"Stargate: Atlantis" Underground (TV Episode 2004) Poster

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7/10
Only an OK Episode, but...
fig-7527523 March 2021
This episode was the first one of Stargate Atlantis that made me really think about it as being SG-1 in different clothes. It seemed remakably similar to some of the SG-1 episodes that I remember, so I started thinking about how Teyla is Teal'c, Rodney is Sam, etc, etc. The comparison is both a positive and a negative, but I enjoyed SG-1 very much, so I'm ok with it.

Aside from the comparisons with SG-1, the one major flaw in this episode is that it's hard to believe a society that is just starting work on developing nuclear weapons would be capable of reading a Wraith storage device. It's a big stretch, and it's only really forgivable because this episode sets up the events in the Storm and the Eye, both of which are brilliant!
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7/10
"Underground"
allmoviesfan12 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Featuring a guest starring role from Colm Meaney, of "Star Trek" and "Under Siege" fame, amongst other shows.

All the Atlantis crew wanted was to replenish their food stocks, which are running low - especially coffee, McKay notes - and so they offer to trade with the Genii, a seemingly innocent, peaceful and primitive race (I got serious Amish vibes, I must admit), food for C4 explosives to be used for clearing land.

Except that the Genii are not quite as primitive nor peaceful and innocent. They are in fact hiding quite an operation belowground, one aimed at - like every other group the Atlantis crew has discovered so far - fighting off the Wraith: nuclear weaponry.

Decent episode with a few good plot surprises.
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