As grav_ity indicated, Kolya's death seemed a cop out. Given how much he has done to Atlantis and John specifically, one would expect a better death for him. Hell, they gave Anubis and Apophis better deaths than Kolya got. There is some great Teyla/John moments btw, where she stops him from going out, guns blazing to kill the Genii when they show up and take the town hostage. Basically she tells him to use his head. They use Lucius to trap the team, John is the only on that gets away and then he goes to their rescue when Kolya threatens to kill one of the team (one of the few moments I liked is how everyone is willing to die for the other - one of the few real team bonding moments we see before season 4). so he goes back, taking the shield device from Lucius, who has also escaped and is trying to "help" John. John goes into the town square and is shot but the shield prevents him from being hurt. There is a long dramatic pause after the shield fails and Kolya and he go for their guns. John wins the draw and shoots. The end. No real long drawn out drama. My guess is they wanted to finish up the Kolya/renegade Genii plotline and figured this was the best way to do so; they may have also thought it would be nice to try and redeem Lucius, but it's hard to really make him a likeable character given his introduction.
Kolya's death just seemed a letdown after how much pain and drama he has caused the Atlantis team. I would have preferred something a bit more than what we got: a hostage situation that is over when the hero shoots the main bad guy in the last 60 seconds of the show.
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Kolya's death just seemed a letdown after how much pain and drama he has caused the Atlantis team. I would have preferred something a bit more than what we got: a hostage situation that is over when the hero shoots the main bad guy in the last 60 seconds of the show.