The series took the right direction since The Storm/The Eye. We're finally seeing a lot of the city. And I also enjoy that - other than SG-1 - the main stars are not as isolated from the rest of the crew, they don't even call their team "Atlantis-1" or so. They're more of a part of a larger group, in a leading role.

The premise is similar to the new Battlestar Galactica series: A small, self-governed group of specialists, who are no longer in contact with a homeworld. Sheppard confronting Weir, military vs. government... we get that on BG all the time, but on Atlantis, it's new. I think both series coincidentally jumped on the same train... or because there was a lack of those stories which cried to be told.

This post has been edited by ted_simple: Dec 24th 2004, 6:12 AM

exellent episode, turned out better than i thought.

WELL DONE PRODUCERS FOR KEEPING UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!

P.S. teyla at the start with that gear on was so hot

Another good ep in my opinion. What the hell happened to Ford? I thought he reacted strange all of a sudden. Loved it when McKay said he wanted people to know that he died saving children.

Cant wait to see who this other race is, that created the virus. I wonder if its an offshoot of the Ancients, who wanted to destroy the Wraith by getting rid of their source of food (Kind of like when the Reetou in SG1 want to kill all posible hosts for the Goa'uld)? Plausible, in my opinion, as the virus didnt affect those with the Ancient gene. Have to wait and see.

Teyla looked hot as hell in that outfit at the beginning. I wonder if the writers are planning to make Sheppard and Teyla become closer, as there have been a few shippy moments in the last few eps between them?

Oh no, not Sheppard and Teyla, though I heard plans of it, the deserving couple is so Sheppard and Weir.

I hope it's not an evil bunch of Ancients that created the disease, cos that will spoil the good nature of the Ancients, I hope it's some evil looking aliens that really wanted to destroy all humans because of either: humans were destroying their land or they wanted to get rid of the Ancients yet fear the Wraith.

I thought this was one of the best episodes yet in terms of tension and bad things happening (can't think of a better way to word that..) The whole thing had a sort of claustrophobic feel to it.
I was watching in a sort of morbid fascination as everyone died. I'm surprised that the writers would kill that many people (even if they weren't main characters) and that they'd do it in such a nasty and meticulous way. I knew they wouldn't kill Mckay off as it's too soon to kill off a main character (especially him!) but I was still kind of worried that he was going to die.
I also thought the conflict between Sheppard and Weir was very good- the way that it wasn't resolved at the end just added to the tension between them, because it really gave me the idea that it's going to go unsolved and it will be a big problem between them.

And who's the race who made the virus? It will be really cool if it's some super race who haven't been discovered yet- it should make for some really good episodes!

I'm actually very close to giving this one 10/10, but I don't want to do that yet...

i got kinda curious... how many naquadah generator did they bring with them ??

they already lost 2... and in teh episode with teh energy sucking thingy they had only6... so they will now be short handed wouldn;t they..

cos in that episode they only had one back up and that was sent away.. so now does the atlantis team have to cut down on power consumption ??

In Hide and Seek the loose no word about the count of their generators. Rewatched it just today

Looking through the comments I agree with a lot of what has been said, I am glad to see that we are now getting to see more of Atlantis.

I'm not sure about the implications of another race that were enemies with the Ancients, that could just be a red herring !!

Albeit it a good episode it was a little predicatble that one of the main characters was going to contract the nanite infection, and it seemed a little strange that he had all the symptoms, but then suddenly he was fine!

Roll on the next episode

A rather well episode, one part that was good is how Teyla kicked Sheppard's ass.

The Sheppard/Weir thing is probably going to get more serious later on.

Anyways, great episode, with a dark plot, the only bad thing is they lost 4 members of the team in this episode if I remember.

