Joe Flanigan credited as playing...
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: You should call her.
- Dr. Carson Beckett: Who? Cadman?
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: You guys did make a cute couple.
- Dr. Carson Beckett: It didn't work out. Maybe it had to do with our first kiss being through Rodney.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: What if you were forced out of your home because of war, and you came back to find someone sitting on your couch, eating your cheetos, watching your TV?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: [raising his chin in the air] I'd be fine with that.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: No you wouldn't.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death.
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: Oscar Wilde?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Princess Bride. Good movie.
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: [about Carson's turtles] Turtles are pretty hardy, I'm sure they'll be fine.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Plus, they're really good in soup.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: [to Ronon and Teyla] You guys want any of this stuff: Johnny Cash poster, skateboard, sudoku books?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Well before our paths uncross, can you guys help me out with these boxes? I'll throw in a pizza and some beer.
- Teyla Emmagan: Popcorn?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: And popcorn for givi...
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: [Ronon hugs John around the waist, pulling him off the ground] Oh my god!
- Dr. Rodney McKay: OK, we need to send them a message before they get out of range and we have to jump ahead. Uh, something like, you know, "We are humans from Earth currently occupying Atlantis, uh, yada, yada, yada..."
- Maj. John Sheppard: Why don't we just ask 'em to slow down?
- Captain Dave Kleinman: Kleinman's console beeps. Colonel Caldwell. The unidentified vessel is slowing down.
- Maj. John Sheppard: Maybe they heard me.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: looking at the pilot's console: No, they saw us. They're not just slowing down - they're slamming on the brakes something like twenty-seven gees.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: [on the phone with Sheppard] You know, the truth is I...
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: What?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: I don't want to use the term lonely, but there are certain people who I miss...
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Me
- Dr. Rodney McKay: You, not so much. You, I'm on my cell phone with. You, I'm having dinner with tomorrow night.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: [cell phones ring] Sheppard.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: McKay.
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: Hello?
- Dr. Carson Beckett: [only one not answering a phone] I didn't bring my bloody cell phone with me? What's happening?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: [to Teyla and Ronon about Athosian food] That smells great! You save some for us?