huh? Hobo Joe is right..... why would the magma harden? If it is hot enough to be capable of melting the gate it wouldn't harden... This isn't the inner core of the planet.

I thought this was a great episode. Alot better than SG-1 tonight. Can't wait to see the new ship in action. I loved it when Sheppard said "We can't call it the Enterprise" SG-1 has used that line before but somehow it just never gets old for me.

O'Neill used it in S6 "Prometheus".

Carter said in response: "Yeah, sir, we cannot call it the Enterprise" to which Jack in exasperation said: "Why nooooooooootttt". Head tilt.

Love that scene.

Orion isn't pretty enough to be the Enterprise. It is an historic name though. Lots of ancient sailing vessels had that name, as well as an American aircraft carrier. I am going to watch this again tomorrow in HD. I taped it.

WOO HOO!!

Loved this episode, 5/5.

So Atlantis is finally starting to receive compensation for their troubles... all I can say is it's about damn time! First it was the Genii screwing us over a couple times, then the pretty little brunette in Brotherhood, and don't forget McKay's insanely inflated ego in Trinity... finally at the end of Season 2 they're starting to reap the rewards, resupplied with drones in The Tower, friendship at last with the Genii, and now a new ship, despite being a fixer-uper, that will help emmensly in the long run. I'm sure McKay and his team will get everything up and running maybe with some help from Hermiod and Novak.

And Brandy Ledford survived! That means they can bring her back as a recurring character... I see a love triangle episode with Sheppard and McKay duking it out for her in Season 3.

Edit: Yes I realize these quotes are from a month ago, but I'm still putting in my two cents...




More like the Taranians realize that they wouldn't even be alive if it weren't for the Atlantis crew, and since they wouldn't be able to fix the ship anyway, they'll let McKay have a crack at it, and hope he winds up teaching Norina everything he knows about ancient tech in the process.

This post has been edited by usmctech99: Mar 4th 2006, 3:45 AM

OT sorry

Is Ford gone from the show? Was Rainbow fired? Was Ford "Seven of Nined" by Ronan? That really pisses me off. I liked that character. Do they need to boot Ford to keep Ronan?

Uh, he was dropped from the main cast at the end of season 1.

Predictable, but fun.


I thought that Sheppard had a spark of his old humor, and Mckay was absolutly hilarious. Weir perfromed well, Teyla and Ronon work so well as a team, and I just really enjoyed this episode. 8/10

He was dropped because Ford was a crap character. He's been quite good in season 2 but that is becase he hasnt been on the show full time.

this was probably the best atlantis episode all season.

I love the shepperd-mckay relationship, they are so funny! shepperd still hasnt let rodney forget about blowing up that planet LOL.

and to make it even better we get an awesome new ship. yay!

after this i cant wait for the season finale

I very much enjoyed this episode. Sheppard and McKay are great together and I laughed quite a bit in this epi.

It was good to see Caldwell and the Daedalus , too.

But McKay was my favorite part. I love when he panics. And the moment Shep, McKay and the girl were in the Orion and there was a tremor, Shep and the girl getting all goo-goo eyed and the look of utter disgust on McKay's face. I was waiting for him to stand up and call Shep Kirk.

Seven of Nined?

Ford was a small boy that didn't grow up until he may or may not have died in The Hive.

Okay other than being predictable, it was a good show.

You knew as soon as they found the starship that was how they would get everyone off the planet, including themselves. It was okay though, because the rest was fine.

Shep always wants the girl, LOL! this time she thought McKay was special, and a genius. Did you catch her expression once Rodney explained everything? Told his plan. She was all googly-eyed at him. I have to laugh at Rodney though. Twice when there was a tremor, he went under the table and in the hallway, LOL! Does Shep know how to play him or what? All he has to do is threaten Rodney with his death, and somehow, someway Rodney finds a solution.

I liked Teyla and Rodney in this one. They did good. We saw Zelenka, had Carson, along with Caldwell and Hemirod(sp). All in all a good episode, and we got a ship that hopefully they can fix. They kind of went back to what I feel they should be, meeting people, making allies and helping people. After Michael, it was a nice change.

Both SG and Atlantis have a habit of reusing the same actors for different parts. I guess because they film in Canada, their supply of actors can be limited. At least maybe the ones that are good.

One very good episode this is. Looks like the writers and everyone are focusing on making Atlantis a better show a.k.a making SG-1 suck.

I am very excited to see Orion in action I hope the writers do not make it blow up pieces but for use it for sometime etc etc..

I'm loving the chemistry between those two characters, and David Hewlett never fails to crack me up!

Did the way the chancellor was describing the ship's capabilities remind anyone of Jonas' description of the Kelownan leaders' reaction to learning of the destructive power of the naquadria weapon? Then there was the paranoia about the Atlantis team manufacturing a threat in order to steal their precious technology. I told my friend who was watching with me that all they needed was a sacrificial gesture on Rodney's part (yeah, I know that would probably never happen, lol!) and we'd have the Meridian ripoff trifecta.

Wow! When I heard Joe Flanigan rename the Ancient ship Orion I couldn't be more surprised/astounded. I remember way back when I had thought of that name for a ship...July it was of 05'.



I can't believe they used the name I had suggested...awesome.

Wow that is weird! I actually had a friend who kept saying the name Orion...weirdness. But anyway another reason why this episode never got that exciting was because they gave away the whole "The gate is gone!" thing in the preview...I wish I could tear myself away from watching the previews but I can't. But something really good came out of the episode...my brother actually admitted that Mckay was funny in this ep. Mckay is hilarious in every ep I think but my brother is an official Mckay hater...so it was a big step for him! *laugh* he's on his way to loving Mckay I just know it!

Yeah, you are right about that preview hurting show. The only thing that left the show interesting was how they were going to fix the ship in time to get out of there.

that was a prity good ep i liked it up untill the damn woman on sky one talked over the end of it.

A good episode, except for Sky One advertising the following show when the last few minutes were on.
As always, McKay was excellent. Sheppard trying it on with every attractive female is starting to get boring. That joke has been done to death, perhaps it is about time that TPTB realised that.
One thing I found convenient was that for most of the episode the only place that magma broke through the surface was in the exact place as where the Stargate was.

This post has been edited by Dafmeister: Mar 8th 2006, 4:37 PM

That was one of the best episodes of the season, it hasn't been a great season, but still it was a very good epsiode.

At last they find a planet with some good stuff left over by the Ancients. The planet gets blown up again, but at least they came away with an Ancient warship with a full compliment of drones.

I liked Mckays plan, and the ship looked pretty good escaping from the volcano and emerging from hyperspace in orbit.

The planets leader was rightly suspicious of the Atlantis teams motives about the ship, but why did he go and so openly show them the ship in the first place?

Anyway, a good episode, and now Atlantis is fully armed, and they've got two warships, so it should be a good final.

My husband and I thought the same thing and came to the conclusion that was the top of the volcano that had closed over from the lava that had hardened. Or maybe, they just wanted a big round circle to identify the erupting lava for people!

It was a 40 mile wide caldera... I had concluded that it sunk in right there because the gate is drawing power from the magma chamber.

In case anyone was wondering. The volcano that is presently underneath Yellowstone National Park has erupted many times, with varying magnitudes. There was actually something on the discovery channel about it last year. I don't think it is going to erupt again, the tectonic activity is pushing a thicker area of plate over the hot spot.

"can somebody get me a nailclipper"

haha McKay's plan was far fetched but worked great