Category: Reviews
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Review: McKay and Mrs Miller
Fails to live up to high expectations A comedy episode with the redoubtable McKay front and centre has success written all over it so it is with some surprise that the episode doesn’t quite live up to its potential and harder still to pinpoint the reason why. David Hewlett in…
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Review: Phantoms
Good but could have been better Content warning: Discussion of PTSD Having played mind games with Weir in The Real World, Phantoms attempts to do something similar with the rest of the SGA team, and in particular Sheppard. Unfortunately, the underlying story is not as successful as The Real World…
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Review: Common Ground
Top of the list of quality Atlantis episodes Content warning: Discussion of torture scene Common Ground is a showcase episode for Stargate Atlantis, at the heart of which is a very tightly written script by Ken Cuperus. Everything about the story is quality; the way it unfolds, the pacing, the…
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Review: The Real World
A tour de force by Tori Higginson Having looked forward to this episode for a number of reasons; Weir-centric, written by Carl Binder, and not to mention the guest appearance by Richard Dean Anderson, The Real World does not disappoint. The story is tightly written, Torri Higginson delivers an outstanding…
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Review: Progeny
An accomplished outing The Replicators make their first appearance in the Pegasus galaxy in Progeny and provide a chilling additional enemy for the Atlantis team to face besides the Wraith. The story provides a nice set-up for an arc for Weir while showcasing McKay’s technical abilities, and his relationship with…
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Review: Sateda
A feast of a story Sateda is a feast of a story from beginning to end. It is a well-judged character study not only for Ronon who takes centre stage but for the rest of the SGA flagship team in a serious drama lightened occasionally with humour and wit. It…
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Review: Irresistible
A story begging to be taken seriously Content warning: Discussion of non-consensual relationships due to drugging Irresistible is feels like an attempt to emulate the stand-alone funny stories typical of SG1’s early seasons but it is unoriginal with no surprises serving only to embarrass most of the main characters and…
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Review: Misbegotten
Cleaning up a mess The continuation of the season premiere, Misbegotten, is left to tie up the loose ends from in the previous instalment. The focus is shifted back to Atlantis as the team deal with the mess they created by using the Wraith retro-virus while Weir’s leadership continues to…
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Review: No Man’s Land
Not a story worthy of a season opener ‘No Man’s Land’ looks promising as a thrilling season opener given its set-up in Allies but it fails to live up to its potential because of a lack of sympathy toward the main characters created by the overall arc and a lack…
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Review: Gauntlet
Closing the Stargate It’s a big ask for any single episode: how do you at the same time close down a season, a series and a franchise that has lasted for almost fifteen years? “Gauntlet” doesn’t do a bad job of answering the question. As a finish to this era…
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