Archive for ‘Season 3’

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Into the Fire
May25

Season 3, Episode 1: Into the Fire

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 25th, 2011 at 6:45 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

After a gruesomely bad season two finale, I really didn’t expect much from the beginning of season three. Luckily, “Into the Fire” managed to surprise somewhat. The ace of this episode is the sheer amount of various sub stories going on and the abundance of action. Basically we have happenings around Teal’c on Chulak, the rescue mission of Carter and Jackson, O’Neil’s struggle against the symbiote and scenes on Earth. The swinging between these events is enough to consume your attention and the rapid speed at which everything is being revealed is great

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Seth
May24

Season 3, Episode 2: Seth

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 24th, 2011 at 6:46 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

After the explosive “Into the Fire” episode, it seemed like a good time for the dust to settle a bit. We are greeted with “Seth”, a less action more investigation type episode. Some of the unsettled dust stays in the form of a new possible enemy, Seth, who is a well known figure in Egyptian mythology and thus quite powerful. From the start of the series, I was extremely looking forward to seeing an episode where a Goa’uld would have a grasp over humans via a cult and personally I am very pleased with what was served. A lot of viewers complained about the slow pace and low amount of action of this episode, but in my mind this is the proper way to execute a cult plot such as this. Subtlety is the key and the slow motion of events is justified.

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Fair Game
May23

Season 3, Episode 3: Fair Game

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 23rd, 2011 at 6:55 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

The opening of “Fair Game” shows us an award ceremony and a promotion at SGC. General Hammond announces that Captain Carter is worthy of being promoted to Major. Moments later, O’Neil is called to give a speech, but is soon beamed out of SGC. As code nine is being signaled on Earth, we see O’Neil aboard a space ship, summoned by Thor. It seems that the Goa’uld System Lords are enraged about the death of Hathor and now wish to destroy Earth. Thus, Thor offers assistance for the incoming threat and would attempt negotiating with the System Lords about adding Earth in the protective planets treaty which would prevent the attack. Three System Lords agree to attend the peace session, among them Osiris, Yu and Nirrti. As it is a custom, the session will be held on Earth, the planet in question.

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Legacy
May22

Season 3, Episode 4: Legacy

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 22nd, 2011 at 7:02 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

It seems season three starts off with quite a nice streak of fine episodes and this here is a real jewel. I was a bit skeptical that “Legacy” is going to dramatically deteriorate once Ma’chello was introduced to the plot, but there was no chance for that since the episode thus far paved an amazing road to the end. The style of storytelling in here is probably the best one we have seen in this show and I have nothing but praise for it. All scenes are masterfully captured, Daniel’s schizophrenic state very well transferred to the viewer. From the beginning of the show all actors have been extremely improving their performing skills and this is probably the highlight shown from Michael Shanks. It is a real pleasure watching Daniel in this episode, in both his “sickened” state and otherwise. The rest of the cast performed excellent as well, a real eye candy.

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Learning Curve
May21

Season 3, Episode 5: Learning Curve

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 21st, 2011 at 7:17 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

“Learning Curve” is a very weird episode, but in an interesting sort of way. Somehow I was watching it with a big question mark above my head and a raised eyebrow, yet I still found it to my liking. It is an extremely slow episode and takes a lot of time to build up, but it has a certain something that grasps your attention. The basic plot idea is catchy for a study/research episode and it develops rather nicely. Also the initial cultural background of Orban, the post-Aztec origin is extremely well designed and the ambient is wonderful.

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Point of View
May20

Season 3, Episode 6: Point of View

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 20th, 2011 at 7:27 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

The opening scene shows us a warehouse of sorts in Area 51. We see the peculiar stone slab with a mirror, which took Jackson to a parallel universe in “There but for the Grace of God”. Soon the mirror activates, showing Carter and Kawalsky on the other side, as they make a run from something. They pass through the mirror into our reality, only to sound the alarm in the warehouse and are then taken prisoner by the guards. Both are taken to SGC and soon realize how different things are in this world. Here O’Neil is still alive, being actually killed by the Goa’ulds in the other dimension and was also married to Carter. After these and other realizations, the alternate Carter begins to suffer from temporal distortion and both she and Kawalsky must return to their world or die. Since their world is overrun with the Goa’uld, SG-1 must try and figure out how to sort things out.

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Dead Man's Switch
May18

Season 3, Episode 7: Dead Man’s Switch

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 18th, 2011 at 7:47 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

From the very beginning it is important to say that this is a one hundred percent comedy episode. I thought that the humor was just the trait of Aris Boch, but as time passed it was expanded to the whole episode. After some rather heavy episodes in this season, “Dead Man’s Switch” is a nice no brainer. I’m guessing the humor won’t suit everyone, but it was completely to my liking, a combination of humor and sarcasm. It was also funny to see how Samantha managed to poke a wrong spot at Aris Boch and make him seem like a weak little man wearing nothing but a bully mask.

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Demons
May17

Season 3, Episode 8: Demons

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 17th, 2011 at 7:55 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

To be honest from the start, I really don’t approve of Christianity based themes in general, let alone in my science fiction shows. Cultural references are great, especially in a show like this, but religious ones are just unnecessary to say the least. The only reason this episode caught some of my liking is because it manages to reflect the darkness of the middle ages in a superb way. The ambient of “Demons” is great, since everything is rusty, dirty, completely grim and evil. I also enjoyed the presence of the Unas, but once again we don’t get to see the full potential of the power the creature possesses, due to the fact that its appearance is rather short.

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Rules of Engagement
May16

Season 3, Episode 9: Rules of Engagement

by Editor on May 16th, 2011 at 8:11 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

This was an unexpectedly great episode. The basic plot in “Rules of Engagement” is excellent and I really enjoyed how it was slowly revealed from start to finish. It was amusing to see how much the soldiers suffered from brainwashing, their actions and beliefs being completely fanatical toward Apophis. Here credits definitely go to the guest cast, who managed to pull of extraordinary acting performance, despite their age, Aaron Craven especially. You can literally feel the anger in him once he is brought to SGC and the sheer terror on his face when he sees the tape with Apophis.

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Forever in a Day
May15

Season 3, Episode 10: Forever in a Day

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 15th, 2011 at 8:23 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

Kasuf, Daniel’s father in law, sent word that the people of Abydos have been taken prisoner by the Goa’uld and now a rescue mission is under way. Jackson sees his long lost wife Sha’re, who is watching the battle from a tent. When he follows her inside, she attacks Daniel with the Goa’uld ribbon device. He falls unconscious as Teal’c enters the tent as well. Jackson wakes up in SGC, where Teal’c tells him that he had to kill Sha’re in order to save his life. Unable to believe that Sha’re is dead and that his friend killed her, Daniel quits from the SGC. He becomes plagued by Sha’re in his dreams, but soon he realizes that he must overcome the pain of her loss in order to understand the message she is trying to send him.

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