Briefly: Stargate (SG-1) 8x09 -- Sacrifices; (Atlantis) 1x09 -- Home

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Incredibly adorable opener. The sheer coupleness of Daniel and Jack this season continues to amaze me. Daniel totally has Jack wrapped around his finger (as if that much weren't obvious from Icon).

Daniel and Sam were very cute together (holding onto each other for emotional support! Aw!) when talking to Ry'ac and Korin (?). Whom I really liked, actually. And note the lack of kneeling at the end of the episode. Good for the both of them (though I also noticed that he's still focused on her beauty in his half -- he seems a bit overwhelmed by it when he's near her, since when he's with Bra'tac, he can mention things like her fighting ability).

I didn't find the planet stuff that interesting. You put a Jaffa on a planet, have him fight for freedom, and I kinda tune out. It's... boring. Which is sad, because I actually really like the idea -- Teal'c as Moses, etc. But the Jaffa are so... they're... I mean, two people in that tent thought to duck -- Teal'c and Not A Traitor guy. Two. This is a sad ratio for a freedom fighting army.



I've really been enjoying Atlantis. For the most part, I like the characters (Teyla's hair makes me cringe, though). I like the universe. I think that it has potential. There's no character in Atlantis that I like as much as Daniel Jackson, but since Daniel's my biggest crush since Benton Fraser, that's a tall order to fill.

One of the things that I loved was Sheppard realizing that something was wrong and deciding to play along. Until he finally couldn't take it any more (because seeing your dead buddies tell stories can be too much, I get that). But he figured it out pretty early on, and then manipulated it. Ancient genes, probably. Wonder if Jack or Daniel would have been able to do that? Probably not.

I loved the intercut Weir/McKay scene. And poor, poor Ford. His was almost all tell, only one show scene (with the Fake McKay).