What's up with Telford.

[garhkal]

I think he does feel responsible for them, seeing as how it was HIM that gave the LA the keys to it.

[Ben 'Teal'c would WIN!!' Noble]

He wanted to get the people home but now that nots possible he wants to go back and help. He always wanted to go and lead the mission just with the right people.

[blackluster]

This episode presented a different scenario for when he was there and thus his behaviour is different. When stuck on Destiny with those people with no way home, he is keen to establish a way to get them back home. This has to be taken in context though with Telford's core ambition. The away leg of the 9th chevron project was his command. He trained for it and mostly likely invested a great deal of his time and effort in to it. So if there is even the remotest chance that a viable 2 way means of transport being established, his ambition will surge to the fore with a vengeance. The feelings he has harbored all this time are made clear, he feels Young never deserved the chair he know sits in, so Telford wants what was meant to be his.

[talyn2k1]

I think Telford is simply dealing with the changing circumstances. When he was on Destiny and desperate to leave, the ship was on the verge of complete failure. His first priority in that instances was to get everyone home by whatever means necessary.

Now, Destiny has enough spare parts that the mission is still viable, so his new priority is to get needed supplies and personnel (including himself) to the ship.

He still believes that Destiny has a lot to offer in terms of technological finds (the star-feeding tech is massively valuable in its own right) and he sees that their best chance of defending Earth against the LA and any other threats is on that ship.

He basically has 2 priorities
1. Look after his people.
2. Protect Earth.

In "Twin Destinies", his people were in immediate danger, so screw the mission.
Now, they are not so protecting Earth becomes his priority.

I don't think he is entirely self-serving, he just has an order of priorities that changes depending on the circumstances, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[Python]

Because the show's producers want to captivate you with the curiosity of his motives. There's no other reason. You will probably never understand his motives.

It's how television works. There are some things that keep you going all the way to the end, which you never figure out, because there never was anything to figure out about them. They just existed to keep your attention..