Rewatch: Miller's Crossing

[twinsarein]

Rodney McKay is continuing to work on solving the problems with the replicator nano code and finally gives in to Zalenka's request that he contact his sister Jeannie for help. He sends her an e-mail but that same night, she is kidnapped and taken to a private medical facility where she is expected to use nano technology to save the life of a

Comments

Comment 1

[helenkacan]

I'm not going to do a scene-by-scene rewatch of this episode, because so much of it is straightforward ... but I'm sure a few observations will break through. I watched it from beginning to end TWICE in a row, because there are parts of it that are transcendent. Not to mention ... magnificent

[that_which]

Uh ... Rodney, you sure you're still Canadian? Otherwise why would you say "They're kind of like our C.I.A."? Shouldn't that have been your C.I.A.? Though it's cute to see that John disapproves of even the Canadian government getting to name its OWN agencies. ::snickers::

That took me aback at first too, but I eventually decided that he meant our, as in Canada's, CIA - their version of something John would recognize. If you take it that way, it's kind of endearing, Rodney explaining Canada to John the way John explains Earth to Ronon and Teyla.

I may be overthinking it, as it is a Martin Gero episode, so it could easily just be wrong.

[helenkacan]

Isn't it interesting (and perhaps confusing, even dangerous) to see how the omission of just one word can change one's perception? When "our" should have meant "Canada's", I understood it to mean "American" as in SGC/Atlantis/etc. I'm also too used to hearing Rodney talk about Canada by name.

Comment 2A

[helenkacan]

Rodney's just been hustled into the lab where Jeannie is (wearing more than just what she'd been sleeping in). He gets untied, etc. Jeannie - of course - blames him, because he sent her stuff via the computer. Again, is that Rodney's fault

[twinsarein]

Oh, it's got to stick in Rodney's craw to call on his sister for help. It's such a lovely domestic scene we see, though. And I like how Jeannie just jumps in to help when she gets her brother's email. Of course, the scene changes so quickly, and so dramatically. The terror as those men came in was palpable.

Ronon on Earth! Finally. I loved seeing him in regular clothes - he's right though, he does still stick out. *g*

I liked Rodney being the hero to Jeannie's husband, promising to get Jeannie back. Such a serious, resolute look on his face.

Comment 2B

[helenkacan]

Now this is chilling. How Rodney's words ("You never should have injected her") give Henry the idea to up the stakes. As I said before, evil and I don't care how desperate you are, you don't go around harming innocent people. ::growls

Comment 3A

[helenkacan]

Eeeeeeeeek! Sharon's alive. Well, sorta, kinda. The lights are on but nobody's home. Why? Well, the nanites decided to do some extra repair work. Once they'd cured the cancer, they went on to the next problem. Which terrifies Jeannie because, in order to cure her epilepsy, the nanites would shut her brain down

Re: Comment 3A

[tavabean]

Yes, brilliant, brilliant scene!

Re: Comment 3A

[helenkacan]

And, ultimately, one that TPTB didn't like, as it meant there were simply too many heroic characters on Atlantis. Better to show backstabbing, petty ones, right???

But we will ALWAYS have that scene to remind us of nobility of character.