I had to set up the potenital problem of River going bug-nuts on the SGC. What better way than to put Simon in peril? Plus, that's just fun.

Is there any connection between Mal and Major Reynolds, or is it just concidence?

... omg. you know, that last name thing NEVER occured to me until just now; I was using Major Renoylds of SG3 because he was like on every mission with SG1 in the last half of season 7. *gives brain a shake* dude. I'm a bad fan.