Stargate: Atlantis 5x06 - The Shrine

[butterfly]

Stupid show made me cry. More than once. David is a really fantastic actor and he made me cry. Related to the 'fantastic actor' bit, he was rather painfully accurate there. Plus, any form of 'person has brains and then loses them' pretty much always makes me cry. My great-aunt had Alzheimer's, plus I read Flowers for Algernon at an impressionable age.

On the side of things that are sad in a completely different way, the Keller/McKay romance is not looking healthy, I have to say. Like Katie Brown, she appears to like the 'nice' Rodney McKay better, which is the same as not really liking Rodney at all. And... either the writers on doing this on purpose or they really don't understand writing -- romance needs to be written just like anything else, which is to say that what you want the audience to believe needs to be back up by actions. Rodney told Jennifer that he 'loved' her. But it wasn't her name that he screamed in the middle of the night. It wasn't Jennifer that he ran to for reassurance. It wasn't her name that lasted through everything else. It wasn't her words that convinced him to do something that he couldn't understand the meaning of. All of that was about John. They may be trying to tell us that Rodney loves Jennifer, but everything that they are showing us says that he loves John.

The team-love in this episode made me absolutely gleeful. I adored Ronon's scene with Jeannie. I loved Ronon and Teyla for caring so much about Rodney and wanting to have that one last day with him. Because... he's going to be abrasive and a jerk and they want that back to say good-bye to. Because they really do care about Rodney, not about this random guy who's saved their lives a few times. Again, show rather than tell. These four people absolutely adore each other, just as they are (aw... just like in the VVC Vid "Why Walk When You Can Fly?").

*cuddles team*

Comments

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

I am a Sheppard/McKay person, but as a realist, I've never been upset when they played up het relationships in the show, especially when done well. (Which is rare, admittedly.) This... not only came out of the blue, but while Rodney may have been depending on Jennifer the whole episode for her medical expertise, he was depending on John for his emotional needs. Which is weird when he claims to love her.

I loved the team in this episode, too. Ronon and Teyla were fab, and I loved how neatly Jeannie slotted in with them.

A great episode, especially appreciated after the badness that was last week and the news of the cancellation this week.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I am a Sheppard/McKay person, but as a realist, I've never been upset when they played up het relationships in the show, especially when done well. (Which is rare, admittedly.) This... not only came out of the blue, but while Rodney may have been depending on Jennifer the whole episode for her medical expertise, he was depending on John for his emotional needs. Which is weird when he claims to love her.

Yes. It didn't fit at all (I kinda want to send them copies of DW with the note: "This is how you do a canonical het romance." Because they are just so bad at it). John was the person that he turned to for reassurance and emotional care.

I loved the team in this episode, too. Ronon and Teyla were fab, and I loved how neatly Jeannie slotted in with them.

Yes. They were so awesome that they made me do flaily hand gestures. Team love!

A great episode, especially appreciated after the badness that was last week and the news of the cancellation this week.

Indeed. *sad sigh of sadness*