But it's such a weird thing to debate! I love most of Gero's scripts, and I think the handful of episodes Cooper's written for SGA have been some of the best of the show. (He introduced Ronon in Runner, wrote Sateda, and then Doppelganger. He also came up with the character of Rodney McKay back on SG-1. So you see why I can't do anything but love him helplessly.) But if someone else doesn't like the Rodney-centric episodes, or doesn't care for the fact that Cooper makes executive decisions that I personally think were for the best... I can say what I think, but I'd never expect to change anyone else's mind on the subject! Because it's so highly subjective.
About retaining it - heh. When I started watching SGA last year, I made a list of the episode titles I'd seen in my journal. (Clarifying: paper journal! Which is where I was organizing all of my thesis stuff, too.) Then I thought a lot about which episodes I liked best, and why. And then I got a hold of a list of writers, and matched them to the episodes. And then I organized another list of episodes, this one by writer, and I kept adding to it as I watched more of the show.
Um. I can't really explain this behavior except that I was right in the middle of thesis writing, and organizing lists and looking at who had written what seemed like a sane thing to do at the time. *g* But that laid the groundwork for my opinions on the writers, and since then I've been able to memorize episodes by title & writer, in most cases!
(The lists were good, though! They told me that the people who'd written "Sanctuary" were never allowed to write anything else ever again, which increased my faith in the staff writers. XD)
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About retaining it - heh. When I started watching SGA last year, I made a list of the episode titles I'd seen in my journal. (Clarifying: paper journal! Which is where I was organizing all of my thesis stuff, too.) Then I thought a lot about which episodes I liked best, and why. And then I got a hold of a list of writers, and matched them to the episodes. And then I organized another list of episodes, this one by writer, and I kept adding to it as I watched more of the show.
Um. I can't really explain this behavior except that I was right in the middle of thesis writing, and organizing lists and looking at who had written what seemed like a sane thing to do at the time. *g* But that laid the groundwork for my opinions on the writers, and since then I've been able to memorize episodes by title & writer, in most cases!
(The lists were good, though! They told me that the people who'd written "Sanctuary" were never allowed to write anything else ever again, which increased my faith in the staff writers. XD)