Stargate: Atlantis (TV Series)
Tao of Rodney (2006)
Joe Flanigan: Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
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Quotes
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Dr. Carson Beckett : Alright. Like I said, as far as I can tell, he's as healthy as a horse. I'm clearing you for active duty.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Are you insane? Look, I need to be put under guard. Who knows what I could become?
Dr. Elizabeth Weir : What are the chances it could make him more pleasant?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh, thank you!
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : I'll keep an eye on him.
Dr. Elizabeth Weir : Thank you!
Dr. Rodney McKay : Can you still see me?
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Dr. Elizabeth Weir : Have there been any other instances of this power manifesting itself?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Powers. Plural.
Dr. Elizabeth Weir : What else can you do besides telekinesis?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Well, super-hearing for one, and I'm not sure but I think I may actually be getting smarter. It's hard to say for sure because I was pretty smart to start with but, um, recently I've been having some ideas that I don't think even I would have thought of before.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Does super-ego count as a power?
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Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : We could also be dealing with a super-appetite, although it's hard to tell because he ate so much before.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Very funny.
Dr. Carson Beckett : My God! He's eatin' again!
Dr. Rodney McKay : I have a very active metabolism.
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Dr. Elizabeth Weir : Rodney, you're a good person. Know that we love you.
Dr. Rodney McKay : You love me? Really? All of you?
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : In a way a friend feels about another friend.
Dr. Rodney McKay : You're just saying that because I'm gonna die. Oh, God. I can't believe I'm gonna die.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Alright, just back to the blue skies. Let your thoughts go.
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Dr. Elizabeth Weir : I think he's having a hard time accepting this can't be solved with science, no matter how brilliant he is.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : You know what he needs? He needs to... release his burden.
Dr. Elizabeth Weir : Yeah, well, you know McKay.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Maybe Doctor Heightmeyer can help.
Dr. Elizabeth Weir : Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of you.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Me?
Dr. Elizabeth Weir : Mmm-hmm. You lived with the Ancients for six months on the brink of ascension. You helped them face their fears and finally ascend.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : I fought a scary monster - that's what I do best.
Dr. Elizabeth Weir : And for Rodney, I'm sure this seems like a pretty scary monster.
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Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Truth is, I was never really very good at this myself.
Dr. Rodney McKay : So why am I here?
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Elizabeth made me.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh. Yeah. Me too.
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Dr. Rodney McKay : I think in the grand scheme of things, we're... we're good, aren't we?
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Of course.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Right. Look, if it's not too much trouble, I'd like you to read my eulogy.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : I *refuse* to discuss that.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Just keep it simple. Um, make up a few nice things. I'd like my little sister to be there... and, oh, you should know that I told Beckett that he should most definitely do a full autopsy. He can use my body for any kind of experimentation that might prove helpful, and, uh... Oh, and I'd like to be cremated, with my ashes to be, uh... thrown out into space from the Jumper...
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : [Rodney collapses] Rodney... Rodney!
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Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : There must be something we can do.
Dr. Rodney McKay : It's OK. You know, I'm actually feeling a sense of peace... interspersed with moments of sheer terror, of course.
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Rodney, as far as this ascension thing, I know you didn't have much success but at this point, what've you got to lose?
Dr. Rodney McKay : May as well go out fighting, huh?
Lt... Colonel John Sheppard : Absolutely.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Hook me up.