I do know there are some inconsistencies with the character, and it is partly the writer's fault, but they don't just do it with Keller. They all have the tendency to use the characters to suit the plot, rather than let the characters guide the plot. Some writers are worse than others (*coughMallozziMullieGerocough*), and I know that they have to fit things into a short time frame, but still...

They do force things to happen with the characters rather than let them take a natural progress.

And you'll say, 'Good work,' or grunt, or slap me on the back unnecessarily hard."

Hee! That was awesome. I'm in the middle of rewatching the episode again, but the Ronon/Rodney interaction really isn't bothering me that much. I think it's because Ronon and Rodney don't quite get each other in the way the rest of the team does, so the expression of their friendship is a little more rough and tumble.

I'm very happy with Keller being a competent and ethical doctor and saving her patients and doing better hand-to-hand than Rodney ever does!

I find it hilarious, and yet appropriate that she would take to hand-to-hand better than Rodney. And I also like that she's competent, stands her ground for her patients, and still flinches away from danger. I really do like that as a touchstone.