The Game (11 May 2007)

The Atlantis team finds a program in the Atlantis database which throws Mckay and Sheppard into a Simsesque game that could destroy two civilizations in the Pegasus Galaxy.

Director:

William Waring

Writers:

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

Stars:

Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell

Cast

Episode cast overview:
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
Laura Harris	...	Nola
David Dayan Fisher	...	Baden
Kavan Smith	...	Major Evan Lorne
David Nykl	...	Dr. Radek Zelenka
James Long	...	Helkin
John Shaw	...	Garth

Storyline

Since soon after their arrival in Atlantis some 2 years ago, McKay and Sheppard have been playing a computer game. The game has two civilizations, separated by a river, with McKay and Sheppard tasked to see who can build the better society. McKay's approach is give his society more and better technology while Sheppard's solution is to increase the size of his society's army. They soon learn however that what they have been playing is not a game, but real societies who, until their intervention, lived in a state of peaceful co-existence. After nearly two years of meddling however, they are now on the verge of war.

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Plot Keywords:

game | chess | title spoken by character

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Adventure

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Details

Release Date:

11 May 2007 (USA)

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Trivia

The disgust of Geldar's people for certain things is related to their Oracle, Rodney McKay, although they don't know about it. They refuse to eat citrus because McKay is allergic to them, and they dislike sunlight because Rodney is afraid of burning himself due to sunlight exposure.

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Goofs

(at around 10 mins) The cup between Sheppard and Baden changes direction when the camera switches back and forth. Look at the handle. When the camera is on Baden the handle points in front of him. When the camera is on Sheppard, the handle is pointing behind Baden.

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Quotes

Dr. Rodney McKay: Don't worry about it. They'll work it out. Look, we just happened to catch them at a particularly bad time. Sheppard's guy's been doing a lot of aggressive posturing of late.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: The only aggression is coming from the people of Gelding.
Dr. Rodney McKay: Geldar.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Whatever.
[to Elizabeth]
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: His people are digging a mine across the border into Hallona.
Dr. Rodney McKay: The coal resources straddle the border between my country and his.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Barely! They go three miles into my country - which your people are happily tunnelling into.
Dr. Rodney McKay: It has been ...
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