SGA is a rather strange show. I think during the first season they had Aspirations and maybe were under the impression that it was (or could, or should be) a SRS BSNS show... and during the second season you could sort of see them slowly realize that they were actually better at other stuff, and then during the third season they WENT FUCKING BATSHIT INSANE and had stuff like, episodes about PSYCHIC WHALES THAT WARN ATLANTIS OF IMPENDING DOOM BY SUPERHUGE SOLAR FLARE or episodes wherein JOHN AND RODNEY PLAY AN ATLANTEAN VIDEOGAME THAT'S LIKE SIM CITY EXCEPT THEN IT TURNS OUT THEY ARE REAL CITIES ON A REAL PLANET (this season is obviously my favorite because it has the highest "lol wtf" factor), and then the fourth season was just all over the place -- I think it's because they were all reeling from the loss of SG-1, and SG-1 staff/writers/actors were bleeding over onto Atlantis, and that gave the show a different feel. And, see, I think the show actually DOES have the potential to be a SRS BSNS show, but they'd need to abandon this straight-up episodic shit and do multi-episode arcs and it could be awwwwwwesome. BUT INSTEAD I GUESS I'LL JUST READ FANFIC.