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* ChekhovsGun: Rodney mentions in passing that he's come up with a design for an FTL-capable Jumper. This will become ''very'' important to the opening episodes of Season Four.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rodney mentions in passing that he's come up with a design for an FTL-capable Jumper. This will become ''very'' important to the opening episodes of Season Four.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:Again, Rodney mentions in passing that he's come up with a design for developing an FTL-capable Jumper. This Jumper will become ''very'' important be ''crucial'' to the opening episodes beginning of Season Four.
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While wandering around the city turning off unnecessary systems, [=McKay=] and Zelenka discover a previously unknown Ancient lab. When [=McKay=] tries to figure it out, he gets zapped by a strange energy beam. Dr. Beckett gives him a clean bill of health, but it's not long before he starts to exhibit Special Powers! At first it's just enhanced hearing and the occasional telekenesis, but soon he's reconfiguring the city power grid and inventing new forms of math.

It turns out that the machine that zapped him reconfigured his DNA; its purpose was to physically prepare people for Ascension. While [=McKay=] enjoys the perks of being an all-but-Ascended superhuman (which now include mind reading and more-than-usual insufferable genius), Zelenka sets himself to figuring out the machine that did it — and he and Weir discover the catch. [=McKay=] is going to keep evolving until he reaches the point of Ascension — at which point all of his lower functions will shut down, and he will either Ascend or die. And since this is [=McKay=] we're talking about, and Ascension has spiritual as well as a physical component, it pretty much looks like option 2 here. After his standard "I'm about to die" freakout fest (rendered a bit shorter than usual by his ability to read minds) [=McKay=] decides to dedicate his last days to improving Science as much as possible.

The others encourage him to at least try to Ascend &madsh; and Weir points out that he can always retake human form afterwards. [=McKay=] builds himself an Ascend-O-Meter to keep track of how well he's doing, and Sheppard, as the local expert on Ascension, does his best to pass on the tips he learned during his [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS02E12Epiphany six months with the Ascension colony.]] [=McKay=] embarks on a campaign of good deeds and soul-searching; he writes Weir a glowing biography, heals Ronon's scars, serves Teyla some tea, and apologizes to Zelenka for being such a JerkAss all the time. While the Ascend-O-Meter shows some improvement, however, it simply isn't enough. [=McKay=] despairs of being able to Ascend and starts leaving instructions for the disposal of his remains. And then he collapses.

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While wandering around the city turning off unnecessary systems, [=McKay=] and Zelenka discover a previously unknown Ancient lab. When [=McKay=] tries to figure it out, he gets zapped by a strange energy beam. Dr. Beckett gives him a clean bill of health, but it's not long before he starts to exhibit Special Powers! At first it's just enhanced hearing and the occasional telekenesis, telekinesis, but soon he's reconfiguring the city power grid and inventing new forms of math.

It turns out that the machine that zapped him reconfigured his DNA; its purpose was to physically prepare people for Ascension. While [=McKay=] enjoys the perks of being an all-but-Ascended superhuman (which now include mind reading and more-than-usual insufferable genius), Zelenka sets himself to figuring out the machine that did it — and he and Weir discover the catch. [=McKay=] is going to keep evolving until he reaches the point of Ascension — at which point all of his lower functions will shut down, and he will either Ascend or die. And since this is [=McKay=] we're talking about, and Ascension has a spiritual as well as a physical component, it pretty much looks like option 2 here. After his standard "I'm about to die" freakout fest (rendered a bit shorter than usual by his ability to read minds) [=McKay=] decides to dedicate his last days to improving Science as much as possible.

