sgatazmy | SGA Rewatch: episodes up through Miller's Crossing

Anyone who says John is okay with what he did in Miller's Crossing is not watching the same scenes I am. I say this because I watched Joe Flannigan's acting carefully and Joe is brilliant at playing Sheppard. It's always in the eyes and the subtle movements. You can see his conflict as he talks Wallace into killing himself. You can see when Rodney comes to visit him how haunted he is by the decision. His eyes say everything. He definitely is not handling things well. Must read fanfiction on this.

Bestie and I love how dark SGA is willing to go versus SG-1. Besides Miller's Crossing which is whoa dark there is also Missing which features Teyla ruthlessly killing the equally ruthless badguys. There's a scene where she is swinging an axe in the deadly assault and it happens offscreen because we can tell it's going to be gory and too violent to show on even Atlantis.

I really liked Missing. I can see how Keller could come off annoying here but I like that her character is showing some definite flaws. I find it interesting how when she's reacting well to stuff she is a Mary Sue and when she is reacting badly she is annoying. I can't help but feel that fandom judges women characters in ways they don't judge the male characters because she's not really anymore of a Mary Sue than most of the SGA characters were when they started out. As for her actions in Missing, yeah, I would be freaking out and so not okay the entire time. I just give her credit for eventually eating the entrails.

Seer was filled with a lot more awesome than I remembered. I liked Rodney and John talking about how Rodney's actions of changing the replicator base code led to the death of so many. What a weight on his conscience and how great the writers are for letting us see that conflict. I keep thinking if the team gets a way to go back in time and keep themselves from ever coming to Pegasus that they probably should. So much of the death is directly traced to them and in the end how much good do they have to trade for it?

Doppleganger! I just don't have enough words to share for this episode. I'm sad to see Heightmeyer go. I loved the clown in the back of the boat. I especially loved Sheppard helping Rodney through his dream then Rodney doing the same for him. These boys are just amazing together. In my world, they are basically brothers at this point. My favorite bits? Talking in the messhall. I can never get enough team downtime scenes.