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annundrielI need to get to town and buy more music. James Blunt and Muse in particular. Muse for sure, as I don't have nearly enough by them. And James Blunt because, well, since SNL I've had him stuck in the back of my head basically.
Randomly, there's been some talk about the movie for The Da Vinci Code and how it could be an Oscar contender (or something) next year for Tom Hanks. So far, it hasn't struck me as the regular Oscar kind of material. And, frankly, the book's not *that* great. It's fluff. It's Michael Crichton lite. And, yeah, okay, maybe Hanks will do a kick ass job and be nominated, but it still doesn't strike me as something at that level. (And, god, I guess Titanic is at that level and look what that got.) Basically, I'm kind of amazed at the big deal being made over the whole thing. It's a fun read, it'll be an entertaining movie
(What really gets me is the fuss over the Mary Magdalene thing. It's not a new idea, people. Sure, Dan Brown made it more accessible to the general public, but the idea has been around for ages.)
Anyhoo. Television's been very good to me lately. :D
In regards to the most recent episode of Nip/Tuck, I have one abbreviation and two words: OMG petrified fetus! Also, I'm constantly amazed by how I can in turns be disgusted and charmed with the main characters, particularly Sean and Christian. I like them despite them being pretty much completely fucked up. I mean, Christian is an *asshole* and he's done some really horrible emotional stuff to people, but I still want to give him tea and wrap him in a blanket. It's a very interesting kind of thing.
Season finale next week. My god. I can't wait. Who's the Carver?
I laugh every time the Carver's commercial for MySpace comes up.
And then there was Project Runway. Just a couple of thoughts:
- I'm really starting to get annoyed with Santino's attitude.
- What did Tim pull Daniel F. and his model away for there near the end? What did he have to say to him? Tim remains the best part of PR in my opinion. There should be more Tim on the show. Don't ask me why I like him so much. I really don't know. It's kind of like how I like Sam Waterston loads and loads on Law & Order and have really no explanation for why. But when Tim writes things like, "Have a Power Bar and some Jamba Juice and snap to it!" I just kind of have to love him. ::shrug::
- I really liked Diana's design, as well as Nick's. Glad he won.
You know, the previews on Sci-Fi for Sci-Fi Friday aren't nearly as exciting when a third of the footage being shown is stuff you've already seen thanks to the lovely people up in Canada. But, hey, at least Ben Browder's still hot.
In which there are lots of "oh, Rodney"s and several "oh, John"s, and some flailing. Really, nothing important. But I don't really have anyone here at home to appreciate it with me.
SGA - "Grace Under Pressure"
- Griffin sure knows a lot about the tomato.
- For some reason the fact that Griffin says "Eye-talians" is hilarious to me.
- McKay's having a hard time putting up with the parade of tomato-knowledge.
- GRIFFIN: You're not Spanish, are you?
McKAY: Oh yes, of the Barcelona McKays!
- McKay hits several high notes on that "What??" after Griffin's very calm "Brace for impact." It's too bad Griffin actually seems really competent and he's going to die.
- Jumper 6. When was Jumper 6 shot down? Is that the jumper from "Condemned"? And what happened when they went to get it back? Also, I really like the lighting in the jumpers, particularly the wall-panels.
- "Rodney, thank God, we thought you- I've been trying to get ahold of you for over an hour." They thought they were dead. And I think it says a lot that Zelenka, and others, were obviously worried about McKay and Griffin despite McKay's problems with people.
- You know, I'm not a claustrophobic person, but that would seriously freak me out. It's sort of like being buried alive, isn't it?
- This is going to sound strange and random, but I like listening to Rodney (DH?) enunciate things. ::shrug::
- "Good luck, Rodney." Ah, man. It *sucks* to be McKay. The writers just love forcing him to watch people die, don't they?