The others encourage him to at least try to Ascend &madsh; and Weir points out that he can always retake human form afterwards. afterwards, [=McKay=] builds himself an Ascend-O-Meter to keep track of how well he's doing, and Sheppard, as the local expert on Ascension, does his best to pass on the tips he learned during his [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS02E12Epiphany six months with the Ascension colony.]] [=McKay=] embarks on a campaign of good deeds and soul-searching; he writes Weir a glowing biography, heals Ronon's scars, serves Teyla some tea, and apologizes to Zelenka for being such a JerkAss all the time. While the Ascend-O-Meter shows some improvement, however, it simply isn't enough. [=McKay=] despairs of being able to Ascend and starts leaving instructions for the disposal of his remains. And then he collapses.
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* ContinuityNod: To catalogue how far along his advancement's become, Rodney gets the SGC to ship over the 'Ascendometer' that SG-1 recovered from one of Anubis' Labs [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E9Prototype the previous year]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rodney mentions in passing that he's come up with an FTL-capable Jumper. This will become ''very'' important to the opening episodes of Season Four.

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* MotherNatureFatherScience: The basis of Weir and [=McKay’s=] discussions on ascension. She sees it as a more spiritual and emotional process which necessitates getting rid of anything that causes you shame or regret in order to succeed; while he views it as a scientific experiment that involves training your mind and body to meet measurable and controllable figures. In the end they’re both right, by following her advice and clearing his conscience, he was able to reach the figures required to achieve ascension.

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* TheDeterminator: Weir. She refuses to even think about [=McKay=] dying, spending the whole episode trying to find a way to save him. Lampshaded by Weir herself.

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** Zelenka too. He spends the whole episode trying to fix the machine that is killing Rodney despite there being little hope of success.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Initially, it appears the only options [=McKay=] has are ascension or death. Until Weir points out that even if he was forced to ascend, he doesn’t have to ''stay'' ascended – he could retake human form as soon as he wanted.



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* HoldingHands: As he lies dying in the infirmary, Weir holds [=McKay's=] hand.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: You can tell how seriously [=McKay=] is taking his impending doom, because for the rest of the episode he is ''calm, humble, and considerate of others.''

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
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You can tell how seriously [=McKay=] is taking his impending doom, because for the rest of the episode he is ''calm, humble, and considerate of others.''''
** Usually, Weir is notorious for having rubbish bedside manner. Here, she spends most of the episode seeking out [=McKay=] to offer support and encouragement, tells him that the team loves him, and holds his hand as he lies dying in the infirmary, showing just how desperate she is not to lose him.

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* TheDeterminator: Weir. She refuses to even think about [=McKay=] dying, spending the whole episode trying to find a way to save him. Lampshaded by Weir herself.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' You're not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you?\\
'''Weir:''' You think I'm gonna give up?



* GallowsHumor: Rodney attempts this to try and make Elizabeth feel better. It has the opposite effect.

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* GallowsHumor: Rodney [=McKay=] attempts this to try and make Elizabeth Weir feel better. It has the opposite effect.



* PetTheDog: Rodney deciding to use some of his remaining time to perform good deeds for his friends. Particularly apologising to Zelenka for how badly he's treated him over the years, as well as healing the scars on Ronon's back.

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* PetTheDog: Rodney [=McKay=] deciding to use some of his remaining time to perform good deeds for his friends. Particularly apologising to Zelenka for how badly he's treated him over the years, as well as healing the scars on Ronon's back.



* TheDeterminator: Elizabeth. She refuses to even think about Rodney dying, spending the whole episode trying to find a way to save him. Lampshaded by Elizabeth herself.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' You're not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you?\\
'''Weir:''' You think I'm gonna give up?

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* TheDeterminator: Elizabeth. She refuses to even think about Rodney dying, spending the whole episode trying to find a way to save him. Lampshaded by Elizabeth herself.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' You're not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you?\\
'''Weir:''' You think I'm gonna give up?



* UndyingLoyalty: Elizabeth refuses to give up on Rodney, trying to convince him he is worth more than his contributions to science and that, while he may not, she believes he is capable of ascension. Likewise, Rodney has written an entire 500-page book defending Elizabeth and her leadership because he believes that someone should leave a record of everything she's "done right."

