McKay: Now, that for reasons too boring to get into, means that hurricanes are much more likely to occur.
Zelenka: Well, like El Nino, the ocean bas-
McKay: Like I said, too boring to get into.
Weir: Focus.

Sheppard: Come on, guys, this city's been around for a long time.
Zelenka: Storm surge is inevitable.
McKay: Not to mention the fact that by moving over a landmass just before hitting us, the likelihood of tornadoes and electrical activity is greatly increased.
Sheppard: This is Atlantis. They've got to be able to handle that... Right?
McKay: No.
Weir: Why not?!
McKay: The people who built this city knew they had a forcefield capable of holding back anything Mother Nature or, for that matter, the Wraith, could throw at them. Without that protection, Atlantis is remarkably fragile.

Ford: How could something as big as Atlantis just sink?
Sheppard: I'm sure the passengers on the Titanic were asking themselves the same question.
McKay: Yes, well, let's not.

Weir: All right, what's the plan?
McKay: By my calculations, we have just under, what, 12 hours until the storm hits. So, uh, we plan to have a plan by then.
Zelenka: Yeah.

Weir: We start investigating evacuation plans, both on the mainland and off-world somewhere.
Sheppard: You know McKay will come up with something. He's just setting himself up to be a hero.
Weir: Yeah, well maybe Rodney is, but Dr. Zelenka, he seemed genuinely concerned.
Sheppard: So, my orders are to come up with a friendly planet that wouldn't mind putting us up for the night.
Weir: Exactly. Take Ford, see what you can work out.

Beckett: I don't really have the right boots for this. I just meant to come out here and innoculate some wee babies.

Teyla: We need all the hands we can spare before it comes. The storm could not only destroy our crops, our settlement could be washed away. If just a few of us were to remain, we could-
Beckett: Crops can be replaced and homes rebuilt. People can't.
Teyla: Which is why we must do what we can now.

Sheppard: I know it's a lot to ask, but... I'm asking.
Smeadon: What do you offer in return?
Sheppard: I guess we'd owe you one.
Smeadon: One what?
Sheppard: A favor.

McKay: You're right. If only we had a magical tool that could slow down time. I foolishly left mine on Earth, did you bring yours?!
Zelenka: You know, you're not pleasant when you're like this, McKay.
McKay: I'm always like this.
Zelenka: My point exactly.

Sheppard: Well, I got a green light from Smeadon and the Manarians. I'm not sure how pleased they'll be if we get stuck there, though. That's not going to happen, right?
McKay: Of course it's not. We can always 'gate off to another planet.
Sheppard: Comforting. Thank you.

Sheppard: McKay will come up with something.
McKay: I will try, but despite what you all may think, I am not Superman.
(Silence. Ford starts to smile.)
Sheppard: Was anyone seriously thinking that?
(Weir and Teyla give McKay weird looks. A scientist shakes his head.)
Ford: No, sir.
Zelenka: Never.
McKay: Fine.

Zelenka: You know, in Czech Republic, we don't have to deal with hurricanes.
McKay: We don't get that many in Canada either. Once, they were called "hazel."
Zelenka: Hazel?
McKay: Hmm. Forty years ago.
Zelenka: That's interesting.
McKay: Not really.
Zelenka: No, not really.

McKay: What is the one thing keeping us from having a shield?
Weir: Uh, that would-
McKay: Power. And what does a megastorm from hell have lots of?
Weir: Power.
McKay: In the form of-
Weir: You want to build a windmill?
McKay: Electricity.

Zelenka: It's an ingenious plan, really.
McKay: I'm compelled to agree.

Weir: So the city would survive?
McKay: Mm, I'd give us a better than 90%-
Zelenka: 70-
McKay: 80% chance.
Weir: Okay, so we should still evacuate.
McKay: Yes, but not just because of Zelempka's pessimism-
Zelenka: Zelenka.

Teyla: Yes, go. I will stay behind and give the hunters more time.
Ford: I'll stay with you.
Beckett: Okay, I get the point. We'll wait.

Weir: The city can handle that?
McKay: Yes. Theoretically.
Sheppard: Like dinosaurs turning into birds theoretically or theory of relativity theoretically?
McKay: What? Uhm, somewhere in between.

