The Sci Fi channel has commissioned 20 more episodes of Stargate Atlantis according to Variety magazine.
“Atlantis truly came out from under the shadow of its sister series this year and proved that it’s a hit in its own right,” said Sci Fi’s Mark Stern, exec veep of original programming. The show’s predecessor, Stargate SG-1, ran for 10 seasons on Sci Fi before completing its run last year.
This latest episode picks up in New York where an invisible Claude and Peter walk through the streets talking about their abilities. Claude theorises that Peter’s body remembers the powers he’s absorbed from others, but that his body has them all jumbled. Deciding to give Peter a crash test, he steals a woman’s handbag and tosses it to Peter before walking off. Peter suddenly becomes visible again…
Niki Sanders meets with the prison psychiatrist, who is trying to get Jessica’s personality to come through. With a metronome, she gets Niki talking about her sister playing piano. Suddenly Jessica comes forward and breaks free of her restraints…
Hiro tries to stop time so that he and Ando can escape a parking fine, but fails. He feels that the samurai sword is the key to his powers and will help him focus them. On the way to pick up the car, he and Ando discover they are being chased by men in a van.
They hide under a car, but it is driven off, exposing them to the men. As they run away, Ando gets caught and Hiro is forced to return. They’re bundled into the van - Ando says “You came back for me”, to which Hiro replies “That’s how we roll!”
Noah Bennett admits to Claire that he knows about her abilities, has known for a long time. He claims that he kept it from her to keep her safe. Claire understands that Sylar was looking to kill her when he killed Jaqueline.
Claire tells Noah that Zach and Lyle know about her abilities. He insists that Claire tells no-one else and that she destroys the tapes she made of her abilities.
Another fantastic episode of Heroes this evening. The character development continues apace, with Hiro and Ando providing both comic relief and some flyaway musings on the nature and responsibilities of being a superhero. Hiro even for a moment considers getting himself a costume. I really enjoy Hiro’s enthusiasm for his newfound powers and how he allows comic book lore and ideals to dictate his behaviour.Claire Bennett’s storyline takes a sinister turn as the high school footballer she has a crush on forced himself on her and attempts to rape her. After a brief scuffle between the two of them, Claire falls and impales her skull on a spike and appears dead. As the episode ends, we see an unidentified hand remove the implement from her head. As the camera pans back, Claire wakes to discover her torso has been stripped back to reveal her ribs. Read more & comment »
If Russell T Davies has pulled off one thing with the resurrection of Doctor Who, it’s the tight interplay throughout each episode. There’s always some relevant detail in each show that ties in to a climactic series finale. Remember Bad Wolf?
Tonight’s episode, Utopia managed to pull in a detail from David Tennant’s first Doctor Who Christmas Special. The Special (which I missed), featured The Doctor having his hand sliced off by an alien he was having a swordfight with. Though the hand fell to Earth, it wasn’t lost forever. Somehow it fell into the hands of the mysterious Professor Yana, who we meet for the first time in Utopia. Read more & comment »