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* UndyingLoyalty: Elizabeth UndyingLoyalty:
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Likewise, Rodney [=McKay=] has written an entire 500-page book defending Elizabeth Weir and her leadership because he believes that someone should leave a record of everything she's "done right."

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-->'''[=McKay=]:''' ''You know we could be a team. You could be my sidekick.''
-->'''Ronon:''' ''Sidekick?''
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' ''Yeah, it'll be like Batman and Ronon. Has a nice ring to it.''

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-->'''[=McKay=]:''' ''You ->'''[=McKay=]:''' You know we could be a team. You could be my sidekick.''
-->'''Ronon:''' ''Sidekick?''
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' ''Yeah,
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'''Ronon:''' Sidekick?\\
'''[=McKay=]:''' Yeah,
it'll be like Batman and Ronon. Has a nice ring to it.''
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to go from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. He's particularly disappointed to realize that a woman walking past was thinking [[MrFanservice Ronon]] was hot, not ''him''.
** In a later scene, when Sheppard and Weir come to tell [=McKay=] what they've discovered about his condition, they intend to break it to him as gently as possible. But [=McKay=] just reads their minds and gets the whole story up front, and whips himself up into a panic. Sheppard does have to admit, though, "There ''is'' something easier about this."



-->'''Weir:''' Rodney, you're a good person. Know that we love you.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' You love me? Really? All of you?

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-->'''Weir:''' Rodney, you're a good person. Know that we love you.
-->'''[=McKay=]:'''
you.\\
'''[=McKay=]:'''
You love me? Really? All of you?



-->'''[=McKay=]:''' I may not be able to understand this new math I created, but I distinctly remember that you said ''you'' love me.
-->'''Weir:''' Actually I said ''we'' love you and…
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' And what? You were just saying that because you thought I was dying?

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-->'''[=McKay=]:''' I may not be able to understand this new math I created, but I distinctly remember that you said ''you'' love me.
-->'''Weir:'''
me.\\
'''Weir:'''
Actually I said ''we'' love you and…
-->'''[=McKay=]:'''
and...\\
'''[=McKay=]:'''
And what? You were just saying that because you thought I was dying?



-->'''[=McKay=]:''' Look, all the Ancients that experimented with that device, they either ascended or died – most of the latter, which is why it did not get put into common use.
-->'''Weir:''' Like you said, there were exceptions.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' Huh. Yes, well, this will all be over soon and you can get back to some real work.
-->'''Weir:''' Rodney … Don’t. (Turns away, blinking back tears.)

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-->'''[=McKay=]:''' Look, all the Ancients that experimented with that device, they either ascended or died -- most of the latter, which is why it did not get put into common use.
-->'''Weir:'''
use.\\
'''Weir:'''
Like you said, there were exceptions.
-->'''[=McKay=]:'''
exceptions.\\
'''[=McKay=]:'''
Huh. Yes, well, this will all be over soon and you can get back to some real work.
-->'''Weir:''' Rodney … Don’t. (Turns
work.\\
'''Weir:''' Rodney... Don't. ''[turns
away, blinking back tears.)tears]''



* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead:
** It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to go from thinking that mind-reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. He's particularly disappointed to realize that a woman walking past was thinking [[MrFanservice Ronon]] was hot, not ''him''.
** In a later scene, when Sheppard and Weir come to tell [=McKay=] what they've discovered about his condition, they intend to break it to him as gently as possible. But [=McKay=] just reads their minds and gets the whole story up front, and whips himself up into a panic. Sheppard does have to admit, though, "There ''is'' something easier about this."



