Alright, I know, it's a bit early for this but wanted to share a squee! or two. So, behind the little cut are some spoilers mined from Malozzi's blog. These are NOT major spoilers, pretty vague to be sure.
In the episode "Doppleganger", in Malozzi's words: "I predict this one will be a fan favorite with plenty of fiendishly creepy sequences, some nice character moments as we delve into each player’s nightmare scenario, and a Sheppard beat-down to beat all Sheppard beat-downs." He also mentions later in the blog that we learn something of Lorne's childhood in this ep. (I'm hoping we get a peek at Rodney's past as well...)
Malozzi also mentions that in "Adrift". Dr. Z gets an 'opportunity to shine' (which is where the squeee! comes in!)
In "The Seer", it is revealed that Teyla will be having a child (word is that Rachel is expecting, so they wrote it in). No word on who the father of her child is, though I believe Malozzi stated that it was NOT one of her team. He has not firmly stated that Daddy is human, so speculation that he may be Wraith abounds (at least the possibility was not denied). Apparently this derailed plans to make McKay a dad (oh, no! and *Katie* was going to be the happy mom) as they didn't want two characters to have the same basic life change at the same time. Really happy about this, actually. Slasher that I am, I don't want Rodney's affections tied down like that. While I think it would be very interesting to see McKay as a dad, leave it to the realm of fanfic, so we can hit the 'reset' button.
Hewlett mentions in his Twitter that "This Mortal Coil" has lots of lines for him to learn and my take on that is that we can expect lots of technobabble from McKay for that ep.
Just the titles of some of these eps are evocative: "Be All My Sins Remember'd" for one, "Reunion", "Tabula Rasa" (which means 'blank slate' and in psych terms means an empty mind. could this be an amnesia ep??) and um... "Lifeline" is the only other title I remember.
Season Four brings a lot of changes. Surprisingly, Malozzi has made me less leery of some of them. He seems to be reassuring that it will not become 'The Sam Carter Show' (shudder) and that Carson will return in at least two eps, with the possibility of more should we get a Season 5. I'm not *happy* about the loss of Weir, but she never did have a huge impact on me as a character, so I am not emotionally invested in her presence.