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I started a rewatch of Stargate SG-1 this morning. It was a good decision.
S01E01 - Children of the Gods
Solid worldbuilding out the gate. Good grasp of potential the central conceit allows them and considered the exploits i.e. iris. Characters drawn well even when unnecessary 90s Showtime nudity comes outta nowhere. Unnecessary, but... appreciated.
Solid worldbuilding out the gate. Good grasp of potential the central conceit allows them and considered the exploits i.e. iris. Characters drawn well even when unnecessary 90s Showtime nudity comes outta nowhere. Unnecessary, but... appreciated.
S01E02 - The Enemy Within
O'Neill: You know, I'm kinda partial to P3A-575. You don't mind taking P3A-577, do you?
Kawalsky: No, I'll take 577.
O'Neill: I'm not married to it. I want to be fair about this. How 'bout we flip for it?
Hammond: How about you go where I tell you.
O'Neill: You know, I'm kinda partial to P3A-575. You don't mind taking P3A-577, do you?
Kawalsky: No, I'll take 577.
O'Neill: I'm not married to it. I want to be fair about this. How 'bout we flip for it?
Hammond: How about you go where I tell you.
S01E03 - Emancipation
Holy shit. I guess if you wanna build a franchise you have to get the extremely racist AND sexist episodes out of the way early. At least Code of Honor has a friend on the junkpile of ill-considered sci-fi trash episodes masquerading as social commentary.
Holy shit. I guess if you wanna build a franchise you have to get the extremely racist AND sexist episodes out of the way early. At least Code of Honor has a friend on the junkpile of ill-considered sci-fi trash episodes masquerading as social commentary.
S01E04 - Broca Divide
Teal'c: Colonel O'Neill?
O'Neill: Lucy, I'm home!
Teal'c: I am not Lucy.
O'Neill: I know that. It's a reference to an old TV...
Teal'c: I will summon the doctor.
O'Neill: No, come on. I'm fine.
Teal'c: I cannot be certain. You referred to me as "Lucy."
Teal'c: Colonel O'Neill?
O'Neill: Lucy, I'm home!
Teal'c: I am not Lucy.
O'Neill: I know that. It's a reference to an old TV...
Teal'c: I will summon the doctor.
O'Neill: No, come on. I'm fine.
Teal'c: I cannot be certain. You referred to me as "Lucy."
S01E05 - First Commandment
SG-9 leader goes full Colonel Kurtz, pretends to be a god. It's a good episode, I'm just kinda surprised they hit it so early in the series. Maybe it needed to be. Either way SGC needs to work on their screening process.
SG-9 leader goes full Colonel Kurtz, pretends to be a god. It's a good episode, I'm just kinda surprised they hit it so early in the series. Maybe it needed to be. Either way SGC needs to work on their screening process.
S01E06 - Cold Lazarus
Really nice example of the doppelganger episode in sci-fi television, used to provide backstory/emotion the original character wouldn't otherwise offer freely. Just the kind of episode SG-1 needed to prove it's on the same level as Star Trek at that time.
Really nice example of the doppelganger episode in sci-fi television, used to provide backstory/emotion the original character wouldn't otherwise offer freely. Just the kind of episode SG-1 needed to prove it's on the same level as Star Trek at that time.
S01E07 - Nox
Kirk and Spock try fighting to protect a rigidly pacifistic and apparently primitive race of people called Organians from the violent oppression of the Klingons, only to discover that the "primitives" are in fact far more powerful than they originally thought.
Kirk and Spock try fighting to protect a rigidly pacifistic and apparently primitive race of people called Organians from the violent oppression of the Klingons, only to discover that the "primitives" are in fact far more powerful than they originally thought.
S01E08 - Brief Candle
O'Neill: Um, do things feel a little... off here?
Jackson: Are you crazy? It's a paradise!
O'Neill: Yeah, sure, have an apple, what could happen?
O'Neill: Um, do things feel a little... off here?
Jackson: Are you crazy? It's a paradise!
