I think the problem is not that Teyla's character was actually pushed to the side in Missing, she wasn't, there is a heck of a lot of really good stuff from Teyla in that episode. I think we don't remember how much, or how good it was because we're too busy thinking about how bad Keller was.
I'll freely admit I was very angry at them getting rid of Carson, and I thought then and still think now that they decided to axe Beckett to bring in Keller. But that didn't mean I was going to hate Keller, I had similar feelings about the Weir situation, but I ended up really liking Carter and Woolsey.
For the first few Keller episodes I was pretty indifferent to Keller, I wasn't overly impressed but thought the character might improve over time...then came missing. Like everyone else I was excited about this episode because finally Teyla got a plot line but I was horrified by how the Keller character was written. Whiny, self pitying, self important and immature are some of the nicer things I can say.
Unfortunately the Keller of Missing was a pretty accurate blue print for the rest of her episodes and to me she remains the worst regular character in any of the Stargate shows.
I'll freely admit I was very angry at them getting rid of Carson, and I thought then and still think now that they decided to axe Beckett to bring in Keller. But that didn't mean I was going to hate Keller, I had similar feelings about the Weir situation, but I ended up really liking Carter and Woolsey.
For the first few Keller episodes I was pretty indifferent to Keller, I wasn't overly impressed but thought the character might improve over time...then came missing. Like everyone else I was excited about this episode because finally Teyla got a plot line but I was horrified by how the Keller character was written. Whiny, self pitying, self important and immature are some of the nicer things I can say.
Unfortunately the Keller of Missing was a pretty accurate blue print for the rest of her episodes and to me she remains the worst regular character in any of the Stargate shows.
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