atlantis- season three

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No Man's Land

Wraith Rodney! I'd forgotten about Wraith Rodney
Also, the only person who knows how to fix anything is currently a Wraith.
Occasionally Elizabeth's tactical nous is stunningly bad
Why is TH emphasising random words?
"Do you know what you're asking me to do?" Well that's good, because I don’t.
If the Wraith cracked my hard drive they'd get nothing but down-loaded music too...
It's really the most triumphant moment of Rodney's life.
You don't hear 'struggle-proof' as a guarantee often enough
Like John would understand even if he were listening. That may be the least constructive flashback a television character has ever had. It's lovely they put it in.
"The lingering stench will never fade... Also the new hair really makes you stand out"
Teyla's in charge? I bet Caldwell is happy with that. How is Teyla in charge? This is what happens when you send your entire back-up command staff on missions without making sure any of them have proper deputies.
There have been aliens intent on enslaving them around for the last 10 years though. I'm not sure eating is much worse.
I'm not sure I approve of Elizabeth's knee-jerk reaction to assigning blame there. It certainly matters if you're the one being assigned it, and yelled at.
I want to point fingers!
As if it wasn't bad enough for Ronon already.
If they solve this plot crisis by the sudden appearance of a Magic Fairy and promptly fly home on the wings of imagination I will love this series for ever.
"Because you don't feel welcome." Social ostracism is a perfectly good reason for treacherous betrayal. Sheppard shouldn't underestimate the bitterness of someone who's essentially being picked on by his mates.
Didn't that IOC woman get eaten by bugs?
Has anyone told the IOC that the Wraith beat the Ancients last time?
"Then we'll be burned alive" but on the plus side your spine will be well supported while it happens
It's important for Rodney to calculate death. It's a coping mechanism.
Ronon just needed that little bit of extra motivation.
There's clearly hope now. It's an entirely different situation. There would have been hope before if Ronon had mention the carrying sharp objects situation
Walter doesn't usually get to ma'am people.
One day one of these technicians is going to snap. "When I said it was not possible, what part of not possible did you translate as 'try a bit harder?" It's like being lectured to by a PE teacher w ho was convinced the only thing stopping you getting over high hurdles was the lack of a positive attitude
It's good they let Lorne have a scientist with his ship.
Those gliders seem very keen to fly into certain danger.
Ronon and Rodney are a surprisingly effective combination.
I'm both proud at the Wrath being a matriarchal society and rather sad how sad matriarchal societies always seem to involve blood-sucking death in some way
Also if it's their guys then there's a certain amount of avoiding blowing them up involved that Rodney should take into account
Lorne's impressively unflustered.
I've missed my weekly explosion.
See! Zelenka has the right attitude "I can not give you what I do not have!"
Poor Rodney, he rarely has the right audience.
Trusting Ronon isn't wise.
I liked the Orion. It was pretty.
I took a year of DT, I'm not sure they'd want me to fiddle with the ship.
Yes, but they'd have gone on a nice little trip before hand
There's a difference between 'could' and 'will' that they're not pressing Michael on thoroughly enough
Honestly, there's only so long you can keep a secret weapon secret for. Not using it because someone might find out rather defeats the point of having a weapon in the first place
Yet another thing Beckett forgot to mention.

Misbegotten

Have they managed some kind of super-charging on the Hive ship?
Life sucking aliens do focus the mind somewhat.
Teyla doesn’t have the authority to do anything.
Elizabeth had a whole speech about going off world being more dangerous that it looks. It seems rather unnecessary now
Atlantis's best doesn't necessarily mean he'll survive.
I have a really disturbing wish to see Rodney shimmy right now
Yes, because that's likely to work.
That's actually incredibly specious reasoning. If the women are immune then there'd be no reason for them not to be there
'And why do we all have such stupid hair?'
Someone must have sat down and come up with 200 names for all of those Wraith
They must have ordered 200 attractive white boiler suits too
Well, it's either Caldwell or Lorne.
That can't be a safe place to balance your tea.
There's a very awkward seating plan involved there so they can all be in the one shot
Rodney made a joke! Deliberately!
Well, we know Rodney is hungry.
Just how stupid is Carson? I have no sympathy for anyone who thinks there may be a killer on the loose in dark, creepy woods and goes to investigate it by themselves. Especially when they have a phalanx of people with automatic weapons who would willingly go with them
It's the "twice" that's the killer
I'd guess he's feeling hurt and betrayed? Twice?
It makes perfect sense.
That's clearly a really sensible conclusion to jump to.
"Also, I'm an idiot, so they don’t trust me with anything."
They were just about to leave a large group of them unattended on a planet on the assumption that with no stargate they'll be harmless. Teyla might have liked to mention the 'large group being able to communicate over long distances' thing before now.
Rodney has to translate his everyday references into space terminology.
Where did they get that 'jumper from?
Woolsey just likes the pudding on Atlantis.
Well, it's good these decisions are made through rational consideration of the evidence.

