Tonight is the world premiere of “Lifeline”, the second episode of the fourth season of Stargate Atlantis. It is also an emotional episode in that fans will have to bid farewell to Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higginson), at least for a little while.
Script coordinator Alex Levine wrote in his blog at SciFi.com that this episode is the first one that Carl Binder wrote for Season Four. He also stated that Andy Mikita directed “much of this episode” because Martin Wood was called away to shoot scenes for one of the SG-1 movies (Stargate: Continuum in a very special and remote location). And then he added, “Carl wanted me to say how thrilled he is with the performances of Torri Higginson and Joe Flanigan, especially Torri. As this episode is sort of a send-off episode for Weir, Torri’s performance was all the more meaningful, and difficult. I know Carl, and this compliment wasn’t mere puffery.”
Watch “Lifeline” live tonight at 10pm Eastern on the Sci Fi Channel (a second run will occur at midnight). Please join us in our on-site forum to vote and discuss the episode afterwards.