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Rewatch: The Last Man

Dec 07, 2012 22:02

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. ( Read more... )

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Comment 3A helenkacan December 8 2012, 06:04:32 UTC

Finally John makes it through the sandstorm to the other side. As he stumbles through the door, he also crashes through holo-Rodney. It's considered to be impolite to do something like that with a ghost, so I guess it's the same principle with a hologram, though in this case it was inadvertent.

There's a huge problem that has holo-Rodney worried and that is that John's biosignature is very weak.

Finally, John regains consciousness. As he rolls over, I'm rolling my eyes. Seriously, PTB, a man who's been out in a sandstorm does not emerge with his (designer) sunglasses all shiny and not scratched up!!!!!

Well, they finally make it to the stasis room. But John's curious to know what happened to Rodney, though holo-Rodney isn't keen to talk about it. But he does ( ... )

Comment 3B helenkacan December 8 2012, 06:12:36 UTC

Time for the incredulity factor: that Jennifer was stricken by exposure to the Hoffan drug. Seriously, people, that is just TOO convenient. OTOH, it did provide a catalyst for the “Aha!” moment Rodney had in the corridor, that he could change everything.

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 ( ... )

Comment 3C helenkacan December 8 2012, 06:17:30 UTC

Back to the present - uh future Atlantis. It's time for John to get into the stasis pod. It was cute seeing how he thought he might take advantage of some sports championship games, but Rodney said he hadn't paid any attention. Is it any wonder ( ... )

Closing thoughts helenkacan December 8 2012, 06:31:14 UTC

1* Michael's aggression and hatred of women are really evident in this episode. I don't know wheher this is meant to be a metaphor for one school of philosophy that proposes, since men cannot bring forth life and are therefore filled with such deep envy and rage, they turn around and excel at eradicating it. Well ... it's a thought. And there's the whole megalomaniac Ruler of the Galaxy thing as well. Yuck.

2* I have to say it, but it's a good thing that Jennifer died. Seriously, considering that she was trying to get Rodney to do what SHE wanted after she was dead, even if she'd been healthy (and there was no similar “Aha!” moment), I think we get a pretty good idea that she would not have been a supportive wife. Rodney would have become a pale facsimile of his authentic self, bombast and all. So, once again, I have to wonder at what kind of message TPTB were trying to get across, about men and women in relationships, about women taming men's instincts, even if in this case it was something of a galaxy-saving significance. ::shrugs ( ... )