rodney thinking he鈥檚 met ancients: !!!! omg what an honour!!! this is incredible i have so many questions!!!! we have so much to learn!!!!
john thinking he鈥檚 met ancients: yeah i have questions too first question how dare you second question what the fuck third question you ready to catch these hands
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Stargate-Atlantis S1: Ep 9 & 10 The Storm and The Eye
These two episodes are when I went from really liking the show to loving it. And it was at the exact moment that Sheppard flatly said, "I'm going to kill you," when he thinks Weir has been killed. I love Sheppard going all out on the Genii. I love McKay having his own brand of courage as he constantly puts himself between Weir and the Genii. I love Ford finally getting there. I love the layering of man vs. nature and man vs. man. These two episodes are gold. Also, Kolya is such a great villain.
Also, coming after the Home episode really reinforces their willingness to put all on the line for Atlantis and each other. They fought to get back and they're fighting to stay.
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Radek should have stayed on Atlantis during The Storm/Eye - It makes no sense to me that they would only keep Rodney there to pull everything off.
But honestly, I just want Radek and John taking on the Genii together.
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Home (S1: E8)
S: 840 years.
R: What?
S: That's how long it would take us to come get you by puddle jumper.
R: And you would do that, right?
S: Of course we would.
Sheppard is being sarcastic, but Rodny puts a plan in place later to rescue Sheppard 48,000 years in the future. 5 minutes into this stupid episode and I'm crying.
Home in the bigger context is just so beautiful.
Up to now, the team has felt a bit fractured. We've had Teyla not being trusted, we've had Sheppard not committed to giving his life for his team, and we've had then leave a new ally behind. Then Home, The Storm, and the Eye.
I love Sheppard and Elizabeth's little back and forth about how they're not going anywhere.
Watching this in chronological order, you immediately know something is wrong because Hammond meets Elizabeth on the other side of the Stargate. He's no longer in charge of the SG-1.
Sheppard, first to notice, because Hammond is telling him how great a job he's done. (Outcast indicates that he never heard that from his Dad, and the way the Sumner and other military leaders treat him, I don't think he's heard it from his superiors.) And it makes me sad that he knows it's wrong because things are good. Atlantis and these people become home because it's the first time Sheppard is actually wanted. Elizabeth straight up told him in their little chat that she wants him to stay. They want Sheppard when no one else on Earth does.
Rodney with no messages on his answering machine made me tear up. They want Rodney on Atlantis when no one else on Earth wants him.
Hospital for souls. The ultimate Goonies.
Sheppard looks so uncomfortable starting at the shopping trip with Teyla. The first time through I thought it was just him being grumpy about girls shopping, but now it makes my stomach turn because I know he's scrambling inside trying to figure out exactly what is going on.
The pause when he sees his Johnny Cash poster. So creepy. And it finally clicked for me why he just casually flips the bottle cap across the room instead of throwing it in the trash. This isn't home. He knows it. He knows this is totally fake.
Sheppard's head is filled with dead people. 馃槶馃槶馃槶
I truly think this is the most important episode in Season 1. This is when Atlantis becomes home.
Sheppard has more holes in his soul, from seeing his dead friends, from seeing his empty life on earth. But he's head home, home and healing. He's going where they want him. Rodney is going where they want him. Atlantis wants them.
The Storm (S1: E9)
I love Rodney standing in front of Weir again and again. I love Sheppard going into total warrior mode.
This is just one of my favorite "fun" episodes.
The Eye (S1: E10)
S: He'll kill them to punish me.
I don't know why, but I found this line haunting. Sheppard's greatest weakness is his people. If you want to hurt him, you hurt them.
I just love these three episodes together. I love how they realize Home is Atlantis and then they fight to save her. Rodney and Sheppard and Weir really bond in this set, along with Teyla, Carson, and Ford. They've really really settled into a great team, great friends who have each other's back. Plus, Kolya makes a great villain.
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