John Sheppard quotes from Stargate Atlantis

Dr. Weir

He really sold you.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

He asked me to trust him.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

McKay, stay here and help Beckett.

Dr. McKay

Medical research isn't really my thing.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

And hunting the Wraith?

Dr. McKay

Uh, I meant I could stay, and... help... Beckett

Lt. Col. Sheppard

This really isn't necessary, Doc.

Dr. Beckett

Yes it is, you've got a serious laceration on your arm and you've lost a good deal of blood.

Dr. McKay

Well enjoy the ride, Colonel, they're making me walk.

Dr. Beckett

You have a splinter Rodney.

Dr. McKay

Yeah, a nasty, painful splinter.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Any way to figure out what they're saying?

Dr. McKay

Yes, of course, it says right here, "Why is the smart one having to stop and answer so many questions?"

Teyla

But is it safe?

Dr. McKay

Would I be volunteering to go if it wasn't?

Ronon

No.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Which is exactly what makes it safe enough for me to go.

Dr. McKay

What?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Better to have you on the outside, In case something goes wrong.

Dr. McKay

It won't.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

But if it does.

Dr. McKay

It won't. How many times do I have to say this?

Teyla

Rodney. Between the two of you, if something were to go wrong, which would be the greater loss?

Dr. McKay

Well, I've never thought of it that way, but... Hey she's right. You should go.

Dr. McKay

...so when you want to disconnect, you'll need to really concentrate.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

You mean, think it.

Dr. McKay

I think it will probably take a little more that that, otherwise you'd be popping in out of the thing every time it crossed your mind.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

So, "There's no place like home"?

Dr. McKay

If that works for you.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

[Pointing at Trebal, who is a Wraith in disguise] That's the Wraith.

Dr. McKay

She's the Wraith?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Yeah.

Dr. McKay

Wow, she's hot. I mean seriously hot.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Rodney, you're drooling over a Wraith.

Dr. McKay

I know, I disgust myself sometimes.

Dr. McKay

The communiqué's been erased.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Why would the Wraith do that?

Dr. McKay

Well, it says right here, "I, the Wraith, delete this important information to keep you from seeing it."

You didn't really buy that "I want to go home" speech, did you? Always underestimated me, Sheppard. You need to stop doing that. Complete the mission and McKay lives.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

We can't complete the mission, Ford. It's a bad plan.

You said it was a great plan.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

You didn't buy the whole “it's a great plan” speech, did you?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

I don't even know your name.

In time, you will tell me every...

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Every what? What's wrong?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

She didn't even tell me her name.

You do not fear them?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

The Wraith? Naah. Now, clowns… that's another story. Scare the crap out of me…

You have fought the Wraith before?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Lots of times. Won some battles; lost some. War's not over by a long shot, but we're managing to hold our own.

And the clowns?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

The clowns? Oh, yeah, the clowns. We fight them too; entire armies, spilling out of Volkswagens. We do our best to fight them off, but they keep sending `em in.

Dr. McKay

Why aren't you dead?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

[irked] It's good to see you too, Rodney.

Dr. McKay

No, no, I mean… well, you know what I mean. Why aren't you… dead?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Well, I knew when the hives started shooting each other that it was only a matter of time before they blew each other up, so I went to the Spacegate, dialled an address and got out of there.

Teyla

Col. Sheppard was kind enough to make us whole again and we all returned to Atlantis.

Dr. McKay

Just, um, back out if you encounter anything problematic.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Problematic?

Dr. McKay

Yeah, like poisonous atmosphere, acid atmosphere, no atmosphere…. Hey, it's a MALP on a stick; only shows you so much!

Lt. Col. Sheppard

What did you do to him?

Ronon

Nothing, he fainted before I could touch him.

Dr. McKay

Now, as you know, the Zero Point Module controls the flow of massive amounts of power.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Like a dam.

Dr. McKay

No, it's not like a dam, it's more like a ...uh...actually, yes, it's like a dam. If you overload the dam, it breaks, which is why the Ancients put in place failsafes to prevent such a thing from happening.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Like a spillway.

Dr. McKay

Could we just stick with failsafes?

Dr. Zelenka

Oh! No-no-no-no-no-no – I cannot possibly ... uh, no.

Dr. Weir

Radek.

Dr. Zelenka

I-I ... I can't even swim!

Lt. Col. Sheppard

There's not a lot of swimming under a thousand feet of ocean.

Dr. Weir

(to Radek) Look, I'm not gonna order you to go.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

I will! [Elizabeth shoots him a look]

Dr. Weir

All I'm saying is that if Rodney can't turn to you, who can he turn to?

Dr. Zelenka

[thinks for several seconds] Right. Give me a few minutes and I'll get my gear.