Stargate S4 Episode Roundup 2

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Stargate: The Adventure Continues

Scorched Earth
In which Daniel tries long and hard to find a peaceful compromise in a difficult situation and Jack tries to blow him up. Daniel succeeds. Jack doesn't.

Beneath the Surface
It seemed pretty far-fetched that the Administrator would really "disappear" SG-1 and memory-stamp them so they could toil in an underground power plant. But once you get past that, you realise that everyone looks really hot in this episode. Especially Daniel's bare arms. Teal'c was called Tor! ("Time for go to bed.") Jack had the cutest little cap. Sam looks really hot when she's covered in dirt.

Point of No Return
Martin -- nerdy conspiracy theorist on lots of meds -- kept reminding me of Max Fenig from TXF and so I feared for him most of the episode. The unfolding levels of paranoia and conspiracy were fun, but most of all, I loved seeing Sam and Daniel work together. They did the Mulder and Scully thing and pulled it off really well, I thought. They balance each other perfectly. (In the interests of full disclosure, I should admit that I'm a Sam/Daniel shipper.) This was one of the most fun episodes.

Tangent
Teal'c and Jack stranded in space. Call International Rescue, I yelled. The Thunderbirds will save them! But nobody heeded my advice. Some nice moments for Teal'c and Jack, but otherwise, this episode didn't really move me. It's a little slow and not really that tense, since we know they have to survive. The visuals of Jupiter were really nice, though. And this does mark my official noticing of the hotness of Major Paul Davis. And Sam and Daniel get to do a mission together. Hmm, maybe I enjoyed this more than I thought.

The Curse
So when I saw the title of this and the DVD title pic of a woman in a white dress, I wondered if this was going to be about feminine hygiene. But it turned out to be a lovely episode all about Daniel where he got to do a bunch of great archeology stuff with former colleagues. But, Daniel, man, it's deja vu all over again. Your luck with women is almost as bad as Xander's. But how cool was it that Dr Fraiser went to Egypt with them? *cue the Indiana Jones theme* And Sam's motorcycle! I'm more in love with her all the time.

The Serpent's Venom
It was hard to watch Teal'c get tortured like that. *sniff* The Tok'ra plan to modify a mine seems really, really complicated and silly. But this is the episode with the famous Jack/Daniel glasses scene, which was just as lovely as everyone said. And watching Daniel and Sam both lie on the floor under the mine whilst working on it did my little het shipper heart good as well.

Chain Reaction
Hammond retires, a new mean general takes over, and things go to hell. Apparently, the NID forced Hammond out. So Jack -- bless him one thousand times -- goes to see my new evil boyfriend (and I take back what I said before about him being non-sexy) Colonel Harry Maybourne and I spend the rest of the episode in a state of ecstatic squeeing. Maybourne takes just the right note -- he's so snaky! He's going to be executed for treason, but Jack gets him out for a few days to help get some dirt on the NID guys. These two play off each other so well. When Jack introduced them to the senator's wife as "I'm Mr Starsky and this is Hutch" I nearly died. And then Jack said, "Getting a little dirty for you, Maybourne." And then Maybourne got away in the end! This is now my all-time favourite episode.

Can there please be a buddy show with Jack and Harry? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?

I was going to watch another episode, but I just had to bask in the glow of Chain Reaction for a while.

Comments

[barkley.livejournal.com]

I love the Jack and Harry show. As someone said at Connexions, it's clear that Jack's a scifi geek and he has to be aware of the Starsky and Hutch slash on the internet so this was just his way of outing himself and Harry. I will say no more on the Jack and Harry show until you catch up to the real world.

Tangent gets better as the years go on, but then again, I have this huge unresolved Teal'c/Jack itch that has not been properly scratched.

Daniel/Sam, huh. I just read something that started off good, but I didn't like something about the ending or the main conflict of the story; however, I must credit it for showing me a Daniel/Sam pairing that actually worked for me. (In the interests of full disclosure, I am a Jack/Janet shipper which has no bearing on the topic at hand, but as I said, full disclosure.)

So when I saw the title of this and the DVD title pic of a woman in a white dress, I wondered if this was going to be about feminine hygiene.
Heeeeee!

The Curse is probably my favorite of the bunch. Well, when my other favorites aren't being the favorite. However, you love that Janet goes with them on The Curse, and yet, you have no comment on her footwear? It's just begging to be mocked.

If you want to keep imagining Sam as looking hot when she's all smudgy beneath the surface, I beg you not to watch too many Sam/Jack vids because that one shot of her is always in them, and now it drives me crazy.

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

I adore Maybourne. He is the one and only slimy rat-bastard who we're supposed to be charmed by who I am actually charmed by. (I mean, I hold firm against Krycek.)

I think my favorite part of Point of No Return - an episode which is mostly kind of blah for me - is the X-Files homage in the foot shot of Sam and Daniel getting out of the car in front of Martin's house. I was all "why does that feel so familiar... oh!"

[destina.livejournal.com]

There is a buddy show with Jack and Harry, sort of. It's a continuing thread through several episodes in seasons five and six - particularly Paradise Lost, which I love, love, love with a fiery passion. I think the post-traitor Maybourne eps are Watergate, Desperate Measures, 48 Hours, and PL. Yum.

[destina.livejournal.com]

PS - Sadly, TPTB felt compelled to make it canon that Sam and Daniel are just friends; in Fallen Daniel asks Sam if they were involved and she says they never were, which annoys me because it's part of their damn Sam/Jack agenda. Grrr. But you know. Maybe she lied. *g*

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

Great episodes all! I too am loving the Jack/Harry vibe. There's such a twisty, complicated backstory there. At least in my mind, there is.

[prillalar]

I love the Jack and Harry show. As someone said at Connexions, it's clear that Jack's a scifi geek and he has to be aware of the Starsky and Hutch slash on the internet so this was just his way of outing himself and Harry. I will say no more on the Jack and Harry show until you catch up to the real world.

Don't worry about being spoilery. I decided that I wouldn't try to be spoiler-free since then I'd have to live in a cave, away from other fans. *g* Anyhow, since I'm in Canada, I don't even get to see the new eps when they air.

In the interests of full disclosure, I am a Jack/Janet shipper which has no bearing on the topic at hand, but as I said, full disclosure.

I could totally see this. She's the only one who can push him around.

However, you love that Janet goes with them on The Curse, and yet, you have no comment on her footwear? It's just begging to be mocked.

You know, I don't think I even noticed her footwear. I suppose I might have to watch the episode again. Darn.

[prillalar]

Maybourne is just so pragmatically bad. He's not even evil.

Point of No Return is very X-Files-y. I thought of Bad Blood when Teal'c put money in the Magic Fingers. :)

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Clearly I have much to look forward to. Yay! They were just *perfect* together.

[prillalar]

Of course she lied! For...some good reason.

their damn Sam/Jack agenda

You know, I think that's why I dislike it so much. I'm not actually against the pairing at all, but it just feels so constructed and manipulative as is.

[prillalar]

Oh, I agree. Do you have any specific theories about the twisty complications? I think I need to go re-watch all the previous Maybourne eps now to look for clues.