SGA Ep: Tracker

[the_other_sandy]

Bored now.

It didn't help that I just finished watching the awesome season premiere of Supernatural before this. Supernatural seemed to cram two episodes' worth of plot into its hour, while SGA tried to stretch twenty minutes worth of story to fill its hour. In summary:

• Keller gets kidnapped


• Ronon recaps what we've already seen happen to Keller while reading tracking signs


• Rodney talks a lot

Interspersed throughout, Rodney and Ronon have a pissing contest over Keller's affections. Did I miss anything? Didn't think so.

Keller is whatever the plot needs her to be. Need a damsel in distress for "Missing?" Check. Need her to kick ass in "Tracker?" Check (apparently a couple of lessons is all it takes to make her a better fighter than Teyla, who's been training all her life). Need some romance on the show? Check and check again as not one, but two characters compete for her affections even though the show has done nothing to show us why two men would be competing for her.

Ugh. The highlight of the show for me was Joe Flanigan interacting with the little girl at the end. They say the hardest co-stars to work with in acting are kids and dogs, but Joe has always had fantastic chemistry with the kids on SGA.

This episode is exactly what I was afraid was going to happen when I heard that Keller was going to be the center of a love triangle.

Comments

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I love season 1-6 Jack, before he became too cartoonish. Really, season 2 Jack is my favorite flavor of Jack.

Yeah, after season 6 he pretty much "called it in." Although he did still have a few moments of the Old Jack in later seasons: Moebius and It's Good to be King come to mind.

Daniel doesn't have the common sense that God gave linoleum.

Exactly. He got a little tougher in later years but still managed to be totally impractical.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Continuum? The alternate timeline Jack who was still in special ops was the most I've liked Jack since the beginning of season 7.

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I've always loved O'Neill when his black-ops background broke free, showing what the thin layer of laid-back goof was hiding. I could never understand the fans who always seemed to think that The Dolt was really O'Neill. But then they are usually rabid Daniel enthusiasts.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love Action!Jack. I miss him so much. You're making me feel like pulling out my season 2 DVDs again.

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I recently indulged in the super-dooper all-10-seasons-in-one-box-edition of the dvds (amazon had a 60% off sale - who could resist?). I've have had to force myself to watch each and every one (to make sure the discs are good) and not just skip to my favorite O'Neill episodes.