Amph It's a City, Not a Yo-Yo: Stargate Atlantis (Spoilers Allowed)

Funny coincidence- was digging out a tape to save something from my Tivo, and while skimming the tape to make sure i wasn' taping over anything important, i discovered there was an SG-1 episode on there- the episode dealing with Loki. Given the connection, at least motivationally, between him and these off-shoots, that's just weird timing.

 

Lost Tribe pulled in the best raings this season so far up to 1.5, from the previous 3-way tie of 1.3, and up .4 from part 1.

I suspect some of this has to do with the timeslot change to 9PM, but, still, considering that SGA's actual viewership tends to increase by more than a third after DVR viewings are factored in.

Still, it's a shame the show would perform so well and yet still be cancelled. I wonder if it continues to do well if it has a shot at changing SFC's minds? I can't imagine SFC wouldn't be happy at the prospect of an SGA/SGU/Sanctuary sci-friday lineup, if only for one more season. It's unlikely to be a decision that is reversed, but since the sets aren't being struck down, the show might have a slight advantage over other shows in a similar position- they'd only be limited by cast & crew contract deadlines for renewal.

 

Surprisingly good episode- the whole "villager betrays them to the bad guys" aspect shown in the previews had me worried, but there was a good depth to things- though I wish more had been done on the effect the aftermath of killing those guys had on the village leader. Beckett and Rodney were also good.

Also, Ronon headshot= oof!

"The best season of SGA" may just be SFC's marketing tagline, but so far I'm inclined to agree with it- this has been the best season since Season 1 by far.

 

Tonight's episode was really quite good- though more of a clipshow than I would have preferred. Hopefully, like the best clipshows of SG-1 & SGA, it'll mean it's setting up something major for season's end.

Woolsey really came into his own here- that ending conversation with him and Shep was perfect.

Also, the bit at the start was funny, given Picardo's credits:


Woolsey: "Think of it as, let's say, a Federation."
McKay: "The Federation had ships."

 

Looks like the series finale, Enemy at the Gates, is scheduled to air January 9th. Seems like SG-1 only ended yesterday and here we are saying "farewell" to SGA in it's prime and at it's peak.

 

Well, now, that was definitely one of the best episodes of the series. Michael's story is over, it seems (sure, they could tweak some kind of way to rescind it and say he survives, but there was no overt indication that's the case, ie: "we never found a body", and given the nature of the confrontation, I think it's safe to say he's done and dead).

The whole retaking of the tower was fantastic, with everyone doing their part (including Banks in a "who the heck is this chick who'll probably never get fleshed out more now that the series is ending?" moment), not to mention a semi-new tactical use of the Stargate itself. This is one element of SGA that SGU will never be able to do (at least not so long as they're cut off from Earth)- it won't be able to do large-scale tactical strike team sequences like this.

Gotta love the "that was two years ago" comments on the flooded jumper bay, as well as the "stun bubble" exchange between Radek and Rodney which was note-perfect. The RC car races were really amusing too, great little "down time" character moments.

Also kudos on the music- especially during the final fight outside the tower. I hope they'll start doing at least seasonal soundtrack releases sometime soon!

Ya know, SFC, it'd be real swell if you just, ya know, changd your mind and gave the show one last season...

 

Well, to be fair, when Ronon fought him, Michael was at full health- when Shep fought him, Michale had already taken a couple rounds.

 

I just hope they don't overlook the smaller stories during these movies. Having something big-big like Continuum is great, but surely there's room to add an extra 15-20 min of smaller subplots so we can get stuff like McKay and Shep racing RC cars, Woolsey sipping wine in a suit and characters having downtime. As you say, allow the supporting characters to still get a little bit of time like Zelenka and Lorne- be able to develop characters like Banks who could be more than one-offs.

...THEN add in a protracted dart/302 dogfight melee with the Daedalus popping cruisers with Asgard beams for flavor