Stargate Atlantis "Inquisition" Review

Normally I hate flashback episodes but sometimes they are good because it can allow the writers to concentrate more on the next big story and I suspect this is what has happened here.

"Inquisition" is a courtroom episode, nothing more. The Atlantis crew are put on trial by the newly formed Galactic Coalition for crimes ranging from waking the Wraith and, well waking the Replicators too resulting in the deaths of 2 million humans in the Pegasus Galaxy.

Sheppard initially takes the stand before he is replaced by Woolsey who has a wealth of legal expertise and he successfully makes the case for Atlantis's actions over the last 5 years.

The episode uses the convention of replaying important segments from previous episodes (just like TNG's "Shades of Grey") to tell the story of what impact they have indeed had on the Pegasus Galaxy. The footage from previous episodes didn't bother me too much since I am a sucker for Space Battles and there seemed to be a lot of it!

Overall, another "filler" but I have a feeling the next episode "prodigal" has something a little juicier for us to sink out teeth into.

bring on Episode 14!

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