SGA 2x15 "The Tower"

[erilyn]

Fucking Mallozi and Mullie (wow, I'm having flashbacks to SG fandom)! That could have been a good episode. But instead it was clunky and rushed. And I'm annoyed that Sheppard slept with the princess. He's just got an inkling of all the machinations going on, that she wants to get married and have a thousand of his babies, that he's now a player in the court politics etc etc. Whatever. The lead male character must get laid! And that's twice in this season for Sheppard! They must have felt only once in season 1 wasn't enough to prove his masculinity. Maybe he'll get three female love interests next season? I'm sure Sheppard/Weir shippers are going to have fun with the last scene, but there was a complete lack of jealousy or even sharp interest from Weir that it made me quite happy, since I can't see them having a romantic dynamic at all.

But I love Peter Woodward! ::hearts:: And I like Carson again, which is nice. Them actually doing something with Sheppard's extra-spiffy genes is good. And there were some amusing and cute bits.

But so many loose ends? Did they clarify who's in charge now and I missed it? Cause Sheppard mentioned offering help to form a new system of government when they need it, which implies they aren't at the moment. Also, there goes there protection from the Wraith, whoops.

Is anyone else imagining the Atlantis team sitting around back home, and them all saying "I think there's something we forgot, I just can't quite put my finger on it?"

Cut to...

Rodney underground. "Hello? Is there anyone there?"

In conclusion, it felt like a bad unfinished het entry in the Harlequin challenge *g*.

Comments

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

This episode didn't flow. The degenerated ruling class versus the submissive drones was unsurprising and a bit boring. They probably loaned the costumes and shit from some low budged theater company... and John was a man-whore. All in all, the beginning felt like a not-that-good fan fic.

There were tiny good bits, like when Teyla talked about the possibility of a revolution and McKay was all "Slavered or not, there has been no wraith cullings, right?" And the holding hands bit! Rodney and Ronon: "Aw, shucks!"

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the good bits were definitely outweighed by the dreck. What a waste of an episode :(

[fuskeez.livejournal.com]

It was, flat out, a bad episode. A filler episode, yeah, but a bad filler episode. If they need to fill, why not fill it with an episode about Ronon's history or something that will make me care more about these people? Bah. There were a few good moments, but I couldn't get over how little there actually was in this episode to like. It made me sad that I didn't enjoy it. :(

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I really want a Ronon-backstory ep, almost as much as Sheppard-backstory!

One of the few things that kept me entertained was Peter Woodward being in it (the chancellor, or whatever his position was).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

Rodney underground. "Hello? Is there anyone there?"

*lol*

Poor Rodney. ;-)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Seriously, how the hell did they get him out? Did they call up the Daedalus and get Hermiod to beam him out?

[coreopsis.livejournal.com]

but there was a complete lack of jealousy or even sharp interest from Weir that it made me quite happy, since I can't see them having a romantic dynamic at all.
I could not agree with you more strongly if I stood up and did an interpretive dance.

Rodney underground. "Hello? Is there anyone there?"
hee. Well, we didn't see him back in Atlantis now, did we? hee.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

But I want to see the interpretative dance! And exactly, they've so left him behind (the sex with stupid woman drained Sheppard's braincells).

[sperrywink]

Is anyone else imagining the Atlantis team sitting around back home, and them all saying "I think there's something we forgot, I just can't quite put my finger on it?"
Cut to...
Rodney underground. "Hello? Is there anyone there?"

Hee! Yes, exactly! I'm imagining the twink is giving him blowjobs to stop his complaining, though, so it isn't all of the bad.

Twinks and children, man. Gotta love the way they love Rodney (and yes, my amusement over that was the only fun thing about this episode).

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I love your theory about Rodney and twinks, it has retroactively slightly increased my enjoyment of the episode ;)

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

He said, at the end, that he didn't sleep with her... (certainly looked like he did, though, maybe he was lying to Elizabeth, or maybe he just thought the girl was too dumb. There's a degree of dumb that's just too dumb).

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Maybe he has a Clinton-esque definition of sex?