10 Most Underrated Stargate Episodes
2. Vegas - Atlantis
The penultimate episode of Stargate Atlantis, Vegas serves as a quick way to rush in the finale, while also standing as a solid episode all on its own. The episode is set in an alternate timeline where Detective John Sheppard hunts down a stranger responsible for several killings - only to find himself in an entirely different situation than he expected.
The show involved one of Atlantis's biggest stunts (a 9-storey fall) and also encompassed the final days of filming on the series, which included location shooting in Nevada for Joe Flanigan (Sheppard).
It is a very well made episode, with tight pacing along with a sense of scale. Sometimes, for all of the massive set pieces in space, the desert can truly bring home a lonely feeling like nothing else.
And Johnny Cash's Lonely Man is a perfect soundtrack choice for the Sheppard of this reality!