Irresistible

Rodney has the look of a man who regularly gets laughed at.
John never reveals the secret of the hair.
Look at the way Ronon recoils from being touched by a woman
Unctuous is good
Rodney has his own special targets.
I repeat my question from the last episode: Exactly how stupid is Carson?
Joe Flannigan's having terrible trouble acting a cold
Oh, if he possesses gourds... We're missing out on many fine medical properties of gourds, and I have a horrible feeling that's going to turn out to not even be a joke. Pumpkins will save the world one day
Elizabeth's diplomatic acceptance of gifts could do with some work. I've had to be more appreciative of a novelty candle than that, and that was just to avoid upsetting my sister, not an entire civilisation
John knew that, he just had to keep one step higher in the social hierarchy.
I'm so pleased that Rodney is another person who appreciates the marmot
Carson can walk on his hands? There is no excuse for not letting us see that
Has Ronon bought him a Christmas tree? Does he have baubles?
I like how willing John is to knock his friends unconscious.
It's a pheromone that only works if it's breathed through your nose? Really? That's the plot device? And the writers are happy with that are they?
Did John actually just use the words 'buck up'?
Ronon doesn't really need a reason to shoot people.
"We" are going to have to carry him? Rodney's including himself in that?
Rodney won't get back with that Jello.
Rodney used it to get John in his quarters?

Sateda

What no one seems to realise is that Rodney's predictions almost always prove accurate.
Oooh, John's got a new leather jacket. Why does he get a leather jacket and no one else?
It took those villagers a while to realise there was someone there
They shot Rodney!
Surely you'd need two of those to take Ronon down? Either that or the tranquiliser content of one dart would be enough to suppress Teyla's vital brain functions.
Maybe Ronon should have cut his hair, or at least changed his clothes since he was last here.
They promised? Well, that's never going to happen
Why would you possibly want to lure the people who destroyed your village *back*
They didn’t find out this vital information from Rodney before they gave him the mind altering drugs?
Of all Carson's faults, the fact that he can't even give the correct dose of basic painkillers may be the one that worries me the most.
Oh... I love Carson's brief input into military intelligence
What did Ronon do to make him such an interest to the Wraith?
That's Ronon's planet? It looks oddly... civilised somehow. He just doesn't look like someone who came from a planet with radiators.
I think a lot of Atlantis's problems could be solved if they just introduced the Wraith to Pacman.
I'm not sure Caldwell would put it at risk for someone in the US military.
They are always getting in trouble! And they always need bailing out.
See, if I were tracking someone, the first thing I'd do is look up. TV has taught me that they're *always* above you
Ronon in a shirt and waistcoat is disturbing.
Ronon needs to concentrate on the fight at hand rather than bothering with reminiscence.
I'm pretty sure this striding boldly out into the middle of gunfire thing never really works
The Wraith had a self-destruct? That's pretty cool
Poor inarticulate John and his lack of social skills... Teyla vows never to get into this discussion again.
They do have an unspoken bond. It just happens to be about food.
Ronon's only going to be able to carry so many small children
Does he look okay?
John regrets his ability to choose suicidal friends.
When Carson and Rodney are your only heroes, there's a problem.
See, Ronon was just asking for that.
Ronon may well have changed his mind about that now.
Carson! Brave exciting Carson!
That's a nifty piece of reverse parking by Rodney.
You just know that the working title for this episode was 'Ronon is Cool'

