Lt. Col. Sheppard and Teyla in “Unfinished Business”

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Look, Teyla. I'm not really good at, uh ... Actually, I'm ... I'm terrible at expressing ... I don't know what you'd call it, uh ...

Teyla

Feelings?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Yeah, sure, okay. The point is, I don't really have good, uh ...

Teyla

Social skills.

Lt. Col. Sheppard

Well, that is why I enjoyed flying choppers in the most remote part of my world before all this craziness happened, but, uh, you should know, I don't have, uh ...

Teyla

Friends?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

[indignantly] No – I have friends. [pause] You, Elizabeth, Ronon, Carson, even Rodney, are the closest thing I have to a ...

Teyla

A family?

Lt. Col. Sheppard

I'd do anything… for any one of you. If I had to give up my life the way Ronon was going to, I would.

Teyla

[smiling] Thank you. For everything you… meant to say.