Yes, that was the line. Ah, now that you say that, I can see where it would seem mean.
But Caldwell has been itching to have Shephard's job since he came to the show. Early in the season he wanted to take over. (It might have been in spoilers I read - or dialogue back then - his attitude came from his feeling that *he* should have had that position to start with. (If you ask me, commander of the ship is way cooler...)
I just wonder if his attitudes - and how he tried to change everything while John was out of the loop - epitomizes a lot of what Elizabeth doesn't like about the military (from the Jessica Stein/SG-1 episodes). And she has grown to trust John, whereas while she's grateful for Caldwell's support his character provides the "foil" for her character that her growing trust and friendship with John lost for the series. She doesn't have Washington Bureaucrats breathing down her neck all the time, like the SGC does, so Caldwell is her "thorn". (No Simmons or Woolsey - so far)
I don't know. Yes, it seemed "claws out", but still, delicious. Just a kind of "Watch it, buster! Don't mess with me." thing.
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Date: 2005-09-11 04:02 pm (UTC)But Caldwell has been itching to have Shephard's job since he came to the show. Early in the season he wanted to take over. (It might have been in spoilers I read - or dialogue back then - his attitude came from his feeling that *he* should have had that position to start with. (If you ask me, commander of the ship is way cooler...)
I just wonder if his attitudes - and how he tried to change everything while John was out of the loop - epitomizes a lot of what Elizabeth doesn't like about the military (from the Jessica Stein/SG-1 episodes). And she has grown to trust John, whereas while she's grateful for Caldwell's support his character provides the "foil" for her character that her growing trust and friendship with John lost for the series. She doesn't have Washington Bureaucrats breathing down her neck all the time, like the SGC does, so Caldwell is her "thorn". (No Simmons or Woolsey - so far)
I don't know. Yes, it seemed "claws out", but still, delicious. Just a kind of "Watch it, buster! Don't mess with me." thing.