Progeny

Elizabeth is very willing to identify races purely on their dress code.
How many people intending harm are going to stop because they were asked politely?
They did build Puddle Jumpers, perhaps they felt they didn’t need cars.
They have a whole extra bit of Atlantis! They have suburbs!
More than enough? Meaning they have a couple spare?
Superior, ancient races are always like this; when do we get to meet the friendly, altruistic ones?
Ancienty is a very descriptive word.
Well, I can tell they're hiding something...
Elizabeth is quite rude for a diplomat.
Probably quite a bit lower.
Is Ronon testing food for Rodney?
Aw, they never let Rodney in on their secret escape plans.
That was quite an easy escape. *is suspicious* Where's everybody else? Did breaking out not set off any kind of alarm?
Run away! Run away!
I love that John subconsciously believes that Rodney would at least try and stop him committing suicide.
Replicators!
Flying city! I know that's the second gratuitous exclamation in a row, but it's a flying city!
Everyone is slightly worried about Rodney's subconscious.
"It's real Dr. McKay" How do they know he's not just saying that?
You have to admire Rodney's ability to imply all those details that are too hideous to recount
So, the Ancients invented the Replicators. Does that mean they're also responsible for the ones in the Milky Way?
The Ancients really are stupid, aren't they?
As far as Rodney was concerned, he was the most important one.
Rodney just admitted he wasn't an expert in something!
How does John's communicator work in a different city?
Poor Rodney was so happy and then John ruined it with a need for preciseness.
Arbitrary numbers are important to John.
Given the seven and a half minute time period shouldn't they be going a bit faster?
Oh, that was a cool effect.
Erm, shouldn't someone on the sensors have noticed the giant exploding city above Atlantis?
Okay, I know this was just SG1's Unnatural Selection, but it was really fantastically cool.

Real World

Uh oh, this has the look of a 'copy that Buffy episode' about it. *readies self to be thoroughly disappointed
I could have done with a brief psychosis when I was watching the cricket last night. Deep down I'm hoping the Ashes actually were a brief psychosis, and that I'm going to get treatment and one day wake up to find it's still November
Jack! Surprise Jack! Surprise formal Jack! Despite the worrying signs, I find it hard to hate any episode that features formal Jack
They do let you wear actual clothes in psychiatric hospitals.
I think I might have to completely erase this episode from my memory.
Has her doctor ascertained whether those cold blooded aliens are real or not? The little old lady is very convincing.
Who's been looking after her flowerbeds while she's been in psychiatric hospital?
Formal Jack and Casual Jack!
That's Casual Jack. How can she not tell?
They've just left the vitally important negotiation on hold?
I'm going to hazard a guess that Carson has absolutely no idea how to respond to this.
Rodney is so happy to give Elizabeth a Wraith tumour.
See, I'd just assume I was nuts and happily go about my day imagining things and believing I used to live on Atlantis.
He's the kind of thing I'd fantasise about
They're going to save her from being taken over by nanites by talking to her firmly?
'Making sense' is a relative concept in this episode.
Well, that was awful. I don't mind writers stealing from other shows, but the rule is to do it well.

Common Ground

Okay, the little think that shoots a leash at Sheppard is my favourite weapon ever
Oh, the Genii. Predictable, yet always entertaining.
He's a Wraith. The other prisoner's clearly a Wraith. What he did was be a Wraith.
Did they just blow a whole in the prison?
Under what circumstance did they think giving the Genii an IDC was a good idea? It's a poor quality judgement, even by Atlantis' standards, and these people gave Rodney a gun.
Ronon rather misses the meaning of 'rhetorical'
Ronon has new clothes!
"Ronon sit!"
Elizabeth is going to diplomat him into submission.
It was a special John-harpoon! I like it even more now. I want a John-harpoon.
I don’t really see what the problem is with that trade.
How has John not cottoned on to the fact that the *other prisoner's a Wraith*!
To be fair, John did kill 60 of theirs.
Rodney asks a very important question. I see no reason why they can't
Elizabeth's overridden John's orders plenty of times. I suspect that's what John's relying on.
Did Ladon just agree to highlight the hidden Wraith torture chamber?
That was a great little motivational speech. Rodney should be proud.
They haven't even searched the place! How can they tell it's not the place they're looking for?
It's the mouse which makes that special.
Due to Carson not being able to work out what's wrong.
I'm calling this one Clive.
Somehow, John managed to find himself a Rodney-like Wraith.
Ronon's really bad at the promises that involve not killing people
Clive put John back!
Rodney's got a point. He's not made John any better than he was at all. At least I don't think he has.

