I'll admit that I found the idea...
I'll admit that I found the idea of having Rodney McKay share his body with a woman about as inspired as my composing a rock opera about
George Peppard (
you try to find a rhyme for
Banacek). I don't know about you, but I'm
still traumatized by
William Shatner's interpretation of a woman in Captain Kirk's body in
Star Trek's "Turnabout Intruder." But here,
David Hewlett kept the histrionics to a minimum (no tacky simpering or sashaying, thank you very much) to depict the awkward and hilarious coexistence of McKay and Lieutenant Cadman (
Jamie Ray Newman), who were lumped together in the former's body after Zalenka (
David Nykl) tried to free them from a Wraith Dart ship. Sure it's a rip-off of
All of Me, but it's a top-notch rip-off and a great showcase for
Atlantis' petulant genius. The smooch Hewlett plants on
Paul McGillion's Beckett (Cadman has a crush on the Scottish doc) at the finale has to go down as an all-time classic
Stargate moment (can you imagine O‘Neill kissing Daniel? Teal'c… maybe). Elsewhere, Sheppard — no doubt captivated by Dex's Hagar-influenced table manners — was trying to talk Ronon into staying in Atlantis. I have no doubt that
Jason Momoa has had some serious martial-arts training, but let's face it: Those guys Dex practiced with were as formidable as Kirk's red shirts. And I know
Rachel Luttrell's Teyla could have broken that hold Ronon had her pinned with, because
I could have. However, her split was damn impressive — I've been trying to pull that off — um, accomplish that feat — in karate class for two years now and still can't do it.
