SGA 4.09 "Miller's Crossing" Episode Guide

Précis

Jeanie McKay Miller and Dr. Rodney McKay are kidnapped by businessman Henry Wallace on Earth. Wallace wants the McKays to fix the nanites he implanted in his daughter to cure her cancer — they are malfunctioning. Wallace injects nanintes into Jeanie to make his point, and Rodney must rely on Todd and his team to save her.

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Spoiler Summary

Henry Wallace kidnaps Jeanie Miller, McKay’s sister, which leads to McKay’s subsequent capture as well. Wallace knew about the SGC’s subcutaneous transponders and disabled McKay’s. He had knowledge of this technology because he worked for the company that manufactured them for the SGC, Devlin Medical Technologies. The company was given limited access to alien technology brought to Earth through the Stargate Program, and Wallace eventually put the pieces together after years of witnessing the military’s unbelievable technological advances. One of the company’s recent projects includes the development of nanotechnology to cure injury and disease. According to McKay, the Devlin Medical has just barely gotten the manufacturing of the nanites perfected and McKay himself was still months away from getting them programmed. Wallace discovered the connection of this nanotechnology to Atlantis and began to monitor McKay’s e-mails to Miller. Based on the content of these e-mails, Wallace believed that Miller had a better understanding of the programming than her brother.

Wallace is attempting to save the life of his daughter Sharon, about 18-20 years old, who is close to death with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The doctors have lost hope that she’ll survive and advise the family to prepare for her death. Not wishing to see his daughter die, Wallace worked on the nanite technology and implanted it into his daughter, but her body began to reject the foreign bodies. He hopes that Miller and McKay can reprogram the nanites in time to save his daughter’s life.

In the meantime, Agent Malcolm Barrett, Sgt. Harriman, Sheppard, and Ronon are back at the SGC attempting to find the two missing scientists.

NOTE: Spoiler information is subject to change as the episode is in production.

Cast

• Joe Flanigan as Lt. Col. John Sheppard
• Amanda Tapping as Col. Samantha Carter
• Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan
• Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex
• and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay

Guest Stars

• Kate Hewlett as Jeanie Miller
• Christopher Heyerdahl as Wraith
• Peter Flemming as NID Agent Malcolm Barrett
• David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka
• Brendan Gall as Kaleb Miller
• Gary Jones as Sgt. Walter Harriman
• Steven Culp as Henry Wallace
• Madison Bell as Madison Miller
• Mark Gash as Doctor
• Sheri Noel as Scientist
• Doron Bell Jr. as SF (Fuller)
• Libby Osler as Sharon Wallace
• Ron Blecker as Goon

Production

• Written by Martin Gero
• Directed by Andy Mikita

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Keywords

• Atlantis
• Daedalus
• Devlin Medical Technologies
• Nanotechnology
• NID
• Stargate Command (SGC)
• Stargate Program
• Subcutaneous Transponders

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Related Links

Official

• Official MGM Stargate Atlantis Website
• SciFi Channel 4.09 "Miller's Crossing" Episode Guide

Fan

• Solutions On-Site Forum: Season Four Discussion Board
• Solutions News and Spoiler Blog
• Stargate Screencaps: Season Four

Production Notes

• "...I'm revealing the working title for episode nine: Miller's Crossing. I like it. We’ll see if it sticks." [Miller is the married name of Rodney McKay's sister, Jeanie, played by David Hewlett's real-life sister, Kate Hewlett.] (Joseph Mallozzi's April 3 blog)
• "Reunion, Missing, and Miller's Crossing offer varying degrees of darkness." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 3 blog)
• "Martin’s top secret script, Miller’s Crossing, offers a glimpse at a much more sympathetic, vulnerable McKay." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 12 blog)
• "As for which episodes fans should be looking forward to most for each member of the team - it‘s tough to say only because my opinion could be very different from fan opinion especially when you start factoring in the different fan factions. But, in my opinnion, I’d say: [...] Miller’s Crossing for McKay [...]" (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog)
• "The director’s cut of Miller’s Crossing came in a little long which will probably mean a scene or two not making the cut - but hopefully finding their way onto a future Deleted Footage Special Feature. By the way, guest star Steven Culp is terrific in this one." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 2 blog)
• Joseph Mallozzi identified this episode in conjunction with the fan comment: "Speaking of which, I second the wish someone had yesterday for some good McShep — er, McKay/Sheppard friendship moments, of the not-nearly-so-snarky, plenty-angsty variety." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 3 blog)
• "Actually three great mixes of late: ...Miller’s Crossing (With that incredibly angsty McKay-Sheppard scene.)" (Joseph Mallozzi's October 31 blog)

Further Reading

• Joseph Mallozzi's Blog
• Solutions Spoiler Blog: "Miller's Crossing"
• Solutions: SGA "Miller's Crossing": Consequences Hit Home, November 20, 2007.
• MGM: Close Up: Kate Hewlett, December 3, 2007.

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--DeeKayP 07:48, 1 June 2007 (PDT)