justalurkr | SGA 3X12: "Echoes" SPOILERS

After 3X11, in which Brad Turner took 4 seconds to crap on 40 minutes worth of decent work, I was...less than intrepid in my anticipation of the followup.

Not for nothing, but the credited director over at imdb.com for "Echoes" happens to have been a camera man on "A Dog's Breakfast" and at least one other episode of Stargate: SG-1.

For something? What an incredible difference a director who actually likes the show and who has some smidgeon of respect for the characters in it makes to the overall story. Yes!

1. John wanted to serve the whale Rodney named for Samantha Carter up for dinner, but there is no Big Gay Love here. No, not at all.

2. How many times did the phrase "nuke the whales" get put in and edited out of this one, do you think? With the "tree-hugging" remark put in Sheppard's mouth, you just know some writer wanted some character to say "nuke the whales" at least once.

3. After being sentenced to a task only a slasher could love (following Rodney around like a puppy because the camera-man turned director clearly worships Hewlett,) John got to come up with the plan! Of course, only he would be insane enough to come up with that plan, but notice how Rodney went to help him with it, anyway? As if there isn't a literal boatload of specialists in Ancient tech up there? But there's no Big Gay Love in this show!

4. Radek and Ronon. Camping. Agitated. All night. I am left nigh-speechless with all the Big Gay Love that is not here.

5. Teyla. Elizabeth. Joint visits to various medical professionals. Stalking the halls together in their misery. THERE IS NO BIG GAY LOVE IN ATLANTIS, DAMMIT!

6. Caldwell wanted to nuke the whales because no one loves him! His Gay Love is Little!

7. The sun ejaculated. Is there another word for what happened there? Only a coronal ejaculation was sufficient to serve as a metaphor for all the BIG GAY LOVE in this episode.

Or, short version: I am filled with Glee. :D