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The very first appearance of Doctor Rodney McKay. You know I had to see it.
God, he's so young. Young and thin -- the hypoglycemia is completely believable at this point, although obviously he's not as mortally allergic to citrus as he said or he wouldn't be eating the slop that the inexplicably surly and malevolent KP goon made a point of depositing on his plate with the same utensil he'd just used on the lemon chicken. I'm glad Carter looks a little stunned by that. Seriously, what was that guy's problem?
You can also see where this episode sort of laid the groundwork for Rodney's envy of Carter's intuitive work with the 'gate. He's got to be younger than her. His voice is higher. He's probably in his very early twenties -- I'm guessing at least 5 years in the difference, maybe closer to 8.
He talks about Russia like he's been there, or knows someone who has and had a bad experience of it. "This sucks!" He practically runs from the room crying. He's such a kid.
This episode also had lots of "awwww, Jack" moments. Like when he's found with his head in his arms in the officer's mess, looking dejected and asleep. Or his O.O "YOU RAT BASTARD!" and lunging at the NID guy. (and subsequent X-Men joke, seriously Jack, ilu <3) Daniel also rocks hard core as the sensitive dude who punctures the stalemate between America and Russia by appealing to the Russian General's heart. I liked this episode.
I kind of wonder how much time canonically passes over the seasons. I mean, the next time we see (this reality's) Rodney, he says his parents hate him. In McKay and Mrs. Miller and then again in The Tao of Rodney to a lesser extent, he speaks of his father in the past tense. "Dad would have wanted us to work together." In fact, he never once mentions his mother -- it's always his father. He hadn't seen his sister in four years about two and a half to three years after leaving for Atlantis. When did his father pass, and how did things stand between them when he did? Oh, and hypochondria is a learned behaviour both McKay siblings exhibit, Jeanie (or Jeannie -- they seem to use both on the official site) had a very similar reaction to Asgard beaming technology. "Oh, that can't be good for you!"
Hmmm.
God, he's so young. Young and thin -- the hypoglycemia is completely believable at this point, although obviously he's not as mortally allergic to citrus as he said or he wouldn't be eating the slop that the inexplicably surly and malevolent KP goon made a point of depositing on his plate with the same utensil he'd just used on the lemon chicken. I'm glad Carter looks a little stunned by that. Seriously, what was that guy's problem?
You can also see where this episode sort of laid the groundwork for Rodney's envy of Carter's intuitive work with the 'gate. He's got to be younger than her. His voice is higher. He's probably in his very early twenties -- I'm guessing at least 5 years in the difference, maybe closer to 8.
He talks about Russia like he's been there, or knows someone who has and had a bad experience of it. "This sucks!" He practically runs from the room crying. He's such a kid.
This episode also had lots of "awwww, Jack" moments. Like when he's found with his head in his arms in the officer's mess, looking dejected and asleep. Or his O.O "YOU RAT BASTARD!" and lunging at the NID guy. (and subsequent X-Men joke, seriously Jack, ilu <3) Daniel also rocks hard core as the sensitive dude who punctures the stalemate between America and Russia by appealing to the Russian General's heart. I liked this episode.
I kind of wonder how much time canonically passes over the seasons. I mean, the next time we see (this reality's) Rodney, he says his parents hate him. In McKay and Mrs. Miller and then again in The Tao of Rodney to a lesser extent, he speaks of his father in the past tense. "Dad would have wanted us to work together." In fact, he never once mentions his mother -- it's always his father. He hadn't seen his sister in four years about two and a half to three years after leaving for Atlantis. When did his father pass, and how did things stand between them when he did? Oh, and hypochondria is a learned behaviour both McKay siblings exhibit, Jeanie (or Jeannie -- they seem to use both on the official site) had a very similar reaction to Asgard beaming technology. "Oh, that can't be good for you!"
Hmmm.
