it sends her on a trip so right...

[saturn]

SG-1 should be dead so many times over. (In the case of Daniel, I should add "permanently".)

I hated Sam's reaction to Colonel Emerson's death. Hated it. She's an Air Force colonel and a ten year vet of SG-1. Maybe she'd have that reaction in the moment but there's no way I believe she'd go back to the rest of the crew and break down like that - particularly if she's now the ranking office on the ship. She'd lead. So that annoyed me because I expect them to do a better job with Sam than silent tears.

Daniel, Sam, and Teal'C all seem so weary don't they? Daniel's face when the two Goa'uld mother ships appeared was perfect in all it's, "I really shouldn't be surprised but why does this always happen," glory. Even better, though, was Teal'c, "I have grown weary of this torture, Colonel Mitchell," and Mitchell's reaction right along with it. And I liked Daniel on the bridge even if only for the show's acknowledgment of how absurd it was. "For the record? I'm always prepared. I just have to press this button here." Oh! And Vala! With her, "taking on mentally challenged Daniel on a bet." She makes me smile. I need to go find myself a good Daniel/Vala icon.

The episode was fine but it felt a bit "been there, done that" to me. Ship is boarded, undercover op, Teal'c tortured, last minute rescue plan. I want more of Adria!



Weir telling Sheppard to take another team with him was almost too obvious a sign that Atlantis folk were going to get hurt but it couldn't be Sheppard's team so they needed the proverbial red shirts to take the hit. And don't you think Weir would know what teams were off world and when they were expected to check in? I can't imagine, given their state of ongoing danger, that she'd only know 6 hours later Sheppard and Rodney inform her. Okay, fine. What else? Ronon's laugh at the end of the episode was my favorite bit. His eyes lit up and I melted. (Or, at least, the bits that didn't melt from simply watching him run off into the woods to get his wraith. I also loved Teyla in this episode and I don't say that as often as some of you. She was so steady. Bonus points for McKay's bullet wound. Double points because Sheppard did it.


Winter is coming and I'm not entirely prepared so I headed to the mall to gear up. I'm home with three pairs of pants and two shirts from Ann Taylor along with a new pair of black stiletto boots. All of it was needed - truly - but with two mortgages, the bridge loan, and the car payment, I stress every time I spend money. I really want a buyer for my place in Florida. Fortunately, I have another few months before I need a buyer.

Is everyone else listening to "Lovestoned" obsessively? I simply can't stop and, to be honest, I don't want to.

ETA: It is never necessary to post 16 times in one day. Or 14 times. Or, hell, 10 times. No one is that interesting that often.