Stargate: Atlantis (2004– )

Torri Higginson: Dr. Elizabeth Weir

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• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Carson?

  Carson Beckett M. D. : Elizabeth.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : How are you doing?

  Carson Beckett M. D. : Oh, just peachy, thanks. You?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I'm sorry to put you in this position, but you're the only one besides Colonel Sheppard and General O'Neill who've actually fired a drone from that chair.

  Carson Beckett M. D. : Ironically, they're the two people I nearly killed when I did that.

• [Dr. McKay is wearing an Ancient personal force field generator] 

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I'm still trying to understand how you thought it was a good idea to test this device by having someone throw you off a balcony.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh, believe me, that's not the first thing we tried.

  Maj. John Sheppard : [Smug]  I shot him.

  [Dr. Weir gives him "the look"] 

  Maj. John Sheppard : In the leg!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : I'm invulnerable!

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Aren't you the one who's always spouting off about how proper and careful scientific procedure must be adhered to?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : [Smug]  In-vul-nerable!

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You think once the initial shock is over, we'll have the old Rodney back?

  Carson Beckett M. D. : I'm afraid so.

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You were right.

  Carson Beckett M. D. : Lovely... About what?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Your theory of the Wraith evolving after the Ancients arrived in the Pegasus Galaxy.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : You've got to be kidding me.

  Dr. Zelenka : Pay up!

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : We're heading towards a food shortage.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : [Mouth full]  I know, it's getting desperate. I'm almost out of coffee.

  Maj. John Sheppard : Well, maybe you should stop drinking eleven cups a day.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : I'm just making sure I'm getting my fair share before it's all gone.

  Lt. Aiden Ford, USMC : Sounds fair.

• Dr. Rodney McKay : [whispering]  I don't think they've detected us.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [whispering too]  Why are you whispering?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : [still whispering]  I dunno. It just seems like the right thing to do.

• Maj. John Sheppard : Just out of political curiosity, how much trouble is it gonna cause you if I knock this Woolsey guy in the head?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : May I ask why you'd like to do that?

  Maj. John Sheppard : It's just an impulse, really, one I suspect I'm gonna have again next time I see him. He may not even have to say anything.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I've never seen you like this. What did Woolsey say to you?

  Maj. John Sheppard : Besides judging every damned decision you've ever made?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [amused]  John Sheppard, are you defending my honor?

  Maj. John Sheppard : [pauses]  And judging me for agreeing with you.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Well, don't be too hard on him. I think of all the circling wolves, he's the least likely to actually bite. In fact, he might even convince the others to leave us alone.

  Maj. John Sheppard : [sits down, more calmly]  All right, so, no head knocking.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [smiling slightly]  It's the thought that counts.

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : The city can handle that?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Yes. Theoretically.

  Maj. John Sheppard : Like "dinosaurs turned into birds" theoretically or "theory of relativity" theoretically?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : [looks confused]  What? Um, somewhere between.

• Carson Beckett M. D. : We still have no idea how it works, but during the Wraith feeding process, the victim is injected with a special enzyme. It strengthens the human body temporarily and ensures that the heart continues to beat.

  Maj. John Sheppard : Why would they wanna make you stronger?

  Carson Beckett M. D. : So the victim doesn't die immediately. The feeding process is so traumatic, without the special enzyme, we shut down far sooner than they like.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : They make you stronger so they can take more time to kill you.

  Carson Beckett M. D. : Lovely, isn't it?

• [after being beamed aboard form the maximum limit of the beaming technology] 

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Are you all right?

  Maj. John Sheppard : Two arms, ten fingers... I'll check the rest later.

• Maj. John Sheppard : This is what I do when I have problems with my laptop, I turn it off and then I... turn it on again.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I think this is a little bit more complicated than that.

  Maj. John Sheppard : I'm just saying that if we're taking a page from the John Sheppard book of computer repair, we're really desperate.

