This week, the team (Ash, Tor, and Sam) talk about the season 2 episode "Runner". Join us as we make changes to Ford's exit, gush over THE domestic husbands of Atlantis (Lorne and Parrish), and critique Ronon's lackluster introduction! 

TIMESTAMPS 00:00Introduction 03:31 Ford’s lack of a character arc & weird goodbye 14:50 Ford’s inclusion in our jp canon going forward + headcanons 18:35 Ford’s sweet personality & the decline of his mental health 24:00 Rodney & Ford are bffs ok 33:28 What is with the weird nerd x jock dynamics 🤨 (writers pls go to therapy) 36:22 Quick sidenote about universe aka we can’t help ourselves lol 40:56 Lorne & Parrish aka domestic husbands 47:14 Yay Rodney lovin’ hours 51:23 Rodney critique😔 01:00:30 Ronon is finally here !! and we hate those flashbacks 01:06:09 Where tf is teyla this ep 01:15:17 Rodney & Ronon are already hilarious 01:16:25 Ronon & Ford knife fight !!!!!!01:18:38 Praising Ronon & Jason <3 01:26:45 John Sheppard defenders unite 01:31:41 Caldwell is a b!tch ... that we love 01:33:01 awww atlantis standard time 01:35:35 Bechdel test, fic corner, behind the scenes, and goodbyes! 

FIC RECS: (exploration of ford & rodney’s friendship) rosencrantz and guildenstern "wintertime" - https://web.archive.org/web/20060628163620/http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=6541(ronon learns about canada and bonds with chuck) - My Home And Native Land by copperbadge: https://archiveofourown.org/works/622241/chapters/1123145

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