[stargate atlantis: "sunday"]
okay, so, i was totally, completely spoiled for this episode going in, and yet: it colored my viewing not at all, except in that way i was waiting to hear about john's ex-wife, which i still find the funniest thing in the history of the universe. someone out there -- not on my flist, i don't think, but it could have been, all the reviews i read kind of blended together -- said that john probably filed papers that said irreconcilable differences: wife is not a man, and that made me snarf my diet coke. so, anonymous person who i can't remember, hats off to you. you achieved diet coke snarfage.
IN OTHER NEWS.
hey, who's teyla's girlfriend? have i ever seen her before? did she just blow up? nice to know there are more women in atlantis than teyla and elizabeth and kate heightmeyer. i just wish we SAW more of them. (ohhhh, she totally did blow up. bummer.)
elizabeth's boyfriend has weirdly sheppard-like voice patterns. or maybe it's just me?
(i secretly really love the atlantis doorbells.)
honestly, i liked this episode because i liked the personal interaction -- sure, some of seemed weirdly tacked on (rodney's thing with katie brown, for instance, while he's adorable and clueless with her, i just -- I WOULD NOT PUT UP WITH THAT, I TELL YOU WHAT (okay, i lie, for rodney, i totally would)), but a lot of it was lovely. teyla and elizabeth are friends! carson and elizabeth were totally charming. elizabeth and her boyfriend talked about movies! (i didn't like him, but the movie conversation was totally cute.) john and ronon played golf! you know that's what i'm in the fandom for -- i mean, yes, sure, also the gay porn, but i really love the team dynamic, and i love that after three years, yes, these people seem to genuinely enjoy each other's company. most of the time.
ahahaha, omg, john's polo shirt. and his little golf glove! and his SHOES. and no one wants to play golf with john! poor john. and ronon's one-handed golf drive is hottttttttt.
"i thought horse-racing was the sport of kings."
WAIT, AM I WATCHING SPORTS NIGHT?
"bite back."
OH RONON. SO MUCH LOVE.
"are you dating anyone?"
"you mean ... like a woman?"
"or a man."
JOHN WAS MARRIED. I JUST HAVE TO POINT THAT OUT AGAIN. *wheeze*
also: rodney ranting and in his bathrobe with bedhead. hilarity. "but i? am me." (and the hint back to "mckay and mrs miller" -- my four year old niece.)
ohhhhh, the botany labs are gorgeous.
i knew the carson thing was coming -- but it seemed. gero, you are a retard. exploding tumors? i mean, the set up was kind of cool in a goofy sci-fi way -- make your body a bomb, AWES -- but the death was ... pointless. and it was bizarre and totally unexpected in a BAD way; i like the unexpected, i really do, but this seemed over the top. i'm not saying that well -- i like this episode, i did. i liked the structure, i liked the character notes, but the ending felt strange and totally unrelated.
and ronon's reaction -- exploding tumors? are you kidding me? -- summed mine up exactly. WTF, GERO, YOU ARE TOTALLY ON NOTICE NOW.
it made me sad that no one would go fishing with carson. :( i was never fond -- one way or the other, i was just indifferent -- of carson, but now i am saaaaaad. carson was lovely in that last scene, and i just really ... despite the fact that he was killed by an exploding tumor, i was sad!
the ronon/rodney scene at the end was lovely -- manly yet touching. rodney's face. it's the character interaction, see. the relationships.
the whole funeral scene killed me dead. elizabeth's voice breaking -- and lorne in his dress blues CRYING -- and ronon's version of satedan formal wear. just. despite the exploding tumors. totally weepy.
i think i liked this episode more than a lot of people, which just goes to show you that i'm really secretly a moron. *grin* the exploding tumors thing made me incoherent with rage, but i thought that otherwise, outside of that, even with carson's death, it was a ... a sweet sort of episode, if that makes any sense. the death itself didn't bother me aside from the fact that i was sadder than i thought i would be; i liked the rest of the episode a lot; exploding tumors wtf. that's my summation.