SGA Ep: Trio

[the_other_sandy]

This episode badly needed a B plot.

The problem with ensemble shows is that each individual character usually doesn't get sufficient screen time to develop. I like the idea of showcase episodes that allow us to get to know the individual characters better, but I think it's a mistake to run them all together like this. I really think they should break up the showcase episodes with ensemble episodes. It seems like forever since we've seen everybody interact. The show is starting to feel very small to me.

And whatever happened to the B plots? Each episode used to have an A plot and a B plot and switch back and forth between them. Watching three characters I'm not much interested in try to climb out of a hole for an hour was utterly, utterly excruciating.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I definitely have found the top three people on my list of People With Whom Not To Be Trapped In A Cave. I'd be perfectly happy to be trapped somewhere with Shep and/or Ronan, but not these three. Hello! Who was it that said, "We could just wait 5 hours until we're overdue, and someone will be sent to find us"? I am unconvinced that all that effort took less than 5 hours.

Margie

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Apparently, no one was available on Atlantis to rescue them because they were shooting another episode concurrently.

Between Keller wanting to break out the cards and starting up all those question games, I was starting to wonder if she had ADD. She couldn't seem to go more than about 10 seconds without needing to be entertained.

[(Anonymous)]

That would definitely explain the problem. Either that, or this was supposed to double as a "team-building exercise."

Does it tell you something when, even though I was sitting on the couch watching the whole time, I had to ask Brian, "Hey, how'd they get Sam out, anyway?" My brain mercifully shut down. I think I'm going to go watch some better-quality TV. Like maybe "Spock's Brain."

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

You can make it a double feature with "Hathor."