Turns out the human knows what he’s doing after all...almost
SGA 2x20: Allies
Okay…no one asked the BIG question. Actually, there are a few big questions, but first and foremost has to be: What's the catch? Do they think that there's going to be no consequences? Do they think that there will be no strings attached? Seems like they haven't learned yet.
Long story short: the Wraith lead by a brunette Queen Wraith and Michael from 2x18 want to form an alliance with Atlantis. The Wraith want the retrovirus to turn their enemy Wraith into humans so they can feed on them and they give Atlantis the "we'll leave you alone" guarantee.
So, not only do they go ahead with this plan, but they allow the Wraith on Atlantis and they allow McKay and Ronan to go on one of the Hive ships as observers.
Here come the other questions which also hinge on the first one: What were they thinking? Was this a GOOD idea? What do they want with McKay? And what happened to Shepard?
Okay…my guess? Shepard was either scooped up by a dart and is on the Hive ship or he managed to get on board before his jumper blew up and they went into hyperspace. I guess, it's pretty much the same thought either way.
But, what do they want with McKay? They obviously dealt with Ronan first, stunning him and leaving McKay to panic on his own—before the Wraith had enough of his mouth and stun him into unconsciousness. The fact that both Ronan and McKay are trapped and kidnapped by the Wraith—who have visions of finding Earth—should give us an interesting start to season three…in July.
:: sigh ::
The only thing…while the Ronan/McKay storyline is interesting (and yes, I'm very happy McKay is in trouble) the whole "Shepard might be dead" storyline was covered at the end of season one. Been there, done that. Guess I was hoping for something more cliffhanger-ish. Inferno was more edge of your seat IMO.
Overall, good episode, but the characters have apparently gotten dumb again. OH, and we got to see tunnelvision!McKay again. Earlier, we saw that Weir was very conscious of making sure that any information downloaded from the Wraith went to a non-networked firewalled computer. After the whole virus incident on the Daedalus, I'm not surprised that she's cautious. But as soon as McKay gets the scent of "all the wraith technology he could ever ask for" all bets are off. He waves off Weir's concern, saying they're fine, intent on the intel. In reality, there IS a virus and the Wraith are using McKay's thirst for knowledge to get the virus into Atlantis' systems.
So…I want season three now and they haven’t even started filming (Filming begins February 20th.). I'm not sure there's enough fanfic to keep me going until then.
Why can't it be July?
Favorite lines:
Wraith: I see you have awakened.
McKay: Really? I was sort of hoping this was just a nightmare.
Dex: You okay?
McKay: No. No, I think this is the most not okay I have ever been.
Sheppard: Who’s firing on us?
Kleinman: Two hive ships bearing down on our position, sir. One of them is the friendly.
Sheppard: Not so friendly.
McKay: Hmm. I should be on that hive when we do this.
Weir: Excuse me?!
Sheppard: Really?
McKay: I know it’s uncharacteristically brave, but I’ve hacked a lot of their systems under the guise of repairing them. I’ve convinced them that I should be there to supervise their systems if anything goes wrong.
Weir: And they agreed to this?
McKay: Yes. Plus, now we can freely beam stuff on and off their ships ... I’ve written a program that will immediately beam me out of there the second I activate this emergency transponder.
Sheppard: What’s a girl like her do for fun?
Hive Queen: Getting to this location without arousing suspicion will be very difficult.
Weir: Sure it will be, but we can’t really help you with that.
McKay: Although the Colonel and I have come up with a way to test that theory. Step one: we find another enemy hive and jump to a location just out of its sensor range.
Sheppard: Step two: the Daedalus takes position in close proximity to your hive, essentially merging with your scan patterns, rendering it practically invisible to the enemy sensors.
McKay: Step three: using sublight systems, our ships approach the target hive for... whatever reason; I’m sure you can come with something.
Sheppard: Step four: now that the Daedalus can use its beaming technology again...
McKay: which would be thanks to... (pointing to himself)
Sheppard: Anyway... once we get in range, we can beam the canister into the CO2 chamber and boom! One hive ship de-Wraithified.
McKay (to the Wraith, after Dex attacks that Wraith): We are sorry. (to Ronon) Say you’re sorry!
Wraith: That will not be necessary. He was protecting his superior. I would have done the same.
Dex: He’s not my superior.
McKay: Certainly not in... every sense.
McKay: He was guiding me down the hall, not sucking the life out of my shoulder!
Wraith: Do you think we will be able to come up with an adequate delivery system for the retrovirus?
McKay: Hmm. Well, I know that you don’t know me, so you couldn’t possibly know this, but...
Dex: The short answer is yes.
Wraith: Without your help, this damage may have been irreparable.
McKay: Ah, finally an alien race that appreciates me!
Zelenka: We decided to split into two teams. Team A over here is trying to find the best place or places to plant the gas canister and Team B over there is trying to come up with some fixes for the damage that the Wraith hive sustained during its last battle.
Sheppard: And you?
Zelenka: Um, mostly I’m just skimming the index.
McKay: She actually did it! I mean, this is the mother-load!
Weir: What is, exactly?
McKay: Only everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Wraith technology but were afraid to ask.
McKay: Well, well. Turns out the human knows what he’s doing after all.
Hermoid: Indeed. Your assistance on this project will be noted.
Sheppard: Rodney’s doing everything inhumanly possible to be ready.
McKay: Shields: Yes. Jump into position: Maybe. Release the drones: Probably not.
Sheppard: Well, it’s pointless to get in position if we can’t fire.
McKay: Y’know, let’s talk about it for a really long time; that’ll help for sure.
McKay: Have you any idea how much work I've put into all of this. I haven't slept in thirty-six hours.