-->'''[=McKay=]:''' You’re not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you?
-->'''Weir:''' You think I’m gonna give up?
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Discussed (but otherwise averted)
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' ''(to Ronon)'' She wants you to shoot me if you think for even one second that I might be trying to take over the city for my own evil purposes.
* UndyingLoyalty: Elizabeth refuses to give up on Rodney, trying to convince him he is worth more than his contributions to science and that, while he may not, she believes he is capable of ascension. Likewise, Rodney has written an entire 500 page book defending Elizabeth and her leadership because he believes that someone should leave a record of everything she’s “done right.”
* TheXOfY

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-->'''[=McKay=]:''' You’re You're not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you?
-->'''Weir:'''
you?\\
'''Weir:'''
You think I’m I'm gonna give up?
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Discussed (but otherwise averted)
averted).
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' ''(to Ronon)'' ''[to Ronon]'' She wants you to shoot me if you think for even one second that I might be trying to take over the city for my own evil purposes.
* UndyingLoyalty: Elizabeth refuses to give up on Rodney, trying to convince him he is worth more than his contributions to science and that, while he may not, she believes he is capable of ascension. Likewise, Rodney has written an entire 500 page 500-page book defending Elizabeth and her leadership because he believes that someone should leave a record of everything she’s “done she's "done right.
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* ClosestThingWeGot: John has to try and talk [=McKay=] through how to Ascend, based on his experiences in the time dilation field last year; while he admits that he's not that comfortable with the experience, he is the best available candidate.



* ScarsAreForever: Subverted by HealingHands.

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* ScarsAreForever: Subverted by HealingHands.HealingHands, as [=McKay=] heals some of Ronon's remaining injuries from his time as a Runner.
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*GallowsHumor: Rodney attempts this to try and make Elizabeth feel better. It has the opposite effect.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' Look, all the Ancients that experimented with that device, they either ascended or died – most of the latter, which is why it did not get put into common use.
-->'''Weir:''' Like you said, there were exceptions.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' Huh. Yes, well, this will all be over soon and you can get back to some real work.
-->'''Weir:''' Rodney … Don’t. (Turns away, blinking back tears.)
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While wandering around the city turning off unnecessary systems, [=McKay=] and Zelenka discover a previously unkown Ancient lab. When [=McKay=] tries to figure it out, he gets zapped by a strange energy beam. Dr. Beckett gives him a clean bill of health, but it's not long before he starts to exhibit Special Powers! At first it's just enhanced hearing and the occasional telekenesis, but soon he's reconfiguring the city power grid and inventing new forms of math.

It turns out that the machine that zapped him reconfigured his DNA; its purpose was to physically prepare people for Ascension. While [=McKay=] enjoys the perks of being an all-but-ascended superhuman (which now include mind reading and more-than-usual insufferable genius), Zelenka sets himself to figuring out the machine that did it - and he and Weir discover the catch. [=McKay=] is going to keep evolving until he reaches the point of Ascension - at which point all of his lower functions will shut down, and he will either Ascend or die. And since this is [=McKay=] we're talking about, and Ascension has spiritual as well as a physical component, it pretty much looks like option 2 here. After his standard "I'm about to die" freakout fest (rendered a bit shorter than usual by his ability to read minds) [=McKay=] decides to dedicate his last days to improving Science as much as possible.

The others encourage him to at least try to Ascend - and Weir points out that he can always retake human form afterwards. [=McKay=] builds himself an Ascend-O-Meter to keep track of how well he's doing, and Sheppard, as the local expert on Ascension, does his best to pass on the tips he learned during his [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS02E12Epiphany six months with the Ascension colony.]] [=McKay=] embarks on a campaign of good deeds and soul-searching; he writes Weir a glowing biography, heals Ronon's scars, serves Teyla some tea, and apologizes to Zelenka for being such a JerkAss all the time. While the Ascend-O-Meter shows some improvement, however, it simply isn't enough. [=McKay=] despairs of being able to Ascend and starts leaving instructions for the disposal of his remains. And then he collapses.

The med team rushes [=McKay=] to the infirmary, where Beckett confirms that it's pretty much over. As he nears Ascension, his body is losing its ability to do more basic things, like breathe and keep his heart going. The team gathers around for a somewhat emotional farewell as the Ascend-O-Meter ticks down. Just as everything hits zero, [=McKay=] suddenly grabs Beckett and whispers something - a way to save himself! They rush him back to the machine that caused the trouble in the first place, and Beckett and Zelenka (who's been working down there this whole time) are able to use it to reset [=McKay=]'s DNA, based on an old blood sample. Everything is zapped back to normal, and all our heroes have to worry about now is all the awkward things they said to one another over the course of the episode.


