SGA "This Mortal Coil"
So I quite liked "This Mortal Coil".
Just because it has a duplicate of the team (with bonus Elizabeth for some nostalgia) in an us-against-the-galaxy type situation. I've really been missing that on the show, and am really fond of the idea of this team out there all alone in the galaxy. I hope they don't get killed off and that they manage to escape from the replicators. Maybe they can form a rogue team with Ford. We need fic, stat! And no, I don't care that the idea is similar to "Tin Man". EDIT: Dammit, they're dead. I missed the scene while I was in the loo. That's just great. I still liked the idea of them, though.
I was a little annoyed during the scene in the tent where real!team meets repli!team and each of the team members has a moment with their counterpart. Rodney gets along with his like a house on fire, Sheppard is all suspicious of and in agreement with his, Ronon seems to want to challenge his to a fight over whose life it is, and ... no reaction from Teyla? She had nothing to say to herself apparently. Maybe it's because she's such a private person, but still, it annoys me.
But. The episode had Elizabeth, and damn, I didn't realise I'd missed her so much. Oh god, how I missed her and her intelligence and her strength and just the way she looks at people. (Also, they're kinda forcing me to see some major Repli!Weir/Repli!Keller here. How many trials were there before? How many relationships set to zero again while Repli!Keller remembered them all?)
Maybe I'm the only person who wouldn't be really upset if the original Weir really turns out to be dead. I find the replacement quite acceptable and the story possibilities really interesting.
Hmm, and the Sam thing is a bit awkward. It's like she's either delegating a lot of responsibility to her people or she just isn't there at all during important times.
Some little details that I liked. I was completely convinced that Ronon had finally got his revenge for Sheppard's lucky shot in Doppelganger. "You're going to need stitches." Heh.
And the shot of the city being destroyed by replicators. I'm really glad this wasn't a throw-away vision, because even if it had been thousands of years into the future, the idea of Atlantis meeting its end like that really shakes me.
In other news, my sga_santa assignment is kicking my ass. I keep writing stuff that the person explicitly said they didn't want. What the hell is wrong with me? But I got an extension, so I hope I'll manage to turn out something decent.