| 1 | -->'''Keller:''' ''Come on now, you're Dr. [=McKay=]. Remember?'' |
| 2 | -->'''[=McKay=]:''' ''No, I'm not anymore. I'm not smart anymore. Doctors are smart, so I'm mister. Now.'' |
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| 5 | !!Tropes: |
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| 7 | * AnachronicOrder |
| 8 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Of the restorative abilities of the titular shrine. This, despite it being very likely to be Ancient technology, and it being far from the most unusual thing they've encountered in the Pegasus galaxy. |
| 9 | * CaveBehindTheFalls: The shrine is hidden in a cavern behind a waterfall. |
| 10 | * DyingDeclarationOfLove: The final scene of the episode is Keller watching "Day 6" of [=McKay's=] recordings, in which he admits that he loves her and has for some time. |
| 11 | * FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Inverted. Instead of temporarily getting smarter, Rodney briefly becomes incredibly unintelligent. |
| 12 | * HiddenDepths: When Ronon accuses Woolsey of not understanding the severity of Rodney's condition, he replies with a heartfelt story about his father's long battle and eventual death from Alzheimer's. Made more poignant as it's one of the few times we ever see Woolsey acting emotional and opening up to the team. |
| 13 | * MeatgrinderSurgery: Keller has to perform brain surgery on [=McKay=] in the field with a power drill and limited scanning equipment. |
| 14 | * MortonsFork: The shrine temporarily cures [=McKay=], but only because the radiation is suppressing the parasite. [=McKay=] can't stay there forever, and leaving causes the parasite to reassert itself aggressively, which will likely kill [=McKay=]. Sheppard then decides to take a third option: improvised surgery. |
| 15 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: When the parasite leaves [=McKay=]'s head and Keller drops it to the dirt, Ronon vaporizes it with his HandCannon. |
| 16 | -->'''Sheppard:''' You could have stepped on it.\ |
| 17 | '''Ronon:''' She told me to shoot it. |
| 18 | * ResetButton: After what ends up being relatively minor surgery (a simple trepanation instead of a full laproscopic procedure as planned), [=McKay=] is back to his old self. |
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