I dunno if 'like' is the best word to use describing Singularity. I liked it much better before it was planet Dead People and girlbombs. The Carter thing had me groaning mostly and everything else was pretty standard stuff. Hathor was just bad. I would probably rank Bloodlines above Cor-Ai, though both reflect well on Teal'c's character and both are good episodes.
Episode 17: Enigma
Volcanoes erupting on a world...that's rarely good news.
These people seem perhaps more advanced than earth, Daniel suggesting that they might not have had a 'Dark Ages' period. I have heard this kind of view cited every now and then, but I am unsure how truthful it really is. Like, while Europe decided to play at knights and kings, the Arabic world was undergoing a renaissance in science and tech which eventually spread up Italy and the rest of Europe. Feel free to correct me on this though...
Anyway...
Tollan seems to be what they call themselves. Bit of an arrogant lot. You might even say....pompeiious
One of them seems to view Carter as something like an angel. Because all females are love interests of course.
KITTY~
...if I had a nickel for every cat with that name -___-. I remember a time when I appreciated the reference but...it gets old after a while. Makes you want to just put all the cats named that in a box with poison and lob radiation at them...naturally the reference needs to be explained to the audience too.
Apparently these folks are above quantum physics. I bet they don't believe in evolution either, they seem surprised other animals exist >_>;;
They wrestle a bit on the whole "We are superior than you" "C'mon, be reasonable" issue.
And scary people in suits come to take away these people who can walk through walls.
Narim: You are anything but primitive, Samantha. What your mind doesn't know, your heart fills in.
Sam: I don't know what that means, exactly, but it's beautiful.
Narim: Which is exactly what it means.
Translation: "You're stupid, but you have emotions!"
A plan is hatched and Daniel and the leader dude send out a notlaser to the Nox planet by totally not bending space. (amazing how little time he took to orient the machine given the distances involved and one stray nanometer could cause it to miss the Nox planet completely, at least in this primitive's opinion. And you also have the planet rotation and revolution of both Earth and Noxland, the latter could not be known and and and...)
Maybourne is such a cartoon villain...but the Tollan get to stay with the Nox for a bit and Carter's love interest gets to keep the cat. All reasonable people should like cats, so this is quite acceptable.
Good episode and many things will come from it, some good, some bad.
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