McKay And Mrs Miller

Madison is not a proper name.
There can be no point at which it wouldn’t have been easier just to find a pen.
As with all siblings, Rodney immediately assumes she's done something wrong.
It's the subject he's study ing that's the problem.
Sam's learned the necessary patience and disapproving look to get Rodney to behave how you want him to.
Sam has no concept of how little attention siblings pay each other. Which considering he didn't speak to her brother for about five years is quite surprising
Rodney's the only person who can gesticulate with flowers.
I know these two are actually related, so it's easier for them, but they really have got that eternal sibling bickering thing perfectly.
"How good could she possibly be?" Rodney has a point.
You never give your brother your hand unless you know quite clearly what he wants it for.
Meredith! It's a cheap joke, but a classic nonetheless.
That's nowhere near as interesting as Rodney's name being Meredith
That's exactly what I'd do to my brother if he destroyed a solar system.
They're actually extremely experienced at doing absurd
Potential meaning yes
No, the odds of uninhabited universes and inhabited ones are exactly the same; that's the nature of infinity.
It's the finger paints which really hurt Rodney.
He didn't entirely start it. Not all by himself anyway. He was there when it started.
That is exactly what John was thinking.
John's going to find out about the Meredith thing eventually.
Radek has a little glow of pride! Radek never expected to hear those words coming from a Dr McKay.
Green's good, right?
An extra Rodney! A whole extra one!
Ronon doesn't have a single embarrassing childhood story
Rod is worse than Meredith.
They don't have a bit of green carpeting and a golf ball, or they don't have golf?
I consider myself a person with a wide vocabulary but I have no idea what the opposite of condescending is
Okay, Rod and Ronon bonding is scary.
That doesn't mean he couldn't have phoned
You can tell John has to deal regularly with Rodney's freak outs.
I don’t like Rod. He's unnerving.
Zelenka's never allowed to press the button.
John stole Rodney's message !
Maybe I'm hormonal, but that's really incredibly sweet.
Is it best to develop an intergalactic 'gate network with the Milky Way just as the Milky Way is about to get taken over by The Ori ?
Rodney is the only one who ever sent team e-mails.

Phantoms

"Take Dr Beckett" So Paul McGillion gets paid this week.
Rodney does have a point. As so often he does.
Why are one team wearing camouflage and the other not? Surely it's either a situation that requires camouflage or it's not.
I'm not sure the size of the nuclear testing site is really important.
Did Rodney just climb inside an organic energy emitting structure? That's seems particularly rash.
The teams make little home movies when they go on missions. That's fantastic.
If the device makes people go nuts and kill each other, is it wise to be bringing back more people?
Is no one concerned about Major Leonard yet? Specifically the fact he's wandering around with a gun wanting to shoot people.
Shouldn’t Carson be responsible for keeping possession of his own medical kit?
Carson should have been more certain. A simple 'no' would suffice.
It seems a little unfair to make the injured move too.
Did Rodney just make a spinal tap reference?
It's going to be really hard to tell if there's some external force making Sheppard want to kill Rodney.
Sheppard should be covered with more human-bits.
Carson is far too overly attached for a doctor on field missions.
Rodney is so blasé about imagining people dying.
Another triumph for Carson's medical skills. He said he'd be fine!
I'm going to completely ruin my status as a person with some knowledge of the world, but isn't Afghanistan mountains rather than desert?
I like that Afghanistan!John is a little more crazy.
Come on Rodney, think!
Don’t they have a compass? However good you thought your sense of direction was you'd still use a compass if your choice was rescue or death.
Rodney! *panics*
What about Rodney? Did Ronon just step over him?
Rodney's been shot. That's a pretty serious after-effect
Oh, sorry is never going to be enough.
That was a fabulous episode.

