Rewatch: The Lost Boys

[twinsarein]

Teyla got a tip about a ZPM and she and Sheppard, McKay and Ronon are about to meet her contact in a forest. Suddenly the team gets stunned and is gated to another planet by a group of men. When they awake they meet Ford. He's been busy and has set up his own army of men enhanced by the Wraith enzyme. They even have living Wraith in the compound to

Comments

[melagan]

I love this episode.

[omg_wtf_yeah]

Ditto. This is one of my all-time favorites. Wish I was at home so I could be watching it!

Comment Prologue (also needing to be excused)

[helenkacan]

Ack. Can't rewatch tonight. Am totally zonked from cleaning and decorating.

But - eeeek - audio commentary is with Marin Gero ("I wrote it"), David Hewlett ("I acted in it") and Joe Flanigan ("I saved it"). Oh, why do the actors have to torture us so?

Anyway, enjoy the rewatch. I'll enjoy reading the comments and will add my own ::hand-waves a nebulous incoherent date:: who-knows-when.

[twinsarein]

Team Atlantis is exploring another planet, and Rodney is complaining a lot. Yumping yimminy, he is not happy to be on this mission. I have to admit to being all wrapped up int he team's byplay around how complaining, so I actually jumped when people jumped out and started shooting at them.

It's hard to say what kind of episode I love best, but I do have a soft spot for scenes with a lot of dialogue, because it is almost always fast paced, often snarky, and frequently funny.

I also have to admit, that in my rush to get the post made around holiday preparations, I didn't actually read the summary, so when our team is next seen with canvas bags over their faces, surrounded by silent, intimidating men, I was a little concerned.

Then, out comes Ford, and I get even more concerned. *g* Ford is just a little cuckoo. It was interesting to find out what happened to him after the Wraith dart picked him up the last time we saw him.

[twinsarein]

I'd forgotten that this was a two-parter. I was so caught up in the tension, that I didn't ever realize how much time had passed. So when John's on his knees with a Wraith in front of him, I almost groaned when the text came up, saying 'To be continued.' *sigh*

It was a great episode, though. An interesting look at what Ford's been doing with his pathology. It's like he fixated on this one thing - a need to prove himself to his teammates - right from the beginning, and he's just fallen deeper and deeper into it. So much so, that he's drawing others into it, and drugging those he's trying to convince he's sane and better than ever.

Moments of particular interest to me, are the rebel scientist who reveals that the Wraith are not a united foe to Rodney. This is the first time it's been suggested that there are different factions, and that they are limiting communication to each other. Also - John 'talking' to R2. Hee! So awesome.

Comment 1A

[helenkacan]

I tried to see if I could watch the entire episode first and then post a few comments. But I'm worried that I'll forgot some of my reactions. So, I'm at the 14-minute mark (where I'd normally be if I were watching and writing almost simultaneously).

Quibble. Doesn't it feel strange for the team to be ambushed so easily? Yes, I know Rodney is bitching up a storm, but wouldn't Ronon at least be on his toes as they continue to walk, friendly world or not? So, IMO, team capture was just too convenient.

The way Aiden Ford's character is presented in this episode seems like the starkest and manipulative reminder of the Just Say No campaign against the use of illegal drugs, showing how drugs can turn good individuals into unstable, violent and unpredictable - not to mention morally changed - people. There's no shades of grey; nope, it's all right or wrong and TPTB are hitting us over the head with wrong-wrong-wrong.

Of course, as if it weren't bad enough for Aiden to have a ::coughs:: drug problem, he's recruiting others to be just like