O'Neill: Yeah, sure, have an apple, what could happen?
S01E09 - Thor's Hammer
James Earl Jones, seen here as the voice of Unas Ruax, previously played Tulsa Doom in the movie Conan the Barbarian. Both this episode and that movie take place on a planet called Cimmeria.
James Earl Jones, seen here as the voice of Unas Ruax, previously played Tulsa Doom in the movie Conan the Barbarian. Both this episode and that movie take place on a planet called Cimmeria.
S01E10 - Torment of Tantalus
Marty and the gang travel through the Stargate and find Doc Brown on the other side without the plutonium necessary to return, so they have to jury rig a way to channel a lightning strike into the clock tower so they can all go back to Hill Valley.
Marty and the gang travel through the Stargate and find Doc Brown on the other side without the plutonium necessary to return, so they have to jury rig a way to channel a lightning strike into the clock tower so they can all go back to Hill Valley.
S01E11 - Bloodlines
SG-1 goes to Chulak to help Teal'c find his family and keep his kid from being implanted with a symbiote.
Mostly tho it's about Tony Amendola as Bra'tac. Tony is one of those legendary genre TV dudes that never disappoints. Good to see.
SG-1 goes to Chulak to help Teal'c find his family and keep his kid from being implanted with a symbiote.
Mostly tho it's about Tony Amendola as Bra'tac. Tony is one of those legendary genre TV dudes that never disappoints. Good to see.
S01E12 - Fire and Water
Ah that old sci-fi chestnut of thinking a person is dead and leaving them behind, having a funeral for them, then realizing your memories have been faked and the person is still alive and in enemy custody. Quasi-decent exploration of PTSD, but only kinda.
Ah that old sci-fi chestnut of thinking a person is dead and leaving them behind, having a funeral for them, then realizing your memories have been faked and the person is still alive and in enemy custody. Quasi-decent exploration of PTSD, but only kinda.
S01E13 - Hathor
Jackson: She was the goddess of fertility, inebriety and music.
O'Neill: Sex, drugs, rock n roll?
Jackson: Well, yes.
Fraiser: Maybe we'll get a Goa'uld cellular analysis, maybe even some DNA info.
Jackson: Lot of that will probably be mine.
O'Neill: Ew.
Jackson: She was the goddess of fertility, inebriety and music.
O'Neill: Sex, drugs, rock n roll?
Jackson: Well, yes.
Fraiser: Maybe we'll get a Goa'uld cellular analysis, maybe even some DNA info.
Jackson: Lot of that will probably be mine.
O'Neill: Ew.
S01E14 - Singularity
SG-1 arrives on planet to find everyone has died from a mysterious disease. They find a little girl, take her back to Earth and discover she has had a bomb planted inside of her set to blow up the Stargate. It's pretty messed up, but a good episode overall.
SG-1 arrives on planet to find everyone has died from a mysterious disease. They find a little girl, take her back to Earth and discover she has had a bomb planted inside of her set to blow up the Stargate. It's pretty messed up, but a good episode overall.
S01E15 - Cor-ai
Nice twist on the standard sci-fi trope "alien culture death trial" episode, where the alien culture is super nice and you kinda see their point. They kinda cheat their way out with the, "but it was a good murder..." not trusting the audience to forgive Teal'c.
Nice twist on the standard sci-fi trope "alien culture death trial" episode, where the alien culture is super nice and you kinda see their point. They kinda cheat their way out with the, "but it was a good murder..." not trusting the audience to forgive Teal'c.
S01E16 - Enigma
I wanna like Tobin Bell. His sci-fi bona fides are the real deal. No doubt he's a delightful person in real life, it's just that either through intention or typecasting he's always playing the same dude to me. I sigh when I see him. Otherwise episode was fine.
I wanna like Tobin Bell. His sci-fi bona fides are the real deal. No doubt he's a delightful person in real life, it's just that either through intention or typecasting he's always playing the same dude to me. I sigh when I see him. Otherwise episode was fine.
