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DN: I would call it a satisfying ending, yes. It goes in big style. It really does. The last one, everybody's in it. Let's put it that way.
GW: OK, good. Did they write it knowing what would happen to the show with that in mind?
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DN: I don't know. I would speculate that perhaps they might have.
GW: OK, so it's organic.
DN: Yeah.
GW: OK. We fans like organic.
DN: Oh, no. It's not jarring. Some things get resolved, some things don't. I think "satisfying" would be a good way to characterize it.
GW: OK, great. And you have a big role in "Identity." More than usual?
DN: As usual, let's go with that.
GW: But it's interesting things.
DN: Interesting things, yeah, interesting things. You're really good at teasing out the spoilers, aren't you? You know more than most people. You've talked with Brad Wright so you're probably privy to a lot of upcoming information. And you don't necessarily release all of that, do you?
GW: No. For instance, we got these extra pages where Zelenka dies in the last episode that we're not able to share it with anyone.
DN: Whatever. Ha ha ha. Maybe! You're trying to throw me, aren't you?
GW: No, it's cool! How do you think Season Five stacks up against the previous four seasons, looking back on most of it being done?
DN: Well you know, the big change in Season Four was with leadership, and the big change in Season Five was with leadership. It's almost like Four and Five have been different years in and of themselves because of Amanda and now because of Robert, as opposed to the -- Weir -- first top three years. I think that's the biggest characteristic change for the series as a whole.
Generally I would say that the relationships have matured, we have matured, the interactions have become much more subtle -- the interactions between Zelenka and McKay -- because the relationship has been long since established. It's at the phase where we're finishing each other's sentences and just getting by with fewer words and expressions.
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I think for McKay and Zelenka "Remnants" is probably the best episode this year.
GW: I keep on waiting for the episode to come through where it's Zelenka's perspective.
DN: Alone on Atlantis. Walking around going "Hey, hello?"
GW: No, just a day in the life of Radek Zelenka.
DN: That would be cool, wouldn't it?
GW: The crap that he has to put up with from McKay.
DN: The Zelenka P.O.V.
GW: We find out somehow that he's keeping the whole base together. He's the only one holding it all together.
DN: Well, Dave, quite frankly, we know that already. But proof! The evidence of that. The circumstantial evidence of that. I know, I know. What can I say? I'd love to see that happen. I'm happy for the work that I get. I hope there's more.
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