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While wandering around the city turning off unnecessary systems, [=McKay=] and Zelenka discover a previously unkown unknown Ancient lab. When [=McKay=] tries to figure it out, he gets zapped by a strange energy beam. Dr. Beckett gives him a clean bill of health, but it's not long before he starts to exhibit Special Powers! At first it's just enhanced hearing and the occasional telekenesis, but soon he's reconfiguring the city power grid and inventing new forms of math.

It turns out that the machine that zapped him reconfigured his DNA; its purpose was to physically prepare people for Ascension. While [=McKay=] enjoys the perks of being an all-but-ascended all-but-Ascended superhuman (which now include mind reading and more-than-usual insufferable genius), Zelenka sets himself to figuring out the machine that did it - and he and Weir discover the catch. [=McKay=] is going to keep evolving until he reaches the point of Ascension - at which point all of his lower functions will shut down, and he will either Ascend or die. And since this is [=McKay=] we're talking about, and Ascension has spiritual as well as a physical component, it pretty much looks like option 2 here. After his standard "I'm about to die" freakout fest (rendered a bit shorter than usual by his ability to read minds) [=McKay=] decides to dedicate his last days to improving Science as much as possible.

The others encourage him to at least try to Ascend - &madsh; and Weir points out that he can always retake human form afterwards. [=McKay=] builds himself an Ascend-O-Meter to keep track of how well he's doing, and Sheppard, as the local expert on Ascension, does his best to pass on the tips he learned during his [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS02E12Epiphany six months with the Ascension colony.]] [=McKay=] embarks on a campaign of good deeds and soul-searching; he writes Weir a glowing biography, heals Ronon's scars, serves Teyla some tea, and apologizes to Zelenka for being such a JerkAss all the time. While the Ascend-O-Meter shows some improvement, however, it simply isn't enough. [=McKay=] despairs of being able to Ascend and starts leaving instructions for the disposal of his remains. And then he collapses.

The med team rushes [=McKay=] to the infirmary, where Beckett confirms that it's pretty much over. As he nears Ascension, his body is losing its ability to do more basic things, like breathe and keep his heart going. The team gathers around for a somewhat emotional farewell as the Ascend-O-Meter ticks down. Just as everything hits zero, [=McKay=] suddenly grabs Beckett and whispers something - a way to save himself! They rush him back to the machine that caused the trouble in the first place, and Beckett and Zelenka (who's been working down there this whole time) are able to use it to reset [=McKay=]'s DNA, based on an old blood sample. Everything is zapped back to normal, and all our heroes have to worry about now is all the awkward things they said to one another over the course of the episode.




* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to go from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. He's particularly disappointed to realise that a woman walking past was thinking [[MrFanservice Ronon]] was hot, not ''him''.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to go from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. He's particularly disappointed to realise realize that a woman walking past was thinking [[MrFanservice Ronon]] was hot, not ''him''.



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-->'''Weir:''' Actually I said ''we'' love you and...and…
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* TheDeterminator: Elizabeth. She refuses to even think about Rodney dying, spending the whole episode trying to find a way to save him. Lampshaded by Elizabeth herself.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' You’re not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you?
-->'''Weir:''' You think I’m gonna give up?


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*UndyingLoyalty: Elizabeth refuses to give up on Rodney, trying to convince him he is worth more than his contributions to science and that, while he may not, she believes he is capable of ascension. Likewise, Rodney has written an entire 500 page book defending Elizabeth and her leadership because he believes that someone should leave a record of everything she’s “done right.”

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to go from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. He's particularly disappointed to realise that the woman walking passed was thinking [[MrFanservice Ronon]] was hot, not ''him''.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to go from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. He's particularly disappointed to realise that the a woman walking passed past was thinking [[MrFanservice Ronon]] was hot, not ''him''.



