Stargate Atlantis season finale thoughts

A few observations after watching the season 2 finale episode of Stargate Atlantis:

• I still love this series more than SG1
• McKay still has his remote at the end of the episode and will probably MacGuyver his way out of the cliffhanger using that in the season 3 premiere
• They seriously need to give the show an extra half hour for the finales and premieres because the story is always so rushed and jumpy in just one hour
• The Hive Queen had the coolest tattoo on her neck, but I get the feeling that there's more they aren't telling us because she was the least pale Wraith yet
• Where is Lt. Ford? I figured he would be a guaranteed season finale character
• Damn, have to wait until July for more...