Just a few more episodes to go this season....I've been flying through these. Whoops.
Episode 19: Tin Man
The planet sorta gave me some slight portal 2 vibes with the industrial look to the place. As the team looks around...zzzzap.
After the opening theme, they wake up dressed in new clothes and greeted by an old man. They would do well to listen to their elders. Or something. Harlan is his name. So many names to know on this show. Why can't they all be called Bob? It would make it so much easier for me to remember, and I wouldn't have to look spelling up. Tempting...
Suddenly the team are supercomputers.
Good thing Sam still had a transmitter....
Literally supercomputers. Hello RobO'Neill
You see, the others were in on it too. Everyone is a robot. And they thought I was crazy back when Sarah needed an explanation for Charlie! WELL WHO IS THE CRAZY ONE NOW HMMM?
*insert Battlestar Galactica joke about frakking walls here*
Nice way to ensure they return...make them require something on the planet to not be gasping for air and convulsing and other odd things for robots to be doing. Also makes any idea of keeping them for study to a minimum.
Teal'c practices doing the robot while everyone else helps out Harlan with saving the power source that keeps them going.
While Roboneill works on the vents, Roboteal'c attacks. All we need is Bill Nye to give their stats, put a few minutes on the clock, and we'll have ourselves a good ol' fashioned battlebots brawl...
Harlan saves the day by vaporizing Roboteal'c with a gun thing. We find out the real SG-1 bodies are somewhere and that these are not just robots, but clone robots. The dude could make an army of SG-1 people, but that would require far too many stunt doubles >_>;;
They have a little chat amongst themselves and it offers some lulz.
ROBOT JACK: I noticed that. What does that make me? What do you want?
O'NEILL: Well there all debating the meaning of life out there; both Daniels think this is all fascinating. The carters are arguing already. Teal'c feels left out. You and I have go a few things to talk about.
The pacing was a little weird and the climax and resolution was...also weird. By itself this episode feels more like filler than anything, but I know there is a call back somewhere down the line. And robots are always nice, but...considering last episode was a second stargate this one is...considerably less exciting.
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