Stargate: Atlantis (TV Series) Miller's Crossing (2007) User Reviews

A very good David Hewlett episode

[Psilio · 8/10 · 10 December 2015]

This is another episode where we get to see David Hewlett's real sister back in the role as his in-show sister.

I understand David Hewlett as Rodney McKay is some people's least favorite character in this show, but I don't understand why. He is an excellent actor, and in this episode he is truly sparkling with his brilliant performance. He was the main reason I watched Stargate Atlantis until the end, and still keep watching it over and over.

The episode is also a crossover to Stargate SG-1, although the latter was canceled at the time, but I love cross-overs none the less. There is a pretty witty dialogue between Ronon and Sgt. Walter.

I also like sci-fi shows where they bring things to the 'real world', and there is a fair share of that in this episode.

8 thumbs up from me!

not bad but been there, seen it

[Aidonian · 7/10 · 1 March 2008]

It was not a bad episode, but it felt like I was watching a remake of a season 5 of stargate sg-1 story where Sam is kidnapped to help a millionair get better and heal his sickness that is going to kill him. In the end, a Goauld was brought in that not only healed him, but took control over him and killed most of his people. Now here Jeanie Miller, the sister of Rodney is kidnapped by a man who wants her to rescue his daughter from a illness that is going to kill her, with the use of nano-technology. It's the same story being done with a different setting and different characters. Instead of a Goauld we have nanites. There is no subplot of a rogue NID helping the Goauld here, but we have a Wraith helping Rodney. I'm not going to give away to much here, but it is a episode that is slightly better. The interaction between Rodney and his sister is right on the nose. It's always fun to watch them on screen. It's just a shame that Elizabeth isn't on Atlantis anymore.

Will they STOP fiddling with those nanites!!!!

[owlaurence · 7/10 · 29 August 2011]

This is a good episode, and seeing the McKay siblings again is a real treat. (For a second, I almost said that they felt like a real brother and sister --my bad.) The plot does seem a bit déjà-vu (from SG-1 or Elizabeth's experiences), and it is a bit static to my taste, spending a lot of time on narration and very little on action. I also find it hard to empathise with Wallace's grief considering that he never shows it and always looks very self-possessed.

Still, there is some really good interaction between the characters. I love the scene at the beginning where you glimpse just how horrible it might be to work with Rodney on an average, non-world-saving day, and most of his bickering scenes, even with the Wraith, are very funny. We even get a rare occasion to see his more sentimental side when he is willing to feed himself to a starving Wraith to help his sister. I appreciate how ruthlessly Sheppard reacts to the situation, but I find it very hard to believe that a man like Wallace would so easily accept to have his life sucked out. And that nobody on Atlantis would bat a lid at what happened. All of this makes this episode a bit uneven.

Weird

[darkgabriel-gcv · 6/10 · 24 September 2020]

It's so weird that this episode got away with a main ("good") character giving incentives for someone to commit suicide and then end the episode by talking about what to have for dinner as if nothing happened.

Lazy, Predictable, Boring Dreck

[lynnjohn11 · 2/10 · 1 April 2022]

Such terrible, lazy writing once again. Having characters make stupid decisions to advance the plot and put the pieces in place - McKay sending Sheppard and Ronon away, going to safe house without them, ensuring McKay would be kidnapped. Sheppard, a veteran tactical guy agreeing to this idiocy.

And then Rodney's sister's Stockholm syndrome, wanting to help the kidnappers? Bringing a wraith to earth rather than everyone heading back to Atlantis?

Sheer idiocy to create drama, rather than advancing a story naturally.