Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Fifth Season

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Story-wise, Season Five offers considerable variety; The Daedalus Variations is heady sci-fi filled with technical mumbo-jumbo about parallel universes, while Whispers is a zombie jamboree straight out of Night of the Living Dead, and Vegas, an alternate reality episode in which Lt. Col. John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan, in what is still the shows most appealing role) plays a beleaguered homicide detective, takes place almost entirely in that city. As usual, the best stories are the ones involving the Wraith, including The Queen, in which Teyla temporarily transforms into one of those villainous creatures. Also as usual, the visual effects are first-rate, and the bonus material is copious (including commentaries for every episode and all manner of featurettes) and impressive. If this is indeed the end of Stargate Atlantis as a series (a feature-length movie is already in production), it will certainly be missed--but at least theyre quitting while theyre ahead. --Sam Graham

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(5 stars) - Goodbye Atlantis.
A fond farewell to one of the best ever spin off series.Like the original Stargate,Atlantis was blessed with a great cast although it is a shame that it went through three Commanders in it five seasen run.I hope that we have not seen the last of the Atlantis crew and that some TV Movies will be made too.

(5 stars) - Wish they didn't stop the series!
Outstanding Series. I'm a Stargate addict. I now own all 10 seasons of SG-1 and all 5 seasons of Atlantis.

(5 stars) - Great Fifth Season
Stargate Atlantis was the best, I love to watch the actors and the story lines are always great. Too bad this was the last season because the new Stargate Universe just does not cut it. The actors in Atlantis are much better and the colorful Atlantis and the other scenes were great to watch. The new Universe is dull looking and boring.
Hope that anyone that watches any of the stargate Atlantis Seasons loves them as much as I do.

(5 stars) - More please!
Imaginative plots, cracking special effects that just get better, top notch scrapes and perils.

Season highlights for me included:
1. Some more of Carson Beckett.
2. `The Daedalus Variations' - plenty of action and lots of tension.
3. `Ghost in the Machine' - great twists.
4. `The Shrine' - you know what's going to happen after the first five minutes but you still revel in the snappy interaction between the characters. David Hewlett really shows a different side to McKay here with some excellent acting. Very clever. Touchingly woven threads.
5. Dr. Daniel Jackson's return in a double episode. Powerful stories, thundering great bad guys. However, the promised banter between McKay and Jackson is not as clever as I'd hoped.
6. `Identity' - nice bit of confusion and plenty of toughing it out.
7. `Vegas' - very enjoyable character twists for Sheppard and McKay.
8. Nice to see some plausible romantic interludes.
9. Interesting special features on each disc.
10. Cool packaging. The single box works very well with two hinged disc holders.

Why stop here? I've heard of quitting while you're ahead but even by Season 5, it seems like there's more to come than has already gone. There must be whole planet loads of potential in those space ship dwellers with the trixsy leaderene that Sheppard had the hots for but kept getting outwitted by. There must be a girl for Ronan somewhere - one that could punch him out if she had to but who likes him, too. The Genii? More Todd? This is not counting new bad guys we've not even seen yet. I hope a good quality straight to dvd movie and Stargate Universe will take the pain out of this being the last season.

In summary: Season Five - it's all so good, I'm going to have to watch it again!

(4 stars) - Ending a series
I guess there are just som many plots that you can come up with in a galaxy far far away, but still I liked it. Knowing that it was the last season kept me waiting to see how it would end. Right up until the end it just carried on like it was goin to go on for years. Then the last episode "BOOM" all of it in all at once. I hope there is a movie coming out now to tie it together. Isn't that what is supposed to happen?

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