Dear SGA,

Please suck less.

--Em

I have really tried to get on the SGA-love train. I love the Stargate universe and all the potential, but this last episode just annoyed me for two big reasons.

1. They're still writing Elizabeth.

Up until Sam's second conversation with Davos she wasn't Sam, she was Elizabeth. They were writing Elizabeth's lines coming out of Sam's mouth. And that is such writing crap. Even though Sam is the new leader of Atlantis, she should still be Sam. She should still be the same character we knew on SG-1 with the same motivations and outlook. Moving to Atlantis shouldn't strip her of her moral compass (though Woolsey did talk about a quarantine at the midway station, maybe they remove morality there).

GAH. Seriously. Sam being okay with Ronon's suggestion to "betray them before they betray us"? Yeah. Sounds so much like her. Might I remind everyone that this is the woman who trusted RepliCarter?

GAH.GAH.GAH.

2. The other thing that annoyed me is that Sam was in the damn episode "Prophecy." I can handwave people on Atlantis not making the connections to events that happened on SG-1 because they might not know about everything, but Sam lived through someone being able to foresee events. She told Jonas that he couldn't see the future. She helped disprove that he was seeing the future! WHY DOESN'T SHE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT?!?!?!

Look how easy it would be:

Sam: A few years ago, a member of the SGC developed the ability to see the future.

Sheppard: Been there, done that, huh?

Sam: That's just the thing. He wasn't necessarily seeing the future. They were possible events, sure, but there's no way to predict the possible outcome of our actions in order to change events.

McKay: So we're doomed.

Sam: That's a little pessimistic.

Sheppard: So we might be doomed.

Sam: Pretty much.

Sheppard: Normal day then.

Seriously, that show needs some new blood on their writing staff.

I am continuing to watch SGA, but I may no longer be able to watch with lord_varos as I keep pausing to moan, groan, and shout at the writers. Though he totally agreed with me about Sam's characterization.