SGA 5x15 (Remnants) thoughts (spoilers)
*wrests brains back from the dissertation zombies*
My reactions to the first three-quarters of this episode can be summed up as follows:
omgwtfomgwtfomgwtfOMGWTFomgwtfomgwtf
My fiancee and I are way too into the willing suspension of disbelief, or way too willing to believe that TPTB like to just fuck around with us, or just plain gullible. Neither of us got that we were watching three separate hallucinations until the reveal at the end. We knew that Zelenka was kind of off (but it wouldn't be the first instance of inconsistent writing/characterisation) as was the woman AI. And I just thought that is was typical for TPTB, who seem to have problems leaving the dead as dead, to bring back Kolya too. I seriously thought we were looking at John with a prosthetic hand for the rest of the series. I was horrified, but apparently I do actually think that TPTB are a bunch of sadistic bastards.
But then none of it turned out to be really real, and we learned some things. Like:
- We now know way more about Woolsey's subconscious desires than we really needed to.
- John is officially and canonically one fucked-up cookie. I can't add any more than what we saw, and what the AI said.
- The IOA really has no clue what life on Atlantis is like, and hasn't gotten it through their collective skulls that no one leading the expedition will be their patsy/play by the rules all the time.
In other news, Rodney looked completely surprised and a little hurt that John went off without him. And I don't think even John thinks he's that interested in the botanist. I'm holding out that the attraction was part of the hallucination, a necessary part of getting John away from Atlantis.