Stargate Atlantis Season 2 Episode 6 "Trinity" REACTION!

[@failwhale34]

Happy New Year SG34! :) See you **Friday** for SG1 9X6 "Beachhead" REACTION!

[@Petrosman]

Happy New Year Mr Faily McWhaley, Beachhead is a pretty damn amazing episode. Gonna be fun.

[@jebVlogs556]

7:30-7:34 rodney has to find someone thats just as ethusastic as he is XD

[@TertonSFM]

The Daedalus coming in to block that cannon fire is such a sick shot.

[@johncee853]

Indeed it is!

[@AshleeMcCann]

Apparently, it was an uninhabited solar system Rodney says in a later episode 💗this is the first time Rodney really let his ego fly and did not listen to his friends, but I like how Sheppard said "That may take some time, but you can get my trust back if you really try."

[@failwhale34]

sometimes you gotta take some L's to gain some Dubs

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

It's definitely something that gets brought up later on when Rodney's ego starts writing checks the laws of physics can't cash.

[@jayburn00]

The events of this episode do have major effects on other episodes though. As in this plot point is a factor in multiple later episodes.

[@Educated2Extinction]

I think Rodney's ego has always been completely unrestrained, but this is the first time it really bit him on the butt.

[@miriam8376]

I always wondered how they knew that though. It’s not like they could check all the planets after the fact, and it’s pretty obvious they hadn’t been in the area very long. and the database is 10k years old, after all. Any number of planets might’ve developed life or been colonized in that time, assuming animals don’t count as “habitation.” Even if all we’re talking about is a few worlds with animals, it’s a pretty massive cost of life that they’re pretty cavalier about.

[@aaronward5612]

Give the man one time machine and hes expecting it every episode lol

[@failwhale34]

LMAO lowe me Aaron

[@j.rileyindependentproductions]

Unlike some shows, Atlantis actually paid attention to things that happened in what you called "throw-away episode(s)". Nearly everything can actually be flow charted to other things later, so never dismiss any possible detail. And these again "throw-away episodes" are used to really delve into character development and really well-done lore drops to the point that practically nothing is thrown away.

[@ANTIStraussian]

They mostly wanted to reuse props to save money 😅

[@Petrosman]

One of those really fun episodes that will have huge pay-offs for character development and future episodes. And Rodney blew up three quarters of a solar system which is amazing.

[@DinnerBeef]

Five sixths, it's not an exact science

[@Petrosman]

@@DinnerBeef I was waiting for this reply :)

[@failwhale34]

LMAO@@Petrosman

[@failwhale34]

Happy new year Petros! I agree

[@Petrosman]

@@failwhale34 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@ZbigniewZiggyCzachor]

Carter is still winning with destruction level. She was able to destroy the entire solar system 😂

[@mrdunk2955]

Well Mckay came pretty close too lol

[@DB6195]

That was on purpose though.

[@gimiwanishkaa]

So I just went through and counted all the doors and wheels in my apartment. Doors: 45 Wheels: 105 For doors I included room doors, closet doors, attic access panels, doors on appliances (refrigerator, oven, etc.), cabinet doors, etc. That number could probably be bumped up a bit by using a broader definition of door (is a toilet lid a door?). The vast majority of wheels came from drawers. Most modern drawers contain four wheels apiece. 21 drawers means 84 wheels. Add to that the casters on rolling furniture, the wheels in sliding and folding closet doors, and a few other odds and ends. I don't think my apartment is atypical. Having worked in manufacturing, I guarantee you that all factories contain more wheels than doors (excluding door factories). Office buildings tend to contain a lot of doors, but they also tend to contain a lot of drawers as well as rolling chairs which typically have five wheels apiece. Most vehicles contain more wheels than doors. All things considered, my money is on wheels.

[@miriam8376]

Hey, thanks for typing this out! I paused the video so my husband and I could try to figure this out for twenty minutes and we weren’t half as thorough-he also mentioned bicycles and skateboards and rollerblades and roller skates and even wagons, which would add still more wheels.

[@StarkRG]

The issue is that it depends on what counts as a wheel and what counts as a door. Is a gear a wheel? Is the flap on a box a door? Is a drawer a door? Is a screw-on cap a wheel? The big decider, though, I think, is whether a non-compliant (not bendable) hinge counts as a wheel, if it does, that pretty much automatically hands it to wheels.

[@vincentvoillot6365]

I love Rodney's centric episodes. Interesting reflexion on doors and wheels. But the point is, the wheel ease transport of loads, enable drived vehicles and many other mechanical applications. Doors are just entrances that can be closed.

[@miriam8376]

Story-wise, this episode is brilliant. The show could’ve easily fallen into the trap of killing the tension by letting the audience think McKay was infallible and could bail them out of anything. Instead, the audience will always remember Dorada when McKay says he can fix something, and a tiny kernel of doubt will remain.

[@Hawkcam1996]

15:10 “It’s like when people say, ‘you know, curiosity killed the cat’. Am I a f^€£¡ng cat?” Yes. We are all cats.🐱

[@StarkRG]

Mrow?

