Category: Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1: 09-15, “Ethon”
Rating: 
Okay. I’ve been complaining ever since the return of SG-1 that it was missing something, namely Daniel. Although this wasn’t a Daniel rich episode, he at least got some screen time and more than a few lines of throw away, red shirt material.
In “Ethon”, last season’s “Icon” storyline is somewhat continued. That world was split into two primary forces, the Rand Protectorate and the Caledonian Federation. Disputes between the two nations really heated up when the Stargate, located in a museum in Rand’s territory, was activated and the SG-1 team came through.
This time, it’s the Ori who are driving these nations further apart. The Rand Protectorate has embraced the message of the Ori, so naturally the Caldonians are opposed. Rand works with the Ori to build a satellite weapon, capable of wiping out the Caldonians. With the help of Jarrod, a Rand officer who doesn’t want to see this result in more bloodshed, SG-1 obtains preliminary plans for the weapon. Their first choice is to send Daniel there to try to talk some sense into the Protectorate about the Ori and convince them to dismantle the weapon. Plan B involves sending Prometheus there to destroy it themselves. Neither plan quite works out in the end.
Episode spoilers inside!
Stargate SG-1: 09-14, “Stronghold”
Rating: 
The Jaffa Council is putting democracy up to a vote. Some previous supporters of democracy for Jaffa are now acting strangely opposed to it, as if they’ve been brainwashed. So when Teal’C is kidnapped, everyone is worried about who may have taken him and for what purposes. In the meantime, Mitchell uses the memory device from “Collateral Damage“ to allow his dying friend to look back on his memories of being involved in the Stargate program over the last year.
Spoilers inside! You know the drill, proceed at your own risk.
Stargate SG-1: 09-13, “Ripple Effect”
Rating: 
This week’s episode of Stargate SG-1 brought everything that last week’s did not. It was funny, had a whole bunch of scientific gobbledy-gook I didn’t understand, SG-1 worked as a team and the episode as a whole tugged at my heartstrings. Of course, any episode dealing with alternate reality versions of SG-1 promises to be good.
The SGC notices a weird power surge when the Stargate is activated off schedule. An SG-1 team dressed in black comes through the gate and during their debriefing with Landry we find reality isn’t quite as they expected. Tiny details are different, such as the planet they were visiting and the fact that Jacob and Selmak are still alive. A short while later, another SG-1 team comes through the gate and it is determined that since they arrived when they were originally scheduled and since all their details matched, that they are the “real” SG-1.
Sam thinks the other SG-1 are somehow from an alternate reality, she just needs to figure out how that’s scientifically possible with a Stargate. She pairs together with her other self for faster work. While the Sams are trying to figure out what happened, additional alternate reality teams (some SG-1, some not) pour through the gate. Gate operations are suspended and the SGC only accepts alternate reality teams trying to get through the gate who are under fire or in distress.
Continue on for more thoughts. Warning! Spoilers inside! Stop here if you haven’t seen the episode.
Stargate SG-1: 09-12, “Collateral Damage”
Rating: 
What the frack? This was just about the worst episode of SG-1 ever. This episode was all about Mitchell and, while I like his character and accept him as Jack’s replacement, I don’t really give two flying flips about his “dramatic backstory”. The latest episode of Stargate SG-1, “Collateral Damage” was a filler episode with no advancement to the overall storyarc of the Ori coming to our galaxy to declare war on the Ancients.
Every season there are several “filler” or “stand-alone” episodes that ignore anything and everything that’s been going on recently in the Stargate-verse. Usually they at least attempt to be funny, a la “Avenger 2.0" and “Wormhole X-Treme!". Sure, they sometimes overshoot funny and go right into the cheesy category, but I get the point that they’re at least trying.
This episode was not funny (save for a few moments) but was downright morbid.
Spoilers inside! Don’t continue if you haven’t seen the episode.
Stargate SG-1: 09-11, “The Fourth Horseman”, Part 2
Rating: I don’t think I did a good job paying attention to what happened last season because when the, “Previously on SG-1” clips started playing, I was immediately lost. Seriously, I didn’t remember most of it.
This episode spent some more time on the Ori and their purpose in this galaxy. Unfortunately it spent a lot of time on the Jaffa storyline as well, which I can’t stand. As I mentioned to my husband, I would really prefer Teal’C to be in a tight black shirt with Samantha on his right side and Daniel on his left, stepping through the Stargate together. These loose, ugly robes covering him up are just not working for me. That, and I feel like I’m in the middle of a Shakesperian play whenever he’s around his Jaffa friends. I want happy, Earth-giddy Teal’C back. The guy who loves Star Wars and cowboy hats and raises one eyebrow anytime Jack Mitchell says something stupid. I know Christopher Judge has to be getting a little bored with the fact that Teal’C never has any meaty storylines, but oh my God is this Jaffa Rebellion crap boring.
A few spoilers inside.
SciFi Friday Returns!
Set up your Tivos, DVRs and tape recorders, my US friends! Sci Fi Friday returns tonight from its winter break with new episodes of its three most popular shows!
- 8:00 PM: Stargate SG-1: “Fourth Horseman”, Part 2
- 9:00 PM: Stargate Atlantis: “The Hive"
- 10:00 PM: Battlestar Gallactica: “Resurrection Ship”, Part 1
Thanks to GateWorld.net for sending me an email letting me know the shows are returning tonight!
Expect brief reviews, theories and/or thoughts on each over the weekend.
