Recap
Ronon is sparring with McKay, who isn’t doing very well. Sheppard and Weir come in to announce they’ve lost contact with the Taranians, who were colonizing a planet after being evacuated from Taranis. Sheppard takes his team to investigate and finds their colony abandoned. McKay picks up a single lifesign below them. There are abandoned tunnels below the village and Sheppard’s team goes down to investigate. Teyla finds a cocoon of some sort that is now empty. ..
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Episode Quotes
(Ronon teaches Rodney how to fight)
Ronon: Eyes straight ahead, focus on me. Never ever look away from your enemy. Shows weakness. Are you weak?
McKay: Ah... no.
Ronon: Good. Are you ready?
McKay: Ah...
Ronon: Urgh!
(Ronon hits Rodney in the stomach with his stick. Rodney bends over in pain)
Ronon: McKay, what did I say? Don't take your eyes off of me. You gotta anticipate their next move. (Rodney still in pain) You alright?
McKay: Mmm...
Ronon: All right, well we'll tie these up so I don't hurt ya. You're getting better.
McKay: Oh, really?
Ronon: No.
Sheppard: Did anybody get a good look of that thing?
McKay: Aside from its severed appendage, no that thing moved incredibly fast.
Ronon: In some ways it looked almost like a human.
McKay: If by human you mean clad in a grotesquely proportionate exoskeleton, yes, very human.
(Sheppard and Ronon find a Wraith Dart)
Ronon: Michael's?
Sheppard: No doubt.
Ronon: You thinking what I'm thinking?
Sheppard: I fly it. Pick you, Rodney and Teyla up. We use the dart's DHD to dial the gate.
Ronon: I was saying blow it up, but your idea's better.
Cultural References
McKay: Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?!
This is a reference to the 1969 Movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” where the two, unfamiliar with the use of dynamite, use too much and utterly destroy the train's strongbox car, sending all the money flying.