S01E17 - Solitudes
Lots of neat things here, but my favorite is when the repair dude says it will take at least 24 hours minimum, Hammond says he'll give half that, and dude goes, "No sir, it doesn't work that way. 24 hours is the best I can do." Expectations managed.
Lots of neat things here, but my favorite is when the repair dude says it will take at least 24 hours minimum, Hammond says he'll give half that, and dude goes, "No sir, it doesn't work that way. 24 hours is the best I can do." Expectations managed.
S01E18 - Tin Man
Stargate is checking off a whole lotta Sci-Fi tropes in this first season, including the robots pretending to be real people from Star Trek's "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" and Doctor Who's "The Almost People." Fun episode though and like many done well.
Stargate is checking off a whole lotta Sci-Fi tropes in this first season, including the robots pretending to be real people from Star Trek's "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" and Doctor Who's "The Almost People." Fun episode though and like many done well.
S01E19 - There But for the Grace of God
And here's the alternate parallel universe episode. Pretty good.
And here's the alternate parallel universe episode. Pretty good.
S01E20 - Politics
Clip show. It's a clip show. Clearly a money saving measure ahead of the upcoming season finale. At least it's got Captain Jellico in it. That's something. It's also got a solid dig at ID4. That's something, too.
Clip show. It's a clip show. Clearly a money saving measure ahead of the upcoming season finale. At least it's got Captain Jellico in it. That's something. It's also got a solid dig at ID4. That's something, too.
S01E21 - Within the Serpent's Grasp
Hey @netflix it's been 21 episodes now, we on the season finale, you still got that nudity notice going in the corner with nothing to show for it. Like, what's the deal, man? Also Teal'c called this "Hyperlaunch." More like Hyperlame, mirite?
Hey @netflix it's been 21 episodes now, we on the season finale, you still got that nudity notice going in the corner with nothing to show for it. Like, what's the deal, man? Also Teal'c called this "Hyperlaunch." More like Hyperlame, mirite?
S02E01 - Serpent's Lair
The whole episode is Bra'tac on a Die Hard like solo quest to destroy both vessels while SG-1 sits around on their thumbs and do one cool thing with grenades. SG-1 is cool. Bra'tac is solid ice.
The whole episode is Bra'tac on a Die Hard like solo quest to destroy both vessels while SG-1 sits around on their thumbs and do one cool thing with grenades. SG-1 is cool. Bra'tac is solid ice.
S02E02 - In the Line of Duty
Sam gets Goa'uld'd by a good Goa'uld called the Tok'ra, who don't like the bad Goa'uld. Doesn't have Bra'tac in it so it's disappointing. Also disappointing: no Rahzar.
Sam gets Goa'uld'd by a good Goa'uld called the Tok'ra, who don't like the bad Goa'uld. Doesn't have Bra'tac in it so it's disappointing. Also disappointing: no Rahzar.
S02E03 - Prisoners
Keep crossing the sci-fi tropes off the list early with the "stuck in an alien prison for a simple misunderstanding" episode. Bonus points for the Linea swerve. -10 points for no Bra'tac of Chulak.
Keep crossing the sci-fi tropes off the list early with the "stuck in an alien prison for a simple misunderstanding" episode. Bonus points for the Linea swerve. -10 points for no Bra'tac of Chulak.
S02E04 - Gamekeeper
The SG-1 team get captured and subsequently trapped in a Holodeck run by Lt. Barkley and I'm like, "Where the hell is Bra'tac of Chulak?!" Why are you still making episodes without him? Stop wasting my time.
The SG-1 team get captured and subsequently trapped in a Holodeck run by Lt. Barkley and I'm like, "Where the hell is Bra'tac of Chulak?!" Why are you still making episodes without him? Stop wasting my time.
S02E05 - Need
WTH? SG-1 gets captured and sentenced to life imprisoned... AGAIN? It was just two episodes ago, yeah? At least we're getting lots of worldbuilding here with the ill-effects of the sarcophagus and Carter's spider-sense and it's clear Daniel has Bra'tac withdrawal.
