This post contains spoilers for "Stargat Atlantis".

"Stargate Atlantis" is full of fantastic episodes, thanks to Syfy Show's tendency to mix incredible moments of characters with attractive world building. During the five seasons, Atlantis manages to become a valuable extension of the Stargat franchiseExpanding the scope of the scientific premise that oscillates between playful patients and truly effective elements. The overall power of the creative process of the show, however, is manifested in the season final, and the end of the season 4 is no exception, as its 20th episode-united as "the last man"-is incredibly difficult. The episode ends with disturbing Clifancher, but the lead is both emotionally and exciting, filled with time trips for travel that have always been an integral aspect of the ORUBOVA "Stargat".

"The Last Man" opens with an attractive reversal of events. Colonel Johnon Shepard (Flo Flanigan) The oddly abandoned gate of Atlantis (The show makes a spiritual interpretation of the myth of the lost city) and is shocked by the presence of an unusual hologram. The hologram belongs to The team D -Rodney McKay (fantastic David Hewlett)who informs Shepard that the Colonel accidentally traveled for 48,000 years in the future and that things are not looking good in this time schedule. This significant old version of McKay informs Shepard that the latter was involved in an unfortunate accident, causing the ship to travel forward for 48,000 years, making him the last person alive in the entire universe.

This is a solid, intriguing premise, as it really endangers the fates of the characters desired along with that of the galaxy in general, creating mass high deposits during the episode. The risky plan was used in seconds, with McKay advising Shepard to travel back in 2008, while stressing that the margin of error must be minus.

In this season the final, Hewlett got the opportunity to play a more regular version of his character, which came with his challenges, but according to the actor, it was quite fun to embody. In an interview with GateHewlett spoke in length about these added prosthetics and what this changed look meant for the emotional roller coaster that is the "last man".

Hylent had to wear the prosthetics to embody Elder McKay of the future, and the actor perceived this new look through a comic lens, as it was fun to play around with the possibilities. He predicted this age version with less hair, and even less teeth, wanting to accept humor slipping in the midst of depressingly dark circumstances in which the episode maddes:

"The make -up was so beautiful that, honestly, I think there is a tendency (...) the danger there is to act too old, because you are so thrilled with what they have done on your face (...), I went to remove my teeth so often. I wanted to lose my hair.

Preparedness is a perfect word on how you feel when you see McKay's hologram, as its rapid aging causes a feeling of sad anxiety to go through the whole episode. Shepard is alone in an ancient city with a long, complicated history, surrounded by nothing but the hologram of a dear friend who wants to save him by pulling it through space. There are a lot I go here, because McKay is also a picture and a devastating image of the future, mapping a long chain of a cause and effect that seems to condemn it to every living being in the universe. At a personal level, Hewlett also expected the birth of his child while filming, adding to the cocktail of the emotions he felt as he played the role.

It is also worth noting that the "last man" does not descend on great action or theatory to drive his darkness at home. He remains in a long, difficult conversation, with McKay doing most of the talk. It is a mixture of emergency and despair, where tone retrospectives are used to apply Shepard's present with immediate immediacy. According to Hurette's own words, the experience proved to be "a lot of fun" even though it is a technical challenge:

"And it was like four hours of prosthetics. And talking, just these endless things to talk. And I was kind of worried, because when I read the script, I was like," it's a lot of conversations. "It's a lot of things about retrospective.

"The Last Man" has no happy ending, which only adds to the wilderness of the episode. But with the Stargat Atlantis Season 5 that resolves this crisis shortly thereafter, there is little reason to worry. Even so, it can be rewarded to step up in the frenetic uncertainty of an elderly McKay, wanting his friend to be good, breaking through space and time just to make him feel a little less alone.