Stargate Atlantis star Rachel Luttrell talked with MGM correspondent Sharon Gosling about her character’s changes due to becoming a single mother in Season Five.
“I think she’s completely changed. Teyla is now a working Momma! She’s had to completely deal with a shift in priorities. She’s decided to re-join the team, but it was a large question for her. It was something that she had to spend a considerable amount of time mulling over. Now, every time she leaves the base, she’s aware of the fact that she might not be coming home to be with her son. So things are very different.”
Things aren’t too different, however, when it comes to Teyla’s kick-ass ways, as Luttrell reassures her fans that Teyla is back in fighting form and has already filmed “a classic Teyla-style fight” for the new season.
Executive producer Joseph Mallozzi reassured fans in his weblog that Teyla will be actively involved in Season Five and even gave a list of episodes her fans should be sure to watch: “We’ll certainly see more of Teyla than we did in season four. As a fan of the character, you’ll no doubt love Search and Rescue, Broken Ties, and The Queen, and no doubt enjoy The Daedalus Variations, Ghost in the Machine, and The Shrine.”
Each season, the writers try to have a focus episode for each character, and this coming season’s feature episode for Teyla is most likely Alan McCullough’s “The Queen”. “Teyla is going to be doing something which is extremely, extremely dangerous! … Let’s just say it has a lot to do with her Wraith DNA and her link to them. It’s going to be something rather dark and challenging,” Luttrell teased.
“Where they will take her for the rest of the year, I don’t know. For me, it’s always been about learning a little bit more about who she is and her people and how that ties her into this galaxy. I just feel that there’s so much that Teyla knows about this place. There are some storylines there.”
To read the complete interview in which Luttrell addresses her real life changes in becoming a mother and her adjustment to returning to the set, visit MGM: Close Up: Rachel Luttrell.
Season Five will be making its premiere this summer (likely, July 11) on the Sci Fi Channel.