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exsequarSGA 3x17 Sunday
You know that symbol of drama, the two masks, one laughing and one crying? THAT'S HOW I FEEL! The first half of this episode was like HEEEEEEEE! over and over. And then, AND THEN! *sobs*
I knew Carson was leaving the show. But for some reason, I had gotten this funny notion in my head that it was some way other than dying. So I was all expecting a peaceful departure. But then - KABOOM! *sniffles*
The Rodney-and-Carson as best friends thing threw me, though. I never got that vibe off of them, so it seemed a bit contrived, forced, to give someone to focus the aftermath of Carson's death on. This show is so much of an ensemble that, given anyone's death, the grief should really be shared among all, and it felt weird to elevate Rodney's pain over the others. (The exception is, of course, John and Rodney. When Rodney was dying, John was CLEARLY the most distraught. As he should have been.) But that's just a quibble.
Goodbye Carson. You will be dearly missed. *sniffle*
As for the beginning - John and Ronon's conversation was the BEST, omg. "You dating someone?" "You mean like a woman?" "Or a man." HEEHEE. And John's "There's just no one here..." and he's all shifty eyed and OH JOHN, you are SO UNSUBTLE. I love :D
(Other than that, though, this ep was McShep lite. Boo. Ah well, there was plenty to distract me!)
I also loved Elizabeth's date! He was super hot, a bit cocky, but in a charming way. They were adorable together. I hope we see more of him (but I think I've gathered that we don't?).
Ronon hitting the golf ball one handed was HOT LIKE FIRE. And then John tried to do it and FAILED! Heeeeee. And then the one legged fighting! Oh god. Those two are just priceless :D:D
Katie Brown is simply made of adorable. She works perfectly for Rodney. And I was so amused when she said she likes him a lot, and his response was exactly what I expected: "That... baffles me." Oh, Rodney! *snuggles him* The darling.
Speaking of Rodney, he has the best bedhead EVER.
I loved Zelenka's bit with the chess. And Major Lorne PAINTS! I love a sensitive man! *crushes on Lorne like whoa*
What an episode. Geez. Polar extremes much? Pretty nifty move on the part of the writers, and it would have been even more powerful if I hadn't known in advance that Carson was gonna exit in some way.
Only 3 left to watch! *woes*
You know that symbol of drama, the two masks, one laughing and one crying? THAT'S HOW I FEEL! The first half of this episode was like HEEEEEEEE! over and over. And then, AND THEN! *sobs*
I knew Carson was leaving the show. But for some reason, I had gotten this funny notion in my head that it was some way other than dying. So I was all expecting a peaceful departure. But then - KABOOM! *sniffles*
The Rodney-and-Carson as best friends thing threw me, though. I never got that vibe off of them, so it seemed a bit contrived, forced, to give someone to focus the aftermath of Carson's death on. This show is so much of an ensemble that, given anyone's death, the grief should really be shared among all, and it felt weird to elevate Rodney's pain over the others. (The exception is, of course, John and Rodney. When Rodney was dying, John was CLEARLY the most distraught. As he should have been.) But that's just a quibble.
Goodbye Carson. You will be dearly missed. *sniffle*
As for the beginning - John and Ronon's conversation was the BEST, omg. "You dating someone?" "You mean like a woman?" "Or a man." HEEHEE. And John's "There's just no one here..." and he's all shifty eyed and OH JOHN, you are SO UNSUBTLE. I love :D
(Other than that, though, this ep was McShep lite. Boo. Ah well, there was plenty to distract me!)
I also loved Elizabeth's date! He was super hot, a bit cocky, but in a charming way. They were adorable together. I hope we see more of him (but I think I've gathered that we don't?).
Ronon hitting the golf ball one handed was HOT LIKE FIRE. And then John tried to do it and FAILED! Heeeeee. And then the one legged fighting! Oh god. Those two are just priceless :D:D
Katie Brown is simply made of adorable. She works perfectly for Rodney. And I was so amused when she said she likes him a lot, and his response was exactly what I expected: "That... baffles me." Oh, Rodney! *snuggles him* The darling.