McKay: Elizabeth, you take grounding station two. I'll take grounding station one. Major, you take stations three and four.
Sheppard: Whoa whoa whoa, wait a second. Where are stations three and four?
McKay: Here and here.
Sheppard: And we are-
McKay: Here. Yes. I need to get done quickly so I can start working on the subroutines, and Elizabeth was complaining about her knee the other day-
Sheppard: Whoa whoa whoa, wait a second. Are these things even close to a transporter?
McKay: Uh, yes, Elizabeth's is.
Sheppard: And mine?
McKay: Uh, it's a brisk walk away.
Sheppard: And by "brisk" you mean "far."
McKay: By "walk" I mean "run."
Sheppard: Okay.

Sheppard: I'm here.
McKay: I told you to contact me when you go to the first one, Major.
Sheppard: I am at the first one, Rodney.
McKay: Oh, sorry. I've already done mine.
Sheppard: Oh, great. Good for you.
Weir: Me, too.
Sheppard: Good for everyone.
McKay: Where are you now?
Sheppard: I'm at the damn grounding station.
McKay: No no no, not you.
Weir: I'm in the transporter.
McKay: There you are.
Weir: There I am.
Sheppard: Glad everybody's having such a good time.

SF #1: Bacon.
SF #2: The one thing you wish you'd brought with you is bacon.
SF #1: It's the food that makes other food worth eating.
SF #2: You wish you'd brought bacon to another galaxy.
SF #1: Hey, you asked me what-

Ford: You heard him!
Beckett: Took a look outside, hotshot. We're not flying through this.
Ford: McKay and Weir were taken hostage, Doc. I'm not just going to sit here and do nothing.
Beckett: Neither one of us are real pilots. If it was a bad idea an hour ago, it's an idiotic one now.

Kolya: Just so we're clear. I know you're lying.

Weir: How do we know that you won't kill us once we give you what you need?
Kolya: You don't.

Kolya: What are you doing here?
McKay: My understanding, I'm being held hostage.
Kolya: I mean here in Atlantis. Why did some of you stay behind?
McKay: Oh. Uh, tying some loose ends.
Kolya: Like what?
McKay: You know, making sure everyone got out okay.
Kolya: Isn't that the work of someone less important?
McKay: Hmm, you'd think so, wouldn't you?
Kolya: You have a plan, don't you?
McKay: I've got lots of plans about lots of things.
Kolya: I'm interested in a plan you have to save a city.
McKay: I never said anything about saving anything.
Kolya: Not yet.

Sora: Where's Teyla Emmagan?
Weir: You know Teyla?
Sora: Is she here, in the city?
Weir: No, she isn't. You must be Sora. I read the Genii mission report. I'm sorry about your father.
Sora: He'll be avenged.
Weir: Teyla didn't kill him.
Sora: No. She left him to die.
Weir: She had no choice-
Sora: Are you finished?

Weir: What did they do to you?
McKay: I tried to keep my mouth shut, I tried, I just, I couldn't-

Kolya: What's the meaning of this?
Weir: I honestly have no idea.
McKay: It's a radio. The arrow points to the talk button.

Kolya: This is Commander Kolya.
Sheppard: Kolya. That's a hard name to pronounce. Is that a first name?

Kolya: He's good.
Weir: Yes, he is. I'd do what he says.

Kolya: Your offer is very generous, Major.
Sheppard: Yes, it is.
Kolya: However, Dr. McKay recently shared with me there's a plan in action to save the city.
Sheppard: He did?

Weir: The wraith are slowly waking. Soon, this entire galaxy will be embroiled in a war the likes of which our generations have never seen.
Kolya: A war that you expedited.
Weir: Disagreements like ours will no longer matter. The only thing of any consequence will be how prepared we are and what defense we are able to mount.

Kolya: You believe your people, who are not even of this galaxy, are closer to the Ancients than we are. Your arrogance is astounding.

Sheppard: Let me tell you what you did wrong here, Kolya. A, you lost two of your men. B, you damaged the switch before I could separate the grounding rods, which I'm sure you're going to get an earful from McKay for. And C, you lost all of what little credibility you had with me.

Kolya: You killed two of my men.
Sheppard: I guess we're even.
Kolya: I don't like even.
Sheppard: I'm not finished yet!
Kolya: Neither am I. Say good-bye to Dr. Weir.
Sheppard: The city has a self-destruct button. If you hurt her, I'll activate it. Nobody'll get Atlantis.
Kolya: Even if it exists, Major, you need at least two senior personnel to activate it. And I'm about to take one of them out of the equation.
Sheppard: Kolya!

Sheppard: Kolya! I'll give you a ship! I'll fly it out of here for you myself! Kolyaaaa!