Dr Parrish (Jonathon Young) finds a plant. Sheppard: "God Lorne warned me about this." Sheppard asks her to join him in the jumper. He is attacked and tied up.
Vanessa (Anna Galvin) asks if she can help Woolsey. He also has a fruit cup on the tray. Woolsey tells her, "you can call me Dick." (!) He's attracted to her. The jumper is wrecked. Zelenka (David Nykl) came back early, Rodney's bored with him. He runs a scan on the ocean floor as they haven't explored their planet much. Rodney thinks it's pointless.
Shen Xiaoyi (Tamlyn Tomita) is sent to evaluate Woolsey and tours Atlantis. Amelia (Sharon Taylor) is asked about kickboxing and he gets Chuck's (Chuck Campbell) name wrong. Zelenka hopes something will be named after him for a change if he finds anything.
Shen's here to appoint the chair of the earth's new environmental initiative. Something is discovered below sea level. Sheppard encounters the Genii and Kolya (Robert Davi). Woolsey wants to remain at Atlantis. His decisions have been compromised and she feels it's time for a change. Sheppard knows he killed him which was confirmed by Beckett. He wants to get to Atlantis and send a bomb through the gate but Kolya needs Sheppard's IDC for that and punches Sheppard.
Vanessa asks if Woolsey wants to see a movie and Woolsey says it hasn't been a good day. He was only appointed since he was easy to control. He needs to fight for his place here. The IOA can't make a decision on his fate cos she has and Shen is getting his job in return.
Sheppard can tolerate plenty cos he was married once. Kolya says his past failures guide him. He can't protect Atlantis anymore. Zelenka thinks Rodney should think of something cos he's brilliant. He rarely says that as he's a difficult man to compliment, as well as being arrogant and stubborn. That's what Daniel (Michael Shanks) said.
Sheppard's hand is cut off. That couldn't have happened cos they just wouldn't do that to him. Kolya asks what he's running away from? The device discovered on the ocean floor is emitting some sort of radiation across the data. Zelekna figures out it's an alien password so it's a computer. Rodney calls it a prompt. Woolsey talks to Vanessa and Shen watches him at Woolsey's private area. He invites Vanessa to dinner.
The device contains records of an extinct civilization. Rodney: "designed to seed planets with organisms," they need to ensure it reaches its target location. Rodney says they can either take the data or send it away. Sheppard runs away and Amelia can't locate Vanessa anywhere on Atlantis and she didn't see any woman. Sheppard puts up a one armed fight. Jennifer (Jewel Staite) goes over Woolsey's test results. He's normal. Only Woolsey can see Vanessa.
Rodney is always deep in thought as it keeps him sharp. He's seen the frequency from the device before. Vanessa is a physical manifestation and Shen confronts Woolsey about talking to himself. Woolsey doesn't want the data retrieved as they're robbing them of the chance to rebuild itself. Shen tells him he can follow procedure and keep his job.
Sheppard goes over the edge of the cliff. Rodney recalls the device induces hallucinations and they should get rid of it. Kolya tells Sheppard to use his other hand - which is still there. Years ago their civilization faced extinction. Vanessa tells Woolsey the same. The device malfunctioned and was guided to the nearest planet. When Rodney pulled the jumper out of the ocean, last ep, the device was activated. Distracted Sheppard chose this hallucination. He tortures himself everyday and was manifesting his own darkest fears. Luthor tells Shen the council doesn't want to replace Woolsey with someone else. He's staying as the new permanent commander. Shen says she's no one's puppet. There wasn't a dial out for days and has been no update from earth.
Sheppard can also see Vanessa and Rodney wants to see her too in her true form. He calls her 'neat.' Sheppard would've said weird. Woolsey joins them for dinner and was convinced the manifestations were real. Sheppard says it was a coincidence the device was found when the AI appeared. Zelenka isn't here and he wouldn't really have called Rodney a genius, no, cos Rodney doesn't need anyone to tell him that when he already believes it!
Woolsey ended up being an integral leader of Atlantis and made choice decisions regarding Atlantis. So it comes as no shock the IOA want him removed. At least he fights to stay and realizes they only wanted him to do the job in the first place as he was considered a puppet. In 5.13 Inquisition, he had to fight to defend Sheppard and Atlantis, here he has to defend himself and show he's a worthy foe and not just someone who will tow the company line.
Vanessa proves to be a hallucination at first but is actually real and is there to save her civilization and encourage/convince Woolsey to do the same. Also Sheppard's scenes seemed far from a hallucination. He got treated so badly and had a rough time especially with losing his arm like that. That was really engrossing as well as being gross and cruel; not just for him but for us viewers and Sheppard fans too. Cos if he had really lost his arm, he'd be sent home. That was strange in a way showing Sheppard carries so many dark thoughts with him, as if has the weight of the world and Atlantis only on his shoulders.
An episode of Stargate Atlantis delving into Star Trek territory, many such hallucinogenic eps in there, especially Enterprise.
As fro Zelenka calling Rodney a genius that'll never happen so knew there was something not right there. Sheppard killed Kolya in season 3 Irresponsible. The energy signal Rodney recognized and claims they encountered on MIB-129 was the ep Phantoms from season 2. From the Wraith device. Sheppard's line about Dr Parrish and Lorne warning him about the reaction to the plant discovery was from season 2's Runner, where Parrish reacted in the same way to the plant.
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