Rewatch: The Last Man
An exhausted Lt. Col. John Sheppard returns to Atlantis from searching for Teyla only to find it abandoned and in darkness. He also finds that the city is no longer floating on an ocean but is resting a on a dry bed, surrounded by sand dunes. There is however one source of information available to him: the holographic image of a now elderly Dr.
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But Jennifer doesn't want him to. REPEAT: Jennifer doesn't want him to. On her deathbed, she's trying to control what he's going to do with his life. This is where I feel like screaming at TPTB: that not only did they make her character manipulative (as if that's what men expect all women to be) but they also highlighted that, as “smart” as she was, she really was no genius. She didn't get the bigger picture. ::grimaces:: And she was trying to get Rodney to promise her as she lay on her deathbed. Ugh. Morbid guilt trip, anyone?
Um ... why is there this thing about teaching physics at a community college? Is physics even a course offered there? But I guess it's always easy to fall back on to show how irrelevant academic glory was to Rodney as he focused on his increasingly obsessive project. OTOH, I can't believe that Rodney was doing this for the money. I figure it was just so that he would have access to new research, labs, etc. But it's still a jarring note.
It was lovely, though, to see Jeanie be a part of her brother's life - and scientific research - until even she stopped coming by. And Rodney grew old. But the technology was fabulous, especially that transparent screen and his magic glove.
And then he finally has his solution. Just one problem: how is he going to get to Atlantis? Hey, let's pay “General” Lorne a visit. At least they didn't age him as much as Rodney. I'm glad Rodney was able to convince him that his plan was worth a try, that the galaxy was a mess (that we're supposed to guess at, too).
Of course, I want to know HOW Rodney got to Atlantis and all the other good stuff. ::pouts::
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