SGA 5.14 "The Prodigal" Episode Guide
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Précis
Michael uses his stolen puddle jumper to infiltrate Atlantis and take it over from the gate room. He is driven to take Teyla's son, and Teyla as well if she's willing. He intends to destroy Atlantis in vengeance for what was done to him. Sheppard and the Lanteans must stop Michael once and for all.
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Spoiler Summary
It’s a quiet night in Atlantis. Ronon and Woolsey are in the control room when a puddle jumper arrives. All of the sudden, the jumper emits a type of force field. Ronon tries to warn everyone to get out, but it’s too late, and all of the people on that level are stunned into unconsciousness.
Then, Michael and six of his hybrids exit the puddle jumper!
Immediately, they get to work. They move all of the unconscious personnel away from their stations so that Michael has access to the computers. His plan is to find Teyla’s child and then leave before everyone reawakens. His hybrids work to gain as much control over the city as possible, but the encryptions are complex. Michael tries to maintain his patience with them, using his controlled anger to strike fear into his soldiers.
The force shield doesn’t encompass the entire city, though. Only two levels above and two levels below are included. But it doesn’t matter to Michael, because as soon as someone comes into contact with the field, they are stunned. Michael’s confident that anything that conscious personnel try to do will be kept in check by his technology.
But, once Michael has Teyla’s child, he isn’t satisfied to just leave everyone alive. He plans to detonate the city’s self-destruct.
Cast
- Joe Flanigan as Lt. Col. John Sheppard
- Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan
- Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex
- Jewel Staite as Dr. Jennifer Keller
- Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey
- and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay
Guest Stars
- Connor Trinneer as Michael
- Kavan Smith as Maj. Lorne
- Six Hybrids (including Lead Hybrid and Hybrid #1)
- Lorne's Team Member
Production
- Written by Carl Binder
- Directed by
Production Gallery
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Production Notes
- "Carl is spinning ideas for his third [script]..." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, April 11, 2008.
- "We spent the afternoon spinning Carl’s idea, a story Alan is calling “The Red Shirt Diaries”." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, April 15, 2008.
- "Carl Binder’s latest (the beat sheet arrived on my desk late this afternoon and I’m going to try to read it tomorrow morning)..." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, April 29, 2008.
- "Well, I finally did make it back to the production offices in time to [...] give Carl notes on his beat sheet (formerly The Red Shirt Diaries then First Day and now ???)." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, May 1, 2008.
- "Carl’s script, formerly titled The Red Shirt Diaries before being re-titled to First Day, has become Prodigal." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, May 8, 2008.
- Marc writes: “There is a lot of talk about not leaving our people behind. Does this include the dead?” Answer: "Yes, it definitely includes the dead. In fact, Carl pitched out a story that was to deal with this very issue (The Red Shirt Diaries) but, after much discussion, it was temporarily shelved. Season 6 maybe?" — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, May 30, 2008.
- Iamjohn writes: “Are there any city specific episodes this season?” Answer: "Yep. Carl is working on one as I file this entry." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, May 30, 2008.
- "Participate in the Prodigal notes call (the network loved it)." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, June 4, 2008.
- "We finished shooting episode 14 (Outsiders) and prepping episode 15 (Prodigal) before heading off on hiatus." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, June 18, 2008.
- "Prodigal has already been prepped. However, our costume and construction departments will be working a week or two during the hiatus to make sure the episode is ready to shoot when we return in mid-July." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, June 20, 2008.
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--DeeKayP 07:26, 5 June 2008 (PDT)