WTH? SG-1 gets captured and sentenced to life imprisoned... AGAIN? It was just two episodes ago, yeah? At least we're getting lots of worldbuilding here with the ill-effects of the sarcophagus and Carter's spider-sense and it's clear Daniel has Bra'tac withdrawal.
S02E06 - Thor's Chariot
This dude looks like the bad guy from Waterworld. Not the movie, the Live Sea War Stunt Show Spectacular at Universal Studios.
This dude looks like the bad guy from Waterworld. Not the movie, the Live Sea War Stunt Show Spectacular at Universal Studios.
S02E07 - Message in a Bottle
SG-1 brings stupid artifact w/ mysterious power and after a year now they've clearly learned nothing so it infects everyone in the mountain with a deadly virus and stabs MacGuyver but one guy gets hot doctor lady to look at him like this so he wins.
SG-1 brings stupid artifact w/ mysterious power and after a year now they've clearly learned nothing so it infects everyone in the mountain with a deadly virus and stabs MacGuyver but one guy gets hot doctor lady to look at him like this so he wins.
S02E8 - Family
Bra'tac of Chulak returns to Earth through the Stargate. He grabs the gang and leads them back to Chulak, where Bra'tac is from. Then Bra'tac spreads some wisdom, some badassery, then everyone leaves and he stays behind and I stopped watching after that.
Bra'tac of Chulak returns to Earth through the Stargate. He grabs the gang and leads them back to Chulak, where Bra'tac is from. Then Bra'tac spreads some wisdom, some badassery, then everyone leaves and he stays behind and I stopped watching after that.
S02E09 - Secrets
This was a good episode. I enjoyed the A and B plots equally as word of the Stargate begins to leak outside the mountain and they play the death of the reporter perfectly without tipping Hammond's hat.
This was a good episode. I enjoyed the A and B plots equally as word of the Stargate begins to leak outside the mountain and they play the death of the reporter perfectly without tipping Hammond's hat.
S02E10 - Bane
Fucking SG-1 goes to planet and 10 mins later catch and bring back another plague that is going to wipe out the Earth because they couldn't contain it in the mountain and honestly, this is what happens when you don't put Bra'tac in charge. Not on Bra'tac's watch.
Fucking SG-1 goes to planet and 10 mins later catch and bring back another plague that is going to wipe out the Earth because they couldn't contain it in the mountain and honestly, this is what happens when you don't put Bra'tac in charge. Not on Bra'tac's watch.
S02E11 - Tok'ra, Part I
"Enough of this! If the whole planet is watching, cannot we show them something more interesting?"
"Enough of this! If the whole planet is watching, cannot we show them something more interesting?"
S02E12 - Tok'ra, Part II
They were fine episodes. Good for worldbuilding. No explanation for why Old Man Dash Rendar here betrayed them, however. Probably because it keeps saying there's nudity in the corner there when there isn't.
They were fine episodes. Good for worldbuilding. No explanation for why Old Man Dash Rendar here betrayed them, however. Probably because it keeps saying there's nudity in the corner there when there isn't.
S02E13 - Spirits
There's a recurring error that's starting to annoy me where someone mentions a team is returning or whatever before the gate is open to send the G.D.O. signal. It might just be bad editing, but it's becoming more and more noticeable. Tonane is cool, tho.
There's a recurring error that's starting to annoy me where someone mentions a team is returning or whatever before the gate is open to send the G.D.O. signal. It might just be bad editing, but it's becoming more and more noticeable. Tonane is cool, tho.
S02E14 - Touchstone
The SG-1 team spends five minutes going to this alien planet then the rest of the episode in Colorado, Nevada and Southern Utah. Sometimes you just wanna stay in, y'know?
The SG-1 team spends five minutes going to this alien planet then the rest of the episode in Colorado, Nevada and Southern Utah. Sometimes you just wanna stay in, y'know?
