Sunday bears a striking resemblance to Heroes (Episodes 717 & 718 of Stargate SG-1). They both had a dual storyline... one which built heavily on one of the secondary characters and another which concentrated on a dangerous threat. Both built-up to shocking endings. I was very surprised at the Heroes ending because the way they promoted the episode was as if Col. O'Neill was going to die. He was actually missing for much of the Heroes episode. Then in the end, they revealed that it was Frasier who was killed in battle. While watching Sunday, I started to get a strange feeling because they were giving Dr. Carson Beckett a lot of screen time and really going deep into his character. It felt just like Heroes. And I was right... it pretty much ended the same way.
While the story line was great and the build-up was suspenseful, I really didn't like the idea of repeating the same thing with the Atlantis series. I also felt that they would keep Beckett around because he's gone off-world with the team a lot. He was a much more useful character than McKay because he had the intelligence and courage. I'll definitely miss him as I missed Janet Frasier on Stargate SG-1. At least the series gave their characters excellent send-offs. Both doctors died while saving a patient. But as we all know with the sci-fi genre, characters can always return!
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