5.04

[eretria]

ROCK ON, TEYLA.






If you could not break out into "all mpreg, all the time", or all "happy little McShep family with babies" but instead ran with it somewhere serious this time around, I'd be thrilled.

Okay, and maybe some side-notes, too. What? You know I can't shut up. Ever.

I can fully understand Teyla not handing her baby to Rodney after he dropped it. Yes, it can happy, but still. Torren's a baby. Rodney dropped him. Teyla's a mother. How would we react if it was our son? Seriously. Not so funny when you think about it. BUt a beautiful way of wrapping up the episode by showing Teyla's forgiveness.

John fanboying John didn't entrance me a bit - I cringed through that bit because it was just too awkward. A simple "Good work, colonel" would have been enough, and would have been more John-like.

The pseudo-Borg were rather creepy. Though I would have loved more back-story on them. What are they - an evolved Wraith-human hybrid?

I don't believe for a moment that Teyla picked up all of this knowledge just by one introductory session to the Deadalus. She's had time while she was pregnant - and in between. She took the time to study Atlantis and the systems and the earth-systems, too (I have a pet-theory about her having sessions with Zelenka), because she needs to know. Because she wants what's best for the team, for her people, for her. And to achieve that, she needs more knowledge than what is just off-handedly given to her. So, she goes out and gets it, because that's the kind of woman Teyla is. She's not one to sit still and wait.

Comments

[sg1padawan.livejournal.com]

Seriously, how awesome was that?! :D

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Very much awesome. Teyla for the win!

[iamrighthere.livejournal.com]

The Borg-y things will probably be back, so we'll get some backstory then. And weren't they awesome? Crashed their plane into the Daedalus and survived without apparent injuries. Damn, that's an alien I can get behind!

Teyla's recent technical knowledge impresses, but I agree that it's not something that can be learned from one class. Especially when she would have needed some practice in there, as well. We can assume, as you have done, that she has spent considerable time learning how Atlantis and the ships run, or, you can look at it sort of like I do--it's kind of shoehorned in to make the plot work. After all, during "The Seed," when Woolsey questions Teyla's apparent knowledge about power systems in Atlantis, Teyla demurs and says that McKay told her.

In the end, it boils down to exactly as you have said: Teyla needed to know this stuff and pursued it. Juxtipose this with Ronon's frustration at not being able to man the aft weapons array because he didn't come to the training. Hope we get to see some Techie!Ronon action in the future. Just a little. Part of his charm is his "You drive, I'll shoot" take on things.