03-08: McKay and Mrs. Miller

[Colonel Carter]

Title: McKay and Mrs. Miller
Directed by: Martin Wood
Written by: Martin Gero and Carl Binder
Original Air Date U.S.: September 8, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel)
Original Air Date Canada: March 9, 2008 (Space channel)

Synopsis: On Earth, a young housewife has written a ground-breaking proof that could benefit Atlantis. She is McKay's sister who has given up a career as a scientist to raise a family, and when he persuades her to come to Atlantis, another Rodney comes from an alternate reality. (For this episode, writer Martin Gero was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Dramatic Series".)




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My only complaint is the whole other dimension storyline is worn out. They need to stop doing it. It's getting old. And why didn't they have the same problems the two Sam's had sharing the same space together? Also that Beckett never appeared.

Other than that, it was a very enjoyable episode to watch. I love Rodney's sister. They could make her a full time cast member, I think that would be great. I loved her reaction to everything, especially to the Asgard. Great face expression. I'd have been giving the same exact expression. I liked the other dimension Rodney way better than the normal Rodney. Too bad they couldn't of made the mistake and send our Rodney back and keep the cool one. But I did really like the final scene between Rodney and his sis. That was sweet.

I really like the cafeteria/eating area. Very pretty.

I loved everyone's reaction to Rodney's real name. Hey, he could be called Merry, like the Hobbit. I really liked Shep in this episode too. I thought he was rather sweet and mature towards the end.

Ah, so they depleted their only ZPM. I'm not surprised. Next week Genii. I'm bored with the Genii.

[cb49747]

I liked this episode as well. Along with Carter, I'm getting tired of the whole sub space paraell universe thing.

And the line that there are an infinite number of paraell universes so what are the chances of finding one that is inhapited? Well I'm now Astro Physisist like Carter but from what I've seene on the show it's darn near 100%. I mean every time they cross over to one these it's inhabited.

I love Rodney's sister and hope they bring here back often. I think a great episode would be that Rodney is working on something and gets placed into another diminsion, kind of like what happened to Daniel. So they bring back Rodney's sister because she is the only one who can understand his work. She has to help get Rodney back. Meanwhile Rodney can see and hear everyone but know one can here or see him.

[Anissa T]

I really liked this episode. I think one of their best yet. I really liked Rodney's realization about relationships and his own selfishness. Really a coming to terms episode for him.

I also have to say, with Sheppards limited screen time, I really enjoyed seeing the softer side of him. That was great what he did for Rodney, even though Rodney didn't know it. It was super sweet that he show his sister the tape he made. Oh, yeah, so funny when they first met and Rodney was like stay away from her.

I liked Rod a lot, but still like Rodney better. Not sure why, maybe it was the leather I didn't like. LOL!

Superb episode!

And yes, I hope they bring back his sister as well. I liked her. BTW, did they mention which one was older?

[Colonel Carter]

Rodney is older. I don't remember the exact quote, but when they were in the sister's house, she either called him her big brother or talked about being his little sister or something. Hard to say how much older he is. If I were to guess, I would say between two and four years.

His first reaction to Sheppard when he met Rodney's sister was amusing. But I would imagine if Rodney hadn't of pointed out to Sheppard that she was married, Sheppard would have seen the ring on her finger and shown the proper integrity even if he did find her attractive. Shep doesn't strike me as the kind of guy to go after another man's wife. Especially when the guy seems to being afraid of that kind of commitment. I always love seeing Shep's softer side.

I liked Rod in the black leather jacket. It was far better than the Star Trek looking jackets they typically wear.

I do like our Rodney, even if he can be a pain in the butt. I did love watching him in this episode face some hard truths about himself.

I found the last scene where they were joking about Teyla having a crush on some new soldier or officer to be very funny. Maybe it struck me as funny because considering their ages, it sounded like the kind of conversation you would expect to hear in a high school lunch room.

[Anissa T]

I did think that was cute too! I was thinking the exact same thing (about highschool). Just goes to show we never get rid of "all" the kid in us.

[Colonel Carter]

Yeah, we never do. Like the other day at work, a co-worker said to me that another co-worker's (who was sitting right by us) boyfriend was coming soon. I looked at the other co-worker with interest and heard the story that the courier who comes by each day has a serious hygene probably and stinks real bad. So it was just a joke. Then when me and the co-worker who cracked the joke got back to our department, the co-worker told the others that my boyfriend (meaning the same guy) had shown up and the others around looked at me with the same kind of interest.

[Dracus]

I very much liked this episode :p

Why would you want to get rid of Rodney? Rod was cool and all, but rodney just is awsome. He's a character with a lot of flaws, and thats what makes him so apealing : D

His sister was also a riot. Everytime she saw somthing new, the expression on her face...
The fact the ZPM was deplenished is unfortunate, but im glad they did it in a way. It shows that major things like that could happen with smaller scale stuff.

And honestly, I thought the alternate dimension was gonna turn out to be some ploy...

The ZPM still working on earth? o.o

:p The rod seemed more like Shep and rods shep sounded like Rodney in a way...