"Why did he do that? Why did you do that?!" Oh, the confusion there. He doesn't understand the self-sacrifice quite yet. Griffin, I think, understood that McKay had a chance of surviving if the conditions were right. And, rather than having both of them die, McKay survives this way. And, well, McKay's not quite to the point where he'd make that sort of sacrifice for someone he doesn't know. (Except there was "Before I Sleep" where OtherRodney made that sacrifice for everyone.)
And that got me thinking about what would have happened if Sheppard had been in the jumper with McKay instead of Griffin and the same events had happened. Just how much worse would that be for McKay? And would he have done anything more about it before the actual "Good luck, Rodney" or would that have been different?
And, hey, Griffin did call him "Rodney," implying that they knew each other a little. Or the writers just wanted to make it that much more personal for him.
- I could watch DH by himself for hours I think. I mean, wow. McKay is *so* close to losing it. I love how he talks himself into solving one problem at a time, finds the flashlight, and is a bit hysterically triumphant. And then the camera pulls back and it's just him in the middle of the jumper and the music gets all quiet-doom and his face droops. Because he knows exactly how screwed he is.
- "They *made* it." Oh, John. This is the sort of thinking that gets you a black mark in Afghanistan, and I love you for it.
Zelenka's not exactly an optimist, is he? Does the pessimism come with being a scientist on Atlantis and being all about the facts?
- Rodney's gotten better at the self-bandaging. And he's being smart and stuff and intelligence is just a very attractive quality.
- Seriously, I love Rodney talking to himself. It's actually what I would do in the same situation. Actually, it *is* what I do when I'm alone and trying to write a paper. Or reading for a class.
This is very much like there's a split-personality/Jeckyll-&-Hyde thing going on. (Which makes sense with Sam showing up later.) But I find it interesting that he addresses himself as "you" or "McKay." (And other people have pointed out that when Sheppard's alone, he addresses himself as "John.") But the "you" and the "McKay"...he's markedly setting himself into two different positions: the one working, and the one delegating the work. And the one delegating the work is the same McKay that terrorizes the other scientists. Which means that's the (not so) little voice that's constantly in the back of Rodney's brain working against him.
Oh, Rodney.
I mean, in this case, at least in the beginning, that voice is keeping McKay from panicking completely. But to have that voice there all the time...after awhile...Well, no wonder he's cranky.
- "You do not need inertial dampeners while you sink!"
- "I'm going to die." The *look* on his face. Ow.
- Lab coat! THere should be more lab coats on this show. But, um, why'd Zelenka need to put one on?
Also, yea scientists!
- "I'm freezing. Why am I so cold? Oh no, I haven't lost that much blood, have I? Of course, it could have something to do with the billion or so gallons of freezing water you're surrounded by, you idiot."
This whole scene is just amazing.
- "You lemon!"
- "Do you even have an opinion anyways, you you- No. Why? Because you are an inanimate object, huh! Does that stop me from talking to you? Oh no no no no my inanimate friend because I have been struck upon the head you see!"
- The deal thing, the giggling, the near-tears. Oh, Rodney. "I'm going to die of hypoxia. That is so funny."
- Monster garage! Smarty-pants John! Plan! Oh, John. You're so active and knowledgeable about the people and things on Atlantis. "Like chocolate and peanut butter." They should let John be all smart and in charge more. I mean, he usually is. But smart and in charge like this. He's adorably in a hurry to savehis boyfriend Rodney.
- John and Rodney have been bugging Elizabeth to let them take a jumper underwater! Hee.
John hopped a little. Hee.
- "I need to be the one on the surface saving the poor bastard stuck down here, not actually be the poor bastard stuck down here!"
- "I'm pretty sure that this thing is an instant case of indigestion." Sea-monster! "Well, I'm treating an alien whale like Lassie."
- The music for this ep actually kind of reminds me of the music on Lost.
- Zelenka called her "Elizabeth"! Hee.
- Sam! Sam! Hallucinated, pink, busty Sam! Rodney's voice when he says her name.
