Good grief! In that first scene I misidentified 'Rivers' as Scott, took the woman with the long hair to be Chloe, and completely missed what was happening in the mess hall. Brilliant Husband did it too, and we didn't even question what we thought we'd seen or discuss it until the end of the episode, so I have to think it was not entirely our fault we could not identify these characters properly in the really quick shots we saw. (Of course, my usual excuse is "I can't tell all these white guys apart," and that seems not to apply here, since I think neither Zak Santiago (Rogelio Duran—no credit yet in IMDb as Rivers) nor Jennifer Spence is 'white'.) Is that viewer fail, director fail, or a combination?
As I said to SG Betty below: TJ asked her how she dealt with stress, and in that slight pause before she answered, I filled in for her, "I write fanfic." Shen then answered, "I, um, read. . . ." and I added, "Fanfic!" I'd half convinced myself that she was retreating to her quarters to write fanfic in secret! I was thus perhaps less open to seeing what was actually happening because I enjoyed my own joke so much.
Apparently I should not be blaming Carl Binder for my own reading of that desert island scene. (I still like my reading of it as well as yours and Ariadne's, and I don't think they're mutually exclusive.)
Jamil Walker Smith deserves far better writing. Then again, I think at least Carlyle, Ming-Na, and David Blue also do. Not to mention much of the casts of the previous two shows. . . .
I didn't check Gateworld until someone pointed it out to me! I'm not snubbing Solutions! Really!
I find it very reassuring that you're still watching and share at least some of my reactions. I don't think it's a terrible show, though it certainly has terrible moments. I don't think it's a great show. I think it's an unevenly written show with at least half the cast being really worth watching, and I want to see it get better.
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As I said to SG Betty below:
TJ asked her how she dealt with stress, and in that slight pause before she answered, I filled in for her, "I write fanfic." Shen then answered, "I, um, read. . . ." and I added, "Fanfic!" I'd half convinced myself that she was retreating to her quarters to write fanfic in secret! I was thus perhaps less open to seeing what was actually happening because I enjoyed my own joke so much.
Apparently I should not be blaming Carl Binder for my own reading of that desert island scene. (I still like my reading of it as well as yours and Ariadne's, and I don't think they're mutually exclusive.)
Jamil Walker Smith deserves far better writing. Then again, I think at least Carlyle, Ming-Na, and David Blue also do. Not to mention much of the casts of the previous two shows. . . .
I didn't check Gateworld until someone pointed it out to me! I'm not snubbing Solutions! Really!
I find it very reassuring that you're still watching and share at least some of my reactions. I don't think it's a terrible show, though it certainly has terrible moments. I don't think it's a great show. I think it's an unevenly written show with at least half the cast being really worth watching, and I want to see it get better.