The A story was very dull, but all of the stories revolving around Ronon are. He is such a terrible character, they really should have kept the first guy. I found the scenes with Carter much better, and we'll have some hilarious Carter-McKay moments down the line.

It's funny you should mention the Weir shout out, because I think that was actually at the pressuring of Joe Flanigan more than the writers. In a pre-season interview, JF mentioned he felt the original scripts lacked mentions of Weir and the possibility she's alive. The scene felt a little inserted, though it had a nice parallel back to the pilot, "Rising," with Carter stepping into Weir's shoes and demanding that Sheppard have a little more info and a plan before going on a 'half-cocked' rescue mission. And where Sheppard argued with Weir about it, it was nice to see a little character development for John too--he accepted her answer without debate.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned that there was a picture of Jack in the boxes of Sam's stuff!

I liked the episode overall as it achieved it's very "dramatic" moment at the end. My one bone of contention is Sam's new uniform. I don't like it. It made sense for the civilian members of Atlantis to have their little UN-inspired uniforms, but she is still a member of the US Air Force and as such should not be 'out of uniform'. At least give her something a bit more militaristic. I don't see the commander of the Daedalus wearing one of those plain-jane grey things. Ugg...

And Jewel... more air time please! :)

The story was good. The transition was good with the little bit of tension needed and as my husband pointed out it was fun seeing The Chairman from Iron Chef on the show. I still think the writing has stepped it up and should be going well. I even think someone told Teyla how much work she needed in her acting because she wasn't as annoying as usual. I think there will be alot of fun in future episodes and the layers of back story are doing well. I just can't wait for the Michael storyline to start back up!

I really enjoyed the show this week.....it was good that the crew went about their choice of remembering
Dr. Weir and her rescue and not falling all over Carter.
Good show with Ronan (boy is he handsome)....bring some of the others from Stargate onto this show...loved that one, especially....

I thought it was a pretty good episode. I didn't see the need to have a whole to do about Carter taking over. The next few weeks we are probably going to see her acclimate to her new environment as they face new challenges, which I prefer to shoe horning it all into one episode.

I think Colonel Carter had a good amount of screen time in this episode. I understand the need to establish the changing of the guard, but I think the writers were being deliberately delicate about showing Carter take over. If that's true, maybe they were keeping viewers in mind -- specifically Weir fans.

Had they jumped right in as if Weir had never existed, it would've been problematic. They can't just pretend like the last three years never happened. At the same time, they can't keep mentioning her in every episode, as the characters need to move on in many ways.

As a huge Carter/AT fan, I wouldn't have minded more time devoted to her new position in this episode, but I think they'll have more than enough time to do that throughout the season. I don't think they needed a ceremony, numerous scenes, or an A-plot. As long as they do touch on Atlantis' growing pains, it'll be OK.

I respect the idea of trying to build Ronon's character by filling in more of his past, but I agree this story could have waited.

Give Carter the "A" story and give her a full blown "Change of Command" ceremony.

I do like the way Sam looks in her new Atlantis uniform. Rodney is not the only one who is going to be distracted.

They're phoning in these eps. Col Carter's leaving SG-1 and entering Atlantis was given short shrift to say the least ! Talk about disrespecting your own characters ! And Ronon's comment that Dr Weir would let him bring his friends sounded so childish, like "my real mom would've let me do this." Pitiful writing there. And haven't we already seen friendship-betrayal via Wraith in Atlantis before ?! Shouldn't the team's leadership have sniffed this out before going on this HIGHLY risky mission with more than Ronon's word ?

I'm not impressed with any ep so far this season and I don't think the writers/producers have even tried yet. And it doubly shows with their treatment of Col Carter's character. Given all that, it's still a much better show than the inane "Odyssey 5" and "Flash Gordon" shows. Are they writing for tweens or what ?!