir type role of doing nothing but "ok I give you the go" type spots.

I want the old Scientist Carter.

I'm afraid that's the role she's got and rightly so IMO. She was brought in as leader. Atlantis already has a genius scientist and one who has far more experience with Ancient tech and Atlantis than she does.

I was worried that McKay would lose some of his role when she joined and I'm glad that hasn't been the case.

[prion]

Carter was...not needed in this episode. 'Nuff said.

At least they didn't cram her into the episode like they did with Weir sometimes.

carter was not in the episode because tapping isn't in six of the 20 episodes, not because she wasn't needed per se. As the boss of the base, she'd have a say on the team going off on a meeting with a replicator The actress simply wasn't available. she was making movies

[g.o.d]

she's even more invisible than Teyla.. Teyla 2.0

[mapsc]

carter was not in the episode because tapping isn't in six of the 20 episodes, not because she wasn't needed per se. As the boss of the base, she'd have a say on the team going off on a meeting with a replicator The actress simply wasn't available. she was making movies

She wouldn't just "have a say", she would make the call.

Mike P.

[jenks]

One of the many problems with Weir was that she was written into episodes she didn't need to be in just for the sake of it, I'm glad they have made an effort not to make the same mistake with Carter.

[Pajus]

And one reason I don't post or visit fansite forums very often. You come into a forum for discussion and debate and instead get petty squabbles, immature remarks and the occasional flame or troll though GateWorld is thankfully rarely struck by that.

Shouldn't the haters be off in a hating thread or at least provide some kind of substance to their arguments? If I don't like someone/plot/story/etc I at least try to give an explanation not just "so and so sucks and I wish they were dead" or just rant about the same thing endlessly.

Let's discuss this: Why is Carter the new head of Atlantis? There are at least a dozen people already in Atlantis that are more qualified for the job.

Carter was...not needed in this episode. 'Nuff said.

IMHO she's not needed in any episode for that matter.

she's even more invisible than Teyla.. Teyla 2.0

Calling Overgrown sissy-toy Ass-kicking wallpaper 2.0 is an affront to Ass-kicking wallpaper.