Speaking of Rodney, he has the best bedhead EVER.
I loved Zelenka's bit with the chess. And Major Lorne PAINTS! I love a sensitive man! *crushes on Lorne like whoa*
What an episode. Geez. Polar extremes much? Pretty nifty move on the part of the writers, and it would have been even more powerful if I hadn't known in advance that Carson was gonna exit in some way.
Only 3 left to watch! *woes*
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Date: 2007-02-14 06:13 am (UTC)I loved this episode, and I have to admit I hated it when Carson died. Like you, I knew it was going to happen at some point before the season ended, but still it was unexpected. He went out doing what he did best, though - saving lives.
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Date: 2007-02-14 09:33 am (UTC)I have absolutely NO IDEA that Carson was going to die. None. I was watching it on the train to work and I had to stop RIGHT AS THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED! I had to wait 3 hours until my next break so I could see what happened after. I was mostly thinking "OMG, he's going to have SO many burns from that! I wonder how long his recovery is going to be... Maybe they'll just fast-forward a few weeks until he is mostly better again". The thought of him actually DYING crossed my mind a couple of times but I just dismissed it straight away. SGA wouldn't do that to me, would it?
When I finally got to see what happened after the explosion I CRIED IN THE LUNCH ROOM AT WORK! "Oh. Rodney's upset. 'Cause Carson's is injured and it's partly his fault for not going fishing. Huh. A lot of people are upset now. Who died? Not Carson. Can't be Carson. This episode is too lighthearted. They wouldn't do a funny semi-schmoopy day-in-the-life episode and then go and KILL someone, right? .... Right?" I didn't actually BELIEVE it until Elizabeth's speech at the funeral. I kept expecting it to rewind and for someone to go 'HA HA! GOTCHA! NOT DEAD AT ALLLLLLLL!'
I had some extremely SERIOUS denial issues goin' in that ep. I don't think I've ever been so SURE that someone was playing a huge joke on the fans.
Every episode since then I have been waiting for Carson to come back from the dead. IT HAS TO HAPPEN, DAMMIT! I LOVED CARSON!!!
Okay, I'll stop hijacking your comments now. :P
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Date: 2007-02-14 04:46 pm (UTC)*headdesk* Seriously...
John was you know, trying to cover up the fact that he and Rodney are boyfriends, but I can imagine him thinking they're being all stealthy, and then Ronon being like, "Everyone knows," and John saying, "Well...I don't know if everyone-" and Ronon interuppting, "No, everyone," and John being super super surprised. Heheeee.
And man, I don't want to even get into the whole "Carson is Rodney's best friend thing," because it makes me mad and I don't feel like getting worked up right now...but needless to say...yeah, that's kind of not true at all. Argh.
John's dress blues were hot, on a happier note!
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Date: 2007-02-14 05:35 pm (UTC)I *loved* Elizabeth's date! I'm pretty sure we're never going to see him again, but a girl can hope. :D Maybe he'll pop up somewhere in the future, it's possible. :D
Rodney was all 'we're barely considered a couple anymore' (or something like that) and in my head I thought 'THAT'S CAUSE YOU'RE NOT!'. Lol, Katie is kind of adorable, but seriously their interaction is not that of a couple. As opposed to, you know, Rodney's interaction with a certain someone else. :D
LORNE PAINTS. He's just made of awesome.
But really, this episode broke me. I knew Carson was going to die, I knew that's how he was leaving... from that moment he started operating on that guy it became pretty obvious. And I was crying for about 5 minutes straight when he died... Never in my life has a TV show got me so emotional... (I think the closest thing to that was The Lone Gunman in Jump the Shark, got me pretty teary).
Anyway, yes. I loved this episode.
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Date: 2007-02-15 02:13 am (UTC)*blinks*
Yeah, it's weeks later and I still got nothing. I just...can't even.