Rewatch: Harmony

[twinsarein]

Sheppard and McKay visit one of their trading partners and are sweet-talked by two attractive sisters into taking a third sister on a trek through the forest to a sacred site. The third sister, Harmony, turns out to be a precocious 12-year old who is to be their next Queen. Our fearless duo soon find that they have more than a simple jaunt in the

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[twinsarein]

Early, I know, but I'm heading for bed and wanted to make sure this was up.

Preamble

[helenkacan]

Yay, I have a working computer AND speakers, so the rewatch is back to the traditional way. Just too bad it had to be THIS episode which I can't stand. I'll be back in about an hour - I guess - with some overall impressions.

Comment 1A

[helenkacan]

Ugh. This episode recalls many of the faults of TPTB and their sexist writing, not to mention how they probably think of women in general. I'm really trying not to go off on a rant here, but....

So, I guess they had to get some more use of their medieval-shmedieval show-off-the-cleavage costumes. Why not set another episode on a backwards world with a monarchy and let's see how this bunch lead charmed lives?

It seems as if this is not only a matriarchal but also a matrilineal society, as there are SO many women with some men in the background. In which case, why are the women wearing such boob-popping gowns (similar to my question about Larrin's outfit in Travellers)? Yes, I know the real answer is to attract all the 13-year old boys watching TV who'll be mesmerized by the sight of all those boobies. ::rolls eyes::

There must be something about the ATA gene that it is passed down to girl children only on this world (as Harmony mentions queens, but she only mentions kings when it comes to choosing a mate - however it would seem that

Comment 1B

[helenkacan]

I realized when looking at the episode list that this was right after Quarantine and Rodney's failed marriage proposal. So what does he do in this episode? Oh, yeah: call “dibs” on an unseen princess. Because that's how grown-up men act. [Oh, don't get me started.]

Does anyone find Harmony's 13-year old bratty behaviour charming? Seriously, trying to play John against Rodney, the fake crying, the powerbar snatching got really old. And just what kind of an upbringing did she have that she would immediately go after a stranger (albeit a good-looking one) as a potential king? Ugh. Does that tie in with that heavy gender imbalance? At least Rodney's observation that she seemed to be more mature than the type of women who usually fall for John was slightly amusing, even if it just underlined Rodney's jealousy of John. Again.

I'm doing my best to forget about all the scenes with Harmony in them. Also, more mumbo-jumbo about the Beast. ::sighs::

So ... Harmony's smart enough to start a fire, kill a small bird and then attract attention by