In a continuation from the season 4 finale, the team resume their search for Teyla, which is made easier for them with Michael leading them right to her.
Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) share wine and dinner and she likes to be spend time alone with him, as does he with her; well who wouldn't want to get Sheppard alone?!! She didn't thank him for rescuing her from Michael (Connor Trinneer) and he doesn't remember that rescue, cos it never happened, at least not yet anyway. Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) tells him he didn't rescue her; Sheppard bleeds, he was hallucinating and wakes up next to Ronan (Jason Momoa). That must have been a shock to him, as he was already in shock from his injuries. They have been buried after the explosion at Michael's compound. Sheppard seeing Ford in such a moment was his guilt on display cos he wasn't able to save him either.
They've been separated from Rodney (David Hewlett) and Lorne (Kavan Smith). The Daedalus is on its way to help. Rodney hates confined spaces along with a whole lot of other things. Zoom out to show how far they are from other planets, like some out of this world dream sequence, all the way to Teyla on board Michael's cruiser, who is informed his compound has been compromised. Sam Carter (Amanda Tapping) gets a rescue team together when one of the men returns with the news, whilst Rodney contemplates how difficult it is to keep his mind occupied since it's his mind. He's found Michael's database which may turn out to be of help in the long run. They shout for help and it's a bit dangerous making noise in Michael's compound as you never know who is around, as will be seen later. Rodney mentions a subspace burst which would have alerted Michael to their presence and is probably on his way back.
Sheppard rues not being able to know what would happen, since "I'm the guy." He should have contemplated the possibility of the place being booby trapped. Michael thinks the birth of Teyla's son will lead to change. She tells Kanaan (Patrick Sabongui) she has to escape and he thinks it's too dangerous, but Michael will kill them anyway and especially after her baby is born. Rodney says Michael was going to bring Teyla here but the team arrived too early. Michael arrives as anticipated and activates the gate, which Rodney explains is a Wraith tactic so no one can escape their presence. Sam knows it's impossible for the Daedalus to beam Teyla out since Michael would have removed her transmitter.
Sheppard tells Ronan he keeps adding things to their deal and they hear digging above them. Michael leaves when the Daedalus arrives and leaves his darts behind too, not very big on loyalty. Thought he would have wanted to see the back of Sheppard, but no he just bails. There goes Teyla and he loses hyperdrive on the cruiser. Sheppard asks the digging crew about Harris and they reply "He's here," then asks if they prefer Duff beer or Oprah ale as the beers are on him. Selecting Duff, cos obviously they don't watch the Simpson's, or drink beer which Sheppard does, can't quite picture him watching that. Col Caldwell (Mitch Pileggi) reluctantly has the Daedalus drop their shields so they can beam Sheppard, Ronan and the jumpers aboard. Sheppard had the chance to rescue his team before and lost it. He's not going to do that now and argues with Jennifer (Jewel Staite) to go rescue Teyla.
They plan an attack using 302s to take out the weapons on Michaels' cruiser and then a jumper can be taken in. Sheppard defies Sam's order to stay and will surrender to a court martial later. Liked to have seen that. Teyla is about to have her baby and Rodney has to help deliver as Sheppard is bleeding again and since the hyperdrive is back online, C4s are needed to destroy it. Rodney compares having a kidney stone to giving birth, don't think so Rodney. Michael realizes they're on board and what does he do? He flees, the coward. He's taken their jumper cos it's gone. Rodney has to come up with something else and replies he's "delivered a baby isn't that enough for today." They need to get a message to the Daedalus and Kanaan helps them, Teyla being the only one who trusts him. Sheppard flies a dart with baby on board (that must have been a first). His ID is BDCA9 and the others are on Wraith storage facility, leaving the Daedalus free to take out Michael's cruiser.
Sam is recalled to earth as they've caught the Ba'al clone and Sheppard's court martial will have to wait. As least Sheppard got a new version of the Nintendo to keep up with the latest technology. Teyla never gave up hope of being rescued by him and Jennifer has to "play with his insides whilst he just lies there;" that sounded a bit dirty! Teyla names the baby after her father and Sheppard, Torren John Emmagan. The IOA want Woolsey (Robert Picardo) in charge as Sam is removed. Well that was expected as this is a new season and after being in charge for one season they had to being in new blood, or old blood, to take over Atlantis.
Great to see a thrilling start to the season, which turned out to be the final one for the series - sadly. Yet there was so much to be covered and so little time. At least the same comical element was maintained in the season as well as action and drama. Rodney - ever skeptical - of everything, continuing with his humour, with Sheppard and Ronan and their buddy scenes, they have great interaction and Joe and Jason have such chemistry too.
Sheppard has to say they'd do the same for him twice - once to Ronan and once to Teyla and of course they would; not just cos they're a team, but more importantly they are friends and dare I say it, family even. Got a sense of Sheppard being a tad jealous of Kanaan since he and Teyla were getting closer over the years and more than just friends. Also shown by Sheppard and his dream scene in the opening where they shared that moment. But that ship has sailed romantically. Think that scene was more a demonstration of Sheppard's loyalty to his team and to others, whenever they need help he will be there for them. Counteracted by the appearance of Ford to contradict him since he couldn't save him. He's the team member he mentions to Jennifer when he says he's not losing another member. That scene with Sheppard and Teyla hands down was my fave one from the entire episode.
Amanda left the show after being offered a contract for season 5, to star in Sanctuary, as well as be executive producer. If I was in her shoes I know which show I'd have gone for, then that's just me. Why was Sam so shocked when Rodney told her of the Wraith tactic of dialling the gate/wormhole to keep it open and prevent their prey from escaping? In Stargate -SG1, the Goa'uld also did this. After a year as head of Atlantis that shouldn't have come as such a surprise to her. As for catching the last Ba'al clone, this was an allusion to the SG1 movie, Stargate: Continuum.
Director Andy Mikita, interviewed by Newsarama told of the filming of scenes in the rubble. "I took my visual cue as well as design cue from the World Trade Center (2006) feature film because they shot a number of scenes showing people buried beneath the remains of the Twin Towers."
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