SGA Ep: Outsiders

[the_other_sandy]

Maybe I'm missing something.

If Jervis handed the plague survivors over to the Wraith, wouldn't that mean the Wraith would then know who was safe to eat? I'm guessing Jervis wasn't thinking his plan through.

Also?

Dropping a mine on a buttload of Wraith = good.

Dropping a mine on a bunch of humans whose only crime was to be short-sighted and inconvenient = bad.

The writers really seem to have hit a wall this season, which gives me no hope that SGU is going to be any good, because the same writers who ran out of ideas on SG-1 and SGA are going to be writing it. I think it's long past time (and at the same time, too late) for an infusion of fresh blood on the writing staff.

Comments

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I'm just getting hyper-critical because I'm upset about the looming end of the series or if these last couple of episodes have really sucked as massively as I'm thinking they did.

Yes, Jervis does seem like a pretty dim bulb. Unfortunately he was also a selfish bastard - which meant he had to die, one way or another. I'm semi-ok with him and his merry band of vigilantes being used to lure the Wraith in and them all being blown up - it's the whole sacrificing the few for the safety of the many thing. I'm kind of wishy-washy on Sheppard having the Head Guy (whose name I have forgotten) doing the double-cross. That's even more morally ambiguous than what he did in Miller's Crossing (talking Wallace into being a Wraith snack).

But this was the best plan Sheppard could come up with? What if McKay and Beckett hadn't managed to escape? Waiting for Atlantis to call in and then send a jumper would have alerted the Wraith and blown that plan. Holes, holes, holes... Or just lazy writers. grrr....

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

regrettably, i saw jervis and his pals as collateral damage. they chose their fate and walked right into it. they were ready to basically commit murder themselves by turning over the plague survivors. i don't envy sheppard his choice, or the village leader, who will no doubt have many sleepless nights for his part in the scheme.

alas, i've been begging for new writing staff since season 4 of stargate sg-1. alas, we had a good one in, um, oh, who wrote the episode where shep got sucked dry by todd (my mind is swiss cheese today) but when sg1 got cancelled, those writers moved over and booted out the new blood. too bad :(

however, i did enjoy the beckett-mckay bonding :)