[@Hawkcam1996]

@@StarkRG Nya!

[@kahlilheslop7883]

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back

[@NATIK001]

One of those important episodes, both for character development and for future plotlines. One of my favorites as well, even if the B plot with Tayla and Ronon is forgettable, the A plot is a banger and one that sticks with you. The McKay-Sheppard dynamic in this episode is great.

[@failwhale34]

top tier comment! Nailed it

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

I like these seemingly one offs that actually hold seeds to other episodes Spoilers . . . . . The Arturus Project was taking energy from our own Space-Time - NEVER a good project. It leads to McKay trying to take Energy from another universe in "McKay and Mrs. Miller" Also, Major Carter trying to take small amounts from several universes in "The Road Not Taken" is what dragged Col Carter into her world and caused her own death McKay may have destroyed 5/6th of a solar system but an Alternative Sam died for doing a similar experiment. McKay was the luckier one Stick to Subspace

[@10thdoctor15]

Great shot at 23:09 of the Daedalus next to the gate as the jumper goes through.

[@mrdunk2955]

Absolute wallpaper material

[@rccraig7580]

This is one time Rodney can brag about outsmarting Col. Carter. While Sam managed to blow up a sun (intentionally) Rodney can brag (maybe) about destroying an entire solar system (uninhabited I think!) LOL!

[@Heldemon]

If she made it supernova, she did significantly more damage then this episode. Apparently anything within about 25 light years would be destroyed/killed off. Our solar system apparently only takes 2 light years to get from one end, to the next.

[@Jihlavak]

First time I saw it I also thought that going from 0 to 300 was tears of happiness in Ronons eyes....sadly, with every rewatch I hear the unspoken ,,only".......,,only 300" 😞

[@SonnySee]

SGA is always getting a thumbs up from me.

[@failwhale34]

Appreciate you Sonny! HNY!

[@j.rileyindependentproductions]

Tela: "And yet they made no mention of it, why?" Commercial cuts in and immediately answers: "Old Spice Palm Aide..." I almost peed my pants laughing.

[@andrewmburga]

"He's bacon" - best line ever

[@vaclavkodousek804]

When Ronon said 300. He wasnt just happy, but also sad that out of everyone, only 300 people survived.

[@Hawkcam1996]

Remember that time Sam blew up a star? McKay just blew up 3/4 of a *solar system*

[@TuneTamasha]

this place about to blow, kesha playing in my head right now

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

Curiosity may have killed the cat BUT SATISFACTION brought him back

[@dragoninthewest1]

4:54 hey, it's Chris Gauthier. Dude's been in a bunch of Syfy/ Sci-Fi Channel shows but probably best known for Vincent in Eureka.

[@randallwong7196]

McKay's arrogance and disrespect of others ( especially of Zelenka ) really costly this time.

[@QuaziInc]

every door has a latch, with rolling pins which are wheels. so there are by necessity more wheels per door.

[@jaywalkersunite]

Wheels are objectively the correct answer. A car has four wheels on the ground, but think of the other wheels involved. There's one on the alternator, one on the AC compressor, one on the water pump, one on the power steering pump. Now expand this thinking to all of the machinery out there. Conveyor belts, power generation, trains, ships, airplanes. If you stretch the definition of a wheel, you could also include the billions of ball bearings that are a key foundation of modern society.

[@davidschaufus7856]

great to see you back hope your new years was great , go SG34

[@failwhale34]

Thank you David! You too. Let's go SG-34!

[@Forbidaxe]

26:03 And they never live it down...

[@dragonhawkeclouse2264]

Every house has a front and back door....then consider rooms, bedrooms/bathrooms etc. Consider on every vehicle, there are usually driver's side door and passenger side door. Consider every building, all of the front doors double doors office doors etc. Now, wheels.....every car, every truck, every semi-truck. Bicycles, ahakteboard, skates, rollerblades, grocery cart, LAWNMOWER. Every piece of kitchen equipment that has wheels. I don't know which has more....it would seem like wheels....but then I consider all the things that I am forgetting (the fact that I can be forgetting)....and all of the sudden, silo doors pop in my head....then trash can rollers I am tempted to say wheels....but, really, I don't know

[@johncee853]

Think of all the big cities on earth, then think of all of the buildings in each city. My thought is doors. Billions and billions of each...but doors overall.

[@bufficliff8978]

There are more wheels. The amount of wheels in a kitchen alone outnumber the amount of doors in the home. I have 20 doors in my kitchen. I have a minimum of 84 wheels in my kitchen. That's not counting the wheels inside machinery that make some systems function. Just my kitchens wheels alone outnumber all the doors in my house, which is 42. If I went through my whole house and counted every wheel the number of doors would be dwarfed. Now doing that in a neighborhood the percentages would get more dramatic. Doing it in a city the percentage would get MORE dramatic.

[@dragonhawkeclouse2264]

@@bufficliff8978 i take it, you are talking about the simple shape of a wheel? i don't know about you, but actual wheels functioning as a WHEEL, i don't have any in my kitchen.....but, if we are talking about the SHAPE of a wheel, a circle, then there are certainly more CIRCLES but then, what do you do concerning circular doors? i THINK the question is about circles that function as a wheel, ie for the purpose of transportation of something....you know, A WHEEL!

