On SG1, Carter's role was the team scientist, but in SGA, that role's already taken by McKay. The other possible role they could give Carter is the military commander, but that's Sheppard, and they've gone to some lengths to fudge the exact division of responsibilities between Carter and Sheppard, keeping Sheppard as the most noticably military figure in the show. This leaves Carter with esentially nothing to do on Atlantis, other than stand in the background being, as you say, a pale imitation of herself.
Hell, they should have had *Woolsey* as the commander!
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Date: 2008-02-01 01:22 pm (UTC)Hell, they should have had *Woolsey* as the commander!