Pretty sure they were legit but never seen for some reason or another and were heavily speculated about by fans and it got to the point where it was like a gag. Or maybe I am misremembering things. One surefire way to find out, taking things one episode at a time...
And yeah. that scene from 200 is like...the only thing I remember from it >_>
Torment was certainly a good episode and I loved Daniel's struggle. The scene with the elements is one of the few I remembered from the early seasons as it was quite memorable. Like, if I were to rate the episode overall I would give it something like 8/10
Anywho...more door to the heavens tiem.
Episode 12: Bloodlines
Experimentation with a drug that will replace having a goa'uld in Teal'c. You know how medicine is. All those studies that need to be done and all that FDA approval. Why, it could be YEARS before they stumble upon something that works...
Also Teal'c is a family man. Indeed.
So the plot is shaping up to be "Teal'c's son is about to become a Jaffa and the gang must head back to Chulak to stop the mean goa'uld and maybe capture some larvae for SCIENCE! and stuff." Ehh...guess it works alright. A bit overly serious, but I suppose it is hard for it not to be. Might even be the seed for future Jaffa revolting down the line.
I could nitpick that a Chulak day and Earth day are almost certainly not synchronous so Teal'c would have a devil of a time knowing exactly when this ritual would occur buuuuuut....
Nice little plan they have. I see they had Daniel sneeze there at the gate as the camera panned out. I hear his allergy thing was downplayed more and more, so it is nice seeing these little details present.
Enter the Bra'tac. Pretty spry for an old guy. We will be seeing a good deal more of him. I never knew his name was spelt like that until looking it up. I always had it in my head as Bray'tac or something that was a bit less like woman's undergarments.
Jack: Well, we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it.
Bra'tac: No. The bridge is too well guarded.
Jack: No, actually there, I was using a cliché that...
Nonearthlings not grasping our idioms is always worth a chuckle :D
Bra'tac: Teal'c tells me your world is without gods. Difficult to imagine.
Jack: Well it's not without gods. A lot of people believe there's a God. Not everyone believes in the same God, the same way but...let's just say nobody believes in anyone with glowing eyes and a snake in his head.
Bra'tac: Then you serve no one?
Jack: I serve the SGC under a General Hammond. Bra'tac: So this Hammond is...?
Jack: Just a man. A very good...very bald man. From Texas.
With a series like this it would be far too easy to clutter up every post with quotes...it pretty much has just the right amount of humor blended with seriousness. Sure, every now and then the proportions get a bit inverted, but those extreme cases are just icing on a cake. Now I want cake >_<
Oh huh...Teal'c's (apostrophes and alien names, ****ing with possessive apostrophes since Tolkien) wife is Alison Blake and Eliza Maza from Eureka and Gargoyles respectively.
Sam: Daniel, what are you thinking?
Daniel: Just that every single one of these infant Goa'ulds will one day take a human life, and all I have to do is...
Sam: If we kill them when they're as vulnerable as they are right now, we'd be not better than the Goa'uld. Lets go.
(turns and shoots the infant Goa'uld)
Man, this episode is turning out to be pretty quotable, or maybe I am just realizing how easy it is to c/p some quotes I like :3
The way the two branches of the story happen to work out is...contrived, but highly believably. Not every show can do that.
Did I mention Bra'tac is awesome?
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