There must be very few sci-fi fans who haven’t seen that episode where a character wakes up in a reality where their lives have been entirely dull and mundane and everyone around them claims the events of their respective sci-fi series never happened. Well, this time around, it’s Elizabeth’s turn to suffer that fate.
Elizabeth’s Worst Nightmare
As far as Elizabeth Weir is concerned, she has just spent the last two years on Atlantis, so it comes as no small surprise when she wakes up in a mental institution, having apparently collapsed after the death of her fiancé and a stressful treaty negotiation. Weir tries to insist that Atlantis is real, but the doctors insist that her experience was all a dream created when her mind tried to escape a harsh reality. Continue reading