The Return pt I

I'm fairly certain Carter didn't decide on that name.
I'm not sure I want to hear the word "boom" associated with untested space travel
They actually applauded!
I rather hope "weird but in one piece" is an official status. It's one they'd get to use in reports a lot
Jack! Is this bridge thing an entire plot device just to get Jack in the 50th episode? I'm happy with plot devices of any kind if they end in Jack.
*suspicious* Is that actually John or is that replicator!John?
That's an incredibly cool space station.
Caldwell's not having as much fun on this mission as he thought he would
That's two quite large assumptions.
Aw, Rodney so thought there was pizza.
Does no one remember what happened the last time they met Ancients?
They're really not doing anything to help their reputation as truly terrible and irresponsible decisions makers.
Surely Rodney already has a list?
Well, that was predictable.
I want to see her trying to drag Rodney kicking and screaming out of Atlantis.
But it was such a nice galaxy...
Leaving Rodney behind would be a good punishment, a bit like leaving shrimp in the curtains.
Ronon's considering the Sudoku books.
Shoes! Shoes off the bed!
Rodney so loves the near death experiences.
John has a clipboard! I have no idea why that's a fantastic thing, but it clearly is
Can they not just rearrange their shiny new bridge to go to another stargate? I know they wouldn't have the city but they could still stop in and say hi once in a while, and take Ronon pizza
They let John have a job in this Galaxy?
It sounds to me like everything's just about to go nicely out of control. John should be pleased.
John spends his whole time on Earth fielding phone calls from Rodney.
I do like Rodney's office.
They're having dinner!
That's a horrible jacket Carson's wearing .
Elizabeth's a slob!
Rodney obviously only has the one smart jacket.
I hope someone was actually calling Carson, it would be awful to be the only one who didn't get summoned
Poor Jack. He thought he was done with Replicators.
Ha! It's their fault again!
Carson went along uninvited! They didn't call Carson at all! That's so mean.
Carter couldn’t think of a better name than Anti-Replicator Guns?
John's good at escorting nukes, he could do it.
Okay, Elizabeth and Dr Lee talking World of Warcraft is comedy gold.
Carson bought turtles! Of course Carson bought turtles. I bet he names them after people on Atlantis.
That would be a more effective threat if John hadn't heard it several times before.
Their unique abilities being what exactly? I've been trying to work out Teyla's for two years. I know what Ronon's are. They're pretty obvious.
Ronon is never going to want Rodney's explanations.

The Return pt II

At least Woolsey is honest about his limitations.
Jack should have just let Woosley believe there was going to be a rescue.
The puddle-jumper squashed someone!
John broke Atlantis!
Rule number one: Don't stare at sinister-looking beeping things.
Okay, that was cool.
Rodney spends a lot of his time giving lessons in basic vocabulary.
'Fairly certain' isn’t that good a guarantee from Carson.
Rodney was incredible!
I'd hope that the pilot was watching out for any missiles coming towards them, he shouldn’t need Teyla to point them out.
Jack's rather cynical and world-weary with the exciting rescues now.
They have an underwater jumper bay? Ah, I'm glad I haven't missed that discovery.
Jack Jack really can't hole the moral high ground when it comes to daring, against orders rescues.
To be honest, that would be my reaction to Carson too.
I don’t think jack will be willing to do that.
Obvious to someone who has spent two years working with 'jumpers and Ancient technology, maybe.
Underwater!Jack. I'm a huge fan of underwater Jack
Why on earth would they make it a deadman's switch?
Just tie it to something!
Ten years on and Jack has finally given up on retirement.
I love Jack's mind...
Rodney disintegrated their plan!
That was a fairly straightforward explanation.
Technically, that's plan D.
Stop disturbing Rodney!
Rodney wanted to be the first one to fly the city.
I love the fact that the writers have embraced the fact that the Atlantis team couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery.
The 'search and destroy' team sounds like the best team to be on. I'm not sure the 'destroy' team are the ones best equipped to take people alive
Why didn’t Ronon use his special gun?
Okay, some kind of strange rewinding thing just happened...
Oooh! Rodney had a plan that worked!
If that had actually happened, John would have died several times by now.
Rodney's always so pleased when one of his plans works. Wow. That was an excellent plan!
But if he'd read his mind they'd know that code.
Poor Caldwell, he thought he was finally in charge.
Jack's used the 'if it was up to me' excuse too many times to let go of it. Jack hasn't quite worked out that some things are actually up to him these days, which is strange because he never had trouble taking charge when things weren't up to him
"And, they're all kind of dangerously incompetent, we'd rather you kept them here."

