Stargate Atlantis - Episode 201

Episode 201
Siege, Part 3

The Wraith assault on Atlantis rages on. In the midst of the chaos, Dr. Beckett treats Lt. Ford, who has been rescued from a near-fatal encounter with the alien invaders. Ford's abnormally quick recovery, however, leaves the doctor suspicious. He worries that the Wraith who attacked Ford might have injected the young officer with a harmful enzyme, causing unpredictable long-term damage.

Meanwhile, far above the planet and surrounded by Wraith, Maj. Sheppard faces seemingly certain death — until he is rescued by Earth's newest and most sophisticated space battle cruiser, the Daedalus. Commanded by Col. Steven Caldwell, the Daedalus has completed its long journey to the Pegasus galaxy just in time. With its help, the Atlantis team defeats the Wraith's first assault on the city.

Their victory, however, is short-lived. The next wave of the Wraith onslaught — an entire fleet — is bearing down on Atlantis. With a little over a day before the new attack, Dr. Weir realizes that even the Daedalus will be no match for the Wraith's redoubled forces. The team's only hope is a drastic plan devised by Dr. McKay — but the complicated technology it requires might take too long to perfect.

McKay (whispering): "I don't think they've detected us."
Weir (whispering too): "Why are you whispering?"
McKay (still whispering): "I dunno – it just seems like the right thing to do."

[As McKay lies down on the floor]
McKay: "Oh, I am gonna curl up in bed with the largest sandwich I can find."
Teyla: "Shall I just explain to the rest of the Wraith left on the base that you are unavailable to fight?"

Col. Caldwell: "Can we submerge the city again?"
McKay: "It's a city, not a yo-yo!"

Weir: "Okay, what are our options?"
McKay: "Well, let me see – we have slow death, quick death, painful death, cold lonely death . . . "

McKay: "Whoa, whoa, whoa! What is this?? This my security escort?!"
Dr. Weir: "We are spread a little bit thin right now."
McKay: "OK, but you need to know that if we come under fire, you're gonna have to put your lives on the line to protect me."
Dr. Weir: "Rodney!"
McKay: "I mean the ZPM. You protect the ZPM at all costs... and me. Am I wrong?"