I still like Eli. I think I'm unusual in not liking Rush; I just can't. I feel like I've seen him range from cranky and slightly insane to cranky, sleep-deprived and experiencing withdrawal from caffeine and nicotine, and completely insane. I'm just not getting into him. Sometimes I can really go for the bad guy (Kerr Avon FTW!), but Rush isn't even a bad guy (that seems to be Telford); he's just an ornery guy.

I wish they wouldn't make Eli so stereotyped, but he's the only person I can care about anymore. I did care about Chloe, but between getting totally trashed in someone else's body and then telling Eli all about what Scott told her, I've lost my sympathy, at least for now. Eli has been rising to the occasion most of the time, which is more than I can say for his shipmates. Rush really signed on for this sort of thing, and all the military did. Chloe and Camile really didn't sign on for it, and Eli was practically drafted. Maybe that's why the three of them had my sympathies from the start (and two of them still do).