- Sam with the pointing and the McKay-look. Hee.
- SAM: Look, the way I see it, you're scared, you're a little panicked, you're a lot lonely. You knew you could use some help, so your subconscious is manifesting the one person you know is smarter than you.
McKAY: Oh, I don't think so.
SAM: Oh, don't start with me, McKay.
McKAY: You are very clever. I would even give you brilliant, but there is brilliant and then there's me. [Pointy fingers!]
SAM: Every time we've worked together, you've been wrong and I've been right.
McKAY: Even if that were true, and no one is saying that it is, the fact that you could assert that I-
SAM: Why else would I be here?
McKAY: I don't know. Maybe one last romp before I die.
SAM: One last romp? Please, we never-
McKAY: Okay, one first romp. But it's *rompin'* that comes to mind, not your brains, Blondie. Now, you've got to admit, I am a handsome man standing-
SAM: You're essentially arguing with yourself, you realize that, right? Your mind is creating me.
Oh, and now he begins to doubt what's real and what's not. Seriously, it sucks to be him this episode. Bad day. And then he slaps himself.
I do rather like slightly insane Rodney. "I suppose that's comforting in a terrified-for-my-mental-health kind of way."
- Radek! John called him "Radek"! Hee. Now, before the series ends, many years from now, will Rodney ever call Sheppard "John"?
- John's so smart! And Elizabeth called Zelenka "Radek"! Everyone's on a first name basis. And poor Zelenka can't swim.
- WEIR: Look, I'm not going to order you to go-
SHEPPARD: I *will*.
WEIR: All I'm saying is that if Rodney can't turn to you, who can turn to?
So Weir goes for the emotional manipulation and Sheppard goes for the physical.
- "Stay warm, stay breathing, stay alive as long as you can and give your team the biggest window of opportunity possible."
It makes so much sense that he's hallucinating Sam, and not just because she's smart and "wise." SG-1's always had this trust in each other, that they'd all come through in the end. McKay was witness to this when Sam wouldn't give up on Teal'c in "48 Hours." But I think it's arguable that Atlantis is the first time Rodney's had people consistently be there for him. So suddenly here he is on Atlantis with a team that he cares about and that cares about him, but he's not used to handling that and so he thinks he has to rescue himself because they've given up. While subconsciously he wants badly to believe that they will save him. Oh, Rodney.
- SAM: You have some very smart, very motivated people on the surface and the only thing they are working on right now is rescuing you.
McKAY: Oh come on, they are planning my memorial service.
Which is really kind of a sad thing for Rodney to think, but he knows how difficult he is and how bad he is with people.
And even if he's doubting them verbally, deep down he knows what they're really made of.
- "I can't even hallucinate right today."
- "I *am* a mind game." Hee.
- I do like that when the jumper hits the bottom, Sam doesn't react at all. Because she wouldn't, being a hallucination and all. (And also, later, no shivering.)
- "You claim to be a creation of my mind and yet you are in no way dressed provocatively!" And Sam looks at her cleavage. Hee!
- That look when Rodney notices the water seeping in...::shudder:: Hewlett does terror like no one else.
- "We're under water." Hee. Aw, John. You're precious. Trying to get Zelenka excited about it. He's missing Rodney, because he knows if Rodney were the one with him, it would be all excitement. Especially since they wanted to try submersing the jumpers anyway.
- ZELENKA: I'm getting sporadic life-signs readings.
SHEPPARD: As in sea-monster life-signs?
The *look* on Zelenka's face! And then pulling out the "stop talking please."
- I like this repetition of McKay and drowning. That sounds really morbid, but, um, it's interesting.
- McKAY: We make a good team, you and I.
SAM: Suuure. [Bwahahaha. The look on her face!]
McKAY: No, no I mean it. I really enjoy working with you, always have. I wonder, I wonder why we never hooked up?
SAM: Well, aside from the fact that you're petty, arrogant, and treat people badly?
