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Recap / Stargate Atlantis S05 E18 "Identity"

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  • Adventurer Archaeologist: Neeva's group are of the evil variety.
  • Asshole Victim: Neeva, presuming that she was indeed shot and killed by Jannik.
  • Call-Back: To the Ancient Communication Device, even referencing the events of ''Avalon, Part II'' where Daniel Jackson and Vala switched minds/bodies with two people on a planet that worshiped the Ori. This also, incidentally, makes this the only mention of Vala outside of SG-1.
    • The climax of "Origin" — where Mithcell and Teal'c's used the SGC Gate to destroy their Communications Device — is also brought up when Sheppard and Rodney are trying to figure out how to do the same on their end.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder.
  • Convenient Coma: Poor Dr. Zelenka
  • "Freaky Friday" Flip
  • Not Right in the Bed: One clue to McKay that it's not really Keller is her suggestion to take the jumper out for a sex picnic.
  • Production Foreshadowing: The reintroduction of the Ancient Communications Stones is arguably one for Stargate Universe. At this point, it had been 3 years since the last on-screen appearance of the technology. Stagate Universe was in pre-production at this point and would go on to heavily utilize the Stones (or at least an Earth reverse-engineered model). So having the Stones pop up here and now on Atlantis was arguably to help remind the audience who'd forgotten about the technology in advance of Universe.
  • The Mirror Shows Your True Self: Neeva-in-Keller's-body appears to the audience as Neeva, and vice versa, except for an establishing moment in which Neeva-in-Keller's-body looks in a mirror and sees Keller's face looking back.
  • The Unreveal: The episode never reveals the fate of Neeva and Jannik, although the viewers do get a final shot of Jannik cocking the pistol and then a gun shot is heard as the scene cuts away, so it implies that Jannick does kill her.

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