[@Hawkcam1996]

Definitely more wheels than doors. There are even wheels *in* some doors.

[@rakaydosdraj8405]

The ancients invented Zero Point Naquadria.

[@BogeyTheBear]

A word to so-called science fiction writers like the folks on Stargate: It's not a solar system, it's a star system. It's only a (actually, THE) Solar system when the star in that system is named Sol. That's why every classroom wall poster says _The_ Solar System, because it's the proper name for the star system we inhabit. And don't get me started on using 'periapsis' instead of 'perigee'. Wanna go mucking about in starships, you gotta get savvy on the lingo.

[@0LadyV0]

Wheels. Furniture, toys, autos, farm equipment, etc.

[@johncee853]

Very good to see you back...with some Stargate episodes. Been having withdrawal symptoms! 😂 Also, that look at the camera after you said eureka. Here's hoping thats a hint that you might give the show Eureka a try!

[@airmaildolphin7013]

Whaley! Good to see you in the new year. Hope your celebration was a good one!

[@failwhale34]

Hey mate! You as well Dolphin. Had a good time :) looking forward to 2024

[@po5283]

One of my favorite episodes of the series, though I'm patietly waiting for you to get to the episodes that blow this one out of the water in comparison.

[@baslifico]

There are wheels _inside_ things too... Very few doors inside things

[@ginger00022]

One of the best Dr. Rodney McKay.

[@bradrush8106]

The mustache is looking good

[@chrisfraser5088]

Really loved this episode. Honestly, don’t ef around with Teyla!

[@Mathew_Fishwick811]

She's one badass Athosian thats for sure :)

[@failwhale34]

you cannot mess with that Athosian!

[@corumhayes8178]

Question about doors vs wheels: Do gears count as wheels? Afterall a gear is just a wheel with notches in it in which case probably more wheels than doors.

[@LudusAurea]

All doors count as doors so fuel tank doors, hatches, trunks, elevators, breaker box doors etc. gears, tank wheels, pulleys, casters, train wheels, lawnmower wheels, cart wheels, those furniture moving things, sliding doors if they have wheels, etc.

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

Doors on cars in general don't outnumber the amount of wheels, and on top of that there are Trucks and Motorcycles where wheels ALWAYS outnumber the amount of doors, then there's bicyclewheels, flywheels, tracked wheels, rollerblades, skateboards, etc. etc. There is no way there are more doors than wheels in the world.

[@dondumitru7093]

My house has (no I'm not going to count) quite a few doors, and zero wheels. When was the last time you were in an office building? Or an apartment complex?

[@gimiwanishkaa]

@@dondumitru7093 I guarantee you your house has wheels in it. Do you have any furniture that rolls, such as an office chair or maybe an end table? Do you have any sliding doors? Any folding doors? How about drawers? A rolling vacuum cleaner? These things all have wheels. The drawers are the big one. Most modern drawers contain four wheels apiece. Office buildings tend to have a lot of office chairs, filing cabinets, and desk drawers. These all contain many wheels, far more wheels in total than you would find doors.

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

@@gimiwanishkaa Basically if something has moving parts you're pretty much guaranteed to find some kind of wheel in it's construction.

[@10thdoctor15]

McKay does find out about the supergate.

[@gusmackenzie2361]

Is he a god? Dr Manhattan reference?

[@Maddie-zv3gv77]

Very good episode.

[@Prisoner_849]

Good episode.

[@failwhale34]

I agree

[@Prisoner_849]

@@failwhale34 Thank you

[@AndyRoidEU]

I wanted to apologize. I destroyed 3/4s of a solar system. I am sorry. Is it fine now?

[@SGz_Eliminated]

Why did I get banned from the Discord though?

[@failwhale34]

Resolved. Sorry about that

[@SGz_Eliminated]

@@failwhale34 Thanks

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

26:07 5/6ths really.

[@velvetshionne]

meow!

[@failwhale34]

MEOW!

[@Vampluvver]

I love this episode because it puts Rodney in his place in a humongous way. His ego always made me angry and I really liked how Sheppard learned a lesson here too. The Ronin and Teyla storyline was great because we see how Teyla and Ronin work as a pair. Rodney causing this unfathomable wreck in the universe is a palatable way of an ego death. Rodney's arrogance blinded him one too many times for me to for any likable attachment to his character. His intro on SG1 already put me in the hater seat unashamedly because he thinks or even worse "knows" he is the most intelligent person in the room when clearly he is not. His character is not in the list of favorites for me. He even had the gall to square up to Samantha Carter, which was one more reason of many for me to strongly discredit any future relationships he would be involved in.

[@michaelconnor1542]

Well, Carter blew up an entire system. Collapsing the star by opening a wormhole to a known black hole.

[@Duffman69able]

Glad you’re finally back

[@xadam2dudex]

You'd think the whole solar system would go if the explosion was that big it would take out the star thus everything