McKAY: Yes.
SAM: No, that's pretty much it. Petty, arrogant, bad with people.
McKAY: Oh, but you do find me attractive, I mean, physically?
SAM: Let's stick to working on my idea.
McKAY: This is my idea.
SAM: How do you figure?
McKAY: You don't exist. You think what my subconscious tells you to think, so really the idea was mine. Oh wow, I'm arguing with myself about who had an idea first, me or me. I really am petty, aren't I?
SAM: And arrogant and bad with people, yes.
So he was aware of his faults. And now he's aware of them on a more aware level. Rodney's learning about himself. I would *love* to see some emotional follow up on this episode, at least some acknowledgment from Rodney that this did happen to him.
Also, I just really loved that exchange.
- Aahahahahaha.
McKAY: You're a figment of my imagination, the least you can do is take your top off.
SAM: You're subconscious mind knows I would never be into that.
McKAY: You are the worst hallucination ever.
- SAM: See, this is why I could never have a relationship with you, Rodney. You don't listen to people; you don't trust them.
McKAY: I have every reason not to.
But he did go out on the test flight when Zelenka asked to get out of it. And the jumpers really are like cars, being referred to as "she."
"You'll excuse me if my trust in my fellow scientists is at an all time low. Want something done right, do it yourself."
- Wow, when Zelenka and Sheppard are talking about the shield draining more power because of how deep they are, Sheppard's ears look especially pointy.
- "Doesn't mean I can't get you hot." Hee!!! OMG. I love this show. Bra! And it's *blue*. And kissage! And little moan-y noises! ::flails::
- "Lt. Colonel Siren." Ha.
- "Half-an-hour 'til I'm dead." Oh, Rodney.
- Czech! And John's reaction. Hehe. "I think my Czech's getting better 'cause I know what you mean."
- Oh Zelenka, how much do I adore you? ::does big-arms:: Thiiiiiiiiiiiiis much. His little, "why?" is just, hmm, great.
- Oh, Rodney. I'm not gonna bother writing out the scene about Griffin, because wow. You just have to see it. My heart aches for Rodney. "It's been a bad day." But he still can't help hoping Sam will get naked. :) ::pats him::
- McKAY: I honestly don't think you're smarter than I am. On your best day, we're, like, maybe a tie.
SAM: There is a compliment coming, right?
McKAY: Yes. My intelligence aside, you're wiser. I guess at the end of the day, that's why you're down here. You were right.
SAM: Well, you were right. At least subconsciously.
McKAY: I guess that's something.
He still thinks of her as an artist. He's got the book-smarts, but she's got the street-smarts kinda thing.
- "Well, we can try." Oh, John. "I'm not coming this far without doing something."
- Zelenka! You're so smart.
- "Hey buddy." ♥
- And poor Rodney, not knowing for sure what's real and what's not. Let them help you, Rodney.
- Sheppard said "ain't." Heh.
- "I knew you'd think of something. Subconsciously at least."
- I love the image of Sam waving goodbye from the back of the puddlejumper. And the look on Rodney's face is...I don't know what it is. It's very, hmm, bare.
And that's all they wrote and I am just overwhelmed by how much I love this show, this episode, these characters. There's still lots of flailing going on around here.
Some other thoughts:
-- They need to let Amanda Tapping do more stuff on SG-1. And I wouldn't mind, I think, if she showed up on Atlantis a bit and shook things up. I'd actually like to see Sheppard's reaction to McKay and Carter. And Carter's reaction to this new McKay. Wouldn't it be lovely to have a scene that mirrored the pianist scene in "Redemption," with the roles reversed?
Besides which, AT and DH have fantabulous chemistry. There should really be more stuff between them.
-- Very happy that they left out Teyla, Ronon, and Beckett. It would have been too much, trying to fit them in there.
-- Why do they remove their flag and mission patches whenever they leave Atlantis? They don't wear them off-world, which I think I can understand, but I notice that Rodney's not wearing his in the jumper.
