"Stargate: Atlantis" No Man's Land (2006)

Director:

Martin Wood

Writers:

Brad Wright (creator) &
Robert C. Cooper (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Stargate: Atlantis" (2004)

Original Air Date:

14 July 2006 (Season 3, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Adventure

Plot:

Because McKay is helping the Wraith Hive with the implementation of the retrovirus, Ronan also stays on board...

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Galaxy | Military | Alien Race | Wormhole

Cast

Joe Flanigan	...	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
Torri Higginson	...	Dr. Elizabeth Weir
Rachel Luttrell	...	Teyla Emmagan
Jason Momoa	...	Ronon Dex
Paul McGillion	...	Dr. Carson Beckett (credit only)
David Hewlett	...	Dr. Rodney McKay
Connor Trinneer	...	Michael Kenmore
Robert Picardo	...	Richard Woolsey
Kavan Smith	...	Major Evan Lorne
Tamlyn Tomita	...	Shen Xiaoyi
David Nykl	...	Dr. Radek Zelenka
Gary Jones	...	Chief Mst Sgt. Walter Harriman
Brahm Taylor	...	Lathan
Scott Heindl	...	Merrick / Wraith
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Male Wraith

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Trivia:

The title refers to the blank spaces of hyperspace, where there are no planets or stars for huge distances.

Quotes:

Major General Hank Landry: Our tests of the Mark II generator and the chair in Antarctica are promising.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: "Promising." That doesn't sound very promising.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Stargate: Atlantis: Inquisition (#5.13)" (2008)

Plot line

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Having tricked the humans of Atlantis into revealing the location of Earth, the two Wraith hive ships immediately set course for this rich new feeding ground, carrying Dr. McKay and Ronon with them as prisoners. Although they don't know it, they've also got a third human passenger: John Sheppard has managed to piggyback his small F-302 fighter onto the underbelly of the first hive ship.

Back in Atlantis, Dr. Weir realizes that just one chance remains to stop the Wraith from reaching Earth. After the first stage of their intergalactic journey, the two hive ships will have to drop out of hyperspace briefly at a desolate site just outside the Pegasus galaxy. Weir orders Col. Caldwell to lead the Daedalus and the ancient Atlantean warship Orion to a dangerous deep-space ambush at that location.

At this critical moment, three ambassadors from the International Oversight Advisory demand that Weir return to Earth through the stargate to meet them in person. Once she arrives, their bureaucratic dithering almost delays Caldwell's mission, but Weir stands strong. Soon Caldwell's small fleet is underway.

As the Wraith ships drop out of hyperspace, Sheppard seizes his chance to do some damage before he's captured or killed. He manages to blow up one hive ship's ventral hyperdrive generators. Then he's seized by a swarm of Wraith. His salvation comes from an unexpected source: Michael, who has been rejected by his fellow Wraith for being contaminated by humanity, decides to free Sheppard and help him rescue McKay and Ronon.

As the two make their way toward the cocoons where McKay and Ronon are imprisoned, the Daedalus and the Orion arrive with guns blazing. The Orion obliterates the second hive ship with a barrage of Atlantean drone weapons. But the time-ravaged Ancient warship can't last long in the fight. With its systems failing, its crew beams to the Daedalus for safety.

Sheppard and Michael find the cocoons empty — Ronon and McKay have already escaped. Sheppard guesses that they'll head for the nearest control station to sabotage the ship. Sure enough, McKay and Ronon are doing just that. Reunited, the four escape to the Daedalus aboard a transport craft.

Alas, the badly damaged Daedalus is hardly a reliable lifeboat. Even if it survives the next Wraith assault, its life-support systems are already beyond repair. Stranded in deep space and outnumbered by the enemy, the crew must now also face the imminent threat of asphyxiation.