Shippy Moment of the Day: "John Sheppard, Are You Defending My Honor?" (Stargate: Atlantis)

John Tells Elizabeth Why He Hates Woolsey
"Misbegotten" from Stargate: Atlantis Season 3

Recap: Woolsey sucks.

The Moment:

I love how he just barges into her office and goes straight into it.

John: Just out of political curiosity, how much trouble is it going to cause you if I knock this Woolsey guy in the head?

Elizabeth always seems perpetually bemused
with John. Love her smile.

Elizabeth: May I ask why you'd like to do that?
John: It's just an impulse I had, really. One I suspect I'm going to have again the next time I see him. He might not even need to say anything
Elizabeth: I've never seen you like this. What did Woolsey do to you?

And he states it like it's obvious.

John: Besides judging every damn decision you've ever made?

The eyebrow! The eyebrow!

Elizabeth: John Sheppard, are you defending my honor?

And there's this delightful moment of sputtering before:

John: And judging me for agreeing with you.
Elizabeth: Well, don't be too hard on him. I think of all the circling wolves, he's the least likely to actually bite. In fact, he might convince them to leave us alone.

Dejected.

John: Alright, so...no head-knocking?

Once again, her John Smile. ;)

Elizabeth: It's the thought that counts.

Thoughts: I could have easily gone angsty for my first Sparky moment, but I decided against it because the write-off of Elizabeth Weir still pisses me off to no end. As far as I'm concerned, Atlantis ended before "Sunday" and both Beckett and Weir are alive. So, I decided to do a shippy moment from a part of the season that doesn't fill me with sadness/anger.

This scene is just so cute because it illustrates the John/Elizabeth power dynamic. He is super-impulsive and she just needs to calm him down. Plus, DEFENDING HER HONOR! He totally always does! It's so cute.

And just for the record: Sheppard/Weir is sooo canon. I know, I know, John and Teyla had their moments, but every scene Elizabeth and John share is crackling with chemistry. (Plus Teyla/Ronen. Duh.)

Spoiler Snark: Smallville Renewed, Stargate Universe Cast

Make way for the ranting...

Smallville

Has been renewed for a ninth season. Why? This season has featured some of the WORST episodes in the entire run of the season. The arc has been weak. Not to mention, how can you have an enemy bigger than Doomsday?

Every character has been ruined this season. Chloe? She's a step beyond Pod!Chloe. She's Possessed!DoomsdayFeeding!Chloe. Lois? A desperate hot mess. Clark? Let's turn the dial from just plain whiny to ANGST!INCONSISTENCY. Oliver? Douche-y and extraneous. The only good characters are Dooms and Tess, and unless Tess unleashes her evil army of meteor freaks, I'm not going to like her that much either.

Please, TPTB, tell me how you plan to write next season. Tell me a smattering of what you have planned. Because after this season, it could only be more crap that serves to dishonor the mythos of Superman and the glory that was the early years of the show.

Stargate Universe

is now boasting a ridiculously large, ridiculously seasoned cast, including Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na, Alaina Huffman, Elyse Levesque, David Blue, Justin Louis, Brian J. Smith, and Jamil Walker Smith. Yes. That's NINE main cast members, although Mr. Phillips may just be recurring. Stargate has never had more than, what, six cast members? And even at that, it sucks. They cut the fat, replace characters, and never give enough development unless you're part of a ship or you're a break-out. I figure they're trying to go for a Lost-style "we have so many people on this ship that's in the middle of nowhere" feel, but Stargate isn't Lost. It doesn't have the same fondness for mythology or character development. I'm worried about even watching this show because I know that it will be a risk getting attached to any of them (I'm still not over the deaths of Janet, Beckett, and Elizabeth).

Also, I guess with Alaina cast, there goes the Green Arrow/Black Canary spin-off.

TV, why do you hate me?

Shippy Moment of the Day: "It's Beer, Isn't It?" (Stargate: SG-1)

Sam and Jack Discuss His World-Famous Omelet
"Citizen Joe" from Stargate: SG-1 Season 8

Recap: It's the opening moment of the episode. So all you need to know is that Sam + Jack = OTP. ;)

The Shippy Moment:

I, too, like to kick my doors closed. But I think it's because

I have anger issues, not because my hands are too full.

Sam (on the phone): How about Monday morning?
Jack (on the phone): No, I have a thing with someone from the CIA. A Johnson someone or other. It's about the whole Kinsey thing.
Sam: So, any big plans for the weekend?
Jack: Oh yeah. Big. Huge!

I love how girly Sam looks here. Straight out of that phone song from Bye Bye Birdie.

Sam: Yeah, me neither.
Jack: Oh, what are you talkin' about? I just walked in with a whole handful of ingredients for my world-famous omelet.
Sam: World-famous, huh? What's in it?

Beer.

Jack: Eggs.
Sam: I don't think that that actually qualifies as a recipe.
Jack: Oh, don't kid yourself. There's a secret ingredient. I can't tell you what it is, or I'd have to shoot you.

She has that "I know your weirdness so well I don't have to guess" look.

Sam: It's beer, isn't it?
Jack: Carter--

HOMER!!!!

Jack: Let me call you back.

I love her smile here. So smug. But shouldn't they have a "I'm in trouble!" code word or something?

Sam: I knew it!

Thoughts: I could pick from a gazillion wonderfully shippy moments for my first Sam/Jack post, but I just adore this one. It's not overtly romantic. In fact, it's not romantic at all. Sam is engaged, for crying out loud! But what I love about this moment (it's one of my favorites, after all), is that it's just perfectly simple and real. A lot of the Sam/Jack moments over the course of the series have been MOMENTS! where Sam and Jack have to deal with FEELINGS! and REGULATIONS! Which is all fine and angsty and good, but I always had that nagging voice wondering that if they actually did get together if they would even work. Because, let's face it, most relationships have to survive the day-to-day to last, not just the MOMENTS!

It's one thing to flirt in the workplace. It's another to have to depend on each other in a military setting. It's quite another altogether to actually be in a relationship. And this moment is one that assures me that Sam and Jack could be in a relationship and that they aren't just UST.

I love how she knows him so well that she realizes what his secret ingredient is. I love how they're obviously skirting around the idea of getting together to do something (God knows what) that weekend. I love how Sam is calling him from a phone in the hallway, meaning that she called him (and we all know how Sam never takes the first step easily, so she must really want to talk to him). I love how they playfully tease each other. It's practically a perfect moment except for

a) the introduction of Kerry Johnson, Jack's future girlfriend and
b) the arrival of Homer Simpson trying to kill Jack.

You know what? Scratch that. b) is also pretty awesome.

Fun with Photos

Okay, I know I promised to get up to date (and I will since I don't have any homework tonight), but in the meantime, here are some delightful photos from Entertainment Weekly's ComicCon photo gallery.

Oh, Sam/Jack. I love how cute and boyish RDA looks in this photo and I absolutely LOVE the dark hair on Amanda Tapping. Gorgeous.

God. Are his arms, like, the size of his head? *drool*

Freaking adorable. I love how confused Tahmoh looks and the distressed expression on Joss' face. And Eliza is always beautiful.

*thunk* I may be a Nathan lover, but MAN. That Peter's got game in the looks department.

So, expect tonight: a recap of this week's Gossip Girl and at least one Smallville recap.