Let's just hit some of the highlights, shall we....
- John and Ronon find out Teyla is pregnant!
- We get to see our heroes fighting in a fleet composed of Earth battlesships, Ancient warships, and Wraith hive ships!
- Rodney makes a girl! (Okay, she's a replicator/weapon, but still...)
- Sam telling off Ellis for disrespecting Rodney!
- The destruction of replicator homeworld and all *ahem* known replicators in Pegasus! (In what I think might actually be a new and previously unused method...)
- And...in a super "holy s***!" inducing ending, we are introduced to Evil Replicator Elizabeth!
Wow. It was a lot to take in. Plus, there was some general Zelenka awesomeness in there as well. The Wraith, being Wraith, bugger off after the replicators are destroyed, back to being enemies as usual. We've got the Travelers parting ways with the Lanteans as semi-allies. I wonder how that's going to hold up seeing as how they have been often touted as the "new big bad" of the season. Plus, all of the critics who have been fed up with the replicator story line in general, mostly cuz, you know, SG-1 already did that, should be pleasantly mollified with how the show decided to wrap them up, while introducing a new replicator threat into the mix. I really wonder where that is going to go. Sure, I know there will be people saying, "yeah, that's just a rehash of the Replicator Sam and Fifth story line from SG-1" but I don't think so. For one thing, this is Elizabeth Weir they're making a villain. I am immensely curious to see how that plays out. I was pretty much okay with how they wrapped up Weir's story line a few episodes back, giving the Lanteans and the audience closure on that character, but making her pure evil...this could get interesting. We'll have to see I guess.
I have to say, out of all of the really cool things that happened , one of my favorite scenes was early on. Colonels Caldwell and Ellis are beamed down to into the control tower to meet up with Carter, Sheppard, and McKay for the initial briefing on the replicator tracking technology. The quick round of greetings, "Colonel, Colonel, Colonels, Colonel, Colonels, Colonel..." as they all went around saying hello was priceless. It was also a nice little nod to an early SG-1 moment with a similar vibe of "General, Colonel, General, Doctor, General..." and so on. Good stuff.
Also noteworthy was the preview of the forthcoming MMORP Stargate Worlds aired during the episode. The fact that they are finally airing ads on television has me hoping that they are soon to at least announcing a release date. I am looking forward to this game just as much or more than Lego Indiana Jones. That says something.
In other news (but slightly related), Women's Murder Club was another series back with a new episode last night. FBI Guy featured Stargate Atlantis' Joe Flanigan (Sheppard) as the titular character, in town to protect Inspector Boxer, who the FBI now believes is a serial killer's next intended victim. It was a pretty decent episode. I am really digging this show. There was also a nice little moment where Agent Ash (Flanigan) is introduced to Inspector Boxer's DA friend, played by actress Laura Harris, who appeared in the season three episode of Stargate Atlantis, The Game. I love these random little connections.
Next Friday should prove an interesting bout of juggling for my DVR, with new Atlantis, new WMC (I think) and the mid-season premieres of Monk and Psych. Continuing with my theme of "Hollywood's a Small World," the previews of the new episode of Psych feature a quick glimpse of none other than Kate Hewlett, sister of David Hewlett (McKay on Atlantis), who has also appeared as McKay's sister Jeannie in multiple Atlantis episodes. I am very much looking forward to that one.
Well, that is all from me for now. Hope things are well in your world.
Ciao,
C
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