* HealingHands: One of [=McKay=]'s superpowers

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* HealingHands: One of [=McKay=]'s superpowerssuperpowers.



* MindReading: One of [=McKay=]'s superpowers

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* MindOverMatter: One of [=McKay=]'s superpowers.
* MindReading: One of [=McKay=]'s superpowerssuperpowers.



* SuperIntelligence: One of [=McKay=]'s superpowers.



* {{Technopath}}: One of [=McKay=]'s superpowers

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* SuperSenses: Super hearing, anyway.
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** In a later scene, when Sheppard and Weird come to tell [=McKay=] what they've discovered about his condition, they intend to break it to him as gently as possible. But [=McKay=] just reads their minds and gets the whole story up front, and whips himself up into a panic. Sheppard does have to admit, though, "There ''is'' something easier about this."

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** In a later scene, when Sheppard and Weird Weir come to tell [=McKay=] what they've discovered about his condition, they intend to break it to him as gently as possible. But [=McKay=] just reads their minds and gets the whole story up front, and whips himself up into a panic. Sheppard does have to admit, though, "There ''is'' something easier about this."
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** In a later scene, when Sheppard and Weird come to tell [=McKay=] what they've discovered about his condition, they intend to break it to him as gently as possible. But [=McKay=] just reads their minds and gets the whole story up front, and whips himself up into a panic. Sheppard does have to admit, though, "There ''is'' something easier about this."
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to change from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. Especially his disappointment to learn that the woman walking by was thinking ''Ronon'' was hot, not him.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to change go from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. Especially his disappointment He's particularly disappointed to learn realise that the woman walking by passed was thinking ''Ronon'' [[MrFanservice Ronon]] was hot, not him.''him''.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: It takes [=McKay=] from the Infirmary to the Gate Room, to change from thinking that mind reading is cool to becoming very annoyed by it. Especially his disappointment to learn that the woman walking by was thinking ''Ronon'' was hot, not him.



* ScarsAreForever: Subverted by HealingHands

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* PetTheDog: Rodney deciding to use some of his remaining time to perform good deeds for his friends. Particularly apologising to Zelenka for how badly he's treated him over the years, as well as healing the scars on Ronon's back.
* ScarsAreForever: Subverted by HealingHandsHealingHands.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: You can tell how seriously [=McKay=] is taking his impending doom, because for the rest of the episode he is ''calm, humble, and considerate of others.''
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It turns out that the machine that zapped him reconfigured his DNA; it's purpose was to physically prepare people for Ascension. While [=McKay=] enjoys the perks of being an all-but-ascended superhuman (which now include mind reading and more-than-usual insufferable genius), Zelenka sets himself to figuring out the machine that did it - and he and Weir discover the catch. [=McKay=] is going to keep evolving until he reaches the point of Ascension - at which point all of his lower functions will shut down, and he will either Ascend or die. And since this is [=McKay=] we're talking about, and Ascension has spiritual as well as a physical component, it pretty much looks like option 2 here. After his standard "I'm about to die" freakout fest (rendered a bit shorter than usual by his ability to read minds) [=McKay=] decides to dedicate his last days to improving Science as much as possible.

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It turns out that the machine that zapped him reconfigured his DNA; it's its purpose was to physically prepare people for Ascension. While [=McKay=] enjoys the perks of being an all-but-ascended superhuman (which now include mind reading and more-than-usual insufferable genius), Zelenka sets himself to figuring out the machine that did it - and he and Weir discover the catch. [=McKay=] is going to keep evolving until he reaches the point of Ascension - at which point all of his lower functions will shut down, and he will either Ascend or die. And since this is [=McKay=] we're talking about, and Ascension has spiritual as well as a physical component, it pretty much looks like option 2 here. After his standard "I'm about to die" freakout fest (rendered a bit shorter than usual by his ability to read minds) [=McKay=] decides to dedicate his last days to improving Science as much as possible.

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