SGA: Carson & s5
You know, Carson only getting 5 episodes isn't such a bad hand.
I was torn between anger and happiness yesterday when I read that he was only come back for five episodes. The more I think about it though, the more I tend toward happiness. Other than the obvious plus that he's back, I think it's a real opportunity for tptb to give him something really gritty to deal with. Instead of trying to shove him into 8 or more episodes where he just might not fit, he's been given five episodes where hopefully he can be part of the forefront and really flourish.
We don't know what his situation really is yet, and we won't until Kindered airs. We can definitely speculate from what we know of spoilers, but nothing is really out there until those episodes air. Once they do, I think we might have a better idea how Carson will fit back into the scheme of Atlantis. He can't just take up his old position like nothing happened. There have to be some kind of repercussions of what's happened to him. I don't think it would be at all plausible, however much I might wish it, for him to just jump back into Atlantis as the CMO like nothing happened. There's got to be some new way that he'll find his new niche in the city. Which may end up drastically changing the way he relates to the other characters.
I guess it really is just wait and see and withhold judgment until the 5 episodes have aired.
Maybe it's a bit of wishful thinking on my part, I don't know. But I really think that in the end the five episodes could end up being better for the character, especially if they are well written, character driven pieces, rather than just episodes that the character is stuffed into.
Cheers!
I was torn between anger and happiness yesterday when I read that he was only come back for five episodes. The more I think about it though, the more I tend toward happiness. Other than the obvious plus that he's back, I think it's a real opportunity for tptb to give him something really gritty to deal with. Instead of trying to shove him into 8 or more episodes where he just might not fit, he's been given five episodes where hopefully he can be part of the forefront and really flourish.
We don't know what his situation really is yet, and we won't until Kindered airs. We can definitely speculate from what we know of spoilers, but nothing is really out there until those episodes air. Once they do, I think we might have a better idea how Carson will fit back into the scheme of Atlantis. He can't just take up his old position like nothing happened. There have to be some kind of repercussions of what's happened to him. I don't think it would be at all plausible, however much I might wish it, for him to just jump back into Atlantis as the CMO like nothing happened. There's got to be some new way that he'll find his new niche in the city. Which may end up drastically changing the way he relates to the other characters.
I guess it really is just wait and see and withhold judgment until the 5 episodes have aired.
Maybe it's a bit of wishful thinking on my part, I don't know. But I really think that in the end the five episodes could end up being better for the character, especially if they are well written, character driven pieces, rather than just episodes that the character is stuffed into.
Cheers!