Sigh. Yeah. Good ep. Definitely one of my all time favorites.
Randomly, there's been some talk about the movie for The Da Vinci Code and how it could be an Oscar contender (or something) next year for Tom Hanks. So far, it hasn't struck me as the regular Oscar kind of material. And, frankly, the book's not *that* great. It's fluff. It's Michael Crichton lite. And, yeah, okay, maybe Hanks will do a kick ass job and be nominated, but it still doesn't strike me as something at that level. (And, god, I guess Titanic is at that level and look what that got.) Basically, I'm kind of amazed at the big deal being made over the whole thing. It's a fun read, it'll be an entertaining movie
(What really gets me is the fuss over the Mary Magdalene thing. It's not a new idea, people. Sure, Dan Brown made it more accessible to the general public, but the idea has been around for ages.)
Anyhoo. Television's been very good to me lately. :D
In regards to the most recent episode of Nip/Tuck, I have one abbreviation and two words: OMG petrified fetus! Also, I'm constantly amazed by how I can in turns be disgusted and charmed with the main characters, particularly Sean and Christian. I like them despite them being pretty much completely fucked up. I mean, Christian is an *asshole* and he's done some really horrible emotional stuff to people, but I still want to give him tea and wrap him in a blanket. It's a very interesting kind of thing.
Season finale next week. My god. I can't wait. Who's the Carver?
I laugh every time the Carver's commercial for MySpace comes up.
And then there was Project Runway. Just a couple of thoughts:
- I'm really starting to get annoyed with Santino's attitude.
- What did Tim pull Daniel F. and his model away for there near the end? What did he have to say to him? Tim remains the best part of PR in my opinion. There should be more Tim on the show. Don't ask me why I like him so much. I really don't know. It's kind of like how I like Sam Waterston loads and loads on Law & Order and have really no explanation for why. But when Tim writes things like, "Have a Power Bar and some Jamba Juice and snap to it!" I just kind of have to love him. ::shrug::
- I really liked Diana's design, as well as Nick's. Glad he won.
You know, the previews on Sci-Fi for Sci-Fi Friday aren't nearly as exciting when a third of the footage being shown is stuff you've already seen thanks to the lovely people up in Canada. But, hey, at least Ben Browder's still hot.
In which there are lots of "oh, Rodney"s and several "oh, John"s, and some flailing. Really, nothing important. But I don't really have anyone here at home to appreciate it with me.
SGA - "Grace Under Pressure"
- Griffin sure knows a lot about the tomato.
- For some reason the fact that Griffin says "Eye-talians" is hilarious to me.
- McKay's having a hard time putting up with the parade of tomato-knowledge.
- GRIFFIN: You're not Spanish, are you?
McKAY: Oh yes, of the Barcelona McKays!
- McKay hits several high notes on that "What??" after Griffin's very calm "Brace for impact." It's too bad Griffin actually seems really competent and he's going to die.
- Jumper 6. When was Jumper 6 shot down? Is that the jumper from "Condemned"? And what happened when they went to get it back? Also, I really like the lighting in the jumpers, particularly the wall-panels.
- "Rodney, thank God, we thought you- I've been trying to get ahold of you for over an hour." They thought they were dead. And I think it says a lot that Zelenka, and others, were obviously worried about McKay and Griffin despite McKay's problems with people.
- You know, I'm not a claustrophobic person, but that would seriously freak me out. It's sort of like being buried alive, isn't it?
- This is going to sound strange and random, but I like listening to Rodney (DH?) enunciate things. ::shrug::
- "Good luck, Rodney." Ah, man. It *sucks* to be McKay. The writers just love forcing him to watch people die, don't they?
