SGA: Duet

[thegrrrl2002]

I'm starting my love letter to Martin Gero right now. Because he rocks like a big rockin' thing. Maybe I'm blinded by the McKay love (and THIS is the McKay that I love), but I thought this ep was the most fabulous thing ever. DH nailed it, the man is simply briliant. There were scenes that could have gone over the top, but didn't, as opposed to last week's ep. I love that we got to see Kate again, I loved that everyone was involved--how great was it that every time something was being tested, or Rodney was in the infirmary, Weir, Sheppard, and Zelenka were hovering around in the background?

And, of course, the kiss. I'm not a Carson/McKay shipper, but I thought the kiss was great. Nicely done, and Rodney's reaction to it was funny and understated, thank goodness.

How sweet were McKay's scenes with Sheppard, though? Sheppard wanting to make sure "they were good". Awww. And that cute little moment at the end where Sheppard tells Cadman it would be his worse nightmare ever to be stuck in McKay's head--what a flirty little look he gave McKay during that. *g*

I even enjoyed McKay's "date".

But my mind is still buzzing over the hotness. I mean, McKay was red-hot in this ep. The unzipped shirt? Killer. Naked in bed? Sheer torture. Damn those sheets. And all those lovely rumpled in the infirmary closeups...

Oh, and there were some bits with Ronan, weren't there? I'm still liking him.

There's so much to say about this ep, (Zelenka! Zelenka! Zelenka!) but I just want to wallow in the pretty right now. And the sheer joy of having watched a great episode.

Comments

[drlense.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes, on the hotness. Thank God.

I thought there was some weirdness here and there. Some of the stuff with Zelenka seemed unnecessarily harsh, and Shepperd still seems way too weird to me. Last year he seemed more open and earnest- I feel like I'm missing that.

This felt like an actual episode, rather than the "David Hewlett Special". I was thinking how much better this came across than "Lifeboat", for example. Having Cadman's actual voice there from the beginning made it a lot easier to see her as a person.

I also liked how they showed all those different parts of Atlantis- it almost felt like a day in the life type episode. And that bit at the end where they were all waiting for him to wake up! I just can't get enough infirmary!McKay.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Sheppard seems weird? Really? He reminded me here of how he was in "BIS", just a little dorky but sweet. I agree about McKay being so harsh with Zelenka, but I chalked that up to him being totally freaked out. And Zelenka gave as good as he got, before giving the concerned look, so I was thinking that underneath it all, he was feeling sympathetic.

I so agree that it was much better than "Lifeboat", even though I liked that ep, too. This had much more of a team feel to it.

And Yay for Infirmary!McKay! So cute! So rumpled! And drooling!