Sci-Fi Friday: Insiders and Sateda

[butterfly]

Insiders

I liked this a lot, much more than I was expecting, considering that it is a Daniel-less episode (I make no attempts to hide my affections). It helped that we had a ton of Baal's. He's a really good villain -- he's smart, practical, and willing to compromise when he has to (and only as far as he has to).

I also love that whenever Daniel is not in an episode, we get an explanation for it. That the assumption is always that people will notice and miss Daniel. I like that.

What I don't like is when the people in charge validate Sam's bad decisions (*glares at Landry and Gemini's Jack*)

Sateda

This was a really good episode. I enjoyed learning about Ronon's past and there was no egregious stupidity. Plus, Ronon was really hot, and Rodney made me want to hug him. And we had more emotion and conversation from Sheppard than... like, ever. It was the episode for enlightening conversations.

Though I must admit that John's random leather jacket had me going "huh" for a lot of the episode.

Comments

[jic]

Dude, yeah. What was up with the leather?

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

The leather was just... a peculiar choice. And, as you said, why only John?

[destina.livejournal.com]

John's leather jacket shorted out my brain, so I really wasn't able to huh about it. *g*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I can see that response, though I don't share it. I think that John's cute enough and certainly has nice hair, but he hasn't managed to get to me on the level of, say, Daniel Jackson (or Benton Fraser or the Eppes guys over on Numb3rs).

[sperrywink]

He's a really good villain

He so is! My favorite Stargate villian EVER!! I would have to put the whole "clone Ba'al so we can have ten-times-the-fun!!11!! as one of my Top Three Favorite Things About Stargate.


What I don't like is when the people in charge validate Sam's bad decisions (*glares at Landry and Gemini's Jack*)

*Right there glaring with you*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Baal is such a wonderful villain. I really hope we see him again this season (we must! he might be the one who finds Merlin's Weapon).