The Hive

[eretria]

I'm sorry, but my brain may have just exploded.

(No hug for John or Rodney? Not ONE?! From ANYONE? After they've been assumed dead?)

John and the hilarious little ragdoll moment when the Wraith put him back on his feet - priceless. The knives - priceless.
Sleepy John catching a clue about the girl - pretty, hot and so very, very well acted. Oh, Flanigan.
Whoever was in charge of lighting and shooting that scene with the traitorous girl (the snuggling for warmth and milking him for information) should receive an award for making fangirls happy: Eyes, stubble, lips. Lips! God, that mouth is too damn distracting.

Also, amusement much - John is such a Sci-Fi geek.

Upon watching it the second time (and taking into account "Lost Boys"), he quotes StarWars ("R2, I need you to turn off the auto-pilot now"), Firefly - more or less ("You gotta have a window on this boat") and Men in Black ("I've got to get me one of these" when speaking of Ronon's gun).
That amuses me to no end. I always would have expected Rodney to be the Sci-Fi freak here.
Next thing you know, John will quote the Ferengi rules for trading on the next unsuspecting race.

Also, he must have read Steven King's It and must have been as traumatised by it as I was, because: Clowns! (Is it bad that I imagine the Wraith now planning a strategy including armies of Clowns? Maybe they'll wear clown-masks next time we see them.)
Uhm, go ahead, ignore me there for a moment. Pretend I'm usually intelligent enough to not be amused by that kind of thing.

But back to the episode:

Zelenka's appearance was a bit gratuitous, hm? Nice to have him, but huh?

And Rodney. Oh, god, Rodney. Elizabeth's callousness in that situation pissed.me.off. Rodney might die, but hey, let's quip with Carson there. Thank god the Elizabeth of canon and the one from Auburn's and my story diverge greatly, or I'd really be having problems finishing that story right about now.

Surprising moment of joy, though - I like Carson again. He was sinking so low on my likeable character scale during the last episodes, but this? Totally vindicated my Carson-love.

Oh, Hewlett. Just when I thought the admiration couldn't possibly get any bigger.
Rodney. Rodney.
(Even though the withdrawal was cut a bit short - but what there was, was beyond fantastic. And does Carson's little comment in having an inkling suggest that he had a drug-problem, too, once? Meds or alcohol?)

But, still, Rodney.

Back to the exploded brain there.

Ford so isn't dead, by the way.

Comments

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I hope Shep *does* quote the Ferengi rules of trading! It would be the best thing ever!

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Heh. It would rise the John Sheppard dorkitude to entirely new levels. Somebody needs to write fic. :o)

[anashi.livejournal.com]

I thought the Weir moment was hilarious, really. I don't get it, what was wrong with what she said? Rodney *is* like that, and it seemed really affectionate. And also if you're going to be mad at her, be mad at Carson too, lol.

God bless John's dorkiness. It makes him like twenty times more sexy to me.

[eretria.livejournal.com]

I thought the Weir moment was hilarious, really. I don't get it, what was wrong with what she said?

The moment didn't call for hilarity, that's what's wrong with it. Rodney almost died there, and Carson was obviously shaken, and the humour absolutely didn't work for me.
The whole scene, the quick turning away just didn't seem overly caring to me. And, damn it, she almost lost Rodney there. A little more sympathy wouldn't have hurt. I would have understood her reaction if he had been awake. But he wasn't, and her whole reaction rubbed me as really, really wrong.

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Ford totally isn't dead.

The no-hug thing threw me, too. Hrm.

And aw, Elizabeth just knew that Carson had done all he could. I must admit I was too amused by their exchange to be bitter about her lack of a characteristically caring reaction.