erilyn: gabe and mikey's hips (love it)
erilyn ([personal profile] erilyn) wrote2005-09-25 12:57 pm

Nick Carter called, he wants his hair back

I really enjoyed both these episodes, among the best of the second season so far for me.

Everyone has raved about the team, McKay/Sheppard and Teyla/Ronon interaction and banter in Aurora, and for good reason. I think I had a silly grin on my face for the entire show.

Lost Boys was damn good too. McKay seems rather inexplicably pissy early on, much like Sheppard in Runner, but I love him mad and swearing at Ford. I love the tension between Ford and Ronon, are they gonna throw down about who loves Sheppard more? The chemistry between Ronon and Teyla is incredible. I liked that Teyla felt great on the enzyme but worried about the addiction aspect. Milking the Wraith is creepy.

There is so a hundred h/c stories being written about what those guards are going to do to Rodney, aren't there? Ford had to go get himself a cute geek, just so he could be like Sheppard. However, the guys hair reminded me so much of Nick Carter I kept cracking up.

I watched this with [livejournal.com profile] sinden, and our simultaneous reaction to the completely gratuitous (not that I'm complaining) Sheppard crotch shot was hysterical. Also...
me: Rodney doesn't like pot, it's too organic for him.
sin: he prefers the cocaine he made in the lab.
both: that would explain his love of amphetamines.

Lorne is cool and practical and deals with Weir much better than Sheppard does. He can stay. I didn't think I could love Sheppard more, but his R2 joke proved me wrong (though he does seem to take the forced drugging of Teyla and Ronon not that seriously).

I may incur the wrath of some friends, but part of what made the episodes so enjoyable for me was the lack of Beckett. I haven't liked the guy nearly as much this season, maybe because he's been at the heart of the bullshit pseudoscience plots that I've hated? Also, they were very light on Weir, and she didn't really annoy me in Lost Boys (her unnecessary hostility towards Caldwell in Aurora was another matter - really, if she's supposed to be a top diplomat/negotiator, it explains so much about American foreign policy).

Ack, I could babble on and on, but I think I'll go rewatch McKay and Sheppard make out in the long grass instead. Can't wait for the second half of the season, not just for the cliffhanger resolution, but these two eps lifted my love of the show again.

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting