SGA--The buddy cop ep ("Midway" spoilers)

One's a one hundred and eight year old jaffa, several decades past 
retirement. For him, duty, honor, code, the greater good are not mere
words 
but principles he lives for, kills for, even willing to die for. He knows 
the rules and is guided by them.

One's a young hot-shot, hot-tempered satedan. He's a lone wolf, a
maverick. 
He doesn't follow the rules. He feels rules are made to be broken. He
dances 
to his own drummer then beats up the drummer and beats the drum himself.
He 
has poor impulse control.

Now they are trapped, surrounded by Wraith, will they be able to
survive--if 
they don't kill each other first?

Yes, the 1980s Buddy Cop flick. Roger Ebert called them the "Wunza Movie" 
(e.g., one's an LA cop / one's a NY cop, one's Northern cop / one's a 
Southern cop, one's American / one's Russian, one's human / one's canine, 
one's human / one's alien, one's living / one's undead, etc.). In the 
tradition of the Buddy Cop flick, "Midway" practically writes itself,
right 
down to:
--The initial bad first impression
--One side trying to be cordial and blown off
--The initial sparring / fencing / shooting / s****ting / etc. match
--The obligatory betting on the outcome of said match
--Said match interrupted by a superior officer
--Getting caught in a Crisis and facing ... a Common Foe
--And developing grudging respect as each saves the other's life
--And the bonus of saving the life of a judgemental VIP.

The episode was pretty character-light, pretty much following the formula 
and not too much of a twist in said formula.

-- Ken from Chicago

P.S. Oh and it showed machine guns are simply not all that "romantic" a 
weapon. There's something far more cinematic about hand-to-hand, melee 
weapons, polearms, even single-shot weapons (Teal'c and Ronon looked far 
"cooler" using, respectively, a zat and Ronon's gun). Just standing there 
pointing and sweeping ... blah.