No Man's Land (301)

[Sam fisher]

In my opinion, when the Wraith turned human said hello, did anyone think, did this guy just step out from a Lord of the Rings set into the Atlantis set?

Your talking about the hair? If so, yeah it did look like that.

[FoolishPleasure]

Quick observations:

Overall a nice episode. Weir was exceptional, showing how good a leader she is, defending herself on Earth. Kudos to Torri for bringing life and fire to this character!

Most everyone was excellent, especially Caldwell. Good to see Lorne. McKay getting rattled on the Wraith ship and Zelenka flustered on the Orion. Those two are so much alike! *Hugs them both*

One part I especially liked was seeing Weir and Teyla working in the beginning and Teyla showing her concern when Weir had to return to Earth. Little scenes like this should have been occurring since the beginning - showing these two leaders supporting each other. It was nice to see, short as it was.

The downside? Shep's kirking cr*p continues. The writers may think this is funny, but they don't realize just how much this turns off a lot of fans.

[rarocks24]

Your talking about the hair? If so, yeah it did look like that.

No, well, sort of. The guy looked exactly like the brown haired young elf escorting the Elf princess to the ships to flee the land. You know, the one that asked Elf princess if she was alright while she was on horseback.

And yes, he did. I swear by it. If and when we get screenshots, I'll post an image.

[The Fifth]

I wanted to see Weir give the reins of Atlantis to Tayla. The scene was totally set up for that. It would show just how much Weir trusts Tayla after all this time. Anyone remember when Janeway gave Chakotay the bridge?

[rarocks24]

I think that was pretty much the situation. It looked like Teyla had control. And did anyone see Teyla with the tablet pc! Hot!!!

[freyr's mother]

Really, I didn't see the Orion explode. All I saw were a lot of explosions on the hull of it. But we never actually saw it explode. Furthermore, I would like to know how the Orion was not even able to stand up to two hiveships, but was able to survive a supervolcano's explosion. I know they had to divert power from the shields to power the weapons, but surely their shields weren't the only things that had power. They should have just completely recharged the shield before the battle and then they could have hooked up their power source to power the weapons.

[Mitchell82]

Excellent episode! Both episodes tonight kicked some royal butt! This makes for a great season on both SG-1 and SGA! Didn;t like that

Spoiler:

orion was destroyed but we now have our very own HIVE SHIP and can kick some booty!

Mabey now we could use our gain against the ORI? Anyway grat episodes looking forward to the rest of the season!

Shepperd: Opporation plan that will go horribly wrong is now executed!

[rarocks24]

I'm watching this episode again.

[Weir'sRedShirt]

Weir was exceptional, showing how good a leader she is, defending herself on Earth. Kudos to Torri for bringing life and fire to this character!

And kudos to the writers for giving her a chance to show how amazing her character is. Weir was definitely my favorite part of the ep, it's rare we get to see her at her full potential.

One part I especially liked was seeing Weir and Teyla working in the beginning and Teyla showing her concern when Weir had to return to Earth. Little scenes like this should have been occurring since the beginning - showing these two leaders supporting each other. It was nice to see, short as it was.

I also like how they're actually calling each other by their first names. After two years, I'd think Teyla and Weir would be extremely close friends, seeing as they are both leaders (and women). Unfortunately, we don't see their relationship often, but I loved their scene and hope the writers have more up their sleeves.

The downside? Shep's kirking cr*p continues. The writers may think this is funny, but they don't realize just how much this turns off a lot of fans.

Agreed. I found this episode's Kirking funny, because it was well-placed and definitely in-character for Sheppard, but I'm crossing my fingers that the episodes with plotlines based on his Kirking will stop. Or at least, get boyfriends and girlfriends for everyone else on Atlantis- Shep's not the only attractive one.

I loved how Rodney and Ronon were paired up; too often, it's the same pairings over and over again. Hope to see more these type of pairings throughout the season, and right now I'm hopeful because it was a great episode.

[npattis]

Doesnt surprise me the Orion was destroyed. I predicted it at the end of season 2. No way they would have Atlantis keep that kind of power.

[freyr's mother]

Keep in mind we did not actually see the ship go boom. For all we know it could just be very heavily damaged. Just because the team didn't want to stay on there to find out how good the ship's hull was at surviving wraith weapons fire doesn't mean it exploded. But chances are, yeah PTB sent it to its grave. So angry at TPTB. *shakes fist*

[Merlin7]

A little too slow moving for me. But an obvious SETTING THINGS UP ep so...meh. There were parts I really liked. Michael and Shep interaction was fabulous. Ronon not happy with Michael adn grabbing Shep by the jacket and, before that, Shep grabbing Ronon's gun and saying "Because I said so" Was a cool moment. Shep got great lines and Joe delivered.

Zelenka was adorably frazzled. Loved Caldwell. Weir bits were the biggest bore to me. I really just didn't care. I wanted more action. One scene of her owning up would have been fine.

Loved the flashback scene Shep had of him not paying attention to Zelenka and McKay because he was kinda flirting with the pretty woman at the next table. Go Shep. You're single, have fun. But do pay attention to the important things. LOL

Rodney got on my nerves, I was loving Ronon yelling at him. Enough with the negative Rodney. We got you're probably going to die the first time.

So..still meh. But it is a set up EP, so I'll wait till next week to decide if season 3 feels like it's going to be the same BUST that season 2 ended up being overall for me.

[Major Gambit]

The Coolest parts of this episode were defidently orion launching the drones, the f-302 battle in the beginning, and the battle with the deedy, orion, and hive. I wonder what role Micheal will play in the rest of Atlantis.


Also, how was Colonel Sheppard able to fly around while in hyperspace? does that make any sence to anyone?

[Sam fisher]

Also, how was Colonel Sheppard able to fly around while in hyperspace? does that make any sence to anyone?

He didn't. The hive ships were out of hyperspace when he started the attack.

[technoextreme]

The downside? Shep's kirking cr*p continues. The writers may think this is funny, but they don't realize just how much this turns off a lot of fans.

Im sorry but that had to be one of the most hillarious part of the show not because of Shepard but because very few people wouldn't be staring off at something else instead of listening to them argue. Im not all that angry at the fact the ship is gone but Im a whee bit disappointed at the explosions hitting that ship. They seemed a bit fake and flat. I think the greatest quote had to be from Sheppard when he was summing up the odds.

It's a walk in a park. A park with monsters that want to kill me.

Also, is the Daeduleus gone? Seems like we will be getting it back soon or just blowing up any ships that are unsalvagable because having it sitting out in space is a major security risk with the hyperdrives.