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Rodney - you can take the rest of the day off.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : [lies down onto the floor on his back with his eyes closed and his hands folded on his chest]  Oh. I am gonna curl up in bed with the largest sandwich I can find.

• Dr. Rodney McKay : All I know is that she's not who she's pretending to be.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : And you know this because...?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : What, I'm not allowed to have intuition?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You? No.

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [Elizabeth is chastising Rodney in the background]  You destroyed three-quarters of a solar system!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Five-sixths, but it's not an exact science.

• Maj. John Sheppard : [over radio]  Weir's alive?

  Commander Acastus Kolya : Dr. McKay was able to make a convincing argument for keeping her around.

  Maj. John Sheppard : Let me talk to her!

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Sheppard! We're both here.

  Maj. John Sheppard : [relieved]  It's good to hear your voice.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Yeah. It's good to hear.

• Dr. Kavanagh : I happily left the SGC because I had had it up to here with the military running things, and you just busted me like a private.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Don't be so dramatic. Besides, the Air Force doesn't even have privates.

  Dr. Kavanagh : Neither do I. You just cut them off. Right in front of my research team.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : That's what this is about? You're embarrassed?

  Dr. Kavanagh : Well, humiliated would be a little more accurate.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I haven't worked up to humiliation yet.

• Maj. John Sheppard : Have you ever tried to clear a stump by hand?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Yes, it's a hobby.

• Dr. Rodney McKay : [seeing a security escort of only two marines]  Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa. What is this? This is my security escort?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Well, we are spread a little bit thin right now.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : OK.

  [to the marines] 

  Dr. Rodney McKay : You need to know that if we come under fire, you're gonna have to put your lives on the line to protect me.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Rodney!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : OK, I mean the Zed-PM. You need to protect the Zed-PM at all costs... and me.

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [over comms]  Rodney, we need a shield up in forty seconds or we're dead!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : What, are you kidding me?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : No!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : 'Cause I can't help but thinking we're reaching the point at which I completely snap.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Rodney!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : That should do it! Fire it up.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : That didn't do it.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : What?

  Teyla Emmagan : It is not working.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : I know what she said!

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Twenty seconds!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : OK, snap! That's it! You all happy now?

• Col. Steven Caldwell : [referring to Sheppard]  You two are pretty close, aren't you?

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Well, we've been through a lot together. Yes.

• Maj. John Sheppard : [referring to Wraith bite]  So, how am I doing?

  [not getting a response] 

  Maj. John Sheppard : Anything that's got you speechless has me worried.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You're going to be fine.

  Maj. John Sheppard : Well, that's "dead man" talk.

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [to Caldwell about Sheppard]  You making sweeping changes to how Sheppard ran things only hours after assuming the position sends only one message; that he's not coming back!

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : How were you able to bypass the shield?

  Commander Acastus Kolya : With the time-tested combination of strong drink and weak minds.

• Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : How much time do you need?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh, well...

  Dr. Zelenka : ...a week...

  Dr. Rodney McKay : ...a couple of hours.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I'll take the second estimate. Go.

• Maj. John Sheppard : "You're going to be fine"? "Beckett'll figure this out"? You really suck at the whole "bedside manner" thing.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I know. I'm sorry.

  Maj. John Sheppard : But I appreciate the effort.

• Maj. John Sheppard : [handing over item wrapped in cloth]  Happy birthday.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [opens gift]  It's beautiful. How'd you find out?

  Maj. John Sheppard : Mum's the word.

• Maj. John Sheppard : [Sheppard and soldiers beam down from Deadelus]  Secure Stargate Operations.

  [looks around the Gate room] 

  Maj. John Sheppard : Well, I'm home.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [John turns to see Elizabeth approaching. Suddenly she hugs him for several moments then releases him looking relieved]  Yes. You are. I truly thought...

  Maj. John Sheppard : Yeah, yeah. I thought the same thing about you a minute ago. We gotta stop that.

  Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [chuckles]  I'd like that.

  Maj. John Sheppard : [sounding flustered]  So, uh, where are we?