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Well I thought last nights episode was okay. It seemed a lot darker than usual which could make for a really good season. I'm still not too happy about Sam Carter being in it, her part in last nights episode seemed so out of place. I don't think I like the new doctor too much either, she doesn't seem to have the confidence that a doctor should have but I'm willing to give her a bit of a chance. I would have preferred that Beckett stayed though. Although I here that the actor who plays Beckett is auditioning to play Scotty in the new Star Trek movie, so good luck to him on that one.

So now Weir has nanites activated in her, I guess they are setting her up to be a replicator. I hope they do her exit from the show with a little respect otherwise they should have just killed her off in the first episode, it would have had more impact.

But I think this season has a lot more potential if they kept it a bit more dramatic. The last few seasons they have been getting a bit campy. I love the humor but that should really be secondary to the whole story IMO.

I don't think they needed to bring in Carter to change the dynamics of this show, they just needed to utilize the actors that they had better. The possibility of Weir becoming a replicator is a good start but now the actress is going to be gone so that potential is gone. I agree that Weir has made some bonehead moves in the past and it's one of the reasons I liked that guy in the first season who always complained and instead of making a video home he made a video to the IOC to complain about her or something. I thought it brought some realism to the show. They are in a whole new galaxy using technology they aren't really familiar with and Weir was put in place to 'make friends' with other planets, unfortunately the wraith woke up and so Atlantis should have been led by the military and not her. Bringing in Carter will probably make them more like that but I really think they could have done it without her. They can't just keep getting rid of characters and bringing new ones in to try and 'fix' things if they don't use the characters better.

Look at Ford. They turned him into a wraith junkie and brought in Ronon and now they don't even mention Ford. And all Ronon is good for is fighting, he barely has any lines. Even in the season 3 finally Ronon said something along the lines of 'i need to learn science...when something like this happens [replicators attacking atlantis with a laser] i'm useless'. And it's true. He did nothing but sit around while McKay did everything. It's just shows the flaws of how they set up some of these characters.

And they better not do any Carter/McKay lovey dovey swooney nonsense, McKay already gets far too much air time.

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Whether the wraith had woken up or not. Weir should have never been in charge. The only gate back to earth is in that city. The military should be in charge...period. With Carter being there I hope we see more development of the characters as they interact with her. Besides McKay we really don't know anything about the rest of them.

I understand what you're saying and I agree to an extent. It really doesn't make sense that they would go to a whole new galaxy that they know nothing about and not have the military in charge but I still think that Weir was necessary. One of the main purpose for them going to the Pegasus galaxy was to get new technology to help defend Earth, this is going to need some diplomacy. Elizabeth is suppose to be an expert at negiotiations and so her skills could be very handy, however this doesn't mean she should be in charge.

They really could have made more of a storyline about a civilian in charge. They could have added some really great conflict between Weir and Sheppard but instead he follows her with barely a blink of the eye and it was even made to look like their might be a bit of 'shipping' going on for a while.

I just think that they really could have done better things with the Weir character instead of just getting rid of her and bringing in Carter. I am totally against the SG1 cast joining Atlantis especially Carter. She had one of the worst characters on SG1, very one-dimensional. If they want to make guest appearances then fine but she is supposedly going to be in 14 of 20 episodes this year, while Zelenka's role has been reduced to 7 episodes. I'll continue to watch the show as I still love it and it's potential and if Carter does turn out to be the saving 'grace' for the series then I will be the first to admit I was wrong. I just doubt that I am.

I've heard this mention of 'sibling rivalry' between Carter and McKay ever since they announced she was going to be on Atlantis and people started freaking out about it. I think they are trying to put a new spin on it because a lot of people a) don't even want her on SGA b) are sick of all the relationships she has had through SG1 c) don't want her to affect the McKay character too much because he is a fan favorite d) all the O'Neill/ Carter 'shippers WOULD have to be put on suicide watch. They are trying to calm the waters before a storm brews but I just find it weird that they would say 'sibling', considering what occurred in McKay's head when he was stuck alone under the water in 'grace under pressure'. Now all of a sudden they are siblings.

I think Claudia Black is hot too and I'm a girl. I loved her on Farscape but not so much on SG1. They made her a bumbling idiot but I could totally see her hooking up with Ronon. lol.

On another note, the ratings for the premier are in and it apparently got a 1.2 and something like 1.7 million viewers. Not great but not too bad for the Scifi channel. I don't really understand how the ratings thing works with # of viewers and # of shares etc. Apparently they got more viewers in the target age group that they wanted so there is still a possiblitity for a season 5 but they are still pushing the whole 'watch it live' thing for higher ratings.