"Why did he do that? Why did you do that?!" Oh, the confusion there. He doesn't understand the self-sacrifice quite yet. Griffin, I think, understood that McKay had a chance of surviving if the conditions were right. And, rather than having both of them die, McKay survives this way. And, well, McKay's not quite to the point where he'd make that sort of sacrifice for someone he doesn't know. (Except there was "Before I Sleep" where OtherRodney made that sacrifice for everyone.)
And that got me thinking about what would have happened if Sheppard had been in the jumper with McKay instead of Griffin and the same events had happened. Just how much worse would that be for McKay? And would he have done anything more about it before the actual "Good luck, Rodney" or would that have been different?
And, hey, Griffin did call him "Rodney," implying that they knew each other a little. Or the writers just wanted to make it that much more personal for him.
- I could watch DH by himself for hours I think. I mean, wow. McKay is *so* close to losing it. I love how he talks himself into solving one problem at a time, finds the flashlight, and is a bit hysterically triumphant. And then the camera pulls back and it's just him in the middle of the jumper and the music gets all quiet-doom and his face droops. Because he knows exactly how screwed he is.
- "They *made* it." Oh, John. This is the sort of thinking that gets you a black mark in Afghanistan, and I love you for it.
Zelenka's not exactly an optimist, is he? Does the pessimism come with being a scientist on Atlantis and being all about the facts?
- Rodney's gotten better at the self-bandaging. And he's being smart and stuff and intelligence is just a very attractive quality.
- Seriously, I love Rodney talking to himself. It's actually what I would do in the same situation. Actually, it *is* what I do when I'm alone and trying to write a paper. Or reading for a class.
This is very much like there's a split-personality/Jeckyll-&-Hyde thing going on. (Which makes sense with Sam showing up later.) But I find it interesting that he addresses himself as "you" or "McKay." (And other people have pointed out that when Sheppard's alone, he addresses himself as "John.") But the "you" and the "McKay"...he's markedly setting himself into two different positions: the one working, and the one delegating the work. And the one delegating the work is the same McKay that terrorizes the other scientists. Which means that's the (not so) little voice that's constantly in the back of Rodney's brain working against him.
Oh, Rodney.
I mean, in this case, at least in the beginning, that voice is keeping McKay from panicking completely. But to have that voice there all the time...after awhile...Well, no wonder he's cranky.
- "You do not need inertial dampeners while you sink!"
- "I'm going to die." The *look* on his face. Ow.
- Lab coat! THere should be more lab coats on this show. But, um, why'd Zelenka need to put one on?
Also, yea scientists!
- "I'm freezing. Why am I so cold? Oh no, I haven't lost that much blood, have I? Of course, it could have something to do with the billion or so gallons of freezing water you're surrounded by, you idiot."
This whole scene is just amazing.
- "You lemon!"
- "Do you even have an opinion anyways, you you- No. Why? Because you are an inanimate object, huh! Does that stop me from talking to you? Oh no no no no my inanimate friend because I have been struck upon the head you see!"
- The deal thing, the giggling, the near-tears. Oh, Rodney. "I'm going to die of hypoxia. That is so funny."
- Monster garage! Smarty-pants John! Plan! Oh, John. You're so active and knowledgeable about the people and things on Atlantis. "Like chocolate and peanut butter." They should let John be all smart and in charge more. I mean, he usually is. But smart and in charge like this. He's adorably in a hurry to save
- John and Rodney have been bugging Elizabeth to let them take a jumper underwater! Hee.
John hopped a little. Hee.
- "I need to be the one on the surface saving the poor bastard stuck down here, not actually be the poor bastard stuck down here!"
- "I'm pretty sure that this thing is an instant case of indigestion." Sea-monster! "Well, I'm treating an alien whale like Lassie."
- The music for this ep actually kind of reminds me of the music on Lost.
- Zelenka called her "Elizabeth"! Hee.
- Sam! Sam! Hallucinated, pink, busty Sam! Rodney's voice when he says her name.
- Sam with the pointing and the McKay-look. Hee.