Echoes

I have done something unbelievably confusing with my Atlantis tapes and I have no idea why.
Casual Zelenka is quite frightening.
Ronon's far less patient with Zelenka than McKay.
Czech is a very expressive language.
Meditation's such a waste of time.
I know a lot of Teyla's clothes seem to emphasise her breasts, but that's just ridiculous
It's quite typical of Teyla to quietly apologise for not understanding rather than asking "who the hell are you?" and radioing security.
I imagine 18 emails is quite usual for Rodney
They get one? That's completely unfair.
Sheppard demonstrates his stealth skills.
Rodney's adopted the whale! Aw! Rodney really does consider the whale his friend.
Perhaps she's crazy?
John's so amused at Rodney's new hobby
Rodney's *named* the whale. Sam! He called it Sam! And then tried to pretend he hadn't!
Teyla wears underwired pyjamas.
The Ancient language was all squeaky?
It must be quite difficult for Heightmeyer on Atlantis. All the normal signs of someone going nuts, having other people live in your head, seeing dead people in corridors, never quite seem to apply
This highly confidential conversation should not be taking place in a corridor.
Okay, when two people start seeing things that's the time to stop asking the psychologists and start asking the scientists.
Lack of holiday allocation leads to you seeing dead people in corridors?
It is slightly creepy.
What would Rodney be feeding him?
There is a very small minority of people out there who will be pointing in delight at the use of the 'football field' as a unit of measurement.
Radek should be more impressed by the whales.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Well, it's not as though Rodney's ever been near-fatally trapped in a jumper in space
Teyla is obviously wandering the city hoping to find other people having hallucinations.
Garrgh!
Don’t tip your head back! Put it between your knees!
I do like the idea of an army of vicious whales coming to kill them all with their evil sonar.
A s i f Rodney's voice wasn't irritating enough already.
The apparition of a burning man is to warn them about whales? Wouldn't it make more sense to send an apparition of a whale?
All Caldwell wants is one uneventful landing
To be fair it was the correct hand signal.
Caldwell's the kind of man who will consistently refuse to admit a fish could be threatening
They can't shoot the whales!
The whale *is* Lassie!
What on earth can Teyla gain by staying on Atlantis?
Didn't the Ancients have more important things to do than chat to whales? I think we might have found out why the lost the war with the Wraith.
Rodney has animal instincts! I love the idea of Rodney having the sixth sense of a homing pigeon
If Elizabeth is unconscious how is she able to cling to John like that?
That's not the "Sure" of a man who genuinely has a plan.
Oh gosh he does have a plan...
Rodney has an etch-a-sketch! I absolutely want a job where I'm required to use an etch-a-sketch
That's a surprisingly accurate diagram.
I love the way Rodney points to himself when he says 'everyone'.
If Rodney hasn't got the ZPM engaged, bracing themselves isn't going to do a lot of good.
Rodney definitely fed him

Irresponsible

Ronon is really angling for someone to tell him he's a hero. Ronon has such a complex
Admiring people who fail to jump over motorcycles for no reason does seem rather pointless
Batman's human! That's rather the point of Batman
Rodney's hero is Batman! That's just so ... excellent. I bet it was the cape that really swung it for him.
Oh god, not him. He was dreadful last time ! He stole 42 minutes of my life that I'm never getting back.
The personal shield is a vital element in Rodney's plan to become Batman.
John should so have said yes
They have g u ns, why are they beating him with sticks?
I'm having terrible trouble with fringedwellings this, partly because it's terrible and partly because I've got the most fantastic picture of Geraint Jones pasted a bit further down this page (it's a file transferring thing) and it's very hard not to scroll down and stare at it for forty two minutes.
Kolya! He might improve this episode a bit.
Kolya's put on quite a bit of weight since his last appearance
Batman would call it strategic concealment.
I think Rodney should educate the village in the ways of Batman.
Rodney's digging them out with a spoon!
What did Rodney do! Actually, that was a stupid question, sorry
God, these villagers are stupid, and really really easy to motivate
Why are they giving in to people with pitchforks?
No! Kolya! They killed Kolya! I can't believe they wasted Koyla on such a shitty episode. What a way to squander a dramatic storyline.

