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I think this goes into the same box as 'The Storm' and 'The Eye' which get points added for nice big storylines, but have them deducted away for segregationism.
The enzyme seems to act as a magnifying glass to an individual's personality. Their aims, fears, and goals are exacerbated by the drug.
In Ford this manifests as confidence and overconfidence. The thing that the enzyme hasn't brought Ford is confidence in his own abilities and the patience/timing to think things through and problem solve. I wonder if Sheppard's "snot-nosed brat" will come back to bite him in the butt in the continuance.
The segregation of the team is another thing that's bugging me: I thought 'The Storm' and 'The Eye' could have been so much more if they'd woven the minor trio (Ford, Teyla, Carson) in with the major trio (Shep, Weir, McKay) earlier instead of having them split for 3/4 of the episode. Again with the division-y thing where Ronan and Teyla are drugged to the max and Sheppard and McKay aren't.
Incidentally, even under the influence of the drug, Ronan and Teyla's behaviour strikes me as sibling rather than sexual. If it had been sexual, they'd have been all over each other instead of fighting like kids over food. Don't tell me that Ronan wasn't doing the 'pesky brother' routine on her with the stuffing her food in his mouth.
Okay, an possible twist on Wraith society: we see a lot of the males who act as fighters, but this is only the second time we've seen a female Wraith: the first was the 'gatekeeper' back in the episode 'Rising'. They seem to have the mind-control aspect down a lot stronger than the males: witness Shep falling to his knees.
If the Wraith are ultimately matriarchal then it provides an interesting counterpoint to the situation in Atlantis where the expedition is, again, ruled by a woman.
And Weir is doing 'dribbly brains' again. *sighs*
The enzyme seems to act as a magnifying glass to an individual's personality. Their aims, fears, and goals are exacerbated by the drug.
In Ford this manifests as confidence and overconfidence. The thing that the enzyme hasn't brought Ford is confidence in his own abilities and the patience/timing to think things through and problem solve. I wonder if Sheppard's "snot-nosed brat" will come back to bite him in the butt in the continuance.
The segregation of the team is another thing that's bugging me: I thought 'The Storm' and 'The Eye' could have been so much more if they'd woven the minor trio (Ford, Teyla, Carson) in with the major trio (Shep, Weir, McKay) earlier instead of having them split for 3/4 of the episode. Again with the division-y thing where Ronan and Teyla are drugged to the max and Sheppard and McKay aren't.
Incidentally, even under the influence of the drug, Ronan and Teyla's behaviour strikes me as sibling rather than sexual. If it had been sexual, they'd have been all over each other instead of fighting like kids over food. Don't tell me that Ronan wasn't doing the 'pesky brother' routine on her with the stuffing her food in his mouth.
Okay, an possible twist on Wraith society: we see a lot of the males who act as fighters, but this is only the second time we've seen a female Wraith: the first was the 'gatekeeper' back in the episode 'Rising'. They seem to have the mind-control aspect down a lot stronger than the males: witness Shep falling to his knees.
If the Wraith are ultimately matriarchal then it provides an interesting counterpoint to the situation in Atlantis where the expedition is, again, ruled by a woman.
And Weir is doing 'dribbly brains' again. *sighs*
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