Wraith: Perhaps it is better if you rest. (the Wraith stuns McKay)
Okay…no one asked the BIG question. Actually, there are a few big questions, but first and foremost has to be: What's the catch? Do they think that there's going to be no consequences? Do they think that there will be no strings attached? Seems like they haven't learned yet.
Long story short: the Wraith lead by a brunette Queen Wraith and Michael from 2x18 want to form an alliance with Atlantis. The Wraith want the retrovirus to turn their enemy Wraith into humans so they can feed on them and they give Atlantis the "we'll leave you alone" guarantee.
So, not only do they go ahead with this plan, but they allow the Wraith on Atlantis and they allow McKay and Ronan to go on one of the Hive ships as observers.
Here come the other questions which also hinge on the first one: What were they thinking? Was this a GOOD idea? What do they want with McKay? And what happened to Shepard?
Okay…my guess? Shepard was either scooped up by a dart and is on the Hive ship or he managed to get on board before his jumper blew up and they went into hyperspace. I guess, it's pretty much the same thought either way.
But, what do they want with McKay? They obviously dealt with Ronan first, stunning him and leaving McKay to panic on his own—before the Wraith had enough of his mouth and stun him into unconsciousness. The fact that both Ronan and McKay are trapped and kidnapped by the Wraith—who have visions of finding Earth—should give us an interesting start to season three…in July.
:: sigh ::
The only thing…while the Ronan/McKay storyline is interesting (and yes, I'm very happy McKay is in trouble) the whole "Shepard might be dead" storyline was covered at the end of season one. Been there, done that. Guess I was hoping for something more cliffhanger-ish. Inferno was more edge of your seat IMO.
Overall, good episode, but the characters have apparently gotten dumb again. OH, and we got to see tunnelvision!McKay again. Earlier, we saw that Weir was very conscious of making sure that any information downloaded from the Wraith went to a non-networked firewalled computer. After the whole virus incident on the Daedalus, I'm not surprised that she's cautious. But as soon as McKay gets the scent of "all the wraith technology he could ever ask for" all bets are off. He waves off Weir's concern, saying they're fine, intent on the intel. In reality, there IS a virus and the Wraith are using McKay's thirst for knowledge to get the virus into Atlantis' systems.
So…I want season three now and they haven’t even started filming (Filming begins February 20th.). I'm not sure there's enough fanfic to keep me going until then.
Why can't it be July?
Favorite lines:
Wraith: I see you have awakened.
McKay: Really? I was sort of hoping this was just a nightmare.
Dex: You okay?
McKay: No. No, I think this is the most not okay I have ever been.
Sheppard: Who’s firing on us?
Kleinman: Two hive ships bearing down on our position, sir. One of them is the friendly.
Sheppard: Not so friendly.
McKay: Hmm. I should be on that hive when we do this.
Weir: Excuse me?!
Sheppard: Really?
McKay: I know it’s uncharacteristically brave, but I’ve hacked a lot of their systems under the guise of repairing them. I’ve convinced them that I should be there to supervise their systems if anything goes wrong.
Weir: And they agreed to this?
McKay: Yes. Plus, now we can freely beam stuff on and off their ships ... I’ve written a program that will immediately beam me out of there the second I activate this emergency transponder.
Sheppard: What’s a girl like her do for fun?
Hive Queen: Getting to this location without arousing suspicion will be very difficult.
Weir: Sure it will be, but we can’t really help you with that.
McKay: Although the Colonel and I have come up with a way to test that theory. Step one: we find another enemy hive and jump to a location just out of its sensor range.
Sheppard: Step two: the Daedalus takes position in close proximity to your hive, essentially merging with your scan patterns, rendering it practically invisible to the enemy sensors.
McKay: Step three: using sublight systems, our ships approach the target hive for... whatever reason; I’m sure you can come with something.
Sheppard: Step four: now that the Daedalus can use its beaming technology again...
McKay: which would be thanks to... (pointing to himself)
Sheppard: Anyway... once we get in range, we can beam the canister into the CO2 chamber and boom! One hive ship de-Wraithified.
McKay (to the Wraith, after Dex attacks that Wraith): We are sorry. (to Ronon) Say you’re sorry!
Wraith: That will not be necessary. He was protecting his superior. I would have done the same.
Dex: He’s not my superior.
McKay: Certainly not in... every sense.
McKay: He was guiding me down the hall, not sucking the life out of my shoulder!
Wraith: Do you think we will be able to come up with an adequate delivery system for the retrovirus?
McKay: Hmm. Well, I know that you don’t know me, so you couldn’t possibly know this, but...
Dex: The short answer is yes.
Wraith: Without your help, this damage may have been irreparable.
McKay: Ah, finally an alien race that appreciates me!
Zelenka: We decided to split into two teams. Team A over here is trying to find the best place or places to plant the gas canister and Team B over there is trying to come up with some fixes for the damage that the Wraith hive sustained during its last battle.
Sheppard: And you?
Zelenka: Um, mostly I’m just skimming the index.
McKay: She actually did it! I mean, this is the mother-load!
Weir: What is, exactly?
McKay: Only everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Wraith technology but were afraid to ask.
McKay: Well, well. Turns out the human knows what he’s doing after all.
Hermoid: Indeed. Your assistance on this project will be noted.
Sheppard: Rodney’s doing everything inhumanly possible to be ready.
McKay: Shields: Yes. Jump into position: Maybe. Release the drones: Probably not.
Sheppard: Well, it’s pointless to get in position if we can’t fire.
McKay: Y’know, let’s talk about it for a really long time; that’ll help for sure.
McKay: Have you any idea how much work I've put into all of this. I haven't slept in thirty-six hours.
Wraith: Perhaps it is better if you rest. (the Wraith stuns McKay)
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