Tao Of Rodney

Radek is so making up a tragic childhood just to annoy Rodney.
Radek is going to demand that month's pay.
It's definitely a competition for John.
Invisibility would be cool.
I do love the way Rodney eats like a hamster.
That's a superb conversation.
Rodney has superpowers!
Okay, that's more convincing
Rodney's better than Batman!
What other things? I think we should be told what other things Carson's referring to
John's team make lots of mistakes and never fix them.
Oh, they're so making a list of who gets to go next.
I don’t know what Ronon is worried about, his brain is empty.
He touched Ronon's weapon!
Rodney's flicking the light switches deliberately to set the right kind of mood.
John rather likes Rodney reading is mind. It's so much less effort
Radek! He's not in the titles!
Note how I'm not making any remarks about whiteboards.
Why would Elizabeth particularly understand ascension?
Aw. It's almost like Rodney's developing humanity.
Is Rodney eating a lemon jelly?
Ascend-o-meter is a fantastic word
Ah, it's good to see Rodney isn’t developing humility. That would be disturbing
Poor John's not very good at those kind of discussions.
Bless, two emotionally stunted men shouldn’t be forced to meditate together.
I'm not sure Rodney can do anything without speaking.
I'm nervous of Ferris wheels
It seems a little unfair to force self-awareness on Rodney at this stage in his life.
Don’t fight the Bubble of Hostility! The Bubble of Hostility is your friend.
Rodney wanting to share a deep and meaningful tea ceremony with you is just wrong.
Being hit in the face is always a possibility
"Just a constant reminder of something you're rather forget..." That's a fantastic question
He hugged Ronon! And Ronon had to give him a manly and awkward pat in return
Oh! That's really incredibly insightful and lovely of Rodney.
They so did that so that Ronon can take his shirt off. They did. It's entirely so they don't have to bother with painting them on anymore
Rodney must have written that book before now.
I love that Rodney doesn't feel he has to make amends with John.
See, I'd have given those instructions to anyone but Carson The Incompetent.
I love Rodney's ability to check that he's still smart
Ronon voluntarily hugged people!
Rodney ascended! Tell him he ascended!
Rodney's never forgetting the love thing.
That's a lovely little friendship moment there between Elizabeth and Rodney.

The Game

World Premier! *feels smug* How is this a World Premiere, and yet people have seen 'Sunday' and 'First Strike'?
Poor Rodney. They are the three worst people with which to start that discussion.
Lorne's having an enormous amount of fun with something
It's Rodneyland!
They spend their time off playing Civilisation!
Tyranny is always the way to go in Civilisation.
Warning! Warning! Geek Overload!
I can quite believe they've kept this up for two years.
They're in the village for five minutes and already Ronon's found a crossbow...
I love painted Rodney's little halo
John's country doesn't have a comedy name. I'm rather disappointed by that
I adore the idea of Rodney and John meddling in a sophisticated social experiment.
They could all have a country!
Lorne... It's too hard to resist...
John's guy seems quite disappointed with his Oracle.
It was completely about winning and losing
"They've done enough" and Elizabeth's made them sit in their rooms and think about what they've done
Citrus fruit! Of course they sent citrus!
Bang their heads together.
Rodney's men are running away.
Lorne's people make baskets! *Very nice* baskets, not just ordinary baskets.
Okay, that plan's not going to work. If it was a workable plan there wouldn’t have been a Second World War, or a Vietnam War, or a Korean War, or an Angolan War, or an Iran-Iraq War, or a Yugoslav War, or a Gulf War (twice) or an Afghanistan War (twice). I could go on...