- SAM: Look, the way I see it, you're scared, you're a little panicked, you're a lot lonely. You knew you could use some help, so your subconscious is manifesting the one person you know is smarter than you.
McKAY: Oh, I don't think so.
SAM: Oh, don't start with me, McKay.
McKAY: You are very clever. I would even give you brilliant, but there is brilliant and then there's me. [Pointy fingers!]
SAM: Every time we've worked together, you've been wrong and I've been right.
McKAY: Even if that were true, and no one is saying that it is, the fact that you could assert that I-
SAM: Why else would I be here?
McKAY: I don't know. Maybe one last romp before I die.
SAM: One last romp? Please, we never-
McKAY: Okay, one first romp. But it's *rompin'* that comes to mind, not your brains, Blondie. Now, you've got to admit, I am a handsome man standing-
SAM: You're essentially arguing with yourself, you realize that, right? Your mind is creating me.
Oh, and now he begins to doubt what's real and what's not. Seriously, it sucks to be him this episode. Bad day. And then he slaps himself.
I do rather like slightly insane Rodney. "I suppose that's comforting in a terrified-for-my-mental-health kind of way."
- Radek! John called him "Radek"! Hee. Now, before the series ends, many years from now, will Rodney ever call Sheppard "John"?
- John's so smart! And Elizabeth called Zelenka "Radek"! Everyone's on a first name basis. And poor Zelenka can't swim.
- WEIR: Look, I'm not going to order you to go-
SHEPPARD: I *will*.
WEIR: All I'm saying is that if Rodney can't turn to you, who can turn to?
So Weir goes for the emotional manipulation and Sheppard goes for the physical.
- "Stay warm, stay breathing, stay alive as long as you can and give your team the biggest window of opportunity possible."
It makes so much sense that he's hallucinating Sam, and not just because she's smart and "wise." SG-1's always had this trust in each other, that they'd all come through in the end. McKay was witness to this when Sam wouldn't give up on Teal'c in "48 Hours." But I think it's arguable that Atlantis is the first time Rodney's had people consistently be there for him. So suddenly here he is on Atlantis with a team that he cares about and that cares about him, but he's not used to handling that and so he thinks he has to rescue himself because they've given up. While subconsciously he wants badly to believe that they will save him. Oh, Rodney.
- SAM: You have some very smart, very motivated people on the surface and the only thing they are working on right now is rescuing you.
McKAY: Oh come on, they are planning my memorial service.
Which is really kind of a sad thing for Rodney to think, but he knows how difficult he is and how bad he is with people.
And even if he's doubting them verbally, deep down he knows what they're really made of.
- "I can't even hallucinate right today."
- "I *am* a mind game." Hee.
- I do like that when the jumper hits the bottom, Sam doesn't react at all. Because she wouldn't, being a hallucination and all. (And also, later, no shivering.)
- "You claim to be a creation of my mind and yet you are in no way dressed provocatively!" And Sam looks at her cleavage. Hee!
- That look when Rodney notices the water seeping in...::shudder:: Hewlett does terror like no one else.
- "We're under water." Hee. Aw, John. You're precious. Trying to get Zelenka excited about it. He's missing Rodney, because he knows if Rodney were the one with him, it would be all excitement. Especially since they wanted to try submersing the jumpers anyway.
- ZELENKA: I'm getting sporadic life-signs readings.
SHEPPARD: As in sea-monster life-signs?
The *look* on Zelenka's face! And then pulling out the "stop talking please."
- I like this repetition of McKay and drowning. That sounds really morbid, but, um, it's interesting.
- McKAY: We make a good team, you and I.
SAM: Suuure. [Bwahahaha. The look on her face!]
McKAY: No, no I mean it. I really enjoy working with you, always have. I wonder, I wonder why we never hooked up?
SAM: Well, aside from the fact that you're petty, arrogant, and treat people badly?
McKAY: Yes.
SAM: No, that's pretty much it. Petty, arrogant, bad with people.