Just a comment. If the virus did not affect/harm the Ancients, why did the city shut down to prevent infected people from moving around as though it were "protecting itself"? Protecting itself from what? it did not affect Ancients! Is it that the city protects its inhabitants rather than itself?
McKay as usual was the highlight with his babbling and obvious relief/confusion at the fact that he was still alive- it was a little obvious that he would survive but hey, it fills up 30 mins. This wasn't a bad episode in my opinion and does set some new questions about the origins of the virus. Could the Furlings be involved and if they are..are they from the Pegasus galaxy? will we get to see them? interesting.

I think there more of a Sheppard/Teyla thing going on.

Im hoping to see the Furlings in Atlantis at some point. Perhaps a few seasons down the line. Ive always wanted the Furlings to be a bad ass enemy.

they lost 5.. not 4

Maybe the city is locking down just incase there was any furlings, nox or asguard in the city. Surely they must visit them now and again?

Or maybe they were creating them to simply kill the Wraith.

cool virus...... tit they save any samples, behapes it can be use agines the wraith...
but ho create the virus??????

Cool virus??? How is it cool? It kills people and you think its cool?



We dont know. McKay said that at the end of the ep. The writers wouldnt tell us who created the virus because they are a possible enemy in the future.

This was indeed a great episode by all acounts!

You think this conflict between Weir and Sheppard (Hot Zone) is gonna have a lasting affect on their relationship? I feel that more issues will be brought up about how Sheppard stepped over the line, and disregarded Weirs warnings and orders. I also believe that Sheppard did over use his authority, and did not respect the chain of command. I love Sheppard, don't get me wrong, but I think he was just a little out of line by stepping on Weir's toes like that.

I also believe that this will have residual affect on the relationship of Weir and Sheppard. I'm not sure how or what.

(Just a friendly discussion. Please, don't turn this into a shouting match. Thank you. )

Oh, I do so agree with you. Sheppard totally overstepped his authority. He's not a man who suffers inaction well. He was almost vibrating with the need to get out of that gym and DO something. There's certainly going to have to be a showdown in Atlantis - yeehaww.

I really hadn't thought too much about ship in this show. But the scene in Weir's office was filled with tension - and not only from their disagreement. It was like invisible threads were pulling them to the edge of their seats.

Sheppard seems more...well, brotherly...with Teyla. She's childlike (even if she does have abs of steel). He didn't seem in the least bit angry that she whomped him up and down the room with those sticks - but he got very angry almost immediately with Dr. Weir when she told him to stay put. Teyla's too easy - it's Weir that would be the challenge...and I think our Major Sheppard likes a challenge.

Oh yeah, and the previews for next week show Sheppard hooking up with someone entirely different. That's what I call a red herring.

Here 's another thought - "the city" initiated a lockdown, "the city" could tell when people were wearing hazmat suits, "the city" recognized when the threat had passed.
Could "the city" be somehow sentient? Like when Thor's and Carter's consciousness were downloaded into computers?

This post has been edited by Sighfienerd: Feb 5th 2005, 9:18 PM

i wish i could see what happened at the begining because the channel whent out.


GO PHILADELPHIA

I can't figure out why Ford didn't hunt that guy down and shoot him when he ran. Ford was armed and already in the quarantine zone. They noticed he just left and ignored him. What else did Ford have to do?

In my opinion, the Ancients are the best candidates for who created the virus. I think everyone is awestruck by the Ancients. I'm sure they weren't perfect. In fact, by the sound of it, they were desperate. If they stayed in Pegasus, the Wraith would wipe them out. If they went back to the Milky Way, the plague would wipe them out. They were desperate to live. That could be just enough to push them over the edge. My $.02...

After watching this episode i think this new hidden enmy might be the actual enemy that the ancients found in the pegasus galaxy. It would explain the evlution of the wraith, the virus and the plage that the ancients were suffering. In the original message when they go to atlantis it said they had found an enemy to match their abilities.

The wraith were a match for the ancients but not a great one. I think what finally gave them the edge was their sheer number. Besides that there were no humans on the Pegasus Galaxy before the ancients put them there so what were the wraith eating. I think this new enemy helped the wraith to evolve to kill of the ancients and the humans, just like they created this virus, and the plague that killed most of the ancients.