Yeah, it would've been a great cliffhanger if we weren't absolutely certain that all of the main characters would indeed survive. That's the problem with ongoing action series--you have to have conflict and close calls to fill the dramatic quota, but there's never a real sense of danger because you know everyone'll survive. Much as I enjoyed seeing Carson again this season, I kind of wish they'd left him dead. Yeah, he's a clone, but it's functionally the same as just bringing him back from the dead; the explanation's just a bit more palatable.
I like Michael, too. He is a bit overly arch, but he's not much worse than the normal Wraith. I remember thinking they were goofy as hell from way back in Atlantis' premiere. But Michael at least represents something pretty powerful--namely, that the Atlantis expedition's own curiosity, arrogance, and ignorance can come back and bite them in the ass. He's the classic monster of the good guys' own creation. That works well conceptually for me.
Yeah, I wonder how they're gonna work that out. Oh well, I'm honestly glad. We already had the ex-teammate-goes-rogue story with Ford in SGA and various other characters in practically every fictional story involving a team or duo ever besides that. I wasn't really looking forward to RepliWeir doing it yet again.
