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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5148612" data-attributes="member: 41321">Perhaps that was true at first, but I really feel like Young's abandonment of Rush (which was a death sentence, in Young's mind) put a real taint on how we're supposed to see the military.  It's completely understandable that Young, as a human being, would respond that way, but as a military commander he really should have kept a cooler head and found some other way of dealing with possibly the only person who has a chance of getting them home.I agree with others who are saying that the view of both the military and civilian leadership on the Destiny is pretty balanced.  There are no clear-cut good guys and bad guys on the ship.  This is not a heroic good-versus-evil conflict.  This is a bunch of people in the wrong place trying to make the best of things, arguing about how things should be done and who gets to be in charge.  This whole show is about shades of gray and how far is too far.A few weeks ago I happened to glance at the comments about SG:U on Hulu and saw one person's complaint that said (I'm paraphrasing), "I'm sick and tired of characters with flaws.  Why don't the writers try something different for a change?"  I had to stare at that for a moment before I could believe what I was reading.  This poster (and he/she wasn't the only one with this complaint) was actually complaining about the "good" characters having flaws, being three dimensional and realistic.  That's exactly why I like this show.  Nobody is perfect in real life.I just realized what a smart move it was to have the two sides "trade" Eli in this episode.  He is, and still remains, the neutral go-between for the two sides, and the fact that he actually spent time on both sides of the line helps to cement that idea in the viewer's minds.</blockquote>

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