SGA 3.18 Submersion

[thegrrrl2002]

The one where John was forced to kneel, and then got wet.

What? I'm shallow that way.

Seriously though, I thought it was a decent filler ep that kept me entertained but certainly not high on my 'rewatch' list. I liked that everyone was involved (Zelenka! Cute asian Science Girl who finally got a name! Elizabeth and Teyla actually spoke to each other!). Although, why was Elizabeth there? Just for the fun of it? Not that I minded, I like the character but it didn't seem like the sort of thing where she would be necessary.

Very cute 'you're with me--or I'm with you' moment with John, though.

At first I was afraid the ep would be a retread of "Sunday" with Teyla being possessed, but then it went in a different direction, thank goodness. Actually, it kept changing directions, because I thought John would end up being forced to fly the jumper for the queen, then it became a 'disarm the bomb' plot, and all those changes probably helped with the ep because it kept me from dwelling on things like jeeze, is that the best they could do when it came to tying up the wraith queen? I would have had her wrapped with sixteen rolls of duct tape, then tied with rope and then chained to the damn table. And the glaringly obvious redshirts--could it have been any more predictable?

Although I so sympathize with Rodney on the name thing. I'm terrible with names. It's very embarrassing.

When Teyla was trying to pull information from her mind, it seemed to me like distracting the queen would have been a good idea, kick her or something to mess up her concentration. That's what I would have done.

And why oh why did Ronon simply leave Teyla there with the queen when she told him to?

And to back up a bit, why didn't Rodney believe Teyla? The most paranoid and cautious man that ever lived? I guess he was excited and wanted to play with his big new toy.

But, weak plot points aside, I did enjoy many aspects of it. Not as many character moments as I would have liked, but John talking about The Abyss was fun, because yeah John, you are a dork, but a really cute one and that's why Rodney loves you so. And I laughed out loud when John said "I hate queens." Just something about JF's delivery. Personally, I love evil wraith queens. It made me happy to see one again. It also made me happy that Rodney shot her in the end, and then John did, too. Shades of "The Defiant One". Very cute moment with them afterward.

And finally, Rodney was as cute as can be in the final scene, all excited about the drilling station again. I love that his love of science and the thrill of discovery jumps back in full swing after all the danger is gone. John seemed to love it, too, with his little 'yup, that's my boyfriend' style comment. It was a nice Rodney moment--not snarky or fearful or complaining Rodney, but Rodney the Scientist.

Oh, one last thing--Carson who? I know, this is Stargate, but still. ::rolls eyes::

Comments

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure John was turned on by it. He was grumpy just to cover it up.

It's their version of foreplay. Rodney comes up with a plan to save the day, shoots the Wraith (probably using John's P90) and all John wants to do is push him up against the organic matter of the Cruiser wall. So he has to grump about why Rodney didn't want to be the bait *g*

I also loved the last scene, since John's the one answering, so naturally, of course, that, yep, Rodney's serious and going to go play scientist now.

Great recap :)

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

It was definitely foreplay.

And then Rodney pushed John away because "Eeew, no way are we doing it on a wraith ship, they're just too gross with the slime and all" and John was sulky for the rest of the trip.

Plus in that last scene, it's cute that they ask John if Rodney's always like that, because John's the expert on all things Rodney. John almost said, " yeah, sometimes even after sex he'll pop out of bed and run down to the lab. It's a little insulting."