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first of all, with SG1, I really REALLY REALLY do not like Vala. And we have about 5 more sequential episodes to put up with that have her in it. Yeesh, I hope she dies off. I didn't like her the first time I saw her in Promethius Unbound, but she just gets worse.
Though I thought the first episode of season 9 SG1 was a bit random and strangely paced, I do think I will grow to like Mitchell and Landry in SG-1 though I still can't help thinking of Beau Bridges as "The Apollo 13 Wrecker" from Rocketman
In Atlantis, however, I really do see good things coming. I like Rainbow Sun Francks' acting as the new "Super-Ford." I thought he did great. Like you said, some of the story seemed a bit rushed, though. It seemed weird having the main climax of the last season end in having the (expected) Daedalus coming right at the beginning.
They seemed to have a lot of things they wanted to do in the episode, so some of it did seem disconnected. But overall, I really liked that episode in particular.