I'd buy it except for the way he really went after Mara after the robe came off, and he was really slow to react even when she came clean about why she was there. I'd buy it except for Teer, and the relationship he had for six months in Epiphany. I think that's the real clue. I think the real reason he didn't have another relationship for five years was his priorities: the safety of everyone on Atlantis, the fact half the people on Atlantis were under his command (no fraternization) anyway, and as soon as he thought he was trapped with no way back, no life except farming with this small group of people, he settled right in with someone. Interesting...

Btw: The "never see this coming" remark was put in there by the writers, because women (and men) find it appealing when men are disingenuous about their attractiveness. If a guy is attractive and knows it, it's off-putting.

For the record: John and Mara (password: princess) Notice how John is deaf to what she's saying: he's pretty much ("Oh, wow.") staring at her breasts and kissing her neck and not hearing the part about becoming the next ruler. He acts like a horny frat boy. I see no disinterest or aversion to where things are heading. Wouldn't he be backing away if he were ACE? Show some tiny sign of not liking this?

I just don't buy this guy as anything but horny and wanting it. I originally posted the video to vimeo a year ago to mock him as "John in brainless dick mode."