McKAY: Oh, but you do find me attractive, I mean, physically?
SAM: Let's stick to working on my idea.
McKAY: This is my idea.
SAM: How do you figure?
McKAY: You don't exist. You think what my subconscious tells you to think, so really the idea was mine. Oh wow, I'm arguing with myself about who had an idea first, me or me. I really am petty, aren't I?
SAM: And arrogant and bad with people, yes.
So he was aware of his faults. And now he's aware of them on a more aware level. Rodney's learning about himself. I would *love* to see some emotional follow up on this episode, at least some acknowledgment from Rodney that this did happen to him.
Also, I just really loved that exchange.
- Aahahahahaha.
McKAY: You're a figment of my imagination, the least you can do is take your top off.
SAM: You're subconscious mind knows I would never be into that.
McKAY: You are the worst hallucination ever.
- SAM: See, this is why I could never have a relationship with you, Rodney. You don't listen to people; you don't trust them.
McKAY: I have every reason not to.
But he did go out on the test flight when Zelenka asked to get out of it. And the jumpers really are like cars, being referred to as "she."
"You'll excuse me if my trust in my fellow scientists is at an all time low. Want something done right, do it yourself."
- Wow, when Zelenka and Sheppard are talking about the shield draining more power because of how deep they are, Sheppard's ears look especially pointy.
- "Doesn't mean I can't get you hot." Hee!!! OMG. I love this show. Bra! And it's *blue*. And kissage! And little moan-y noises! ::flails::
- "Lt. Colonel Siren." Ha.
- "Half-an-hour 'til I'm dead." Oh, Rodney.
- Czech! And John's reaction. Hehe. "I think my Czech's getting better 'cause I know what you mean."
- Oh Zelenka, how much do I adore you? ::does big-arms:: Thiiiiiiiiiiiiis much. His little, "why?" is just, hmm, great.
- Oh, Rodney. I'm not gonna bother writing out the scene about Griffin, because wow. You just have to see it. My heart aches for Rodney. "It's been a bad day." But he still can't help hoping Sam will get naked. :) ::pats him::
- McKAY: I honestly don't think you're smarter than I am. On your best day, we're, like, maybe a tie.
SAM: There is a compliment coming, right?
McKAY: Yes. My intelligence aside, you're wiser. I guess at the end of the day, that's why you're down here. You were right.
SAM: Well, you were right. At least subconsciously.
McKAY: I guess that's something.
He still thinks of her as an artist. He's got the book-smarts, but she's got the street-smarts kinda thing.
- "Well, we can try." Oh, John. "I'm not coming this far without doing something."
- Zelenka! You're so smart.
- "Hey buddy." ♥
- And poor Rodney, not knowing for sure what's real and what's not. Let them help you, Rodney.
- Sheppard said "ain't." Heh.
- "I knew you'd think of something. Subconsciously at least."
- I love the image of Sam waving goodbye from the back of the puddlejumper. And the look on Rodney's face is...I don't know what it is. It's very, hmm, bare.
And that's all they wrote and I am just overwhelmed by how much I love this show, this episode, these characters. There's still lots of flailing going on around here.
Some other thoughts:
-- They need to let Amanda Tapping do more stuff on SG-1. And I wouldn't mind, I think, if she showed up on Atlantis a bit and shook things up. I'd actually like to see Sheppard's reaction to McKay and Carter. And Carter's reaction to this new McKay. Wouldn't it be lovely to have a scene that mirrored the pianist scene in "Redemption," with the roles reversed?
Besides which, AT and DH have fantabulous chemistry. There should really be more stuff between them.
-- Very happy that they left out Teyla, Ronon, and Beckett. It would have been too much, trying to fit them in there.
-- Why do they remove their flag and mission patches whenever they leave Atlantis? They don't wear them off-world, which I think I can understand, but I notice that Rodney's not wearing his in the jumper.
Sigh. Yeah. Good ep. Definitely one of my all time favorites.
