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Plot: McKay, Carter, and Keller go off-world to a mining colony and fall through a hole and get trapped in an old abandoned mine. Another bottle show; don't get me wrong, I love bottle shows (I know they're only made to save money for the big fx shows, but I like them better!), but it seems like a lot in a row, doesn't it?

John sucking on a little lollipop throughout the whole of the first (and his only) scene = adorable.
Rodney's strange defensiveness re: Ronon continues: "I'm no Ronon, I'm not going to be on the cover of 'Shape' magazine anytime soon, but I can hold my ground when I need to!"
Rodney's "SAM!!!" when Sam falls was cutely devastated; I feel like it's been strangely neglected, that Rodney had a pre-existing relationship with Sam.
Rodney's plan to make makeshift rope is to take off all their clothes and tie them together. Keller immediately begins to strip, and Sam goes and finds some actual rope. "Great work," says Rodney, unenthused.
When Rodney says he can't do something, he can't, but when Sam says she can't do something, it's "quitter talk." Ha ha Rodney is a jackass.
Keller wants to play 20 Questions with Carter!! And THEN she wants to play Who Would You Rather!! It's like the femslash version of RP(NS)!
Rodney accuses Sam of not liking Zelenka. Keller pipes up that Zelenka is "unique", and also "creepy." Awww, be nice to poor little Z.
KELLER: Steve Carrell or Stephen Colbert?
CARTER: Hm. Colbert, I think.
MCKAY: Carrell, but I would pick Jon Stewart over both of them.

SLUMBER PARTY OMG.
Next Keller gets Rodney to dish about the state of things with Katie (essentially, they're broken up and Katie is going back to Earth.) I expect you to report back to me with the missing scene where she gets Rodney to dish about John. (Seriously, how is that not where this is leading? Can it be a coincidence that Keller is not-so-subtly guiding Rodney in the direction of gay? Jon Stewart = John Sheppard!)
KELLER: You owe me a beer. [...]
MCKAY: I don't remember agreeing to that.
KELLER: Rodney. Do you want to have a drink with me or not?
MCKAY: Oh! You want to have a drink!
KELLER: You're not very good at this, are you?

So was that supposed to be flirting? What about Keller/Ronon? Or is the point of this that McKay isn't good at making friends? Unclear.

If Keller were to be Rodney's girlfriend, she would be the kind of girlfriend who is always trying to get her boyfriend to make out with other boys. (Hi, yolsaffbridge!)

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I'm having a problem reconciling last week's "Oh Keller is a little child prodigy who went off to college young and never had a chance at going to parties" with this week's bar trick knowing, asking out men Keller. It's a reach to me. Does this mean Ronon is the kind of guy who flirts with women and then forgets about them the next day? That wasn't the picture I had of him. Plus I think Sam has good cause to file sexual harassment charges against my beloved Rodney. I suppose this is how the guys act on the set, and the women need to go along with it to show they are good sports.

Excuse my bitchiness, I'm a little irritated with show right now.

Yeah, Rodney was annoying, with all his take-off-your-top! antics. I'm not sure what the deal is with that.

Still uncomfortable with Keller/McKay, but maybe they will forget about it within two episodes like Keller/Ronon.

Had a bit of trouble with the possibility of Keller being paired on the show with Rodney, as well!

First off, it looked like love between Ronon and Keller in "Quarantine," and secondly, Rodney just escaped a pairing with Katie Brown just a couple weeks ago!

Does Rodney *really* need to be paired with a female character? Does he really need to take *seriously* Jeannie's crack about nobody wanting Rodney - - during every episode??? I think the friendship (romance, if you're a slashMcShepfangirl like me) between Rodney and John and the general team friendships is plenty enough interaction with human beings for Rodney! Why muck the story up with yet another girlfriend for either him or John? Ronon/Keller for the win, and that's more than enough canonical romance for me!

But the episode was redeemed by the broad strong shoulders and the bloody hands of the very brave and very impressive Rodney McKay! Grin!
Love, max

Seriously, SGA writers. Just put down the shipper plots and back slowly away. Look, how about some nice explosions? Yes, you like explosions.

The bloody hands was super badass.

My boyfriend *still* refuses to make out with other boys! Not even his best friend, with whom he has the gayest relationship I have ever seen (no, really. Did I tell you J. broke up with his girlfriend, I.? Because he wanted a relationship like me and my boyfriend... His words, not mine.)

And despite this, they won't make out!

I am such a failure.

By which he means he wants a relationship with your boyfriend in it? :P

Well, there's always the slash I wrote about them.

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