Physical contact was required. That's how Elizabeth got infected in the first place when the others didn't. Or one could argue they were all infected when their minds were probed. Gotta go write or read that fanfic now.
I always hated those episodes in television shows where a character would find themselves in a mental hospital, wondering which life was real. Always seemed like lazy writing.
I agree, I always skip this episode, and that third to last one in season 5 where Doctor Keller and that merchanary switch bodies. I mean it's just so useless. Here, the nanites 'eventually' play a bigger role as the season progress. But that episode is just soooo unseless, what is the point of that episode??
This episode was too similar to the Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode where Buffy was a patient that came out of a coma in a reality where her parents were alive and she was not the slayer and had to choose between that being reality or her being the slayer being reality. Except the Buffy episode left the question as to that alternate reality where she wasn't a hero possibly being the true reality whereas this Atlantis episode did not leave us with such a quandry. That is, Buffy did this better and more disturbingly.
Community did it, The Next Generation did it, and I'm sure plenty of other shows. It's a very common trope, it's not like the Buffyverse came up with it. It's called the Cuckoo Nest.
@@bartk.2702 I'm saying that the Buffy version was better as you didn't and still don't know which reality is the real one. If anything, the rejected reality seems more likely to be the real reality. In this Atlantis version and indeed in most of this trope such as the TNG one with Riker, it was always clear to the viewer which was the "real" reality and that the right choice was made, that isn't the case with the Buffy version.
@@VinylBeta1 It's more a matter of the same basic plot being marketed by screenwriters to multiple shows at the same time, perhaps even the same writers. The story concept was just a concept popular with writers at the time. We see plenty of other examples where similar basic plots occur on multiple TV shows around the same time. It's more like what was just fashionable at the time. It is interesting that people fool themselves into thinking such concepts are exceptionally creative and uniquely attributes to their favourite TV show... Yes, you don't care about other shows having similar episodes, your narrow focused perspective is what the writers and show runners rely on...
You can tell it's not real because the real Jack would never be that reassuring.
3:28 This scene is what runs through my mind when i'm trying to decide which sci-fi to rewatch
They would have made a cute couple
I preferred them together.
she had a husband i'm fairly sure
@@jakobwilliamzachariassen2640 No, she had a boyfriend but he'd moved on by the time Daedalus first got to Atlantis.
This is episode 201, not 306. The Siege Pt 3. Nothing to do with nanites.
No, sorry, I should have watched to the end! My apologies.
Epi Endless it's actually two episodes stuck together, it begins with The Siege and then it's becomes The Real World
I doubt if a plastic bubble will stop the nanites
I think the nanites aren't airborne so the plastic bubble is just to prevent anyone from accidently coming into contact.
Physical contact was required. That's how Elizabeth got infected in the first place when the others didn't. Or one could argue they were all infected when their minds were probed. Gotta go write or read that fanfic now.
I miss this show so much. It was canceled too soon.
Sheppard is downright suicidal sometimes
true
He's technically the best choice and his behavior fits he has nothing to lose and has no real family at home either
These two make a good couple🇺🇸🔮
I always hated those episodes in television shows where a character would find themselves in a mental hospital, wondering which life was real. Always seemed like lazy writing.
I agree, I always skip this episode, and that third to last one in season 5 where Doctor Keller and that merchanary switch bodies. I mean it's just so useless. Here, the nanites 'eventually' play a bigger role as the season progress. But that episode is just soooo unseless, what is the point of that episode??
Literally reached in so to speak and pulled her out
This episode was too similar to the Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode where Buffy was a patient that came out of a coma in a reality where her parents were alive and she was not the slayer and had to choose between that being reality or her being the slayer being reality. Except the Buffy episode left the question as to that alternate reality where she wasn't a hero possibly being the true reality whereas this Atlantis episode did not leave us with such a quandry. That is, Buffy did this better and more disturbingly.
Community did it, The Next Generation did it, and I'm sure plenty of other shows. It's a very common trope, it's not like the Buffyverse came up with it. It's called the Cuckoo Nest.
Only Buffy had been put temporarily into a mental hospital after the first movie and before the series started, so really wasn't sure at all.
@@bartk.2702 I'm saying that the Buffy version was better as you didn't and still don't know which reality is the real one. If anything, the rejected reality seems more likely to be the real reality. In this Atlantis version and indeed in most of this trope such as the TNG one with Riker, it was always clear to the viewer which was the "real" reality and that the right choice was made, that isn't the case with the Buffy version.
@@johnwang9914 Interesting... But I don't really care about how good this Buffy thing did it. I love Atlantis, they the best.
@@VinylBeta1 It's more a matter of the same basic plot being marketed by screenwriters to multiple shows at the same time, perhaps even the same writers. The story concept was just a concept popular with writers at the time. We see plenty of other examples where similar basic plots occur on multiple TV shows around the same time. It's more like what was just fashionable at the time. It is interesting that people fool themselves into thinking such concepts are exceptionally creative and uniquely attributes to their favourite TV show... Yes, you don't care about other shows having similar episodes, your narrow focused perspective is what the writers and show runners rely on...
John and Elizabeth were always trying not to get involved ... I guess they were just teasing us
It would have been a bad idea anyway.
I'm glad they didn't. It would have ruined what Sam's character accomplished in SG1 by keeping it professional...but teased it tastefully.