Stargate: Atlantis (TV Series) Search and Rescue (2008) User Reviews

This Will Get You Hooked On Season Five

[StuOz · 23 January 2019]

After last seasons explosion, people are trapped everywhere.

The opener to the final season! At this point this series had clocked about 80 episodes and many science fiction shows start to show signs of problems (out of ideas) when they reach this point. The original 1966 Star Trek ended after 79 episodes. The final season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine (1993-99) had a singing James Darren (Help!) in the final year.

But I am pleased to report that Stargate Atlantis seems to be holding up to the pressure of being around for a while and you will be happy with this opener.

The episode title - Search and Rescue - really does say it all about what goes on here. We also a have a pregnant woman giving birth which once again reveals how hopless McKay can be at times.

Some of the set work is impressive.

But it is the final scene that makes the whole hour so memorable. It seems Atlantis is going to have a crusty old male commander this season - Richard Woolsey played by Robert Picaldo - which should rock-the-boat a bit.

This show has the worst writers

[ash-57223 · 2/10 · 17 February 2024]

The plot armor of the main chars in this show is 3 miles thick. The writers sacrifice all credibility and completely destroy any realism or immersion to make them survive the dumb scenarios they write them into. There is a part of this episode where their most important battleship has their worst enemy severely outgunned, disable his hyperdrive because they can't destroy the ship because it *might* kill one useless girl from their team (Teyla aka the worst actress and character in SG history)...and then lower their shields and let themselves be pummeled in order to save the main chars. What!? No military commander would EVER do that! The writers of this show were absolute trash. They didn't care what they wrote because they would just create some ridiculous plot device to undo what they had written. The only reason I've made it this far is the fast forward button. Most episodes are a 4 or 5. A few are 8's. The show as a whole is mediocre.