Stargatezing

We say goodbye to a whopping four characters in this episode. Our emotions run from sad to delighted. And no, of course Daniel is not one of those characters.

There’s clips and bickering and moral failings. We’re 50/50 on whether these things are enjoyable to watch.

Everyone on the team contributes to the win: Teal'c makes reaction faces, Daniel dies again, Jack rescues Siler, Sam hangs out with the Ba'alogram, Bratac gloats, and Jacob/Selmac act put out.

It's like Indiana Jones but without the best parts of Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford).

RepliCarter T1000's Yu. Anubis has some major freezer burn. Jack is even more Jack than usual. A jaffa has a wardrobe malfunction. It's a weird episode.

When faced with your own alter-ego, do you call each other by your first name? When you find out your frenemy's alter ego (and hundreds of other people) all died in a different timeline, is it okay to make fun of him? If you are in mostly-suspended animation for 10000 years, do your belongings age just as slowly or at normal speed? If only we knew.

We talk about a guy talking about episodes we’ve already talked about, which we talk about again in describing this episode.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, and we didn't expect to be so bored.

Did Kinsey drink all the scotch or did Jack? How does no one notice the super-obvious surveillance vehicles?? Where did all these hagfish come from??? Is that really it for the Trust and Kinsey???? Vodka or gin????? So many unanswered questions.

No one but John Sheppard can save Atlantis. He will do anything he can--disobey his boss, needlessly put a bunch of people in danger. Anything.