Oh man, that sucks. I knew some of it, of course, but I had never read Torri's full account of it. I basically knew that they went back on their word in terms of her contract, but that's not super unusual in the business, and as she said they weren't using her at all really, but the learn the extent of their shittiness is just ugh. Especially when it was so unnecessary. Elizabeth Weir was such an interesting character. There was so much to explore there. I loved the idea of a civilian peace maker as the head of a huge military operation. Her isolation, the sacrifices she made for the job, the burden of leadership...etc. All things the writers could have done really interesting things with. Instead, they bring in a new character, Jennifer, instead of developing their existing ones like Weir and Carson who have been there from the beginning. I recall seeing Torri and Rachel on stage at a Creation con talking about how desperately they wanted their characters to actually, you know, INTERACT with each other on a regular basis. They also spoke about being open to an Elizabeth/Teyla romance when fans asked about it (which made me sooo happy). lol

And I think you are very right about her being like eff you to TPTB. Her refusing to even do a cameo was very clear in terms of messaging. I'm really happy to hear that Joe was pissed off on her behalf. I'm now wondering about what you said about Joe being outspoken and the correlation between that and how often he gets work. He certainly doesn't need the money, so I assumed he was just enjoying his life and not worrying too much about it.