Rewatch: Search and Rescue
Combat engineers from Atlantis work against the clock to rescue four of their colleagues who are now trapped in the rubble of Michael's medical compound. With Michael en route, they quickly locate McKay and Major Lorne but Sheppard and Ronan are far deeper and their rescue is not assured. When Michael's ship arrives, they decide to try and rescue
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Oh, yay, that our guys find Teyla so easily. I think they're really getting familiar on Hive ships, lol. But, of course, it can't be an easy rescue, because Rodney finds out the hyperdrive is nearly fixed. Did anybody else think the division of labour (I couldn't help myself) and personnel was a setup? To think that Rodney gives the severely-injured teammate a map while he stays behind with the pregnant woman? OTOH, considering how touch-phobic John is in general (and how the Jeyla shippers might have reacted), TPTB probably thought they'd better have the geek stay behind, especially as Rodney-Teyla shippers are a rarer commodity.
No, Rodney, Teyla does NOT appreciate hearing about your kidney stone.
John and Ronon have a good time blowing things up. Yay! It's fun to see the surprise on Michael's face, especially when he's trying to figure out how anyone got on board. Kanaan offers to investigate. I wonder....
Back to the pregnant woman & Rodney show. OMG, the dialogue about pushing and catching is juvenile. And what's that about underhanded catching, Rodney? The whole birthing scene seems like something only the all-male writers could have concocted. ::sighs:: Gee, Rodney, how'd you end up presenting such a clean-looking newborn to Teyla so suddenly? And I guess you had your boy scout knife to cut the cord, too? At least they did show both Teyla and Rodney sweating from their shared experience.
It's time to get off the cruiser as the demolition duo return to find an extra passenger. But, John, HOW could you lose the 'jumper? That makes NO sense at all, though it's a lovely setup for what's to come.
It's cute to see Rodney being called on - again - to save the day. But he doesn't need to. As luck would have it, Kanaan finds our stranded passengers. Teyla's faith in him must have been enormous and luckily it is repaid.
::cheers:: Oh, this never gets old, having John hail the Daedalus - from a Dart. Mind you, Steven's pretty awesome himself, with the incredulous disapproving comment that John might have put a baby into the Wraith storage compartment. But, no, the baby is in John's arms in the cockpit. And women watching all over the planet swoon.
Yay for more of Steven's dry humour: “Major Marks, please make that ship go away.” Wraith go bye-bye in millions of pieces.
Back on Atlantis, we have a mirror-image scene with Rodney and flowers when he comes across Sam. But this time they're for Teyla. Awww, Sam, it's not fair to poke fun at Rodney. Still, he's giving her a glowing review, too, when he hears she's headed back to Earth.
In the infirmary, it's cute to see Teyla/baby and John in adjoining beds. That's the fun thing about a small working space, where people aren't separated. Well, I guess as long as there are no gruesome things going on. Poor John. I don't think he's feeling much confidence in Jennifer, considering how inappropriate her pre-surgery joke is. And, whoa, Rodney's going to be disappointed he didn't rate in the baby's naming.
So, did anyone else think it was petty to see the way Sam was replaced? It also seemed weird to go from having a diplomat (Elizabeth) to a military officer (Sam) and then to the ridiculous, namely a bureaucrat (Richard) as the head of Atlantis. We're also left with some nagging suspicions, whether he'll turn out to be as cold as he was in the future of The Last Man. And that's the end of the episode.
Closing thoughts:
I'm so worn out, I don't think I have any. I pretty much stated what I was thinking along the way. But, if I think of anything, I'll be back. Oh ... one thing: the music was fabulous! But that's usually no surprise.
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